WILPOLT, Herman Albert

1826 - 1873  (46 years)    Has 16 ancestors and more than 100 descendants in this family tree.

• Name	WILPOLT, Herman Albert
  Other Info or Events	Bef 1826
  Note from Helmut Lohring of Legden in October 2001 Spelling was also WELB HOLTH see page 40 of 66 in www.westfalengen.de/PDF/072horst.pdf
  Born	20 Oct 1826	Legden, Wehr, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany
  Gender	Male
  Baptism	26 Oct 1826	St. Brigida's Catholic Church, Legden, , Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany   [1]
  Godparents - Albert ? and Anna Maria Elpers Sundorp (his Aunt, sister to his Father) 1826 Brigida Catholic Church Birth Register, Legden Germany, Film # 0858928, page 41, rec #59; Hermann Albert Wilpolt born 10/20/1826 at about 5 AM ., Son of Johann Gerhard Wilpolt (Elpert) and Anna Gertrud Barenbrügge, Baptised on 10/20/1826. Name is clearly spelled Wilpolt, Taufpatben Albert ? and Anna Maria Elpers Sundorp (his Aunt, sister to his Father)
  	Wilpolt, Herman Baptismal record
  	Wilpolt, Herman Baptismal Record
  Godparents	24 Jul 1861  [2]
  Baptismal Sponsor to Albert Hermann born on 7/24/1861 in Wehr to Henrich Wilpholt and Sophia Stoctmann. Taufpatben Alb. Hermann Wilpholt and A. Cath. Oynck? stoctmann. Herman Albert Wilpolt would be the Uncle of the baby Albert Herman Wilpholt
  Occupation	Between 1862 and 1873
  Farmer
  Farmer
  Emigration	24 Feb 1862
  1862 February 24, 1862 Legden Germany, listed address as Wehr house #43. L isted birthdate as Oct 20, 1826. Applied for Auswander to emmigrate to t he United States.
  Immigration	25 Mar 1862	New York, New York, New York, USA   [3]
  on the ship Hansa from Bremen
  1862 Immigrated to the United States with Anna Hemsing; Aboard the ship Ha nsa, departing from Bremen and Southampton, Arriving at New York 3/25/186 2, Listed as H.A. Wiepolt age 35, Farmer from Legden, Next passenger on t he list is Anna Hemsing, age 19 56 passengers from Germany listed on this ship The steamship HANSA--the first of three of this name built for Norddeutsch er Lloyd--was built by Caird & Co, Greenock (ship #92, contract price 65,0 00 pounds sterling), and launched on 23 August 1861. 2,992 tons; 96,92 x 1 2,19 meters (length x breadth); clipper bow, 1 funnel, 3 masts; iron const ruction, screw propulsion (low-pressure tandem engine with surface condens ers; 750-1500 hp), service speed 11.5 knots; accommodation for 76 passenge rs in 1st class, 107 in 2nd class, and 480 in steerage; crew of 102. 24 November 1861, maiden voyage, Bremen-Southampton-New York. 1864, given Kru pp steel shaft and air preheating. 13 June 1868, boarded 630 Mormons in Co penhagen for Hull (and New York). 28 November 1871, sailed Southampton f or New York; engine failure; arrived St. John 18 December under sail; aft er minimal repairs continued 23 December for New York. 12 November 1878, l ast voyage, Bremen-New York. Fall 1879, sold to Oswald, Mordaunt & Co, Sou thampton, in partial payment for the HANSA (II); resold to shipbroker E. B ates, Liverpool. 1880, registered to T. R. Oswald & R. Gebbs, Liverpool. 1 881, registered to T. R. Gebbs, Liverpool. 1881, compound engines by J. Ho wden & Co,Glasgow. May 1881-March 1882, 6 roundtrip voyages, London-Boston, charter ed to Adamson & Ronaldson. 1883, purchased by the White Cross Line, Antwer p, and renamed LUDWIG; 3,087 tons. 2 July 1883, sailed from Antwerp for Mo ntreal with 27 passengers, 43 crew, and 433 head of cattle; went missing a fter making contact on 3 July with Prawle Point, 20 miles southeast of Ply mouth . -
  	Wilpolt, Herman Immigration arrival on the SS Hansa March 1862 with soon to be wife, Anna Gertrude Hemsing.
  	Wilpolt, Herman Emmigration record
  	Wilpolt, Herman Passenger List Record Passenger Listing of the Hansa From Germans To America
  	Germans to America Search the online database at the National Archives at archive.gov Germans to America
  	SS Hansa
  Homestead	20 Mar 1863	Saint Mary's Ridge, Monroe, Wisconsin, USA
