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Ernst Heinrich Prasse (AKA: Heinrich and Henry)

b. March __, 1814

Hanover, Germany

d. October 2, 1875^A

St. Louis, Missouri

m. About 1836

Germany

Margaret M. ?

b. ______________ __, 1816 or 17

Germany

d. ______________ __, _____

NOTES: The family immigrated from Germany sometime between April 1845 and April 1847. The 1850 census lists an Ernst Prassa living in St. Louis. Ernst was a teamster and later a grocer. In 1851 he leased a lot on North 14th St. in St. Louis. In 1870, Ernst opened a store, Ernst H. Prasse _ Groceries and Provisions at 2121 N. 14th St. Later, in 1874, he moved the store to 2327 N. 15th St. and called it E. H. Prasse and Son. Ernst's cause of death was dropsy. Ernst later had two other marriages (see below).

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Louisa Prasse

b. July 1, 1837

Loningdorf, Buer, Hanover,

Germany

d. February 14, 1914^J

Dittmer, Missouri

m. June 7, 1855

St. Louis, Missouri

Carl August Reese (or Rehse)

b. ______________ __, 1824?

St. Louis, Missouri

d. December 27, 1856?^A

Missouri

NOTES: Louisa was a kind, soft_spoken woman. Alberta Shephard, great_granddaughter of Louisa, found Louisa's confirmation certificate which lists Ernst Heinrich Prasse as her father. This finding served to link this Louisa Prasse to the North St. Louis branch. Louisa's last name is spelled Prassen on her confirmation certificate and Prasser on her marriage certificate with Carl. Louisa had a millinery shop at 252 Franklin Avenue, St. Louis in 1856.

3

Dena Florentina Reese

b. July 7, 1857

St. Louis, Missouri

d. April 30, 1935^G

St. Louis, Missouri

m. February 25, 1873

St. Louis, Missouri

Jacob Schenck

b. September 9, 1850

d. July 25, 1935^G

St. Louis, Missouri

NOTES: Dena was formally adopted by Louisa's next husband and her last name became Heitmann. According to Alberta Shephard, there was always a special bond between Louisa and Dena. Jacob's father was also named Jacob and his mother's maiden name was Rapp. Jacob was a brick layer and later became a contractor. He built several large buildings in downtown St. Louis.

4

Jacob Schenck

b. ______________ __, _____

St. Louis, Missouri

d. ______________ __, ____^G

4

Flora Schenck

b. ______________ __, _____

St. Louis, Missouri

d. ______________ __, ____^G

4

Olivia Schenck

b. ______________ __, 1890

St. Louis, Missouri

d. October 14, 1952^G

St. Louis, Missouri

__________

Louisa remarried after Carl died.

m. August 23, 1857

St. Louis, Missouri

Hermann Heinrich Heitmann

b. October 15, 1824

Hamlingdorf, Hanover, Germany

d. January 4, 1903^J

Dittmer, Missouri

NOTES: Hermann came to America with his brother, Johann Heinrich, on a cattle boat from Wicklingdorf, Bremen, Germany in 1846. The brothers entered America through New York. He arrived in Missouri in 1847 and was naturalized in 1856. Hermann homesteaded land in Oermann, Missouri on October 7, 1859 and some of his descendants still live on his original farm. The Heitmann family (possibly Hermann's brother) had a grocery store in North St. Louis at 1020N Vandeventer. The store operated at least until 1908. Hermann's father was Hermann Heinrich Heitmann (b. 8_10_1783; d. 11_19_1844), son of Anthony Herman Heitmann (1743_1802) and Catherine Margarete Kemners; and his mother was Catharina Illsabein Hagemann (b. 2_6_1792; d. 2_1_1864), daughter of Herman Heinrich Hagemann and Margaret Hoekers). Hermann also had a sister named Katherine Maria Heitmann (b. 12_23_1815; d. 1873 _ never married). Hermann was 5'3" and had brown hair and green eyes.

