Karl Henckel Family of Essen (Germany), & Albany, New York

Henckel Family

Charles Henckel was born in Germany. There is a Carl Henkel listed as an immigrant and arriving in the United States by the ship "America". It sailed from Bremen to New York, arriving in New York on July 3rd, 1865. He was 24 years old and worked as a cart maker. We think this is our Charles Henckel at this time (2002). According to his Naturalization papers in Albany, he did sail from Bremen.

Charles told his grandson, George Henckel, many times, that he was from "Essen, Germany". Charles married Mary Simon around 1867. Later, in 1874, he was naturalized in Albany, NY. The languages spoken at home were German and English. His family is listed in the 1880 Census, living at 581 Clinton Ave, Albany, NY. Charles and Mary are listed as being born in Hess-Darmstadt. He was working as a cabinet maker (carpenter). In 1892, the state census shows George & Mary Henckel still living at Clinton Avenue, Albany with three of their children, George, Fredrick, and Adella.

In the 1900 Federal Census, Charles and Mary were still living at the same address with their daughter Adele, who was 20 years old at that time. They owned the house with no mortgage. The boys, George and Frederick were not listed, as they were away at college. Charles & Mary were still living on Clinton Ave in 1910. He was 69 years of age and working as a carpenter at the YMCA.

In 1920, Charles was living with his son George & daughter-in-law in East Orange, New Jersey at 229 So. Clinton Ave. He passed away in 1923 and is buried in Eagle Hill Cemetery (St Paul's), Albany, New York.

The first Henckel immigrant in our family was Charles Henckel. He was born in Germany. ( He told his grandson, George Henckel, many times, that he was from "Essen, Germany".) He immigrated to the United States in the year 1865. He was naturalized in 1874 in Albany, NY. Languages spoken were German and English. He was listed in the Albany Directories of 1889, 1890, and 1891, as living at 581 Clinton avenue, Albany, and working as a carpenter. The family attended the St Paul's Lutheran Church, in Albany, NY. The following information was found in the church records:

St Paul's Evangelical Lutheran Church

475 State Street, Albany New York, 12203

Pastor Georg Friederich Stutz- 1880 to about 1913

Pastor H. W. Mueller from 1913 - on

Selected records from the oldest record book- 1881 to 1923. Previous records were destroyed in a fire. Entries from 1881 to about 1900 are in German.

TAUT REGISTER (BAPTISMS)

Tag der Geburt.	Tag der Taufe	Kindesname	Vatername	Muttername	Taufpaten
Day of Birth	Day of Baptism	Childs name	Fathers Name	Mothers name	Godfather/mother
Dec 24, 1884	Jan 11, 1885	Lillie Louise	Wilhelm G. Geisel	Emma Peters	Louise Peters
Jul 6, 1886	Aug 11, 1886	Grace Wilhelmina	Wilhelm G. Geisel	Emma Peters	Grace Peters & Maria Henckel
Aug 21, 1886	Oct 14, 1886	Jacob	Friedrich Geisel.	Sophia Burkhardt	Rosina Drug
Oct 25, 1886	Feb 22, 1887	Rosa Luella	Louis Joy	Bertha Schulz	Johanna Henkel & Rosanna Cook
Dec 13, 188_	Jun 21, 1890	Heinrich	Friedrich Geisel.	Sophia Burkhardt	Heinrich Ebel & Auguste Ebel

TODTEN REGISTER ( Deaths)

Todestag	Begrabnisstag	Todesursache	Der Vestorbene	Die Hinterlassener
Death date	Burial Date	Cause of death	The Deceased	The survivors
Jan 22, 1886	Jan 24, 1886	Altersschwaeche (old age)	Georg Geisel..age 75 yrs	1 tochter
Aug 26, 1886	Aug 28, 1886	Schwindsucht (consumption).	Minnie Henckel,.... 13 y, 2 m, 9 d	Carl Henckel & Maria geb. Simon
Mai 10, 1887	Mai 12, 1887	Auszehrung (emaciation)	Maria Henckel, .....17 y, 5m, 6d	Karl Henckel & Maria geb. Simon
Feb 6, 1888	Feb 8, 1888	Altersschwaeche (old age)	Margaretha Simon (geb. Lehr)	5 kinder- (children) 81 yrs, 4 mos., 3 dys 13 Enkel- (grandchildren) 4 Unekel?
Aug 8, 1888	Aug 10, 1888	Auszehrung (emaciation)	Carl Friedr. Henckel	Carl Henckel & Maria geb. Simon
Dec 29, 1888	Jan 1, 1889	Auszehrung (emaciation)	Anna Wilhelmine Henckel	Karl Henckel & Maria geb. Simon
Oct 2, 1896	Oct 4, 1896	Gehimschlag? (cerebral apoplexy)	Maria Geisel geb. Beumer	Gotte Johann Geisel aus Reiten?, Wurtemberg 72 yrs, 11 mos
Jul 9, 1906	Jul 10, 1906	Emaciation?	Albin Rudolf Henkel.	Albert Henkel & Johanne (geb. Horend) 1 yr, 2 mos, 7 dys
Sept 21, 1913	Sept 23, 1913	Old age	John Geisel, 86 yrs eine Lehwagerin? Fullingen?, Wurtemberg, Deutschland	neffen- (nephews) nichtern- (nieces)
Feb 26, 1917	Feb 28, 1917	Chronic miocarditis	Mrs. Mary Henckel	husband & 2 sons Albany, NY Eagle Hill Cem. (Nee Simon)- wife of Charles Henckel B. Feb 24, 1844 in Rupertsberg, Germany Alt 73 yrs, 2 dys
16 Oct 7, 1920	Oct 10, 1920	Heart failure	Mrs. Friederich Simon	Husband, Eagle Hill Cem. (Anna Johanne Klee) 1 son- Edward G. Simon 478 Elk St., Albany, NY Daug. Of Wilhelm Klee & Susanne Danz b. Oct 20, 1862 in Mockern, Thuringen, Germany age- 57 yrs, 17 dys

