KarensGen.Com - Families - Johann Heinrich Christoph Hardekopf (1789-1854) and Engel Widdel (1795-1874) of Lindhorst, Schaumburg-Lippe, Germany. Descendents to America.

Johann Heinrich Christoph Hardekopf
Born: 24 NOV 1789 in: Lindhorst #8, SchaumburgLippe, Germany 1
Baptized: 27 NOV 1789 in: Lindhorst, Schaumburg-Lippe, Germany 2
Baptism sponsor was Joh. Christoph Hardeckoph of Lindhorst 7.
Died: __ ___ 1854 in: Lindhorst #8, SchaumburgLippe, Germany 3
Buried: in: Lindhorst, Schaumburg-Lippe, Germany
Father: Johann Heinrich Hardekopf 30 OCT 1749 - 08 MAY 1806 married at Lindhorst 15 JUN 1777 from Lindhorst #8
Mother: Anna Catharina Sophia Auhagen __ JUL 1756 - 10 JAN 1796 from Kobbensen #1

Engel Maria Sophia Charlotte Widdel
Married: 11 SEP 1814 in: Lindhorst, Schaumburg-Lippe, Germany 1
Born: 11 JAN 1795 in: Lindhorst #18, SchaumburgLippe, Germany 4
Baptized: 12 JAN 1795 in: Lindhorst, Schaumburg-Lippe, Germany 2
Baptism sponsor was Sophia Maria ver. Wille of Lindhorst 42 the mothers
sister.
Died: 05 DEC 1874 in: Lindhorst, Schaumburg-Lippe, Germany 5
Buried: 09 DEC 1874 in: Lindhorst, Schaumburg-Lippe, Germany
Father: Johann Heinrich Widdel 30 DEC 1758 - __ JUL 1842 married at Lindhorst 30 MAR 1786 from Lindhorst #18
Mother: Sophia Charlotte Reineking __ OCT 1764 - __ MAR 1853 from Lindhorst #21

Death record indicates that at the time of her death she had 2 sons in in America, 1 son in Rehren, one daughter-in-law - a widow, and 6 grandchildren (Wolfgang Wilkening-Robert Hardekopf).

1854 Lindhorst Burial

1874 Lindhorst Burial

Children of Heinrich Christoph Hardeopf and Engel Widdel

1 Johann Heinrich Christoph Hardekopf
Born: 09 AUG 1814 in: Lindhorst, Schaumburg-Lippe, Germany
Baptized: 13 AUG 1814 in: Lindhorst, Schaumburg-Lippe, Germany 2
Baptism sponsor was Joh. Heinrich Reinecking of Lindhorst 21.
Died: 03 SEP 1814 in: Lindhorst #18, SchaumburgLippe, Germany 3
Buried: 05 SEP 1814 in: Lindhorst, Schaumburg-Lippe, Germany

2 Johann Heinrich Christoph Hardekopf
Born: 17 FEB 1816 in: Lindhorst #8, SchaumburgLippe, Germany
Baptized: 22 FEB 1816 in: Lindhorst, Schaumburg-Lippe, Germany 2
Baptism sponsor was Johann Heinrich Widdel of Lindhorst 18 the grandfather.
Died: 21 JUL 1872 in: Lindhorst #8, SchaumburgLippe, Germany 2
Buried: 24 JUL 1872 in: 3
Spouse: Catharina Engel Sophia Bock
Born: 26 OCT 1828 Riehe #34, Schaumburg, Germany
Died: 08 MAR 1904
Daughter of Johann Heinrich Bock from Riehe #23 and Catharina Maria Engelking from Haste #24.
Married: 02 NOV 1848 in: Lindhorst, Schaumburg-Lippe, Germany 1
Inherited Lindhorst #8.

3Anna Sophia Charlotte Hardekopf
Born: 26 FEB 1819 in: Lindhorst #8, SchaumburgLippe, Germany
Baptized: 03 MAR 1819 in: Lindhorst, Schaumburg-Lippe, Germany 2
Baptism sponsor was Anna Sophia Marie Reinkings, Lindhorst 21 the childs' fathers sister.
Died: in:
Buried: in:

4 Heinrich Christoph Hardekopf
Born: 04 MAR 1822 in: Lindhorst #8, SchaumburgLippe, Germany
Baptized: 10 MAR 1822 in: Lindhorst, Schaumburg-Lippe, Germany 2
Baptism sponsor was Heinrich Wilhelm Ernst Reinking, Krueger in #21.
Died: 09 JUN 1910 in: Crete, Will Co., IL 5
Buried: in: Trinity Lutheran Cemetery, Crete, IL
Spouse: Engel Maria Sophia Steege
Born: 17 APR 1813 Waltringhausen #1, Nenndorf, Germany
Died: __ ___ 1879 America
Daughter of Hans Heinrich Stege and Catharina Sophia Dorothea Wieggraefe (immigrated to Bremer Co., IA)
Married: 11 JAN 1846 in: Lindhorst, Schaumburg-Lippe, Germany 5

Engel Maria Sophia Steege was first married 11 OCT 1838 at Lindhorst, Germany to Johann Friedrich Wulf from Ludersfeld #38 (18 JUN 1805 - __ ___ 1844), son of Heinrich Wilhelm Wulf and Anna Sophia Piepenbrink.

Wulf-Steege children:
1. Engel Maria Sophia MARY Wulf 20 NOV 1838 - 26 DEC 1910 married at Chicago, IL 1862 to Charles Wehling.
2. Hans Heinrich Wulf 30 SEP 1841

Schaumburger Auswanderer #3338: Hardekopf, Lindhorst Nr. 8, 3 Sohne des Kolons Johann Christoph H. u. der Engel Marie Sophie Charlotte geb. Widdel, nach Amerika, vor 5.7.1866 (Kb. Heuerssen Tote 1866 Nr. 18 (Tod der Schwester); Kb. Lindhorst Tote 1874 Nr. 21 (Tod der Mutter).

Hardekopf-Steege children:
1. Heinrich Christoph Hardekopf Born at Lindhorst #8: 16 OCT 1846 Bapt: 18 OCT 1846 sponsor Heinrich Christoph Langhorst of Ludersfeld #39; Died: 31 OCT 1930; Married at Trinity Lutheran Church, Crete, Will Co., IL 05 OCT 1871 to Caroline Bohning (14 JUL 1850 - 11 MAR 1928); Buried at St. Paul Lutheran, Beecher, Will Co., IL; Son: Heinrich Christoph Hardekopf (27 SEP 1872 - __ ___ 1944).
2. Hans Heinrich Christoph Hardekop Born at Chicago, Cook Co., IL 29 MAY 1849; Bapt: 06 AUG 1849 First St. Paul Lutheran Church, Chicago, IL; Died: 11 NOV 1903 at Crete, IL; married at Trinity Lutheran Church, Crete, Will Co., IL 21 NOV 1872 to Sophia Louise Charlotte Clausing; Buried at Black Walnut Cemetery, Crete, Will Co. IL.

5 Cord Heinrich Wilhelm Hardekopf
Born: 15 OCT 1824 in: Lindhorst #8, SchaumburgLippe, Germany
Baptized: 17 OCT 1824 in: Lindhorst, Schaumburg-Lippe, Germany 2
Baptism sponsor was Cord Heinrich Wilkening, colon of Ottensen 4 the childs(step???) grandfather.
Died: 12 MAY 1872 in: Long Grove, Yorkville, Kendall Co., IL 4
Buried: in: Immanual Lutheran Cem., Yorktown, IL
Spouse: Dorothea Kollmann
Born: __ ___ 1837
Died: 08 OCT 1889
Daughter of ?
Married: 19 APR 1855 in: Germany 4

6 Engel Maria Sophia Hardekopf
Born: 20 NOV 1827 in: Lindhorst #18, SchaumburgLippe, Germany 1
Baptized: 25 NOV 1827 in: Lindhorst, Schaumburg-Lippe, Germany 2
Baptism sponsor: Engel Maria Dorothee Pfingsten Nr. 23 ____ (the child's mother's sister).
Died: 05 JUL 1868 in: Heuerssen, Schaumburg-Lippe, Germany 6
Buried: in:
Spouse: Ernst Heinrich Conrad Bock
Born: 05 DEC 1818 Heuerssen #5, Schaumburg-Lippe, Germany
Died: 01 JUN 1850 Heuerssen, Schaumburg-Lippe, Germany
Son of Friedrich Wilhelm Bock from Heuerssen and Philippine Dorothea Hartmann from Meerbeck.
Married: 23 AUG 1849 in: Lindhorst, Schaumburg-Lippe, Germany 7
Spouse: Heinrich Conrad Oltrogge
Born: 17 APR 1826 Soldorf #5, Schaumburg, Germany
Died: 19 MAY 1901 Heuerssen, Schaumburg-Lippe, Germany
Son of Johann Heinrich Oltrogge and Engel Maria Eleonore Geweke
Married: 14 MAR 1852 in: Lindhorst, Schaumburg-Lippe, Germany 8
Heinrich Conrad Oltrogge remarried 1867 at Heuerssen to Engel Sophia Dorothea Wilkening *24 NOV 1841 from Vornhagen #18.