  1863 Homestead Land Office Application # 443, dated Feb 4, 1863; Herman Wi lpolt paid Receivers Office 12.00 for fee and one half the compensati on of Register and Receiver for land application. 1869 Homestead Land Office Application # 443, Final Receiver's Receipt N o. 598, dated June 22, 1869Herman Wilpolt paid Receivers Office $2.00 as balance of payment for land.Proof was given by John Sieberz and Hubert Kohlgraf that Herman Wilpo lt as head of a family of five children, and a citizen of the United State s. This documnet mentions that "Herman Wilpolt entered upon and made settl ement on said land on the 20th day of March, 1863 and has built a house th eron, a log house , 18 by 24 feet, with shingle roof, two floors, one outs ide door and two windows and is a good comfortable house to live in, and h as lived in the said house .....and has ploughed, fenced and cultivat ed 11 acres of said land, and has made the following improvements, thereo n, has built a stable and a shed on said land and fenced about fourteen ac res on the same." 1869 Homestead Land Office (LaCrosse) Certificate No. 598 (Application 443 ); Herman Wilpolt paid in full for land described as SW1/4 of Sw 1/4, S ec 24, N1/2 of Nw 1/4 & Sw 1/4 of Nw 1/4 of Section 25 in township 15 Nor th of Range 3 West containing 160 acres. (Note; After Hermans death in 1873 this homestaed was auctioned off, not sure who the buyer was at that time. The 1915 Platt map shows this same land as owned by William Rosenow. )
  	Wilpolt, herman Land Record
  	Wilpolt, Herman Land Record
  	Wilpolt, Herman Herman Wilpolt was also a witness for Hubert Kohlgraf's Homestead Claim. (Records) (Documents)
  Land Record	20 Mar 1863
  1863 Settled on land on March 20, 1863. 1863-1873 Monroe Co. records Vol 9 page 336; Herman Wilpolt and wife enter ed into a mortgage agreement with Jacob Joesten for $200.
  	Wilpolt, Herman Homestead Land The 160 acre Herman Wilpolt Homestead would have been less than 1 mile directly behind St. Mary's Ridge Catholic Church.
  	Wilpolt, Herman 160 Acres of Homestead land.
  Naturalization	23 Mar 1869
  Monroe County, Vol 3, page 29
  1869 Certificate of Naturalization issued to Hermann Wilpolt on March 2 3, 1869. 1869 Monroe Co Naturalzation Records, Index Film # 1306445; Listed in Ind ex under Letter W, Line 3, Naturalization intention recorded Vol 3, pa ge 29 Circuit Court records, Listed Certificate of Naturalization dated 3/ 23/1869
  	Wilpolt, Herman Naturalization Record
  Witness	8 Jun 1869
  1869 Herman Wilpot listed as a witness to the marriage of Anton Ewelt a nd Gertrude Gessing at Saint Mary's Ridge June 8, 1869.
  Land Record	1 Jul 1869
  1869 Monroe County Records; Morgage Indenture filed July 1, 1869 between H erman and Gertrude Wilpolt and Jacob Joesten for $205.
  1870 Census	1870	Jefferson Township, Monroe, Wisconsin, USA
  NOT FOUND on Monroe County Census, but certain the family resided there from the time they Homesteaded the land in 1862 until Herman's death in 1873.
  Land Record	Abt 1870
  1870 Monroe County Land Records; Hermann Wilpolt aquired a 160 acre parc el of land through the Homestead Act of 1862.The document is signed by Ulysses S. Grant, the President of the United Sa tes at the time.It was noted as located in Section 25, Township 15N, Range 3W, "the south- west quarter of the Southwest quarter of section twenty four, the north ha lf of the north west quarter and the south west quarter of the north we st quarter at section twenty five in township fifteen north of range thr ee west in the district of lands....LaCrosse, Wisconsin, containing one hu ndred and sixty acres."This puts it in the Cashton/Jefferson area of Monroe County, near a Cathol ic church community known as St. Mary's Ridge.
  Death Record - Church	16 Feb 1873
  1873 St. Mary's Ridge Church Death records Book #1 Page 130 Very faded pri nt.; Hermann Wilpolt aged 47 years? died 2/16/1873 buried 2/18/1873 at S t. Mary's Ridge Church Cemetery. (I have walked the cemetery twice and c an find no headstone for any Wilpolt's. There is a story that many grav es exsist without headstones, and some were even built over when the chur ch was built.
