Joh Peter GREEFF

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]

Notes:

Teilhaber von "Greeff - Bredt & Comp" in Barmen. Zusammen mit seinem bruder Ernst diente er einjahrig bei der Infanterie in Koln.
J V Bredt, pagina 64.

Shortly after his marriage he established his own firm "Greeff-Bredt& Comp." In Barmen.Presumably with the help of his very affuent father-in-law.
This was a factory producing cloth covered buttons, something completely new at the time.
Later a weaving mill was added to produce the materials for the buttons. Other materials were also made there, especially "Lasting".
The offices and despatch rooms were in the back building on 7 Reformed Church street, the weaving mill was in Gas street.

He and his brother Ernst served on year in the infantry in Koln.
The elsdest son Joh Peter was at most invovled in purchses and the first establisment of the firm.

Family/Spouse: Maria WITTGENSTEIN. Maria was born on 2 May 1833 in Bieleveld; died on 8 Sep 1864 in Barmen. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Johann married Auguste WITTGENSTEIN on 1 Mar 1866. Auguste was born on 17 Feb 1836 in Bielefeld; died on 13 Sep 1915 in Dresden. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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]

Notes:

"Er begrundete die firma 'Greeff @ Comp' in Hoboken (bei New York), ...."
"Auf grund seiner erfahrungen im Deutch-Amerikanischen handelsverkehr und seines grossenanfehens wurde Ernst Greeff Amerikanischer Bizekonsul."
And much more: J V Bredt (1941:66)
After his commercial training he served in the infantry in Koln for one year together with his brother Julius.

He started the firm "Greeff& Comp" In Hoboken (by New York), settled his first household there and obtained American citizenship.
His parents-in-law in Germany suffered keenly from the separation from their favourite daughter and since Ernst also found the ocean journey very arduous he moved back to Mainz in 1865. There he regained German citizenship, in order to afford his sons the possibility to satisfy the requirements for militarytraining at a later stage.
He then acquired a house in Haspeler street, Unterbarten where he took upresidence.
This house was sold after the death of his first wife in 1873; the Paulskirche was built in the garden.
With his second wife Ernst remained living in Barmen at first, but later moved with his family to Frankfurt am Main.
In 1893 he acquired the castle Moosburg, Guttingen, canton of Thurgau in Switzserland, but used itonly as a summer residence for the time being.
Because of his experience in German-American commerce and because of the esteem in which he was held Ernst Greeff became American Vice-Consul. The German government also acknowledged his work by conferring on him the order of the Red Eagle IV.
As a keen hunter he had undertaken hunts at Brilon, Honningen am Rhein, Taunus and in Hungary. Blessed with great hardiness by nature, he was able to shoot several stags in the Carpathian mountains at the age of 85. On his 80th birthday he still danced the waltz and eye witnesses report that at his age he still ran after a moving tram and jumped aboard

Emil married Johanna BETTELHAUSER on 5 Dec 1859 in Mainz, Germany. Johanna was born on 20 Feb 1837 in Mainz, Germany; died on 1 May 1873 in Barmen. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Emil married Friederike (Frieda) BETTELHAUSER on 7 Jan 1878. Friederike (daughter of Carl BETTELHAUSER and Henriette Elizabeth KNEIP) was born on 11 Aug 1841; died on 1 May 1895 in Frankfurt Am Main. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Hermann married Christine MESSNER in 1862. Christine was born on 4 Sep 1838; died on 18 Oct 1863. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Hermann married Olga Henriette SCHOTT on 29 Jul 1875. Olga (daughter of Johann Christian VON SCHOTT and Friederike PISTORIUS) was born on 2 Jan 1848 in Kirchheim; died on 11 Feb 1918 in Stuttgart. Germany. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

He studied agriculture in Hohenheim and Luxemburg and became leaseholder of the royal estate Adenroth in Wied, Nassau. In 1867 he obtained the estate in Porten by Bohwinkel, which he estranged again in 1903 in order to move to Barmen.
The Reformed congregation Barmen-Gemarke elected him as elder in 1906 and he served the congregation meritoriously till his death (Werth-Lauffs p.482)

