The Heinl Family

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Last updated -- 11 Aug 2011

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All of my ancestors emigrated in the second half of the 19th century from various parts of the German Empire. These pages are dedicated to them and to my descendants. The research continues.



Hohenmühle

My great-grandfather, John Adam Heinl, was born here in 1843. The mill is located in the district of Wunsiedel in the Fichtelgebirge, a region of north eastern Bavaria. Some day I want to visit this place and snap a few pictures, but who knows when that will be?



Die alte Post

Here I am in front of the "Die alte Post" where my grandfather, John Hubert Heinl, was born in 1879. The building was built in 1760 and is located in Bamberg, Bavaria.



Oberfranken--The Home of the Heinel Family
Upper Franconia on the border of the Czech Republic, was the home of John Adam Heinel (JAH). He was born January 2, 1843 in Hohenmühle, a mill close to Markt Thierstein in the district of Wunsiedel. The mill was owned and operated by his maternal grandparents, Johan and Eva Otto. He was the only son of Johann Christoph and Maria Justina Margaretha Heinel. His grandfather was Johann Nikol Heinel. See ancestor tree. JAH had five sisters, three older than he and two younger. At the time of the Franco-Prussian War in 1870, he was 27. West of Upper Franconia and a little south is the Palatinate. JAH met his future wife, Magdalena Kuhn, in Schönau near the garrison town of Pirmasens which was part of Bavaria until 1946. He took her home and married her in Schwarzenbach/Saale located in the district of Hof on December 12, 1871. Less than three months later, their first child, Anna, was born. It's probable that Magdalena wanted to be with her mother for the birth of her first child. That would explain why the Bauman's could not find a birth certificate for Anna Heinl in Schwarzenbach/Saale.
My use of the earlier spelling for Heinel prior to 1877 is not a typo. All church documents up to 1875 spell Heinel thusly. While registering the birth of his daughter, Margaretha Justina, in Bamberg, JAH used the form "Heinl" for some unknown reason and it has been that way on all documents ever since.
Johann Adam Heinl and Magdalena Kuhn (1847-1885) had six children. His different occupations listed on the birth certificates of his children were Müller, Schankwirth, Wirt, Gastwirth, Privatier, Einkäufer, Holz und Bretterhandel, und Unterhändler. In 1879 he owned and operated an inn called Die alte Post in Bamberg at Heiliggrabstraße Nr. 1. This inn is still in operation. I spent the night there on 10/3/2001 and had breakfast in the morning. The building was built in 1760 and first functioned as a postal stop, hence the name. John Hubert Heinl was born there in 1879. JAH sold this business and moved to Oberensandstraße Nr. 27. Max Erhard Heinl was born there in 1880. The Familien-Karte from the Einwohneramt in Bamberg chronicles his occupations: Restauration July 27, 1887 abgemeldet; October 11, 1887 Holz & Bretterhandel angemeldet, June 20, 1888 abgemeldet; September 25, 1888 Unterhandel angemeldet, May 27, 1890 abgemeldet. (Anmelden and abmelden-announcing the start and end of a business enterprise). He wasn't afraid to try something new.
After Magdalena's death in 1885, John Adam married Margaretha Krach (1863-1911) in Sep 1887. He was 44 and she was 24. They had a daughter, Emilie, in 1889, but she died after nine months. John Adam and his daughter, Margaretha Justina, left Bremen on April 20, 1890 on the steamship S.S. Hermann. They arrived in New York City on June 20, 1890. They processed through Castle Garden; Ellis Island did not open until 1892. His oldest daughter, Anna, age 15, had preceded them in July 21, 1887. The following year his sons, Johann Hubert and Max Erhard, and their stepmother, Margaretha, came on the ship S.S. Spree. They left Bremen on May 15, 1891 and arrived in New York City on July 15, 1891.
John Adam lived at 474 Broadway, Astoria, Queens on Long Island. He attended Trinity Lutheran Church on the corner of 31st Avenue & 37th Street in Long Island City. His last two children, Amelia (Mollie) and Robert, were born and raised in Astoria. Both were confirmed at Trinity. He was a conductor on the College Point Line. He was an out of town guest at the wedding of his son, John Hubert, on December 26, 1901 in Youngstown, Ohio. He died on January 10, 1906 in Long Island City and is buried in St. Michael's Cemetery in East Elmhurst, Queens, NYC. After his death, Margaretha married William Lochner in 1907. During the 1910 Census, they were living in Queens with her children, Amelia and Robert Heinl, and her 81 year old mother.
Nothing is known of JAH's sisters, and I mean nothing. Did they grow up, marry, emigrate? No one knows. As of 22 Oct 2009, Johann A. Heinl had 176 direct descendants of whom 148 are living.
The name Heinl is quite rare in America. As of 11 Aug 2011, there are only 185 Heinl's listed in the Social Security Death Index.
Children of John Adam and Magdalena Kuhn Heinl
Anna Heinl (1872-1908) was born March 6th in Schwarzenbach/Saale in Oberfranken, Bavaria She immigrated in July 1887. She married Karl Konrad Lang (1862-1928) , a maker of antique furniture, and they had five children. They lived in Carona, Queens for one year after they were married. Then in Leonia, New Jersey, where he owned and operated a furniture store. Anna bowled often; Karl belonged to the Hesse-Darmstadter Social Club. Karl married Elizabeth Dickert (1861-1952) in 1921 and in 1922 he moved back to Angersbach, his home town in Hessen, with his new wife and daughter, Elsie.
