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- Heinrich and Augusta Heinz had a total of 10 children. The eldest, Bertha, was born at Peest, about 40 miles west of Cierwienz, where Heinrich was born. This suggests that Augusta was perhaps from the Peest area, but I have not found a record of her birth nor of their marriage. I have found birth records for most of the later children, born at 5 locations near Cierwienz or farther east. The birth record for Richard lists the father Heinrich as a wheelwright. It seems likely that the family never owned their own property until they moved to Chicago, where they owned a house according to the U.S. census of 1900.
Eight of the 10 children in the Heinz family migrated from Pomerania to Chicago. The first to arrive in Chicago was Ida, who came in 1880 as a single woman, likely engaged, since she soon married a man from Kreis Lauenburg, Pomerania. Second, was the eldest sister, Bertha, who came in 1882 with her husband, a baby daughter, and her husband's father and sister. The third sister, Mathilda (my great-grandmother), came as a single woman in 1885, and sent money to her fianc? the following year for his passage. Their brother Paul came as a single man, and died as a young man. And finally, the parents Heinrich and Augusta came with the four youngest children, Hulda, Emil, Richard, and Otto. The records of Ellis Island, which had opened as an immigration center in 1892, show them arriving in 1893.
Augusta's maiden name is given as "Burrow" or "Burrows" in all of the records found in America. However, I have intentionally listed it as "Burow" because that is the correct German spelling. I have found numerous records for the Burow family in Germany, including some in Kreis Stolp (Pomerania), but I have not connected our Augusta with anybody of that surname in Germany. DNA testing has matched me with members of a Minnesota family whose immigrant ancestor, Frederick Martin Burow, came from Germany. The German pronunciation of Burow would be something like "byoor-off".
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From Germans to America: Lists of Passengers Arriving at US Ports
?/b?Editors Ira A. Glazier and P. William Filby, Vol. 64, pp. 180-182
Ship Furst Bismarck
From Hamburg and Southampton
To New York
Arrived 28 April 1893
?b?Passenger Age Sex Occupation Province Village Destination
?/b?Heinz, Heinr. 58 M Labr Prussia Unknown New York
Augusta 50 F W Prussia Unknown New York
Emil 16 M Unknown Prussia Unknown New York
Hulda 19 F Unknown Prussia Unknown New York
Richard 7 M Child Prussia Unknown New York
Otto 6 M Child Prussia Unknown New York
Note that the children's ages are not correct in the passenger list.
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?b?Ellis Island Records: ?/b? (www.ellisislandrecords.com)
The same information is found in the records of Ellis Island, which also gives the place of residence in Prussia as "Klein Wunneschin".
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Stories told by my grandmother, Freda Nagel Swanson after 1990:?/b?
Freda was born in Chicago and lived there until she was about 6 years old. The family lived near the lime kiln at 22nd and Damen Streets in Chicago. (More detail on addresses below.)
The Heinz sisters who came to Chicago found jobs as maids or governesses as did many of the German girls who came over.
Freda recalled her grandfather Heinz as being very tall. He lived into his late 60's. When Freda was very small, he gave her nickels until she swallowed one, and her mother made him stop.
Augusta Heinz was a short, stout woman. She made all her own clothes, and wore large pleated skirts with lots of deep pockets. She loved to go across the boulevard to go shopping and would sometimes take Freda. She would carry the goods home in her deep pockets. When Freda asked her why she had such deep pockets, she said it was so that nobody could take her money. After she was widowed, she lived for awhile with her daughter Mathilda Nagel and family. At Christmas time, she would dress up as Santa Claus. Freda was the oldest of the 3 children remaining at home, and when she saw Santa's figure, she thought, "That's not Santa Claus, that's Grandma!" One of Freda's middle names was Augusta, after her grandma Heinz.
The youngest sister was Huldah. She came from Germany at the age of 17. She answered an ad in the paper to care for a woman's sick husband who had tuberculosis (then called "consumption"). Huldah died of tuberculosis at the age of 23.
When Freda was six years old (1904-5), most of the extended Heinz family moved from Chicago to the east side of St. Charles, Illinois. The three brothers [except Paul who had died] had started the Heinz Brothers Cut-Glass Factory in Chicago, and brought the business with them to St. Charles. Richard Heinz was "the brains" of the glass business. After he died, his brothers Otto and Emil ran the factory. Numerous other family members were employed, including in-laws, nieces, and nephews. The glass business thrived until the outbreak of the first World War. The German navy once sank a large shipment of Heinz brothers' glass that was heading for Europe. Since the glass was not insured, this was a major loss for the company. The Heinz brothers were good friends with Dr. Langum who was the mayor of St. Charles for many years. All three brothers married late in life.
Emil Heinz was the oldest of the three brothers. When he finally married, he built a large stone house on the southeast corner of 11th and Indiana Avenues in St. Charles. He would always tease the Nagel girls about various 'fellers'. Emil moved to California in his later years.