Ewald married Anna OVENBECK on 12 Feb 1863. Anna (daughter of Hermann OVENBECK and Amalie HALBACH) was born on 22 Feb 1836 in Kamen, Westfalia, Germany; died on 9 Feb 1919 in Barmen, Germany. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Teilhaber von Greeff & Comp, New York. He lived at College Point, NY, and in 1896 in Barmen and in 1904 in Bonn

Bredt (1941:68)

Family/Spouse: Emilie ROSINGH. Emilie (daughter of Gerhard ROSINGH and Gebhardine VON GLAN) was born on 24 Jun 1843 in Norden; died on 18 Dec 1871 in College Point, New York, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Karl married Johanne Caroline WULFING on 10 Aug 1881. Johanne (daughter of Abraham WULFING and Mathilde FISCHER) was born on 16 Mar 1851; died on 19 Mar 1920 in Bonn, Germany. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Otto Greeff, for whom a business career was originally intended, had a marked artistic talent, which initially tipped the balance in his choice of career. He became a singer, but after suffering a throat disease changed to actor.

He started his atristic careeer by an engagement in Vienna. Presumably his voice impairment was the reason for turning to a business career after all. In this capacity he stayed in Vienna for the time being, then lived with his brother Ernst in Frankfurt for 2 years, and then moved to Kon-Lindenthal. He was the originator of the "Greeff Whistle" which served as recognition signal among the Greeffs for decades afterward ( From the waltz by Julius Schulhoff "Valse brillante"Op.5.)

(Medical):He suffered a throat disease which stopped his career as a singer.

Family/Spouse: Sophie FRITZ. Sophie was born on 22 Jul 1835; died in Jan 1921. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Killed in Action at Konniggratz

Peter studied agriculture in Bonn-Poppelsdorf and in 1864 he inherited the manor Dussel from his grandfather Joh. Peter Bredt (see the specific chapter).
At theoutbreak of war in 1866 he was conscripted into the Heohenzollern Fusilier Regiment no. 40, was killed on 3 July 1866 by shellfire in the battle at Konniggratz and was buried in the cemetary at Problusz with two comrades.

Johann married Pauline Wilhelmine GREEFF on 4 Nov 1864. Pauline (daughter of Carl GREEFF and Wilhelmine RITTERSHAUS) was born on 27 Jul 1842; died on 21 Dec 1899 in Dusseldorf. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Teilhaber & Co, New York

Bernhard as well as his brother Emil lived with their families on Long Island in College Point, a small simple suburb of New york. They were partners in the firm "Greeff & Co." which their fathers started in 1857. The gardens of ther homes, near to the Sound were close together and separated only by the garden of Anton Rosingh.
He was a brother-in-law of both brothers Greeff, Emil's first marriage was to Emilie Rosingh. Being neighbours gave rise to a special bond between the families. The atmosphere in both houses was essentrially German, and until the world war only German was spoken at home. Both families always had German governesses. It was a real little German colony in College point. The family Adolf Erbsloh, who came from Barmen was very close to the Greeffs.
In the very musical family of Bernhard Greeff music was made every evening. The father played piano and the organ, the mother sang in a beautiful soft alto. In this way the children (born in America) learned all the wonderful German folk songs and childrens songs.
This was recreation for the men that had a streneuous working life, facing a long arduous journey early in the morning to the office in the city and back to their suburb in the evening.
Bernhard and his wife had an excedingly happy marriage and lived only for themselves and their children, to whom they were a shining example. Bernhards great goodness is shown by the fact that for about 30 years he played the organ in church every sunday, because the congregation was too poor to afford the services of an organist.

