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Ernst Hugo GREEFF

Ernst Hugo GREEFF

Male 1830 - 1906  (76 years)

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Generation: 1

  1. 1.  Ernst Hugo GREEFF was born on 26 Mar 1830 in Barmen (son of Joh Peter GREEFF and Sophie Emilie BREDT); died on 1 Jul 1906 in Toronto, Canada.

    Notes:

    Joh. Peter Greeff-Bredt went to America with his son Ernst in 1858 and established the firm "Greeff & Comp" in Hoboken. Since Ernst remained in America while his father had to return to his business in Barmen, Ernst must be regarded as the actual founder of "Greeff & Comp".
    He took Greeff - Bredt & Comp to Toronto with his son, Hermann. He wrote poetry, an example is on p 65 of J V Bredt (1941).

    In 1870 he acquired the property Mallack on the northern slope of Barmen.
    In 1874 he was elected Churchmaster of the Reformed parish Gemarke.
    He was also secretary of the poorhouse of the parish and it was mainly due to his efforts that a new building was erected in 1882 above the cemetry in Klingeholl.(According to Werth-Lauffs: History of the Evangelic-Reformed congregation Bramen Gemarke,p.347)

    The street running past the cemetry was named Hugo street after him.
    In 1905 he gave up his share in the firm "Greef-Bredt & Comp" and moved to his son Hermann in Toronto.

    The following poem by Hugo Greeff proves his great gift for poetry. To date it has been impossible to ascertain what happened to the album mentioned.

    To our beloved father on his 70th birthday 25.3.1873.

    A large circle gathers with friendly greetings
    Round you on your natal day
    Forming a unified whole around you
    You alone shall be its centre

    Here you read storiues on every page
    In the greatest as well as the smallest style
    Still, read in every single face
    That, who created them, created much even in the smallest!

    And let your eyes rest with some pleasure
    on this cosy group of houses
    They have special value for all
    Through the wise and wonderful ways of God!

    Many pictures you will see of those no longer living
    As with the one that you loved best
    Your believing heart knows she floats blessedly
    IN that higher, purer, eternal light!

    And our present hymns of joy
    Thankfully raised to our eternal father
    Resound from the higher choirs:
    God has created everthing well!

    Thank him! in his grace He gave us you
    He led you with his shepards devotion
    He arranged all the paths of your life
    They all proclaim God's love

    May this book be an Ebanezer of Gods love
    Taht we thankfully dedicate to you
    May it announce to you in ever new merciful urges
    God will continue to show his mercy!
    may your fathers heart often take pleasure
    In this widely ramified circle
    And your hand go very often
    For a loving new journey through these pages

    One day another album will be opened
    By him that is and was eternal
    O would that everyone will be entered therin
    That now surround you in an united throng!

    Ernst married Britta METZNER on 26 May 1857 in Calm, Wurttemberg, Germany. Britta was born on 19 Apr 1835 in Aldingen; died in Mar 1895 in Barmen. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. Elizabeth GREEFF was born in 1859 in Barmen, Germany.; died in 1919 in Jena, Germany..
    2. Hugo GREEFF was born on 16 Jun 1861 in Barmen, Germany; died on 4 Aug 1940 in Los Gatos, USA..
    3. Johannes GREEFF was born on 19 May 1863; died on 13 Mar 1894 in New York, USA..
    4. Hermann GREEFF was born on 19 Jan 1873 in Barmen, Germany.; and died.

Generation: 2

  1. 2.  Joh Peter GREEFF was born on 25 Mar 1803 in Elberfield (son of Johann Peter GREEFF and Clara Wilhelmine BORNEFELD); died on 4 Sep 1875 in Barmen.

    Notes:

    Greeff Brecht & Co, Barmen

    in the Huckenbach english translation by Greeff and Viljoen Johann Peter Died in Elberfield
    The firm "Ehrenberg & Leuschner" was aquired by Joh. Peter Greeff (Bornefeld) in 1829 and promptly renamed "J.P. Greeff & G.W. Sohn".Apparently it was the son Joh. Peter Greeff (Bredt) who brought tribute to his father in this way. He was a member of the Concordia Society in Barmen in 1824 and must accordingly already have lived in Barmen at the time.

