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Catharine Charlotte Reinert
Taufdatum 28 Jan 1816
Taufort EVANGELISCH,LANGENHOLZHAUSEN,LIPPE,GERMANY
Name des Vaters Friedrich Gottlieb Reinert
Name der Mutter Sophie Charlotte Strate
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Birth: Jan. 26, 1816, Germany Death: Dec. 5, 1908
Freeport, Stephenson County, Illinois, USA
HALE AND HEARTY NINETY-FOUR YEARS
MRS. CATHERINE SCHWARZE STILL IN POssEssION OF HER FACULTIES
FIVE GENERATIONS REPRESENTED IN THE ACCOMPANYING PICTURE
One Hundred and Nine Direct Living Descendants a Record Which Is Difficult to Appreciate
- Names of All Given
"Freeport has long been a city distinguished and celebrated for many things.
It is a name that will go down in history as a town where things happen.
But the everyday occurrences, as a rule, go by unheeded and are little thought of
until some day in the future when they are recalled by some incident.
Living in our midst is a woman nearing the age of one hundred years who has the
proud distinction of being able to hold in her arms a member of the fifth generation
of her descendants. This estimable lady is Mrs. Catherine Schwarze.
Some day during this month she will be ninety-four years old, but the exact day
nobody knows.
When one stops to think what her distinction means, he cannot help but wonder at
the remarkable vitality of this old lady. A short time ago a son of hers died, and
he was beyond the allotted three score and ten, and yet she lives and is hale and
hearty. True, she is not possessed of the acute senses of a person forty years her
junior, yet she is in good health and aside from a little deafness, she is in
possession of all her faculties. This remarkable lady has a great great granddaughter
and has one hundred and nine direct descendants living. She was the mother of a large
family seven of whom are still living, and five are dead. She has forty-four
grandchildren, fifty-seven great-grandchildren and one great, great grandchild.
Residence in Freeport, Mrs. Schwarze was born in Kaldorf, Lippe Detmold, Germany in
the month of February 1814. Her maiden name was Catherine Rheinert. She was married
in her native town seventy-five years ago. She with other members of her family
emigrated to the United States in 1863. They came directly to Freeport and this
city has been her home ever since. Her husband, Henry Schwarze was a tailor by
trade and carried on that occupation until a few years before his death, which
occurred about fifteen years ago. Coming to Freeport at an early age she has seen
the city grow from a small and struggling village to a prosperous city that it is now.
Many of the historic happenings are as fresh in her memory as though they happened
but yesterday. She has been a member of St John's church ever since that congregation
was first organized. She has seen the congregation grow from the straggling few to
the present large and prosperous membership. She has at all times been an active
worker in the welfare of the church.
Her Descendants
As states before she is the mother of twelve children. They are: Fred Schwarze,
Mrs. C. Mensenkamp, Mrs. C. Tempel, Henry Schwarze, Mrs. Nettie Huenkemeier,
A. C. Schwarze, Mrs. William Kanne, Mrs. Julia Wachlin, deceased, Simon Schwarze,
deceased, and three others who died without issue. The descendants of the children
and their descendants will be given in the order named above.
Through her oldest son, Fred, is the fifth generation carried out. He was the
father of ten children, nine of whom are married. His oldest daughter married
Louis Schmertman, whose oldest daughter married Charles Kottman and their daughter
Infant Kottman is of the fifth generation. The other children of Fred Schwarze are:
Fred Schwarze, Jr. six children Henry, three children Minnie, three children
John, five children Louis, none Mary, six children Conrad, two children
Martha, two children William, none. Mrs. Mensenkamp had three children:
Mrs. Mary Van Horn, one child Mrs. Gust Edler, three children and Ed Mensenkamp,
one child.
Mrs. C. Tempel, four children: Fred, three children H. C., S. Albert and Ed, no issue.
Henry Schwarze, eight children: Tena, one child Lydia, George, Albert, Otto,
Edward, Louis, no issue. Mrs. Nettie Huenkemeier, three children:
Mrs. J. A. Aylward, Madison Wis., two children William Huenkemeier, none
and Mrs. Beckmire, none.