Bernhard married Helene Pauline ROSINGH on 19 Jun 1873 in Norden, Ostfriesland, Germany. Helene (daughter of Gerhard ROSINGH and Gebhardine VON GLAN) was born on 13 Sep 1845 in Norden; died on 20 Jul 1919 in New York, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Sophie was born as the First daughter after 9 sons in the old house at no. 7 Reformed Church street, like all her siblings. After completion of her school training she attended a finishing school in Clarens (Lake Geneva) and following the death of her mother she had to run the household for her father. She accompanied her father on his last journey to America in 1871.
She bore her husband 8 children in the old house on Reformed Church street, thereafter moving with him to the Werth family home in Muhlenweg.

Sophie married Johann Wilhelm WERTH on 20 Aug 1873. Johann (son of Joh Wilhelm WERTH and Johanna Maria BRECHTEFELD) was born on 21 Dec 1837; died on 17 Apr 1910. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

As a widow Charlotte lived in Halberstadt and Detmold.

Charlotte married Ludwig BAEHR on 4 Aug 1868 in Barmen, Germany. Ludwig (son of Ludwig BAEHR) was born on 6 Nov 1838 in Karlsruhe, Germany; died on 30 Jun 1906 in Welgeleben, Germany. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

"Minchen Greeff" was the first childhood friend of Henriette Koll, later married to Victor R. Bredt. As a child she was often a guest in the Greeff-Bredt house in the Reformed church street. The friendship was ended by the early death of Minchen Greeff.

Henriette married Albert GUNTHER on 6 Oct 1892. Albert (son of Theodore GUNTHER and Helene Meier) was born on 23 Jun 1861 in Gliedmarode By Brunswick; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Ottilie married Theodor HINSBERG on 29 Apr 1889. Theodor (son of Mathias HINSBERG and Wilhelmine Volcker,) was born on 25 May 1859 in Darmstadt; died on 21 Aug 1934 in Unter-Grainau. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

She attended a finishing school in Clarens )Lake Geneva), then went to America and studied at the University in Batavia in Maine.
After the death of her mother she returned to BArmen in 1895 to keep house for her father. After her father emigrated to Toronto she moved to her friend Miss Demrath in Jena.

Notes:

Hugo attended the Barmen secondary school and then joined "Greeff-Bredt & Comp" as an apprentice. The year 1880-1881 he went to London and was active in several firms there. During 1905-1916 he was a partner in the e xport firm "Henderson & Liddel"
Because war made business impossible he bought a property "Durfold Hall", 132 Morgan in extent, which he sold at a profit after the war. He then moved to his son Hugo at Canterbury, and in 1924 to Los Gatos in California (65km south of San Francisco), where he found a new fatherland.

Hugo married Annie Edith AXFORD on 5 Feb 1890. Annie was born on 25 Feb 1867; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Johannes completed his apprenticeship in Barmen by "Sehlbach Sohn & Steinhoff" and served for one year in Strassburg.
The he went to New York to the firm "Greeff & Comp."
From time to time he returned to Barmen to work with the firm "Greef & Comp"

Notes:

Hermann attended the secondary school in Barmen, then entered his fathers business as apprentice and served one year in the Fusilier Guards in Berlin. Then he established a branch of the firm "Greeff-Bredt & Comp" in Toronto, until the war years made it appear prudent to sell the business.
During 1916-1920 he lived in Los Angelos, until 1924 in Baden-Baden and finally in Los Gatos where he bought property.

Hermann married Maria ILISCH on 6 Apr 1905 in Freiberg In Sachsen, Germany.. Maria was born on 27 Jul 1881 in Freiberg, Germany.; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Hermann married Ida EDDELBUTTEL on 30 Apr 1923 in Baden-Baden, Germany.. Ida was born in 1889; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

He spent his youth in Barmen, joined the Concordia in 1880, served in the Hessean Leib-Dragoner Regiment no.24 and qualified as officer. then he went to New York as a partner in "Greeff & Comp"

Ernst married Helen SCHMIDT on 24 Apr 1894. Helen was born on 9 Oct 1873; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Friedrich married Gertrud MAYER on 11 Nov 1909. Gertrud was born on 23 Sep 1888 in Konstanz, Germany; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Karl spent hs youth in Barmen, where he attended the secondary school and later the vocational school. In 1880 he joined the Concordia Company.
After completion of his year of military service in an infamtry regiment in Metz, he completed a commercial apprenticeship in New York.
As later owner of a stock farm by El Paso in Texas he lost his life through an accident when moving stock; he was buried in Mexico.