3

"Baby" Heitmann

b. ______________ __, 1859

St. Louis, Missouri

d. July 29, 1859^A

St. Louis, Missouri

NOTES: This child was buried in the Prasse family cemetery plot under the name Heideman.

3

Julia Louise Heitmann

b. September 15, 1860

Dittmer, Missouri

d. January 8, 1948^J

Troy, Missouri

m. ______________ __, 1880

Frederick Meyer

b. November 4, 1858

d. April 25, 1882

No known children by this marriage.

NOTES: Frederick died of pneumonia after butchering hogs.

Julia remarried after Frederick died.

m. January 12, 1884

Dittmer, Missouri

Herman Christian Frederick Viehland

b. April 22, 1860

d. June 13, 1939

NOTES: Herman's father and mother were Karl Heinrich Viehland (2_1_1827, Germany to 8_23_1900, Missouri) and Louise U. Schulte (3_12_1832, Germany to 3_30_1873, Missouri). Karl and Louise immigrated in 1855 with two children. One of the children died on the boat during the journey. Karl later married Sophie Tuliamayer (3_11_1829 to 1_9_1900). Karl was a founding member of St. Martin's Evangelical Church, Dittmer, Missouri. Herman was a farmer in Jefferson City, Missouri.

4

Oscar Carl Viehland

b. June 12, 1884

Dittmer, Missouri

d. November 21, 1966^L

St. Clair, Missouri

m. ______________ __, _____

Hulda Riemann

b. January 23, 1885

d. February 5, 1931^L

St. Clair, Missouri

No children by this marriage.

NOTES: Hulda died of cancer.

Oscar remarried after Hulda died.

m. June 11, 1933

Union, Missouri

Marie Stock

b. ______________ __, _____

d. September 7, 1962^L

Warrenton, Missouri

NOTES: Oscar went to St. Louis when he was old enough and worked in his uncle's tailor shop (a Prasse). Later he worked in the Heitmann store owned by his Uncles Frederick and Henry. Then Oscar was a carpenter and farmer. Oscar lived on his father's farm with his wife, Marie, and mother after his father died. He lived on several farms in Union, Troy, and Warrenton. When Marie died of a brain tumor Oscar moved to St. Clair.

4

Hulda Louise Viehland

b. December 22, 1887

Dittmer, Missouri

d. August 26, 1961^J

Washington, Missouri

m. June 4, 1912

Dittmer, Missouri

Edwin H. Riemann

b. ______________ __, 1890?

Dittmer, Missouri

d. September 6, 1949

Litchfield, Illinois

NOTES: Hulda and Edwin lived in Eureka, Missouri. Edwin's father was Louis Riemann and his mother was Johanna Forbitzky. Louis was a minister. Hulda and Edwin were divorced in 1945. Hulda an her son then went ot Gray Summit to live. Later they moved to Washington, Missouri where she died of lung cancer.

5

Leroy Kenneth Riemann

b. May 12, 1931

St. Louis, Missouri

m. June 14, 1959

Washington, Missouri

Carolyn Ann Woelker

b. October 31, 1937

Washington, Missouri

NOTES: Carolyn's parrents are Arthur and Irene Woelker.

6

Mark Alan Riemann

b. January 2, 1963

Washington, Missouri

6

Jane Louise Riemann

b. December 15, 1964

Washington, Missouri

6

Timothy Paul Riemann

b. May 28, 1972

Washington, Missouri

6

Cynthia Ann Riemann

b. August 29, 1973

Washington, Missouri

d. August 29, 1973

Washington, Missouri

6

Aaron Matthew Riemann

b. March 15, 1981

Washington, Missouri

__________

4

Bertha Elise Anna Viehland

b. November 3, 1891

Oermann, Missouri

m. February 11, 1913

Dittmer, Missouri

William Conrad Michel Redhage

b. January 12, 1890

Oermann, Missouri

d. December 22, 1940

Gray Summit, Missouri

NOTES: Bertha and William lived in Oermann where William farmed with Bertha's father. Later they moved to Eureka and William worked for Henry Heitmann slaughtering cattle. Later William worked for the railroad and then for the Silica Company. He contracted silicosis which proved fatal.

