Individual Details

Heinrich "Henry" Wessel

(Sep 1829 - 15 Nov 1893)

Events

BirthSep 1829Bavaria (Germany)
Immigration6 Aug 1846Baltimore from the port of Bremen, Germany
MarriageAbt 1854St. Louis, St. Louis, MO - Louisa
Census (family)Jul 1870St. Louis Twp., St. Louis, MO - Louisa
OccupationJul 1870porter in a store - St. Louis Twp., St. Louis, MO
Census (family)Nov 1880St. Louis, St. Louis, MO - Louisa
OccupationNov 1880porter - St. Louis, St. Louis, MO
Death15 Nov 1893emphysema - St. Louis, St. Louis, MO
BurialFriedens Cemetery, St. Louis, St. Louis, MO

Families

SpouseLouisa (1827 - )
ChildSophia Wessel (1855 - 1893)
ChildHenry Wessel Jr. (1859 - 1904)
ChildLouisa Wessel (1861 - )
ChildMinnie Wessel (1864 - )
ChildAugust Wessel (1868 - 1879)

Notes

Immigration

Heinrich (Henry) WESSEL was 16 years old when he left Goldenstedt, Germany on the ship Bessel. Port of arrival: Baltimore, MD. He listed his destination as Missouri.

Census (family)

Henry WESSEL and his wife, Louisa, lived next door to their daughter and son-in-law, Sophia and Fredrick WITTHOEFT.

Endnotes

1. National Archives and Records Administration, compiler, Baltimore Passenger and Immigration Lists, 1820-1872 (Washington, D.C.:,).

2. Anton WEIS & Anna (Bussar) WEIS, 1870 U.S. Census, St. Louis Ward 7, St. Louis, MO, Page 141, family 1374;..

3. Anton WEIS & Anna (Bussar) WEIS, 1870 U.S. Census, St. Louis Ward 7, St. Louis, MO, Page 141, family 1374;..

4. Emmer BOWEN & Amelia J. (Stewart) BOWEN, 1880 U.S. census, Mill Spring, Wayne, MO, ED 185, SD 2, Page 24 B-25 C; dwelling 222, family 229.

5. Emmer BOWEN & Amelia J. (Stewart) BOWEN, 1880 U.S. census, Mill Spring, Wayne, MO, ED 185, SD 2, Page 24 B-25 C; dwelling 222, family 229.

6. Henry WESSEL, death certificate no. 9039 (1893), Missouri State Archives, Jefferson City, Cole, MO.

7. Henry WESSEL, death certificate no. 9039 (1893), Missouri State Archives, Jefferson City, Cole, MO.