Notes:

Alice was very musical, played the piano, violen and harp, after she received the instrument of her grandmother Greeff-Bredt from her aunt Sophie Werth (Born Greeff)

Alice married Wilhelm BEIL on 19 Sep 1888. Wilhelm (son of Dr. Phil. Johann Valentin Anton BEIL, Chief Forester Of The Free City Of Frankfurt and Wilhelmine Caroline HENEL) was born on 26 Sep 1847; died on 20 Apr 1905. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Johanna attended a finishing school in Geneva, and after the death of her second mother she managed the households in Frankfurt am Main and on Moosburg.
She and her father were ever concerned to provide a focal point for the Greeff family.
The achievement of the Family Day in Barmen on 4 July 1937 and the issue of this family history are due to her efforts.
From 1907 she lived with Miss Hoffmann in Auerbach onBerg street, in"Haus johfried" with 4 Morgen of land, and from 1933 inDarmstadt.

Notes:

After attending the secondary school and an apprenticeship with BankhausFunk in Frankfurt am Main he became a business in New York, later in London.

Notes:

He went to school in Frankfurt am Main and then studied agriculture in Hohenheim and Guttingen. Then he served as trainee, volumtary worker and manager on estates in Weende by Gottingen, Bollbrexen by Paderborn, Lindheim in Upper Hessia and Hubsch on Lower Rhine. On 1 November 1906 he took over the estate Moosburg, as seed farm with steam driven dairy, pig and sheep breeding, market gardening and fruit farming.
He served 1902/03 in the Husser Regiment no 9 in Strassburg and on 19 December 1905 became lieutenant of the Reserve in the Regiment; in 1910 he transferred to the Landwehr cavalry, on 24 December 1914 he became senior lieutenant and captain of cavalry on 30 April 1916.In the World War he was initially aide-de-camp on the staff of the Reserve Field Artillery Regiment no. 52 then on the staff of the 101st reserve Infantry Brigade, thenCommander of the Munitions Column and Trains of the XXIV Reserve corps, since 1 August 1916 Commander of the Reserve Vehicle Fleet Column 84, later 750, Retreat and demobilisation of the troop December 1918.
Battles:18 October- 30 Nov 1914 battle of the Yser. 22 April - 24 May 1915 battles for Ypern. 19 Sep -29 Sep 1916 battle of the Somme. 5 Feb 1917 -26 March 1918 trench warfare in Lothringen (Lorraine).

Friedrich married Getrud MEYER on 11 Nov 1909. Getrud (daughter of Carl Alexis MAYER and Charlotte Lina DAHM) was born on 23 Sep 1888 in Constance. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Frieda married Gustav Adolf HINSBERG on 29 Sep 1890 in Frankfurt A M, Germany. Gustav was born on 9 May 1868; died on 16 Oct 1933. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Dr Med

Medical doctor practising in Volkershausen. He studied medicine in Tubingen and showed special interest in anatomy, in particular in themusculature of the face. After the state examination he was voluntary assistant by Rudolf Virchow, then assistantdoctor by Lohmann at the White Stag by Dresden.
Later he turned to anthropological studies that took him to different countries and parts of the earth with partial assistance by the state of Prussia. On these travels he made plaster casts of faces and entire heads of living persons, from an artistic as well as a scientific point of view, especially inSweden and the Caucasus.
His collection in Volershausen, which was often visited by scholars from elsewhere, comprised some 1500 pieces.

