The most recent Hollenbeck in my tree is Sophia Hollenbeck who married Herman Joseph Gerling. So for a line of descendant
- Johann Heinrich Hollenbeck (prev. info had as Herman Heinrich) m. Maria Catherina Wolking
- Herman Heinrich Hollenbeck m. Margaretta Adelaide Lammers
- Sophia Hollenbeck m. Herman Joseph Gerling
- Louis Gerling m. Veronica Bax (and these are probably the names you my family are most familiar with :) )
So for years, I kind of have been toying with this particular branch of my family. I've looked at it, glanced around ancestry, didn't find anything and gave up for a little while. It wasn't that I wasn't interested in this particular family name, but I was always searching more in depth on another name and once I'd hit a brick wall would come back and toy with this one. Should I have put more focus on it? Maybe. But I tend to bounce around depending on how much frustration I feel like I can handle :)
This is the information that I had to work on, supplied from the following site: Descendants of Herman Hollenbeck. For those who don't want to click on the link, basically:
Herman Heinrich Hollenbeck b. about 1790 in Cologne, Oldenburg, Germany d. Before 1860 Osage County, Missouri married Maria Catherina Wolking b. 1799 Oldenburg, Germany d. January 1864 Crawford Twp, Osage, Missouri.
Something about their being born in Cologne didn't quite seem to fit for me, and I was also having difficulty finding when they immigrated to the states. According to their son Herman Heinrich Hollenbeck in the 1900 census he immigrated in 1851 and for the longest time I was looking for immigration records after that date.
To my surprise he came up in the 1850 census living in Cole, Missouri - which means, the family immigrated before 1851.
With this new piece of information I went hunting again, but this time I tried searching with his sister's name Catherina - and sure enough! there they were!
On May 26, 1842 on the J N Adami, the Hollenbeck family consisting of Johann Heinrich, Catherina (his wife), and children Herman and Catherina arrived in New Orleans, Lousiana. Their native town was Hunteburg and they were from Holdorf. Their final destination was listed as St. Louis. What sort of luggage did they bring? 2 chests and 2 bags. I have copy and paste on this document to make it more easily read. Our ancestor did not travel in the cabin, instead they were in steerage.
Imagine, starting a whole new life in a new country with only 2 chests and 2 bags holding your belongings. I pack a suitcase for a week (Yes I overpack)!
To keep this blog post short, I will stop here :) But expect more on this family, because I was able to order the Holdorf/Hunteburg microfilm from the Family History Library in Salt Lake City, UT. I was able to find records of Johann and Catherina's children (2 of which I didn't know about) and a couple trails to follow.
If you have any information on the Hollenbeck's you want to share :) please feel free to comment!!
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