Back to the 1910 Census Series

I know the blog has been a little Brueggeman heavy lately.  The direction of the blog is usually a factor of birthdates and anniversaries and what I've been working on. I cannot subtract well because earlier I miscalculated the Anniversary date of this couple and the picture that included Meta.  It could easily have been taken at either occassion, 1909 or 1914.  I guess the young boy in the picture would be the key to figuring out which is the correct date.  




I've been in contact with Chris Bennhoff Flynn in San Diego so I thought I'd cover her Great Grand Parents, Louise (Brueggemann) and Wilhelm Bennhoff today.


Thanks to David Reinhardt, we have a picture to share (dated 1865, a year after their marriage):

It looks like they were living at 3929 Lorain Ave. in Cleveland.  It looks like the street had a lot of duplexes and there is another family listed at the same address.  Living with them, was the widow of their son Heinrich Ludwig Bennhoff and their grandson, Paul.  If you remember, I wrote about this before.  Heinrich died just a couple of weeks after his son was born (1896). Paul is Chris' father.  She was 64 at the time of the census and he was 67.


His profession is listed as a Blacksmith for a wagon maker.  Neither Louise or the daughter-in-law was employed.  They owned their home without a mortage.  The family listed at the same address are listed as renters, presumably from the Bennhoffs.


She was listed as having five children with three living.  It's nice when the census matches to the records I have.  In addition to the son who died as an adult, they lost a daughter as an infant.


Most of the neighbors were of German ancestry and there were quite a number of Hungarian families as well.  Most were working class (laborer, bar keeper, barber, etc.)

Family Picture with Meta Brueggemann

Again David Reinhardt came to the rescue with a picture of Meta Brueggeman.  Actually, I had this picture and wasn't identified.  He thinks it was taken at the Golden Anniversary party in 1894 of Louise Marie Brueggeman and Heinrich Bennhoff. 


If the picture is properly identified, I think it was probably taken at Clamor's funeral.  Meta was born in 1890 and she is too old in the picture to be 1894.  The young lady seated on the left is Stella Reinhardt.  She was born in 1892.  If taken in 1909, Stella would be 17 and Meta 19.

Here is Meta in this picture:

Paul Bennhoff

I had posted a picture of Paul Bennhoff and other Brueggemann family members here.  Here is a close-up of Paul:

David Reinhardt has made contact with one of Paul's sons, Christ Bennhoff from California.  Here is an excerpt from his email to David:

Another website called “Life of Riley” I found for Brueggemann. That one has a picture of my DAD as a toddler standing on a chair for a family group picture, making it abt 1898. Boy. .  that one stopped me in my tracks!  Another person doing research on our dad, found his ‘draft registration cards’, for WWI 1917/1918, there in Cleveland. I’m getting so many surprises!! As you probably know, everything links back to Ancestry!! 

I never know who visits my blog so it was fun for me to get this email from David.  As I credited in the original posting, this photo came from David Reinhardt.  Below is the the WWI draft registration card mentioned:

Paul was 22 years old and his employment says he was a banker for Clark Ave Savings Bank.  He was unmarried at the time.  I will email Chris to get more details about Paul.  Just to help you keep it straight, Paul would be the great grandson of Clamor.

Family Picture Friday: Another Brueggeman Branch

This is a great picture.  The little boy standing on the stool is Paul Benhoff (1)  and his mother (2), Maria Eleonore Liuekens Benhoff is standing behind him.   She was the widow of Heinrich Benhoff (son of Louise Brueggemann).  It is a sad story as Paul was born June 3, 1896 and his father died later the same month (June 27).    Maria and Paul lived with Heinrich's parents (Louise Brueggemann) until he was grown.


(3) Otto Rienhardt (son of Sophie Brueggemann and JW Reinhardt)
(4) Sophie Brueggemann (daughter of Clamor)
(5/6) JW Reinhardt holding Clara
(7) Stella Reinhardt
(8) Louise Brueggemann (daughter of Clamor)


I know I got this picture from the web but it must have come from David Reinhardt