Brief Life History of Heinrich Wilhelm
When Heinrich Wilhelm Thies was born about 1814, in Bockhorst, Halle, Westphalia, Prussia, Germany, his father, Franz Heinrich Thies, was 33 and his mother, Margarethe Elisabeth Kleine- Esselbruegge, was 31. He married Catharine Wilhelmine Langenkamp on 23 May 1841, in Versmold, Halle, Westphalia, Prussia, Germany. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 3 daughters. He immigrated to New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, United States in 1857 and lived in Randolph, Illinois, United States in 1860. He died on 15 November 1864, in Bremen, Randolph, Illinois, United States, at the age of 51, and was buried in Bremen, Randolph, Illinois, United States.
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- Henry W Thies, "United States Census, 1860"
- Heinrich Wilhelm Thies, "Germany Marriages, 1558-1929"
- Wilhelm Heinrich Thies, "Find A Grave Index"
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1814
The Congress of Vienna established the German Confederation of 39 independent German states.
1818
Illinois is the 21st state.
1830 · The Second Great Awakening
Being a second spiritual and religious awakening, like the First Great Awakening, many Churches began to spring up from other denominations. Many people began to rapidly join the Baptist and Methodist congregations. Many converts to these religions believed that the Awakening was the precursor of a new millennial age.
Name Meaning
North German and Dutch: from a shortened form of the personal name Matthias (see Matthew ).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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