A. C. Schwarze, four children: Edward, two children Elizabeth, Albert and Oscar,
no issue.
Mrs. William Kanne, two children: William and Ray, both of whom are childless.
Mrs. Julia Wachlin, deceased, five children: all of whom are unmarried.
Simon Schwarze, deceased, five children: William A. Schwarze, Springfield,
two children Mrs. Peter Bolsar, four children Mrs. Minnie Busch, eight children
John Schwarze, Oklahoma, and Mrs. Frank Bardell, Jennings, La., no children.
AMONG FIRST RESIDENTS
DEATH OF MRS. KATHERINE SCHWARZE AT AGE OF NINETY- FIVE
HERE SIXTY YEARS
SEVERAL WELL-KNOWN FREEPORT PEOPLE ARE AMONG HER DESCENDANTS
"Mrs. Katherine Schwarze, a resident of Freeport for the past sixty years and one
of the most prominent women identified with the early history of the city, died at
fifteen minutes past one o'clock this morning, after being confined to her bed for
the past six weeks at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Nettie Huenkemeier,
325 Stephenson Street. Mrs. Schwarze was nearly ninety-five years of age, and her
death is attributed to old senile decline.
Mrs. Schwarze was affectionately known as "Grandma Schwarze" by almost all of the
residents of this city. She was born Feb. 15, 1814 in Kaldorf, Lippe Detmold,
Germany and came to this country when she was a young woman. About seventy-five
years ago she was married to Henry Schwarze, who was one of the pioneer tailors
of this city. Her maiden name was Miss Katherine Rheinert.
During the years of residence in this city she was closely identified with all
the developments of Freeport. Mrs. Schwarze was a woman of the hardy German type
and was possessed of those marvelous physical powers that enabled her to withstand
the infirmities of old age and maintain her mental faculties up to the very last
hour of her life. By nature Mrs. Schwarze was a woman who was constituted to
endure the hardships that came to the early settlers of this country sixty years
ago, and up to the last days of her life she retained a very vivid recollection
of all the incidents of the early life of the city.
Mrs. Schwarze was a charter member of St. John's Evangelical Church, and during
her lifetime she was devoted to its social and religious activities. She was an
ardent Christian woman, and spent a goodly share of her life in ministering to
the welfare of others. Her death while expected for some time is deeply regretted,
for it removes one of the best and noblest women in the city.
Decedent is survived by the following children: Frederic of Loran township,
Henry of Bellingham, Wash., Mrs. H. Mensenkamp, Mrs. A. Tempel, August, and
Mrs. Nettie Huenkemeier, all of this city, and Mrs. William Kanne of Davis.
The funeral will be held on Monday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock from the home of
Mrs. Huenkemeier, Rev. F Holke, pastor of St John's church will officiate.
Interment will be in the city cemetery." Source: Freeport Daily Bulletin,
Saturday, December 05, 1908.
LIVED WITHIN HALF DECADE OF CENTURY
MRS. CATHERINE SCHWARZE WHOSE DEATH OCCURRED EARLY TODAY
WAS MOTHER OF MRS. N. HUENKEMEIER
FACULTIES WELL PRESERVED UNTIL THE LAST - SEVERAL GENERATIONS OF DESCENDANTS
"Mrs. Catherine Schwarze, venerable mother of Mrs. Nettie Huenkemeier, passed
away this morning at 1:15 o'clock at the home of the latter 325 Stephenson Street,
her demise being cause by old age and the infirmities attendant upon it. She had
been confined to her bed for several weeks. Had she lived until February next,
Mrs. Schwarze would have reached the age of 95 years. She was indeed a remarkable
woman for one so advanced in years, retaining possession of all her faculties in her extreme age, remembering and relating occurrences of four score years ago as
of they had only happened recently. She was a good conversationalist and
delighted in the society of her friends. She was a native of Germany.
Mrs. Schwarze was one of the oldest members of St. John's German Evangelical church,
and during her younger years took an active part in the work of the congregation.
Seven children survive her as follows: Fred Schwarze, of Loran Henry of
Bellingham, Wash. August, Mrs. H. Mensenkamp, Mrs. A. Tempel, and
Mrs. Nettie Huenkemeier, of Freeport, and Mrs. William Kanne, of Davis.
