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Note: This web page is moving to a new home. If you plan to return, please bookmark the new location. For your convenience the location here at sisna.com will remain active until summer 2002. Please feel free to view the pages here but remember that the main location for the Heckenbach Family History web site, effective Feb 2002, is

Heckenbach Family History

Geschichte des amerikanisches Familiennamens Heckenbach nur in Englisch

Index to Pages on this Site: Heckenbach Family History         The Heckenbach Surname          Our Ancestry Chart
The Village of Heckenbach        Scenes from the Village         Maps of the Area
Biographies of Dr. Adam Heckenbach (1831-1913), Christian Heckenbach (1841-1920), and their father  
Christian Heckenbach Family Pictures        Sophia Wiltgen's Story       Jake and Annie Drees' Story
Paintings by Werner Heckenbach (New Page Jan 2002, updated April 2002)
Lineage of the HECKENBACHs of Brohl (New Page May 2002)
This link will take you to another geneology website unrelated to the HECKENBACH site The Mill at Boulaide (Luxembourg) and the SCHLEICH, SPARTZ, CLEMENT, SCHULLER, BIERCHEN, AND MICHELAU Families

Heckenbach Family History is a summary of geneological, historical, and geographical information about the Heckenbach surname and immigration to the USA, including information on the twin villages of Niederheckenbach and Oberheckenbach in Germany, formerly known as Prussia. I'm aware of many other cases of the Heckenbach family name turning up, and some of them are accessible on the internet, so I'll limit this page to the discoveries of my personal research and what others have shared with me. The Heckenbach name is distinctive enough, that every encounter with it suggests a sense of kinship. And there have been encounters, surprisingly often, maybe partly because we are concentrated around the Chicago area. Almost every Heckenbach in the US is descended from the two brothers Christian and Johann Adam, who came to the US in the 1860s. The first two generations of their descendants are listed below.

Descendants of Dr. Johann Adam Heckenbach

Johann Adam Heckenbach
born Aug 9 1831, Brohl-am-Rhein, Prussia
died Dec 9 1913 Chicago IL 		married
Jan 21 1865
to 		Franciska Sophia Fisher
born Jan 27 1838 Brohl-am-Rhein (or Koblenz?) Prussia
died Oct 16 1878 Mayville WI
  name date of birth place of birth date of death married to
1 Johann Heckenbach Nov 14 1865 Brohl-am-Rhein, Prussia 1866 (died at age 10 months)
2 Heinrich Johann Heckenbach Aug 12 1867 Mayville WI Mar 29 1936 m Johanna Vierke
3 Anna Franciska (Annie) Heckenbach Jan 15 1869 Mayville WI Mar 16 1945 m Louis Blitz
4 Maria Amalia (Molly) Heckenbach Aug 30 1870 Mayville WI Feb 16 1942 m George Haar
5 Joseph Johann Heckenbach Mar 13 1872 Mayville WI Dec 1 1941 m Barbara Dewald
6 Christian Aloysius Heckenbach Feb 4 1874 Chicago IL Nov 5 1932 m Sophia Koch
7 Margaretha Augusta Heckenbach Jun 21 1876 Kenosha WI Apr 3 1959 m Peter John Hinkes
8 an infant and the mother died at birth in Mayville WI Oct 16 1878

note: #1- 6 died in Chicago, IL and #7 died in Leroy, WI. John Adam then married Johanna Droge in Chicago IL on July 15, 1879.

John Adam's Grandchildren
2A   Walter Heckenbach 1892-1893
B   Arthur Heckenbach 1893-1977
C   Florence Alyea 1895-1984
D   Clarence Heckenbach 1899-1991
       
3A   Loretta Artery ?-?
B   Irene Blitz ?-?
       
4A   Raymond Haar 1895-1965
       
5A   Carolyn Heckenbach 1896-1896
B   Pearl Vogel 1899-1939
C   Marion Heckenbach 1902-1924
D   Frances Hauser 1908-1980
       
6A   Chris Heckenbach 1895-1951
B   Herold Heckenbach 1899-1971
C   Mildred Heckenbach 1903-1914
D   Dorothy Oehlberg 1907-1983
       
7A   Peter Hinkes    1895-1960
B   Edmund Hinkes 1896-1984
C   Henry Hinkes 1898-1960
D   Theodore Hinkes 1900-1933
E   Mary Hinkes 1901-1984
F   Margaret Kuen 1904-1998
G   Anthony G. Hinkes 1905-1906
H   Anthony A. (Fr. Gabriel) Hinkes 1909-1998
I   Alois Hinkes 1911-1968
J   Theresa Vollmer 1912-