  Died	16 Feb 1873	Saint Mary's Ridge, Monroe, Wisconsin, USA
  Cause: Unknown Epidemic - Aged 46 years possibly Diphtheria or Typhoid
  Obituary	Aft 16 Feb 1873
  Church Record only
  St. Mary's Ridge Church Death records Book #1 Page 130, 1873 Very faded print.; Hermann Wilpolt aged 47 years? died 2/16/1873 buried 2/18/1873 at S t. Mary's Ridge Church Cemetery. (I have walked the cemetery twice and can find no headstone for any Wilpolt's. There is a story that many graves exsist without headstones, and some were even built over when the church was built. See the picture of the church. In 2008 a Memorial Stone was added with Herman Wilpolt's name.
  	Wilpolt, Herman Church Death Record
  Probate	Aft 16 Feb 1873	, Monroe County, Wisconsin, USA
  1873 Monroe County Probate Records, pages 154-158; Lists a Bond of Executor or Administrator dated Aug. 4, 1873, Lists a request for publication of Notice to Creditors, dated Dec. 17, 1873; Probate records look like they were never completed? 1873 Monroe County records; Jacob Joesten noted on Morgage Indenture that that he received payment in full.
  	Wilpolt, Herman Probate Record
  Buried	18 Feb 1873	St. Mary's Ridge Cemetery, St. Mary Ridge, Wisconsin, USA
  	Wilpolt, Herman (1826 - 1873) St. Mary's Ridge Cemetery, Jefferson, Monroe County, Wisconsin Pioneer Memorial Stone was erected to commemorate the pioneers who settled the St. Mary's Ridge area and whose tombstones no longer existed or were visible.
  Notes	1867-1907 No Death record on file with Monroe County Register of Deeds 1854-1907 No Marriage record on file with Monroe County Register of Deeds Monroe County Cemetary Stones of 85 Cemetaries do not list him. 1862 Possibly immigrated to the United States to avoid conscription (draf t) into the Austrian-Schlesien War in 1862. 1863 March 3rd President Lincoln ordered all men aged 20-35 (45 if singl e) for military service, Herman was 37 so he was never drafted for the Civ il War. See the picture of the church. 1999 Current owners of the property Herman owned are: Patrick Brueggen, 28 252 Network Rd. Cashton, WI 54619 andHenry Hershberger, RT. 1, Cashton, WI 54619 Letters sent to them 6/14/2000 2001 Current owners of the land in Germany, where Herman was born, Wehr 4 3, now Wehr 243 are the family Woltkamp.2001 Wisconsin State Historical Society review the local newspapers in the ir holdings and could find no mention of Herman or his children's deat h. My records show they hold the following newspapers, but I am not sure w hich ones they checked;Sparta Herald, July 11, 1861-Dec,10, 1862 and 4/13/1869 to date. The oth er newspapers they have do not include the range of Feb & Mar 1873. 2004 Catholic Diocese of LaCrosse; Jay: I was going to mail a letter to yo u, then noted your e-mail address.The oldest records in the La Crosse area were those of St. Mary's in La Cr osse -- the marriage records there begin in 1860. At that time the enti re surrounding area, including the Ridges, was taken care of from ther e. I checked both the marriage and baptism records from 1860-1870 ent ry by entry, and there is no record of the marriage, or the baptisms of t he 4 children you listed. I also checked the early 1st Communion and Conf irmation lists and they did not appear there either.I also checked the records of Mauston, Keyesville and Rising Sun since th ey are not too far distant from St. Mary's Ridge, and their records beg in in the 1860's, but there were no Wilpolt entries in any of them either.In most cases the early records do not indicate the cause of death. I sup pose one would have to research some of the area civil histories to s ee if there would be any references to some periodic widespread disease.I've pretty well exhausted the various possibilities, but if there is a ny further avenue I can think of that produces anything, I will let you kn ow. I surmise you suspected that it was a long shot, so hope you will n ot be too disappointed. Fr. Robert Altmann, Archivist
  Person ID	I8	1FamilyTree | JaysRelated, CraigDiekvoss4020
  Last Modified	14 Aug 2018

