Just wanted to add a section to put interesting notes from family or friends. Geoffrey Knapp, grandson of Emma Heimsar, has provided a lot of information on the Heimsar family. His grandmother saved a lot of family information and has generously shared this information with us. It has been a gold mine of photos and family documentation. I hope that you will enjoy it as much as I have. Please notify me of any corrections or if you can fill in the blanks of where photos were taken and the date, I will add that documentation as well. My plan is to create on spot on each family so that information that is known will not be lost. It could be stories to speculations on research etc...
Note from Geoffrey Knapp:
"Frederick Wilhelm Heimsar was born in 1855. I'll send some documents the next couple days. He was in the German military but sounds like he went AWOL. (I know in the 1880's the German military was brutal - amongst themselves and towards the citizenship. According to my mom, he disagreed with the brutalness against the citizenship.) He came to this country in 1883. He settled in Knox Co., Missouri. Don't know why there. One route is to land in New Orleans and travel up the Mississippi. Knox County isn't too far from the Mississippi - north of Hannibal, Missouri."
End of Geoffrey Knapp email dated 10/28/10
"Caroline Krieger/Kriger was born to Wilhelm Krieger and Charolette Goetz. Charolette was previously married to a William Woutzke. (Looking in the LDS IGI, there was some Woutzke's in Gdanzk, Poland BUT Gdanzk was also Danzig, West Prussia!) If the last name ended in an 'i', it might be a Polish name but ending in an 'e', it is a German name.
William and Charolette Woutzke had one child, August. August is consistently listed as being born in Brazil or S.A. Possibly that was the final destination?? In August's obit, it mentioned that Charolette Woutzke with child August met up with her half-sister Lena Kiesow in Knox Co., MO. (I am not sure the order of arriving there - conflicting dates per census when both arrived in U.S.) (Lena is short for Carolina!) Lena's husband is Herman Kiesow. (There were 2 or 3 Kiesow families - related.)
From South America, New Orleans would be a close port. And then a trip up the Mississippi.
William & Charolette Woutzke
1) August Woutzke 01 August 1869
Wilhelm and Charolette Krieger had 5 children
1) Caroline b: 18 Jul 1873 Married to William Heimsar
2) Anna b: 1875 Married to Bernard Karhoff
One son, Lawrence, moved to Labette Co. and raised his family there. Lawrence's son, Bernard, still lives in the Springhill area.
3) William b:1877 died in Quincy, Illinois hospital
My mom always thought he died as an infant but at cousins in Knox Co. had picture of him in mid-teens
4) John b. 1880. Died and buried in Labette Co.
5) Fannie (possibly both Fannie and mother Charolette died in child birth?)
William remarried to an Henrietta Booth in 1882. At that time Caroline was hired out as house help.
William and Henrietta had
1) Henriette Agnes b 1883 Married married George Karhoff
2) Nora Married Ernest Green. Died in New Orleans, LA
3) Emma b. Feb1886 married to an Emmet B. Brown.
According to my mom, Emmet played the fiddle.
(No connection with Christopher Lloyd's character in 'Back To The Future"
4) Elizabeth married John Karhoff
5) Clara b. 1894 m. Hosea Boltz
She died at age 20. Somebody listed a child but could not find any evidence. Child birth?
George Karhoff & John Karhoff were brothers and a cousin to Bernard Karhoff."
End of Geoffrey Knapp email dated 10/31/2010
"My grandmother moved from Parsons to Idaho Falls in about 1980. To make it as comfortable as possible for her, my parents tried to pack up as much of her stuff as possible (including pictures). It was fortunate they did as my Aunt Junatita's house burned a few years later. (Was not surprised as my aunt was a hoarder.) My mom tried to have her mother and/or her best friend Mabel Budd who lived in Twin Falls identify as many pictures as possible. My mom mentioned that also Walter's sister Lola moved to Idaho in the 1920's and would come to visit with daughter Marjorie- possible last name Schlosky (sp?). Marjorie was possibly between Ruth & my mom's age."
"I visited some Heimsar cousins in Germany - in 1984 and 1990. I took along some pictures and one was the William Heimsar/Caroline Kriger picture. They had the same picture, possibly sent to a sister or to his parents. I have some more information information per the Heimsars in Germany.