    According to notes made by Joh. Peter in Dusseldorf the firm also produced other articles which were in demand in the market, e.g. snuff boxes, brooches, cuff links, tie pins, also brooches carved from horn and similar material.
    The main thrust thoughout was the metal button manufacture which had gradually conquered the whole German market and was more and more supplanting the French articles in foreign markets.
    The largest manufacturing centres were Barmen and Ludenscheid.

    Joh married Sophie Emilie BREDT on 24 Nov 1827. Sophie (daughter of Joh. Peter BREDT and Charlotte SIEBEL) was born on 21 May 1806; died on 22 Mar 1863. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 3.  Sophie Emilie BREDT was born on 21 May 1806 (daughter of Joh. Peter BREDT and Charlotte SIEBEL); died on 22 Mar 1863.
    Children:
    1. Johann Peter Julius GREEFF was born on 25 Oct 1828 in Barmen; died on 1 Nov 1890 in Barmen.
    2. 1. Ernst Hugo GREEFF was born on 26 Mar 1830 in Barmen; died on 1 Jul 1906 in Toronto, Canada.
    3. Emil Ernst GREEFF was born on 1 Sep 1831 in Barmen; died on 3 May 1917 in Frankfurt Am Main.
    4. Hermann Adolf GREEFF was born on 11 May 1833 in Barmen; died on 10 Nov 1909 in Stuttgart. Germany.
    5. Ewald GREEFF was born on 14 Jan 1835 in Barmen; died on 11 Mar 1918 in Barmen.
    6. Karl Emil GREEFF was born on 26 Aug 1836 in Barmen, Germany; died on 1 Feb 1911 in Barmen, Germany.
    7. Friedrich Otto GREEFF was born on 24 Aug 1838 in Barmen, Germany; died on 14 Feb 1919 in Koln-Lindenthal.
    8. Johann Peter GREEFF was born on 28 Feb 1841; died on 3 Jul 1866 in Koninggratz, Dussel; was buried in "...Wurde Auf Dem Friedhof Zu Problusz Mit Zwei Kameraden Beerdigt.".
    9. Bernhard GREEFF was born on 7 Oct 1843 in Barmen, Germany; died on 4 Jan 1925 in New York, USA.
    10. Sophie Emilie GREEFF was born on 28 Dec 1845 in Barmen, Germany; died on 13 Jul 1921 in Benneckenstein, Harz, Germany.
    11. Charlotte Wilhelmine GREEFF was born on 16 Jul 1847; died on 29 Apr 1916 in Detmold.
    12. Clara Wilhelmine (Minchen) GREEFF was born on 2 Dec 1849; died on 16 May 1864.


Generation: 3

  1. 4.  Johann Peter GREEFF was born in 22 June1777 (son of Gottfried Wilhelm GREEFF and Maria Sibylla VON CARNAP); died in 27 December1837.

    Notes:

    Slaufhere Baeinen.
    The firm "Ehrenberg & Leuschner" was aquired by Joh. Peter Greeff (Bornefeld) in 1829 and promptly reanmed "J.P.Greeff, G.W. Sohn"
    Apparently it was the son of Joh. Peter Greeff(Bredt) who brought tribute to his father in this way.


    Johann Peter was a businessman in Elberfield on the Aue, but moved to Barmen in 1829.

    In the reformed parish of Elberfield he was Scholarch for a period.
    At his death in 1837 Joh. Peter Greeff left behind a flourishing factory.

    Johann married Clara Wilhelmine BORNEFELD on 12 Jan 1802. Clara (daughter of Johann Daniel BORNEFELD and Christine MORIAN) was born in 1784; died in 12 June1860. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 5.  Clara Wilhelmine BORNEFELD was born in 1784 (daughter of Johann Daniel BORNEFELD and Christine MORIAN); died in 12 June1860.
    Children:
    1. Daniel Herman GREEFF was born in 14 April1817; died in 1817.
    2. 2. Joh Peter GREEFF was born on 25 Mar 1803 in Elberfield; died on 4 Sep 1875 in Barmen.
    3. Carl GREEFF was born in 1804; died in 1806.
    4. Wilhelmine GREEFF was born on 30 Jan 1806; died on 3 May 1864 in Bonn, Germany.
    5. Julie GREEFF was born in 1808 in Barmen; died in 1879.
    6. Carl GREEFF was born on 18 Nov 1809 in Barmen; died on 26 Sep 1893 in Barmen.
    7. Eduard GREEFF was born on 21 May 1812 in Barmen; died on 4 Jul 1883 in Barmen.
    8. Robert GREEFF was born on 7 Mar 1816 in Coln; died on 21 May 1889 in Frankfurt Am Main.
    9. Richard GREEFF was born on 3 Jan 1820 in Elberfeld; died on 3 Apr 1874 in Koln.