The Heinz family grew to be too large to have holiday dinners together after the children were all married and had families of their own, so they had a part of the family at different homes. Once, one of the brothers-in-law came to dinner with two whips and began crack the whips at the ladies' skirts as a joke. All of the children were terrified and went scurrying under the tables. (Freda does not remember this occasion, but heard it told among the family later.)
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My great-uncle Otto Nagel told me that his grandmother (Augusta Heinz) always spoke to him in German.
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?b?From "The Fox Connection"?/b? column in the St. Charles Chronicle, by Phyllis Warner
"...from an article in the American Cut & Engraved Glass Book by Albert C. Revi.... The Monarch Cut Glass Company was a partnership organized in 1901 by Richard, Emil, and Otto Heinz, and Herman and Frank Kotwitz. Their factory was located in Chicago, Illinois, at the corner of Union Street and Carroll Avenue. In 1902, the Heinz brothers bought out the Kotwitz brothers and operated the business in Chicago as Heinz Brothers. The firm was incorporated for $50,000. Richard Heinz was president; Otto Heinz vice president and sales manager; Emil Heinz, secretary and treasurer; and Herman Schmidt and Herman Eichorn plant foremen.
In 1905 they built a factory at 13th St. and Indiana Avenue in St. Charles, Illinois and commenced operations in August of that year. Heinz Brothers were considered one of the largest cut glass manufacturers in the Midwest, their trade extending over the United States, Canada, and parts of Europe. Salesrooms were maintained at St. Charles and Chicago; Spokane, Washington; Helena, Montana; Memphis, Tennessee; San Francisco, California; Berlin, Germany; and St. Petersburg, Russia.
There were 100 frames operation in the Heinz Brothers factory and the most modern machinery then known to the craft was used by their artist-engravers. An average of from 80 to 100 persons were employed, about one-tenth of whom were women; the women were wrappers and examiners of the glass.
Most of the cutters came from other cut glass shops around the country, but there were many St. Charlesans to whom the Heinz Brothers taught the craft working in their factory. More than 600 different articles in cut glass were made by the Heinz plant....
Emil Heinz was in charge of the factory; Otto Heinz managed the company's sales offices; and Richard Heinz acted as the firm's executive head.
The Heinz brothers were associated with the cut glass industry most of their lives. All were employed with Pitkin & Brooks and the American Cut Glass Company for many years before going into the business for themselves.
In 1908 Richard Heinz passed away and Otto Heinz became president of the concern. Emil Heinz was vice president; Hermand Schmidt, secretary and treasurer; and Herman Eichman plant superintendent. The factory was operated until 1927, when the real estate was sold and the corporation dissolved."
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?b?Cemetery Records?/b?
The records of Concordia Cemetery in Forest Park, Illinois indicate that Heinrich Heinz purchased Lot #1397 in Section 9 of the cemetery on August 3, 1897. His address at the time was 567 W. 23rd Street in Chicago. There have been 5 burials on this plot:
Name; Residence or Place of Death; Date of Death; Burial Date; Age (y-m-d)
Hulda Schwiessinger; 567 W. 23rd; Not stated; 8-4-1897; 23-3-0
Paul Heinz; 567 W. 23rd; Not stated; 12-16-1898; 29-6-6
Heinrich Heinz; 567 W. 23rd; Not stated; 9-28-1902; 68-1-3
Richard Heinz; St. Charles, Illinois; Not stated; 10-2-1908; 29-4-16
Augusta Burron Heinz; 306 - 10th Avenue, St. Charles; 4-28-1931; 5-1-1931; 90-4-21
Note: Houses in certain neighborhoods in Chicago were renumbered in 1908 to make them conform to the citywide grid. By analyzing the neighbors on W 23rd Street between the 1900 and 1910 censuses, I have determined that 567 W. 23rd Street was renumbered as 2842 W 23rd Street (between Marshall Boulevard and California Avenue). The house at 2842 W 23rd Street no longer exists.
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?b?U.S. Census Records:
?/b?The 1900 census shows the Heinz family at 567 W. 23rd Street (later renumbered 2842 W 23rd Street), consisting of: Henry Heintz, born August 1834 in Germany, aged 65, married 40 years, arrived in the U.S. in 1893, and owning his own house; his wife Augusta, born May 1840, aged 60, mother of 10 children, 7 living; son Emil, born August 1876, employed as a day laborer; and son Otto, born September 1882, employed as a day laborer.
Augusta Heinz is listed in the 1910 census records as a widow living with her son Emil in St. Charles, Illinois. She was age 69 and Emil was 32. She was a naturalized citizen, having arrived in the United States in 1892.
In the 1920 census, Augusta is found still living with her son Emil on Pleasant Street in St. Charles. This time, she was listed as arriving in the U.S. in 1895 and still an alien (not naturalized). Her son Emil is shown as age 38, widowed, and also arriving in 1895, but naturalized in 1900. His son Herbert was 11 years old.