Descendents of Christian Heckenbach

Christian Heckenbach
born Sep 13 1841 Brohl-am-Rhein, Prussia
died Jan 30 1920 Chicago IL 		married
Jan 21 1866
to 		Maria Sophia Spicker
born Aug 20 1842 Willheiss (Kreis Crefeld), Prussia
died May 2 1915 Chicago IL
  given name familiar name date of birth place of birth date of death married to
1 Johanna Katherina Heckenbach Kate Ledenbach Jun 1 1866 Essen-am-Ruhr, Prussia 1929 John Ledenbach
2 Franciska Sophia Heckenbach * Sophie Wiltgen Jul 21 1868 Fond du Lac WI Mar 5 1964 Martin Wiltgen
3 Maria Eva Heckenbach * Eve Mach Parshall May 27 1870 Forest County WI Sep 4 1949 John Mach,William Parshall
4 Anna Maria Heckenbach * Mary Schillo Jan 31 1872 Mayville WI 1962 George Schillo
5 Johann Heckenbach John Oct 25 1873 St Hillary, Chicago IL Oct 1 1941 Maria Schwall, Louise Mach
6 Johann Adam Heckenbach Adam Jan 16 1876 St Michael, Chicago IL May 29 1948 Gertrude Both
7 Franz Xavier Heckenbach Frank Apr 30 1878 St Joseph, Chicago IL Mar 4 1953 Katherine (Fuertsch) Hubrich
8 Wilhelmina Louisa Heckenbach Lou Berry Jun 22 1880 St Joseph, Chicago IL Oct 30 1965 Charles Berry
9 Maria Anna Heckenbach Ann Drees Sep 9 1882 St Henry, Chicago IL May 21 1947 Jacob Drees
10 Franz Joseph Heckenbach Joe Dec 23 1885 St Henry, Chicago IL Jul 4 1947 Lucia Doetsch

*see yellow box at bottom

Christian's Grandchildren
1A   Sophie Stuedeman 1885?-1929?
B   Christ Ledenbach 1887?-1933
C   Evelyn Jaehnke 1887-1959
D   Frances Dreier Farmer 1890-1964
E   Kate Leineweber 1892-1957
F   Jane Gale 1895-1978
G   Susan Johnson Carlsten 1896-1972
H   Louise Dyer Spieden 1898-1949
I   Mary Netwig Allen 1901-?
J   Frank Ledenbach 1903-1971
K   Matthew Ledenbach 190?-1950
L   Bernard Ledenbach 1908-1955
       
2A   Sophie Welter   1891-1955
B   Martin Wiltgen 1892-1965
C   Eugene Wiltgen 1894-1957
D   Mike Wiltgen 1896-1966
E   Louise Einsweiler 1897-1975
F   John Wiltgen 1899-1985
G   Catherine Meyers 1901-1990
H   Frank Wiltgen 1903-1993
       
3A   John Mach 1890-1953
B   Marie Gusterine 1892-1945
C   Luisa Mach 1894-1894
D   Anne Stone 1895-1973
E   George Mach 1897-1969
F   Frank Mach 1900-1902
G   Frank Parshall 1908-1908
H   Bert Parshall 1910-1977
       
4A   Mae Mink 1888-1989
B   George Schillo 1892-1958
C   Sophie Keeler 1893-1918
D   Esther Freer Wagner 1894-?
E   John Schillo 1895?-1965
       
5A   Marie Meyers 1900-1996
B   Christian Heckenbach 1902-1965
C   Raymond Heckenbach 1904-1904
D   Louise Anderson 1912-
E   George Heckenbach 1914-1983
F   Eva (Mach) Heckenbach
(Sr Mary Stanislaus) (stepdaughter)		 1894-?
       
6A   Margaret Anderson 1903-1933
B   Catherine Varley 1905-1988
C   Marion Varley 1907-1933
D   Evelyn Heckenbach 1912-1935
       
7A   Ernest Heckenbach 1901-1983
B   Laurence Heckenbach 1903-1965
C   Frank Heckenbach 1914-2001
       
8A   Donald Berry  1903-1976
B   Gladys Borreson 1906-1991
C   Paul Berry 1908-1960
D,E   (twins) (died at birth)
F   Charles Berry 1916-1929
G   Dorothy Sebeck 1919-
       
9A   Irene Bennett 1904-1994
       
10A   Dorothy Ebner  1913-1996
B   Roland Heckenbach 1915-1987
C   Raymond Heckenbach 1915-1975
D   Joseph Heckenbach 1917-1997
E   Eileen Retzke 1923-1992

click here for pictures of Christian and his family

* This information came from the Illinois State Marriage Archives website: Notice the dates and marriage license numbers. The three sisters were all married in the same month, and in the order of their ages. Sophie and Mary evidently went to the Clerk's Office together to get their licenses. It's also interesting that "Mary" and "Annie" as they evidently called themselves as teenagers, are now remembered as Eve and Mary, while their little sister became known as "Annie Drees."
GROOM BRIDE COUNTY DATE LIC #
WILTGEN, MARTIN HECKENBACH, SOPHIE COOK 11/13/1889 00146129
MACH, JOHN HECKENBACH, MARY E COOK 11/19/1889 00146130
SCHILLO, GEORGE A HECKENBACH, ANNIE M COOK 11/28/1889 00146890

E-MAIL   Please send comments, ideas, questions, corrections, and updates to: heckenbach@ameritech.net

I would appreciate old pictures, especially from John Adam's side. I'm always looking for more information. I'm also keeping data on all Heckenbachs from all time and in all places. If you have old family records or a Stammbuch or Ahnentafel, please send me a copy. I have the most extensive data from Brohl (see the link to my new webpage at the top) and Niederzissen.

by Jim Heckenbach

First published May 5, 1999
Last updated May 27, 2002