5

Hermann Heinrich Redhage

b. June 5, 1914

Oermann, Missouri

d. September __, 1914

Oermann, Missouri

5

Wilbert Albert Oscar Redhage

b. September 6, 1915

Oermann, Missouri

m. February 11, 1938

St. Louis, Missouri

Iola Wandilea Hilderbrand

b. September 1, 1914

Newport, Arkansas

NOTES: Iola's parents were Lydle Hildebrand and Marie Helen Baker. Wilbert and Iola have one adopted son, Lloyd Wayne (b. May 21, 1951 in St. Louis). Lloyd married Rochell Ostermann on June 9, 1973. Wilbert and Iola also raised the following foster children: Honey Lee Wilson, Gerald Lester Wilson, and Ellen Lorraine Faulkner.

6

Herman Redhage

b. June 30, 1944

St. Louis, Missouri

d. June 30, 1944

St. Louis, Missouri

__________

5

Alberta Julie Anna Redhage

b. June 2, 1921

Oermann, Missouri

m. December 17, 1937

St. Charles, Missouri

James Tilden Shephard

b. March 11, 1910

Haldman, Oregon

NOTES: James' parents were William Wallace Shephard and Laura Watson. Alberta has a strong interest in genealogy. She is also working on the Heitmann, Viehland, and Redhage family trees. Current address _ Box 233, Gray Summit, Missouri, 63039.

6

James William Shephard

b. October 3, 1938

Washington, Missouri

m. August 18, 1962

Anna Lee Schuster

b. ______________ __, _____

6

David Wayne Shephard

b. June 1, 1943

Washington, Missouri

m. July 6, 1963

Patrica Manhart

b. ______________ __, _____

6

Thomas Roger Shephard

b. October 15, 1946

Washington, Missouri

d. August 31, 1972^J

St. Charles, Missouri

m. December 3, 1967

Kathleen Brinker

b. ______________ __, _____

Thomas remarried.

m. August __, 1970

St. Charles, Missouri

Dinah Schaeffen Kotter

b. ______________ __, _____

6

Carolyn Roberta Shephard

b. December 3, 1948

Washington, Missouri

m. May 8, 1970

Ronald Eugene Smith

b. ______________ __, _____

6

Paul Conrad Shephard

b. May 24, 1953

Washington, Missouri

m. November 13, 1972

Dianne Richardson

b. ______________ __, _____

6

Mark Lee Shephard

b. February 28, 1962

St. Louis, Missouri

__________

5

Lucille Hulda Margarette Redhage

b. May 16, 1923

Oermann, Missouri

5

Louis Henry Redhage

b. March 17, 1925

Eureka, Missouri

m. October 18, 1945

Hondo AAF, Texas

Martha Elizabeth Croy (Wernette)

b. February 22, 1923

Marfa, Texas

NOTES: Martha's parents were Leo Dewey Croy and Sahra Jane Morgan. Martha was married to Louis J. Wernette and had one child by that marriage; Charles Louis Wernette. Charles married Kathleen Loveless, then Diane Tobin, and then Anne Marie Helm. Louis served with the 8th Air Force in Europe during WWII. He also served with the 131st Fighter Group in Korea. He and Martha live on Farm Road 1108 in the San Antonio, Texas area. Louis is a transmission specialist with Bock Ford in New Braunfels, Texas. Martha was the post mistress in Cibolo, Texas for some time.

6

Joan Elizabeth Redhage

b. September 23, 1946

Seguin, Texas

m. ______________ __, 1966

Bernard Linnartz

b. ______________ __, _____

Joan remarried.

m. April 26, 1973

Douglas Glen Veazey

b. ______________ __, _____

NOTES: Joan and Douglas live at 2005 Casa Loma Court, Universal City, Texas, 78148.

7

? Veazey

b. ______________ __, _____

d. ______________ __, _____

NOTES: This child was born prematurely and passed away four months after birth.