In the 1930 census, Augusta is found living with her son Otto Heinz at 306 10th Avenue in St. Charles, aged 89.
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?b?Death certificate for Augusta Burrow Heinz?/b?
Address 306 10th Avenue, St. Charles
Years in town where death occurred 25
Years in U.S. 39
Sex Female
Color or Race White
Single, Married, Widowed, or Divorced Widow
Wife of Henry Heinz
Date of Birth Dec. 7, 1840
Age 90 years, 4 months, and 21 days
Occupation Housewife
Birthplace Germany
Name of Father Burrow
Birthplace of Father Germany
Maiden Name of Mother Don't know
Birthplace of Mother Germany
Informant Mrs. Otto W. Heinz, St. Charles, Ill.
Filed May 1, 1931, A. F. Pearson, Registrar
Date of Death April 28, 1931
Cause of Death Myocarditis (chronic) - 2 yrs
Contributory Arterioclerosis - 2 yrs
Place of Burial Concordia Cemetery, Cook County, Ill.
Date of Burial May 1, 1931
Undertaker Bert C. Norris, St. Charles, Ill.
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From the website of St. Mark's Lutheran Church of St. Charles?/b?
(www.stmarksstc.org/history/narrative/narrative_1975.htm)
?b?A Lost History Discovered
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1975 was to have been St. Mark's Lutheran Church's 50th Anniversary year. It should have been because the congregation celebrated a 25th Anniversary in 1950. The founding of the congregation had been dated at 1925, and several living charter members attested to the congregation's beginnings as of that year.
All that changed when Pastor Zersen found old records and minutes written in German dating back much earlier. Then there was the Constitution dating from 1907 found when the cornerstone of the old St. Mark's church was opened in 1973. With the help of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Weber of St. Mark's, further research was done on old records at Batavia, West Chicago, and in the District and Synodical offices - all of which were written in German, the "official" language in the Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod until the mid '20s.
The history which was uncovered showed that a ministry was performed to German speaking Lutherans in St. Charles dating back to 1878, first by Trinity, West Chicago, and then by Immanuel, Batavia. In the early 1900s, the German speaking Lutherans in St. Charles acquired the status of a "preaching station" in which all the official acts of a congregation were carried on. By 1907, at the instigation of the Heinz brothers of St. Charles, The German Evangelical Lutheran Church of St. Mark was formally established in the home of Emil Heinz, 306 S. 10th Ave., St. Charles. The new congregation resolved to pay Pastor Miessler of Batavia $10 a month plus $5 annual car allowance for bi-weekly services.
The congregation, which included relatives of present members Mrs. Dora Johnson and Mrs. Erma Eichman, quickly outgrew its meeting place, and began to hold services in the rented facilities of Bethlehem Lutheran Church (which conducted its own services in Swedish). Every other Sunday the members gathered at 330 P.M. to listen to sermons in German and in English, to sing God's praises (if the visiting preacher could play the organ), and to bring their children for baptism (The baptismal bowl which the members brought along with them is still in the posession of St. Charles' resident, Mrs. Charles Dau).
Pastor Herman Harms (in his late 80s and living in Waukegan) explains that from 1911 to 1919 he walked every other Sunday afternoon from his parsonage in Batavia to conduct the services. Confirmation classes were conducted in the homes of members. On a regular basis, he also performed a ministry to The St. Charles School for Boys. Toward the end of his pastorate, St. Charles confirmation students attended classes conducted in German in Batavia, but because of the tension created by the First World war, the school had to close (German was substituted with French in the St. Charles High School at this same time).
During all these years, records of membership, baptisms, weddings, communions and funerals were submitted to the Synod (even though the congregation was not formally a member until 1936). After 1919, however, the reports become lost in sketchy records.
It is known that as late as 1923, Pastor Molthan from Batavia was offering some service to the congregation. It seems that the congregation, lacking a building of its own, grew dormant. Many of the members joined Bethlehem Lutheran Church since they now had services and confirmation classes in English. In 1924, the Mission Board of the Northern Illinois District asked a retired pastor from Elgin, the Rev. H.W. Rabe, to canvass St. Charles. In November of that same year, he began holding services in a Legion Hall. The assembled group reorganized itself as a congregation using the old name St. Mark's, and the original Constitution from 1907. Some of the names of the officers of the newly constituted congregation, names like Peters, Ronzheimer, Storm, Nagel and Dau, reflected the carryover in membership from the old congregation to the new.
By March of 1925, the Mission Board loaned the congregation $2400 to build a prefabricated building on Fourth and Walnut. From that point until the present, the congregation has continued to grow, now numbering over 800 baptized members. The more recent history of the congregation has already been written, but it seemed appropriate to record this surprisingly resurrected past, not only for the purpose of honoring it, but also for the purpose of more accurately dating the congregation's origin from January 27, 1907, in order to prepare it for a 70th Anniversary celebration in 1977.
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