Notes:

Doctor of medicine and medical practitioner in Cannstadt, in the World War Chief Doctor and Battalion Doctor in the infantry regiment "Old Wurttemberg" no. 121, since 1916 Surgeon-major. He was a ships doctor with the line North
German Loyd, then for a number of years assistant to Privy Councillor Fleiner in Heidelberg, internist in Stuttgart, doctor in Hofen on the Enz, ultimately in Cannstadt.
He published a row of scientific works on internal medicine and hygiene.

Julius married Helene Emilie BREITUNG on 16 Dec 1913 in Strassburg. Helene (daughter of Phil Arno BREITUNG and Anna SEITZ) was born on 13 Nov 1881 in Markirch; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Dr Med
At a later stage the control of the weaving mill of the Barmen firm "Greeff & Comp." was mainly in the hands of Hugo Greeff while Julius Greeff was more concerned with the running of the button factory. After the death of Julius in 1890 control passed at first to Hugo alone.

Family/Spouse: Helene BREITLING. Helene was born in 1881; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Businessman in England later trade representitive in Barmen

Paul married Marie VOGELER on 27 Dec 1900 in Rumburg. Marie was born on 23 Sep 1877 in Gossnitz In Sachen; died on 8 Dec 1908 in Gross-Lichterfelde. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Dr Med Borsdorf
He visited the gymnasium at Elberfeld from Porten and passed the examination for his Abitur in 1887.
Then he studied medicine, first in Tubingen where he did his first semester, then in Wurzburg and Kiel.
After passing the State Examination and his promotion to his doctors degree in medicine he fiirst participated in special courses in Berlin and served a second semester in Hannover and subsequently his internship. In 1893 he started his practice in Ebergotzen by Gottingen, moved to Struth near Adenroth in 1896 and in 1898 to Brosdorf by Leipzig, where he was active for 33 years.
He retired in 1931 and took up residence inSt. Gallen, since 1940 inBlankenburg on the Harz.

Ewald married Leni BORKENHAGEN on 23 Aug 1893 in Kiel. Leni (daughter of Karl Wilhelm Ludwig BORKENHAGEN and Helene Mathilde Elise SCHILL) was born on 27 Jan 1872 in Perleberg; died on 22 Nov 1915 in Borsdorf. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Anna married August CONRAD on 21 Aug 1894. August (son of Heinrich CONRAD and Helene GUTBROD) was born on 20 Dec 1865 in Koln; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Sophie married Gustav Adolf FUNCCIUS on 4 Apr 1899. Gustav was born on 17 May 1874 in Elberfeld; died on 2 Jan 1921 in Solingen. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Kaufmann
He studied agriculture and until 1903 he was inspector of estates in West-Prussia and Silesia. Then he went to Canada, returned in 1904 and became an accountant on the von Gerdorff estate in Posen. Since 1911 he attended 6 semesters at the Evangelistic school aJohanneum in Barmen for a theologic education. At the outbreak of war in 1914 he was a brother in service of the Bodelschwinghinstitution, then spent 1916-1918 away at war.

Up to 1927 he was the proprietor of a winter fruit storehouse in Donaueschingen and afterwards he lved in Barmen.

Notes:

Direktor Oberly Barmen
He attended the gymnasium in Elberfeld and studied theology from 1899 - 1903 in Strassburg, Greifswald, Tubingen, Halle, Bonn, Marburg and passed the first theological examination on 21 April 1903. Then he studied philosophy and German studies and history in Bonn, passed an examination for gymnastics teacher and a prize assignment. On 6 May 1905 he passed the state examination for secondary school teachers. On 15 May 1905 he started his practical training at the Friedrich Wilhelm Gymnasium in Koln, interrupted by his 1 year millitary training in the Foot Atrillery Regiment no. 7 in Koln. 1906 he resumed his training in Barmen, where he did his trial year 1907/08 at the Realgymnasium. On 1 April 1908 he was appointed as secondary school teacher. In the war he was lieutenant of the Landwehr in the Foot Artillery Regiment no.7, since 1916 with the Short Naval Gun Battalion 10 ("Big Bertha" , 42cm)

In July 191 he was elected Director of the Higher Lyceum in Barmen.