  3. 6.  Joh. Peter BREDT was born on 5 Sep 1782; died on 14 Apr 1852.

    Notes:

    Peter owned "Greeff-Bredt & Comp." in Barmen and lived at no. 7 Reformed church street (today Zwingli street) In his private life he also called himself Greeff-Bredt.

    He was elected churchmaster of the Reformed parish Gemarke in 1838,1851 and 1861.

    In 1824 he joined the Concordia company and became it's director in 1849/50. In May 1849 he was a member of the Burgerwehr (Citizens Defence) that defended Barmen against the Elberfield Democrats.

    For Descendants refer to the branch Greeff-Bredt.

    Joh. married Charlotte SIEBEL on 25 Apr 1804. Charlotte was born on 21 Jul 1785; died on 17 Jan 1864. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  4. 7.  Charlotte SIEBEL was born on 21 Jul 1785; died on 17 Jan 1864.
    Children:
    1. 3. Sophie Emilie BREDT was born on 21 May 1806; died on 22 Mar 1863.


Generation: 4

  1. 8.  Gottfried Wilhelm GREEFF was born in 1737; was christened on 30 Nov 1737 (son of Johann Clemens GREEFF and Helene Katharina TESCHEMACHER); died on 20 Sep 1794.

    Notes:

    Kauf u Handelshere Elberfeld.

    Gottfried married Maria Sibylla VON CARNAP on 15 Mar 1763. Maria (daughter of Caspar VON CARNAP and Elizabeth WULFING) was born in 1740; was christened on 10 Nov 1740 in Lobich; died on 2 Apr 1807 in Elberfeld, Germany. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 9.  Maria Sibylla VON CARNAP was born in 1740; was christened on 10 Nov 1740 in Lobich (daughter of Caspar VON CARNAP and Elizabeth WULFING); died on 2 Apr 1807 in Elberfeld, Germany.

    Notes:

    In the German text she is Sybilla Maria on page 38 and on page 49 she is Maria Sybilla. For the time being use Maria Sybilla.

    Notes:

    Married:
    http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~ruthann/german/gerparec.html
    GERMAN PARISH RECORDS KARES-KARNATZ from LDS Micro fiche
    Von CARNAP, Cibilla Maria relative- Gottfried Wilhelm GREEFF m 15 MAR 1763 State-PR, County- RHL, Town- ELBERFELD

    Children:
    1. Abraham GREEFF was born in 25 December1772; died in 1818 (Missing).
    2. 4. Johann Peter GREEFF was born in 22 June1777; died in 27 December1837.
    3. Gottfried Abraham GREEFF was born in 1 February1766; died on 26 Oct 1839.
    4. Johann Peter GREEFF was born on 5 Jan 1768; died on 8 Dec 1769.
    5. Maria Helene GREEFF was born in 1780; died in 1781.

  3. 10.  Johann Daniel BORNEFELD was born in 1746 in Mulheim am Rhein (son of Johann BORNEFELD and Magd. GRAAFF IN MULHEIN AM RHEIN); died in 24 January 1829 in Barmen.

    Notes:

    Citizen of Elberfield from 1775

    Johann married Christine MORIAN in 15 June1782 in Luttringhausen. Christine (daughter of Johan Anton MORIAN and Klara MOLL) was born in 25 Aug 1755 in Luttringhausen; died in in Elberfield. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  4. 11.  Christine MORIAN was born in 25 Aug 1755 in Luttringhausen (daughter of Johan Anton MORIAN and Klara MOLL); died in in Elberfield.
    Children:
    1. 5. Clara Wilhelmine BORNEFELD was born in 1784; died in 12 June1860.


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