  • Carl Conrad Lang (1894-1973) m. Nettie Mae Webster
  • Christian Wilhelm Lang (1896-1980) m. Juliet Clark (1900-1994)
  • Otto John Lang (1898-1975) m. Margaret Pauline Roney (1909-1990)
  • Louise Lang (1901-1902)
  • Elsie Margaret Lang (1903-1984) m. John James Wilkinson
Barbara Chatharine Mathilda (Tilly) Heinl (1873-1947) was born July 6th in Schwarzenbach/Saale. She immigrated in 1891. She married Herman Henry Ernst Rose (1864-1942) who immigrated in 1880. They had four children. The Rose family lived at 274 Griffith St. Jersey City Heights, New Jersey.
  • Anna Dorothy Rose (1893-1948) m. Carl William Hornung (1949)
  • Herman Henry Rose (1895-1952) m. Edna Schneider
  • Henry Ernst Rose (1897-1963) m. Florence Masterson (1901-1995)
  • Augusta Mathilda Rose (1900-1984) m. James Horton Cassell (1959)
Elisa Lisette Heinel (1875-1887) was born May 13th in Schwarzenbach/Saale and died in Bamberg on December 24.
Margaretha Justina Heinl (1877-abt 1923) was born June 16th in Bamberg. She immigrated on June 20, 1890. She married Edward Fred Brooks on June 24, 1899 in Manhatten. They had no children. He was one of the Martini Brothers, a Vaudeville act. She was also in the act. Her stage name was Grace Moore. The Brooks ran a boarding house on 42nd and 8th Street in the borough of Manhatten, New York City.
John Hubert Heinl (1879-1940) was born in Bamberg, Bavaria on February 22nd. He immigrated on July 15, 1891 and was naturalized on May 26, 1900 in Queens County Court. He later moved to Youngstown, Ohio to work for the Standard Textile Products Co.. On December 26, 1901 he married Maria Carolina Wilhelmine Zabel (1881-1915) in her home at 203 Superior Street in Youngstown. Pastor G.A. Harter of the English Lutheran Trinity Church performed the ceremony. John settled in the Brier Hill section of town and became a member of the Martin Luther Lutheran Church and later St. Paul Lutheran Church. He and Marie had two sons. After her death he married Emma Schmidt (1884-1971) on August 31, 1916. They had one daughter, Rose. After John bought 10 acres and a house on 1104 Liberty St, they continued to live in Brier Hill by the Standard Oil Cloth works. He had a brick house built on Liberty St around 1926, and he and Emma lived there and rented out 1104 Liberty St and the house in Brier Hill. John and his family are listed in the 1930 U.S. Census of Youngstown, Ohio. He was a member of the Girard Kiwanis Club and Trinity Lutheran Church in Girard. John is buried in Belmont Park Cemetery, Liberty Township, Trumbull Co., Ohio. His sons John and Max visited the Rose family in 1924.
  • John Theodore Heinl (1903-1993) m. Lucinda M. Landorf (1901-1993)
  • Maximilian Friedrick Heinl (1905-1983) m. Lillian M. Grove (1908-1988)
  • Rose Elizabeth Heinl (1917-1985) m. Howard S. Richards (1916-1996)
Max Erhard Heinl (1880-1919) was born October 1st in Bamberg. He immigrated July 15, 1891 and was naturalized on July 28, 1906 in Queens County Court. On September 26, 1908, he married Anna M. Farber (1888-19??) in her home at 221 17th Ave., Long Island City in Queens. Pastor Chr. Merkel of Trinity Lutheran Church performed the ceremony. Max and Anna had two children, a son and a daughter, Louise. Their son apparently died because only Max, Anna and their daughter are listed in the 1910 U.S. Census of Queens, N.Y. City. Max was a member of the I.O.O.F., members of which conducted services at the grave, the Long Island City Athletic Club and the Flushing Bay Motor Boat Club. He is buried in Riverview Cemetery in Roscoe, Sullivan Co., NY. After Max's death, Anna and Louise moved back to Long Island City. They were living with Anna's parents and younger siblings when they were enumerated in January for the 1920 census. Anna and Louise were living together in an apartment building at 3233 44th Street in Long Island City at the time of the 1930 census. Anna's brother Herman Farber and his wife Helen lived in the same apartment building. In the 1940 census, Anna and Louise were living at 2844 43rd Street. Anna was still a widow and Louise was still single.
  • Son Heinl (1908-1908)
  • Louise Heinl (1910-19??)
Children of John Adam and Margaretha Krach Heinl
Emilie Katherina Heinl (1889-1890) was born April 27th in Bamberg. She died there February 3rd.
Amelia Heinl (1892-1969) was born April 30th in Astoria, Queens, Long Island. She was still living at home in the 1910 U.S. Census of Queens, N.Y. City. She married Charles Roesemann (1889-1977). They retired to Jacksonville, FL. They had one son.
  • Charles Raesemann, Jr (1910-1978)
Robert Emil Heinl (1897-1964) was born January 9th in Astoria, Queens, Long Island. He is listed in the 1910 U.S. Census of Queens, N.Y. City, still living with his mother, step-father and sister. He married Sadie Pietrowski (1898-1985). They had three children. He had been with Belmont Hosiery Mills since 1940 and had his office in the Empire State Building. A veteran of World War I, he is buried in Long Island National Cemetery.
  • Robert Emil Heinl (1921-1994)
  • Richard Clement Heinl
  • Claire Marie Heinl


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