(Medical):He lost his right leg at craonne on 27 May 1916

Gotlob married Marie Helene PLENIUS on 22 Apr 1884. Marie (daughter of Wilhelm PLENIUS) was born on 26 Jan 1885 in Elberfeld; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

New York

Notes:

Factory owner in Greenwich (Connecticut),partner "Greeff& Comp" In New York

Abraham married Anna KIND on 2 May 1907 in Barmen. Anna (daughter of Gotthilf KIND and Maria VON BAVIER) was born on 18 Jan 1878 in Barmen; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Doctor of Engineering in New Jersey, USA

Max married Carla Johanne Adele Bernhardine MEYER on 23 Nov 1919. Carla was born on 23 Nov 1897. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Chemist in Bonn

Johanne married Carl Wilhelm DRESSLER on 15 Jul 1914 in Bonn. Carl (son of Adolf DRESSLER and Clementine KLEIN) was born on 5 Sep 1877 in Kreuztal; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Dr Ing

Family/Spouse: Carla MEYER. Carla was born in 1897. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Bonn

Family/Spouse: Unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

In the Huckenbach book (english translation by Greeff, Francois & Greeff, Viljoen) She is Johanne Emilie Mathilde Greeff for now we will use the one listed.

Mathilde married Carl Wilhelm DRESSLER on 15 Jul 1914 in Bonn. Carl (son of Adolf DRESSLER and Clementine KLEIN) was born on 5 Sep 1877 in Kreuztal; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Johanne married Gustav Julius (Carl) WENDEROTH on 15 Jul 1914 in Double Wedding!. Gustav (son of Councillor Erich WENDEROTH and Auguste WALLIS) was born on 6 Jan 1884 in St. Johann; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Kunstmaher Dusseldorf
Peter became an artist and studied in Dusseldorf and Karlsruhe under Professor Schonleber and lived in Dusseldorf at the time where he was the chairman of the Association of Dusseldorf Artists at times.
For his picture "Birches in March" he received an accolade in Barcelona. Owners of his paintings are: the Hall of Fame in Barmen, the museum in Monchengladbach and the city of Gladbeck.
He served in the Hussar Regiment no. 11 in Dusseldorf and became reserve officer.
At the outbreak of war in 1914 he joined as volunteer and since he was no longer fit for active service, received a aquadron inMunster as captain in the Landwehr cavalry.

Johann married Clara LANGERFELD on 21 Apr 1892. Clara (daughter of Reinhard LANGERFELD and Ida Roth) was born on 15 Aug 1868; died on 29 Jan 1923. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Dr Med New York

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Event Place

Manhattan, New York City, New York, United States
Event Place (Original) Manhattan Ward 12, 585, New York, New York, United States
Sheet Letter A
Sheet Number 8
Affiliate Publication Number T624
Affiliate Name The U.S. National Archives and Records Administration (NARA)
Mary
F
24
Ireland

Name Mary
Sex Female
Age

24 years
Arrival Date 1905
Birth Year (Estimated) 1886
Birthplace Ireland
Marital Status Single
Race White
Relationship to Head of Household Servant
Father's Birthplace Ireland
Mother's Birthplace Ireland
Event Type Census
Event Date 1910
Event Place

Manhattan, New York City, New York, United States
Event Place (Original) Manhattan Ward 12, 585, New York, New York, United States
Sheet Letter A
Sheet Number 8
Affiliate Publication Number T624
Affiliate Name The U.S. National Archives and Records Administration (NARA)
Helga W
F
27
Finland

Name Helga W
Sex Female
Age

27 years
Arrival Date 1905
Birth Year (Estimated) 1883
Birthplace Finland
Marital Status Single
Race White
Relationship to Head of Household Servant
Father's Birthplace Finland
Mother's Birthplace Finland
Event Type Census
Event Date 1910
Event Place