__________

6

Louis Henry Redhage, Jr.

b. January 20, 1948

Austin, Texas

m. October 2, 1968

Maureen Goulet

b. ______________ __, _____

NOTES: Louis and Maureen live at 245 Birch St., Selfridge ANG Base, Michigan, 48045. Louis is career US Navy.

7

Erich Scott Redhage

b. March 18, 1971

7

Corey Patrick Redhage

b. April 19, 1974

7

Aaron Matthew Redhage

b. February 2, 1976

7

Brady Jonathan Redhage

b. June 30, 1977

_________

5

Henry Edwin Redhage

b. October 29, 1928

Eureka, Missouri

d. November 5, 1928

Eureka, Missouri

_________

Bertha remarried after William died.

m. December 8, 1949

Illinois

August Schultz

b. ______________ __, _____

d. ______________ __, 1977

NOTES: Bertha lived with her children after William died. When she married August, she moved to his large farm in Illinois. August died of cancer. Bertha moved back to Gray Summit, Missouri. Bertha is living in a nursing home in Fenton, Missouri.

__________

3

Elizabeth Heitmann (AKA: Lizzie)

b. July 8, 1862

Dittmer, Missouri

d. December 20, 1925^J

Dittmer, Missouri

NOTES: Elizabeth was a seamstress. She and her sister, Lena, moved to Montezuma, Colorado. A cousin had a boarding house there. Lizzie never married.

3

Henry Ernest Heitmann

b. March 15, 1864

Dittmer, Missouri

d. April 14, 1958^K

Ellisville, Missouri

m. July 1, 1893

Margarette Haber

b. ______________ __, 1869

d. ______________ __, 1905^L

4

Otto Heitmann

b. ______________ __, 1894

Dittmer, Missouri

d. February 26, 1941

California

4

Louis Heitmann

b. July 19, 1897

Dittmer, Missouri

d. July 16, 1980

Washington, Missouri

4

Betty Heitmann

b. ______________ __, 1905

Dittmer, Missouri

d. ______________ __, 1905

Dittmer, Missouri

__________

Henry remarried.

m. ______________ __, 1908 or 09

Elizabeth Koch (Kratz) (AKA: Lizzie)

b. ______________ __, 1873

d. ______________ __, 1939

NOTES: Lizzie had a son, Bill, by her previous marriage.

3

Charles Hermann Heitmann

b. March 3, 1866

Oermann, Missouri

d. March 8, 1940^J

Dittmer, Missouri

m. ______________ __, _____

Maria Hagemeier

b. January 24, 1866

d. March 20, 1897^J

Dittmer, Missouri

NOTES: Maria had a daughter, Dora Sands, from a previous marriage. Charles died of a stroke.

4

Martha Heitmann

b. February 14, 1891

Dittmer, Missouri

d. October 12, 1984

Girard, Illinois

m. January 1, 1914

Hermann Viehland

b. ______________ __, _____

d. ______________ __, _____

4

Edward Heitmann

b. February 22, 1894

Dittmer, Missouri

d. November 25, 1964

Farmersville, Illinois

m. ______________ __, _____

Alvina Luebben

b. ______________ __, _____

Edward remarried.

m. ______________ __, _____

Florence Marrisey

b. ______________ __, _____

NOTES: Edward was a farmer.

__________

Charles remarried.

m. November 19, 1899

Dittmer, Missouri

Christina Wilhelmina Barbara Dolde

b. September 11, 1872

Catawissa, Missouri

d. July 9, 1966^J

Dittmer, Missouri

NOTES: Christina's parents wer Daniel Dolde and Charlotte Kirchner. Christina died of a heart condition.

4

Lizzie Heitmann

b. February 8, 1901

Dittmer, Missouri

m. February 10, 1924

Henry Rennekamp

b. ______________ __, _____

4

Olga Heitmann

b. November 15, 1903

Dittmer, Missouri

m. January 22, 1928

Henry Hesterberg

b. ______________ __, _____

d. ______________ __, _____

NOTES: Olga lives in Litchfield, Illinois.