Bock-Hardekopf child:
Engel Maria Dorothea Philippine Bock *12 NOV 1850 married at Heuerssen 07 JUL 1872 Heinrich Friedrich Christian Homeyer *03 FEB 1848 from Heuerssen #4.

Oltrogge-Hardekopf children:
1. Heinrich Friedrich Conrad Oltrogge 10 SEP 1853 - 17 APR 1874
2. Friedrich Conrad Oltrogge 04 AUG 1856 __ AUG 1939
3. Hans Friedrich Conrad Oltrogge 25 JUL 1859 - 15 OCT 1937
4. Engel Maria Dorothea Sophia Oltrogge 25 JUN 1862
5. Daughter Oltrogge 07 MAR 1865 - 07 MAR 1865
6. Engel Maria Sophia Oltrogge 19 JUN 1866 - 17 JUN 1940

7 Catharina Sophia Charlotte Hardekopf
Born: 28 NOV 1830 in: Lindhorst #8, SchaumburgLippe, Germany
Baptized: 02 DEC 1830 in: Lindhorst, Schaumburg-Lippe, Germany 2
Baptism sponsor was Catharina Sophia ver. Widdels of Lindhorst 18 the mothers' sister.
Died: 23 JAN 1839 in: Lindhorst #8, SchaumburgLippe, Germany 3
Buried: 26 JAN 1839 in: Lindhorst, Schaumburg-Lippe, Germany

8 Friedrich Wilhelm Hardekopf
Born: 28 SEP 1834 in: Lindhorst #8, SchaumburgLippe, Germany 1
Baptized: 05 OCT 1834 in: Lindhorst, Schaumburg-Lippe, Germany 2
Baptism sponsors was Hans Heinrich Hardekopf of Lindhorst 8.
Died: AFT 1861 in:
Buried: in:
Spouse: Catharina Maria Richers
Born: 19 JUL 1818 Helsinghausen #1, Schaumburg, Germany
Died: 11 JUL 1854 or 1859
Daughter of Hans Heinrich Richers from Riepen and Engel Maria Homann from Helsinghausen #2.
Married: __ ___ 1861 in: Lindhorst, Schaumburg-Lippe, Germany 1

9 Hans Heinrich Hardekopf
Born: 01 JAN 1839 in: Lindhorst #8, SchaumburgLippe, Germany
Baptized: 06 JAN 1839 in: Lindhorst, Schaumburg-Lippe, Germany 2
Baptism sponsor was Johann Heinrich Widdel.
Died: 25 OCT 1915 in: Union Co., IL 4
Buried: in: Elmwood Cemetery, Central City, IL
Spouse: Sophia Wilhelmine Bruns
Born: 05 JUN 1843
Died: __ ___ 1878
Daughter of ???
Married: 15 APR 1860 in: St. Louis, St. Louis Co., MO 4
Spouse: Anna Sophia Dorothea Gummer
Born: 28 NOV 1848 Lindhorst #4, Schaumburg-Lippe, Germany
Died: 06 FEB 1932
Daughter of Hans Heinrich Gummer and Anna Sophia Dorothea Homeyer
Anna Gummer was first married 1867 at Lindhorst to Heinrich Otto Auhagen *20 MAY 1835 at Kobbensen #1.
Married: 18 JUL 1881 in: St. Louis, St. Louis Co., MO

Hans Heinrich Hardekopf came o America from Bremen, Germany age 16 on ship Earnst Moritz Arndt arriving in New York on 10 JUL 1855. Destination Chicago where two brothers settled.

Sources:
1 Lindhorst, Schaumburg-Lippe, Germany church MARRIAGE records.
2 Lindhorst, Schaumburg-Lippe, Germany church BAPTISM records.
3 Lindhorst, Schaumburg-Lippe, Germany church BURIAL records.
4 Information from Robert Hardekopf
5 Information from Howard Piepenbrink
6 Apelern church BAPTISM records, Kr. Schaumburg, Germany
7 Heuerssen, Schaumburg-Lippe, Germany church BURIAL records.
Lindhorst, Schaumburg-Lippe, Germany church MARRIAGE records.
Heuerssen, Schaumburg-Lippe, Germany church MARRIAGE records.
8 Family Search Ancestral File http://www.familysearch.org