  
  

  Father	ELPERT, Johann Gerhard Hermannus,   b. 21 Dec 1798, Legden, Wehr, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany ,   d. 7 Sep 1875, Legden, Wehr, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany  (Age 76 years)
  Mother	BARENBRUGGE, Anna Gertrud,   b. 2 Dec 1792, Holtwick, , Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany ,   d. 30 Mar 1839, Legden, Wehr, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany  (Age 46 years)
  Family ID	F27	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	HEMSING, Anna Maria GERTRUDE,   b. 31 Oct 1843, Horst, Osterwick, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany ,   d. 9 Apr 1918, Saint Paul, Ramsey, Minnesota, USA  (Age 74 years)
  Married	Abt 1862	, , Wisconsin, USA
  Children	+ 1. WILPOLT, Ludwig LOUIS Henry,   b. Abt 1863, Saint Mary's Ridge, Monroe, Wisconsin, USA ,   d. 27 Mar 1900, Elmhurst, Langlade, Wisconsin, USA  (Age ~ 37 years)   2. Wilpolt, Hubert,   b. Abt 1863, Saint Mary's Ridge, Monroe, Wisconsin, USA ,   d. 2 Mar 1873, Saint Mary's Ridge, Monroe, Wisconsin, USA  (Age ~ 10 years)   3. Wilpolt, Anna,   b. Abt 1864, Saint Mary's Ridge, Monroe, Wisconsin, USA ,   d. 12 Mar 1873, Saint Mary's Ridge, Monroe, Wisconsin, USA  (Age ~ 9 years) + 4. Wilpolt, Bernard,   b. 15 Feb 1864, Saint Mary's Ridge, Monroe, Wisconsin, USA ,   d. 11 Feb 1948, Kaukauna, Outagamie, Wisconsin, USA  (Age 83 years)   5. Wilpolt, Herman,   b. 26 Oct 1867, Saint Mary's Ridge, Monroe, Wisconsin, USA ,   d. 7 Mar 1873, Saint Mary's Ridge, Monroe, Wisconsin, USA  (Age 5 years)   6. Wilpolt, Maria Gertrude,   b. 14 Sep 1869, Saint Mary's Ridge, Monroe, Wisconsin, USA ,   d. 7 Mar 1873, Saint Mary's Ridge, Monroe, Wisconsin, USA  (Age 3 years)   7. Wilpolt, Margareth Antoinette,   b. 16 Jan 1871, Saint Mary's Ridge, Monroe, Wisconsin, USA ,   d. 2 Mar 1873, Saint Mary's Ridge, Monroe, Wisconsin, USA  (Age 2 years) + 8. Wilpolt, Henry Anton,   b. 28 Jul 1872, Saint Mary's Ridge, Monroe, Wisconsin, USA ,   d. 24 Mar 1957, Menasha, Winnebago, Wisconsin, USA  (Age 84 years)
  Last Modified	5 Oct 2016
  Family ID	F33391	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map	Load the map	Born - 20 Oct 1826 - Legden, Wehr, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany Baptism - 26 Oct 1826 - St. Brigida's Catholic Church, Legden, , Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany Married - Abt 1862 - , , Wisconsin, USA Immigration - on the ship Hansa from Bremen - 25 Mar 1862 - New York, New York, New York, USA Homestead - 20 Mar 1863 - Saint Mary's Ridge, Monroe, Wisconsin, USA 1870 Census - 1870 - Jefferson Township, Monroe, Wisconsin, USA Died - Cause: Unknown Epidemic - Aged 46 years possibly Diphtheria or Typhoid - 16 Feb 1873 - Saint Mary's Ridge, Monroe, Wisconsin, USA Probate - Aft 16 Feb 1873 - , Monroe County, Wisconsin, USA Buried - 18 Feb 1873 - St. Mary's Ridge Cemetery, St. Mary Ridge, Wisconsin, USA  = Link to Google Earth
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• Headstones

  Wilpolt, Herman Pioneer Memorial Stone

  
  

• Sources

  [S981] Church Records, Legden, FHC Film # 0858928 Legden Catholic Church Records - Baptisms, Marriages & Deaths 1782 - 1820, Katholische Kirche Legden (Kr. Ahaus), (Taufen, Heiraten, Tote 1782-1820 Taufen 1821-1857), FHC Film # 0858928., Film # 0858928, page 41, rec #59; Hermann Albert Wilpolt born 10/20/1826 at about 5 AM ., Son of Johann Gerhard Wilpolt (Elpert) and Anna Gertrud Barenbrügge, Baptised on 10/20/1826. [S981] Church Records, Legden, FHC Film # 0858928 Legden Catholic Church Records - Baptisms, Marriages & Deaths 1782 - 1820, Katholische Kirche Legden (Kr. Ahaus), (Taufen, Heiraten, Tote 1782-1820 Taufen 1821-1857), FHC Film # 0858928., Baptised on 10/20/1826. Name is clearly spelled Wilpolt, Taufpatben Albert ? and Anna Maria Elpers Sundorp (his Aunt, sister to his Father). [S390] Germans to America: Lists of Passengers Arriving at U.S. Ports 1850 - 1893, Editor: Ira A. Glazier and P. William Filby, (Wilmington, DE: Scholarly Resources, 1988 Volume 12). Vol for 1862