4

Oscar Heitmann

b. July 3, 1909

Dittmer, Missouri

d. April 24, 1976

St. Louis, Missouri

m. November 17, 1934

Dora Wideman

b. ______________ __, _____

4

Clara Heitmann

b. April 21, 1912

Dittmer, Missouri

m. June 7, 1935

Joseph Clarence Weber

b. ______________ __, _____

d. ______________ __, 1966

NOTES: Clara lives at 3456 Dunnica in St. Louis, Missouri.

__________

3

Frederick Heitmann (AKA: Fritz)

b. January 25, 1868

Dittmer, Missouri

d. April 6, 1955^J

Dittmer, Missouri

m. August 15, 1902

Mascoutah, Illinois

Mary Lempvameier

b. ______________ __, _____

d. ______________ __, 1919^J

Cedar Hill, Missouri

No children.

NOTES: Fritz and his brother, Henry, owned a store at 1020N Vandeventer in St. Louis. Later he bought a farm in Cedar Hill, Missouri.

3

Lena Heitmann

b. March 27, 1869

Dittmer, Missouri

d. December 8, 1958^J

Dittmer, Missouri

NOTES: With her sister, Elizabeth, Lena moved to Montezuma, Colorado. A cousin had a boarding house there. Lena and Lizzie, her sister, also opened a boarding house named Summit House in Montezuma.

3

Hermann Heinrich Heitmann, Jr.

b. January 20, 1871

Dittmer, Missouri

d. July 20, 1873^J

Dittmer, Missouri

3

August George Heitmann

b. December 28, 1872

Dittmer, Missouri

d. December 10, 1951^J

Dittmer, Missouri

m. December 10, 1910

Elizabeth Pfeffle (Haverkost)

b. ______________ __, _____

d. ______________ __, _____

NOTES: Elizabeth's parents were William Pfeffle and Anna Hauck. She was married previously to Ernest Haverkost and had two sons, William and Walter (b. June 3, 1896; d. September 5, 1968).

4

Arthur Charles Albert Heitmann

b. April 28, 1912

Dittmer, Missouri

m. ______________ __, 1935

?

b. ______________ __, _____

5

? Heitmann (daughter)

b. ______________ __, 1937

m. ______________ __, 1959

Gene Burgan

b. ______________ __, _____

6

Bradley James Burgan

b. ______________ __, 1963

m. ______________ __, _____

Denise Ronchetti

b. ______________ __, _____

7

Nicholi Angelic Burgan

b. ______________ __, _____

__________

6

Amy Colleen Burgan

b. ______________ __, _____

__________

4

George Henry Heitmann

b. July 7, 1915

Dittmer, Missouri

d. December__, 1984

m. January 20, 1937

Salem, Missouri

Vera Faye Mooney

b. June 2, 1918

Salem, Missouri

NOTES: Vera's parents were Walter O. Mooney and Allie Marten.

5

Michael George Heitmann

b. January 5, 1947

St. Louis, Missouri

m. ______________ __, _____

Judith Ann Tune

b. ______________ __, _____

6

? Heitmann

b. ______________ __, _____

6

? Heitmann

b. ______________ __, _____

__________

5

David Allen Heitmann

b. November 13, 1948

St. Louis, Missouri

m. ______________ __, _____

Vickie Halbrook

b. ______________ __, _____

6

? Heitmann

b. ______________ __, _____

6

? Heitmann

b. ______________ __, _____

__________

5

Cassandra Gay Heitmann

b. November 16, 1954

Rolla, Missouri

m. ______________ __, _____

Randal Martin

b. ______________ __, _____

6

? Martin

b. ______________ __, _____

6

? Martin

b. ______________ __, _____

__________

5

James Patrick Heitmann

b. June 1, 1958

__________

4

Erwin William Jasper Heitmann

b. March 29, 1917

Dittmer, Missouri

d. March 16, 1980

Coca Beach, Florida

m. June 24, 1939