Manhattan, New York City, New York, United States
Event Place (Original) Manhattan Ward 12, 585, New York, New York, United States
Sheet Letter A
Sheet Number 8
Affiliate Publication Number T624
Affiliate Name The U.S. National Archives and Records Administration (NARA)
UNKNOWN
F
29
England

Sex Female
Age

29 years
Arrival Date 1881
Birth Year (Estimated) 1881
Birthplace England
Marital Status Single
Race White
Relationship to Head of Household Servant
Father's Birthplace England
Mother's Birthplace England
Event Type Census
Event Date 1910
Event Place

Manhattan, New York City, New York, United States
Event Place (Original) Manhattan Ward 12, 585, New York, New York, United States
Sheet Letter A
Sheet Number 8
Affiliate Publication Number T624
Affiliate Name The U.S. National Archives and Records Administration (NARA)

"United States Census, 1910", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M57Q-PC9 : Thu Oct 05 16:25:26 UTC 2023), Entry for J G William Greiff and Marguerite Greiff, 1910.
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Johann married Marguerite Blanche CRABBE on 26 Jun 1901. Marguerite (daughter of Edward Luis CRABBE and Sarah Georgina BRIKBECK) was born on 1 Mar 1877; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Partner in "Greeff & Co" New York

Sophie married William Rudolf OETKER on 19 Sep 1900 in College Point, and was divorced. William was born on 22 Feb 1874; died on 30 Oct 1930 in Krefeld.. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Hein SCHNEIER. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Gebhardine married Heinrich Ernst SCHNIEWIND on 23 Aug 1899. Heinrich (son of Heinrich Ernst SCHNIEWIND and Maria BREDT) was born on 21 Jan 1869; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

New York

Dorothy married Albrecht PAGENSTECHER on 5 Mar 1904. Albrecht was born on 1 Oct 1873; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

New York

Gerhard married Helen Strong HOTCHKINS on 3 Sep 1929. Helen was born on 24 Aug 1891; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Joh married Meli HALDER on 30 Aug 1906 in Munchen, Germany. Meli was born on 19 May 1880 in Munchen, Germany; died on 10 Dec 1929 in Nurnberg-Erkensteegen. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

"gefallen bei Horozenka"
Killed in Action in Horozenka on 31 August 1916

Notes:

Red Cross Sister in City Hospital of Barmen. Bredt (1941:72)

Notes:

Hostel Director, first in Benneckenstein (Harz), then in "Haus Neukirchen" Bad Meinberg.

Adolf married Martha DURHOLT on 14 Oct 1916 in Dresden, Germany. Martha was born on 17 Feb 1879 in Berlin, Germany; died on 13 Jan 1922 in Benneckenstein, Harz, Germany. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Adolf married Johanne IHLE on 26 Nov 1927 in Berlin, Germany. Johanne was born on 6 Feb 1898 in Magdeburg, Germany. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Married at first officer, then painter and sculptor in Genove palma on mallorca.

Family/Spouse: Agnes KOLL. Agnes was born in 1880; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Charlotte married Zdenko HALLA on 6 Apr 1911. Zdenko was born on 19 May 1881 in Brunn, Germany; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Alice REISER. Alice was born in in Bern, Germany; died in 1933. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

In the World war he served first in the infantry, then as aircraft pilot. Then university study for engineer and to New York in 1926.
Since 1939 owner of the fruit farm Volkershausen by Vacha, Rohn.

Family/Spouse: Andree MEIER. Andree was born on 15 Mar 1901 in Schaffhausen; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Bank Director in Remscheid.

Kurt married Getrud MEESE on 11 May 1921. Getrud was born on 29 Dec 1898. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Businessman in Caterbury, later joined his father in Los Gatos

Family/Spouse: Irene DAVIS. Irene was born on 8 Aug 1904 in Gillingham, Kent, England, UK.; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

When Irene's brother, Hugo, died she and her husband adopted his son, Robert Greeff. Robert took the surname Thomsen and had a son, Robert Aage Thomsen, who is still alive, and two daughters.
Source: Joan Schneider, by phone, 7 July 2008.