MARRIAGE REGISTER

Date	Groom	Bride	Witness
5 July 16, 1914	Frederick Geisel, Jr	Emma Emelia Bayer, b. Albany	Anna M. Engel & John H. Whitimier
9 Jun 24, 1882	Friedrich Simon, from Moeckers, Sax., Mein.	Anna Johanne Klee	Carl Wachemann & Joseph Geo. Paul
8 May 16, 1883	Wilhelm C. Geisel	Emma Magdalena Peters, b.Albany	Johann Peters & Grace Peters
13 Sept 6, 1903	Albert Henkel, Brooklyn, NY	Johanne Charl. Horend, b. Albany	Otto Henkel & Lillian Horend
13 Sept 26, 1906	Eduard Gottreich Simon	Elisabeth Mohr	Georg Spiedel & Ella Hufeland

CONFIRMANDEN REGISTER (CONFIRMATION)

Name	Father	Birth Date	Confirmation Date	Confirmation Passage
Anna Wilhemina Henckel	Carl Henkel	Jan 12, 1868, Albany	Mar 18, 1883	1 Cor. 1.18
Maria Henkel	Carl Henkel	Nov 14, 1869	Apr 6, 1884	1 Tim 1.15
Karl F. Henckel	Karl Henckel	Aug 1, 1871, Albany	Apr 3, 1887	Romans 1.16
Katharina Geisel	Friedrich Geisel	Sept 20, 1875, Albany	Mar 30, 1890	John 3 .16
George Henckel	Karl Henckel	1 Apr, 1875, Albany	Mar 22, 1891	Spr? 23, 26
Friedrich Aug. Henckel	Karl Henckel.	Jul 10, 1877, Albany	Mar 22, 1891	Psalm 37.37
Eduard Simon	Friedrich Simon	Mar 13, 1883, Albany	Apr 11, 1897	1 John 5.4

St. Paul's Church records copied & transcribed by William & Mary Ann (Henckel) Hildebrand- Oct 12, 2000

Eagle Hill Cemetery

Eagle Hill Henckel Headstone

1019 Western Avenue, Albany, New York

This cemetery is owned by St. Paul's Evangelical Lutheran Church, Albany, NY. Eagle Hill is an old German Lutheran cemetery on Western Ave, Albany.

Some selected burials:

Name	Birth	Death	Notes
Georg Friederich Stutz	19 Mai 1846	15 Jan 1916	Pastor of St. Paul's Evangelical Lutheran Church, Albany, New York from 1880- 1916
Charles Henckel	1841	1923
Mary Simon	1843	1917	Wife of Charles Henckel
Minnie Henckel	1878	1886	Daughter of Charles & Mary Henckel
Marie Henckel	1869	1887	Daughter of Charles & Mary Henckel
Charles Henckel	1871	1888	Son of Charles & Mary Henckel
Anna Henckel	1868	1888	Daughter of Charles & Mary Henckel
Adele Henckel	1880	1901	Daughter of Charles & Mary Henckel
George Simon	1857	1864
Mary Simon	1859	1864
H. Christian Simon	d. 19 Nov. 1805	14 Oct 1860	Alt. 62 Jahr 10m 25 d
A. Margaretha Lehr	3 Oct 1806	6 Feb 1888
G. Konrad Lehr	4 Sept 1779	22 June 1865	Alt 85 Jahr ?m. ? d.
Christopher Geisel	Nov 1 1831	Dec 20, 1891
Elizabeth Simon	Sept 20, 1840	Mar? 25, 1930	wife of Christopher Geisel
Frederick Geisel	1852	1917
Sophia Geisel	1855	1928	wife of Frederick Geisel
William Geisel	1872	1900
Frank Hagaman	1870	1941
Elizabeth Geisel	1881	1948	wife of Frank Hagaman
Conrad Henkel	1827	1907
Elizabeth Dickel	1826	1907	wife of Conrad Henkel
John Geisel	1845	1934
Louise Geisel	1849	1917	wife of John Geisel
William Winter	1848	1892	Veteran of Foreign Wars
Catherine Geisel	1849	1922	wife of William Geisel
Carrie Winter
Henry Winter
Baby
Johnnie J. Geisel	Feb 26 1880	Oct 21, 1885
Catherine Winter	1870	1944
Charles J. Meroth	1859	1924
Frederick Geisel	1815	1877
Catherine Geisel	1825	1905	wife of Frederick Geisel
F. Geisel
John Georg Geisel	2 Juli 1810	20 Nov 1875	b.Pfullingen Kon. Wurtemberg, d. Albany, NY
Kungunde Geisel	8 Apr 1813	18 Jun 1883
Ludwick Fred. Weiss	1829	1890
Mary Barbara Geisel	1831	1907
Stephen C. Fisher	1875	1919
Mary Geisel	1877	1956	wife of Stephen Fisher
John Hiebel	1835	1918
Anna M. Geisel	1847	1918	wife of John Heibel
Jacob Geisel	1857	1897
Anna Geisel Markert	1857	1930	nee Handson
Arthur L. Westervelt
Betty Blake	1907	1948	wife of Arthur Westervelt

Albany in 1888

Albany, New York in 1888

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