The funeral will be held on Monday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock, services to be
conducted at the Huenkemeier home by Rev. F Holke, of St John's church,
at that hour.
Interment will be made in the city cemetery. Six of Mrs. Schwarze's grandsons
will act as pallbearers." Source: Freeport Standard, Saturday evening,
December 05, 1908, front page, col. 4.
A WOMAN PIONEER ENTERS INTO REST
MRS. CATHERINE SCHWARZE SUCCUMBS IN HER NINETY-FIFTH YEAR
WIDOW OF HENRY SCHWARZE WHO CONDUCTED TAILOR SHOP AT EARLY DAY
MANY YEARS IDENITFIED WITH ST JOHN'S EVANGELICAL CHURCH - WAS A RESIDENT OF
FREEPORT FOR SIXTY YEARS
"Mrs. Catherine Schwarze, pioneer resident of Freeport and widow of the late
Henry Schwarze, died at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Nettie Huenkemeier,
325 Stephenson Street, at 1:15 o'clock this morning. A general decline incident
to old age was the cause of her death. Mrs. Schwarze, head she lived, would have
been 95 years old next February, and for all her years had retained the use of her
faculties to a remarkable degree. She was conscious up to within a few minutes
of the last.
Five-generation photo
Decedent was a member of St. John's Evangelical congregation and had been an ardent
and devote Christian all her life, her religious training and thoughts being a
great consolation to her during the last years of her life.
Surviving the deceased are seven children: Fred Schwarze, of Loran township
Henry of Bellingham, Wash. August, Mrs. H. Mensenkamp, Mrs. A. Tempel, and
Mrs. Nettie Huenkemeier, of Freeport, and Mrs. William Kanne of Davis.
The funeral will be held from the home of her daughter, Mrs. Huenkemeier,
Monday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock. Rev. F Holke, pastor of St John's church will
officiate and the pallbearers will be selected from among the grandchildren of
the deceased. Interment will be at the city cemetery."
BIOGRAPHICAL
Mrs. Schwarze was born in Kalldorf, Lippe Detmold, Germany in the month of
February 1814. Her maiden name was Miss Catherine Rheinert. She was married in
her native town seventy-five years ago. She with other members of her family
emigrated to the United States in 1848. They came directly to Freeport and this
city has been her home ever since. Her husband, Henry Schwarze was a tailor by
trade and carried on that occupation until a few years before his death, which
occurred about fifteen years ago. Coming to Freeport at an early age she has
seen the city grow from a small and struggling village to a prosperous city
that it is now. Many of the historic happenings are as fresh in her memory as
though they happened but recently. She has been a member of St John's church
ever since that congregation was first organized. She has seen the congregation
grow from the straggling few to the present large and prosperous membership.
Mrs. Schwarze has at all times been an active worker in the welfare of the church.
Source: Freeport Daily Journal, Saturday, December 05, 1908.
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Spouse:
Johan Heinrich Schwarze (1804 - 1892)*
Children:
Johann 'Frederick' Herman Schwarze (1834 - 1921)*
Friedrich 'Simon' Schwarze (1837 - 1908)*
Christina Sophie Catherine Schwarze Mensenkamp (1838 - 1910)*
Friederike Henriette 'Charlotte' Schwarze Tempel (1840 - 1922)*
Friedrich Heinrich August Schwarze (1842 - 1934)*
Heinrich Wilhelm 'Conrad' Schwarze (1844 - 1858)*
Louise Henriette Schwarze Huenkemeier (1848 - 1942)*
August C. Wilhelm Schwarze (1850 - 1930)*
Herman Fredrich Schwarze (1853 - 1857)*
Ernest Phillip Schwarze (1855 - 1856)*
Louise Marie Henriette Schwarze Kanne (1857 - 1941)*
Julianna Pauline Schwarze Wachlin (1860 - 1905)*
*Calculated relationship
Burial:
Freeport City Cemetery
Freeport
Stephenson County
Illinois, USA
Created by: steve s
Record added: Aug 19, 2012
Find A Grave Memorial# 95580536
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