Wilhelm Heimsar had 3 sisters and 2 brothers with both brothers dying before adulthood. The other thing I found interesting is sometimes some of the records for Heimsars had Heimplatzer geb. Heimsar. It was as if the last name also included a title. (Inherited the BIG farm place.) Somebody who occasionally helped me suggested that it was more of an archiac German method. "
End Geoffrey Knapp email 11/5/2010.
November 5, 2010
William Krieger/Kriger
{photo provided by Geoffrey Knapp}
The above photo is of William Kriger, Caroline Kriger Heimsar's father, and Anna Heimsar Cooks grandfather. Also in the picture is Clara, Caroline's half-sister. Clara died at age 20. On the right is John Kriger, brother.
Walter and Anna Cooks Family
Walter Cook and Paul Cook
{photo provided by Mary Cook}
Paul Cook and mother, Anna Cook
1944
{photo provided by Mary Cook and Barbara Alloway}
Walter and Anna Cooks 50th Anniversary Photo
{photo provided by Mary Cook}
Walter and Anna Cook
{photo provided by Geoffrey Knapp}
Walter Cook Family
{photo provided by Geoffrey Knapp}
Walter Cook Family
Walter and Anna Cook's Home
{photos provided by Mary Cook}
Walter and Anna Cook's Home
Then
Cook residence now: Photos taken August 23, 1998
Anna and Emma Heimsar Photos
{Photo provided by Geoffrey Knapp}
Anna Heimsar, Left
Emma Heimsar, Right
{Photo provided by Geoffrey Knapp}
Anna Heimsar, upper left
Emma Heimsar, lower right
November 3, 2010
Minnie Heimsar Obituary
{photo provided by Geoffrey Knapp}
Minnie Heimsar was born on
23 March 1887 and died 27 January 1904.
She was 16 years old.
Minnie was the daughter of William Heimsar's
first marriage to Mary Hopke Heimsar.
William and Mary Heimsar Marriage License
William Heimsar first married Mary Hopke.
Both were living in Millport, Missouri.
Marriage Certifcate dated 2 December 1884
Filed in Edina, Knox County, Missouri
William and Mary Heimsar had 2 children.
Mary B. 23 Jan 1886
Minnie B 23 Mar 1887
Mary Hopke Heimsar died 06 Apr 1887
William Heimsar then married Caroline Krieger, age 15
7 October 1888.
William and Caroline Heimsar went on to have 3 children.
Emma B: 20 Dec 1889
Anna B: 24 Nov 1991
Frederick W. B: 12 Jan 1894
{copy of marriage licenses provided by Geoffrey Knapp}
{copy of marriage licenses provided by Geoffrey Knapp}
Heimsar Family
{photo provided by Geoffrey Knapp}
William Heimsar in front.
Fred, Caroline, Mary and Emma in back, left to right.
November 2, 2010
Heimsar Sibblings
{photo provided by Geoffrey Knapp}
William and Mary Heimsar's Children
Mary is William's first wife.
Their children were, left to right in front:
Mary and Minnie Heimsar
William and Caroline Heimsar's Children
Left to right in back:
Annie, Emma, Fred.
Walter and Anna Cook
{photo provided by Geoffrey Knapp}
Walter and Anna Cook Wedding Photo
September 5, 1909
November 1, 2010
Paul A Cook with His Cousins
Donald Payne, Glen Heimsar, Paul Cook
{from left to right}
{photo provided by Barbara Alloway as well as Geoffrey Knapp.
Geoffrey Knapp had this picture as well and he provided the names of the men with Paul.}
Paul A. Cook in Alaska
{photo provided by Sally Calkins}
Paul A. Cook, believe picture was taken in Alaska
Cook Sibblings
{photo provided by Sally Calkins}
From left to right,
Paul, Mabel, Ruth, and Beulah
Walter and Anna Cook's children.
Paul Asher Cook and Glen Heimsar
Paul Asher Cook, left
Glen Heimsar, right, cousin
{photo provided by Sally Calkins}
Caroline Wilhelmina Krieger Heimsar
Caroline Wilhelmina Krieger Heimsar
taken around 1900
{photo provided by Sally Calkins}
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