Family/Spouse: Aage THOMSEN. Aage was born on 17 Feb 1885 in Copenhagen, Sweden.; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Aage THOMSON. Aage was born on 17 Feb 1885 in Kopenhagen; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Aage THOMSEN. Aage was born on 17 Feb 1885 in Copenhagen, Sweden.; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Ellis Island Records. Leslie Greeff.

First Name:Leslie Last Name:Greeff Ethnicity:Britain Last Place of Residence:Canterbury, England Date of Arrival:Aug 08, 1924 Age at Arrival:20 GenderM Marital StatusS Ship of Travel:Berengaria Port of Departure:Southampton Manifest Line Number:0007
Source: http://www.ellisisland.org

Leslie married Celesta Coral HAND in Pascagola, Mississippi, USA. Celesta was born on 15 Sep 1916 in Alpha, Florida, USA; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Leslie married Doris Evelyn MACCALL on 22 Nov 1935. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Businessman in San Jose California

Johannes married Bernice A (Peggy) MILLER on 21 May 1933 in New York, USA.. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Ilse married Charles ROTHKEGEL on 31 Dec 1936 in Harrison. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Businessman in New York

Ernest married Katharine TWYFORD on 25 Feb 1922. Katharine was born on 7 Feb 1897. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Partner in the brokerage firm "Marshall, Campbell & Comp" in New York.

Charles married Adele BURCHER on 23 Dec 1933. Adele was born on 10 Dec 1911; died on 15 Oct 1999 in New York, USA; was buried in Quogue, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Partner in firm "Fellowes, Davis & Comp."

Herbert married Evangeline Christina CLARK on 17 Oct 1923. Evangeline was born on 20 Dec 1901. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Helen married Karl STELLING on 8 Jun 1933. Karl was born in 1909. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Librarian in Stuttgart, served his one year volunteer service 1911/12 with 5th Baden Field Artillery Regiment 76. Served in the World War in the Reserve Foot Artillery Regiment 4 (Enke) Magdeburg, on the eastern and western fronts. Cross of Honour (Ehrenkreuz) second cladd.

Family/Spouse: Lydia HENZE. Lydia was born on 27 Dec 1886 in Witzenhausen; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Farmer

Getrud married Max BAUR on 24 Mar 1920. Max was born on 15 Feb 1893 in Wyhl, Baden; died in 26 Sep in Travemunde. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

He passed the Abitur examination, served in the Mountain Light Infantry Regiment no.99 in Fussen, then attended the technical high school in Munchen.
In the war 1940 he was a sergeant in an infantry regiment on the western front.

Notes:

Agriculture scholar in Buckenholz by Husum.

Notes:

Served as a sapper on the western front.

Notes:

Businessman

Notes:

Graduated engineer.

Gerhard married Getrud WITT on 4 Oct 1929. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Adopted since 3 Oct 1925 : Schmidt

Notes:

Adopted since 24 Jun 1920 Witzmann

Herta married Karl Franz Friedrich BEZ on 13 Jun 1931. Karl was born in in Saalfeld. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Edith married Erich CONRAD on 15 Jul 1934. Erich was born on 26 Oct 1903 in Langerfeld; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Hildegard married Hermann Karl FIESEL on 29 Jan 1921 in Borsdorf. Hermann (son of Pastor Karl FIESEL and Elisabeth DRECKS) was born on 7 Mar 1893 in Ribbesbuttel (District Gishorn); died on 1 Jun 1939 in Frankfurt Am Main. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Ruth married Friedrich RUGE on 28 Aug 1920 in Bautzen. Friedrich (son of Rector Prof. Dr. RUGE) was born on 24 Dec 1894 in Leipzig; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Listed as 28 Jun 1903 I changed it to the Huckenbach date (english translation by Greeff., Francois &Greeff, Viljoen.)

Notes:

Parson in Niederscheid, Dillkreis.

Johannes married Kathe BRANDENBURGER on 3 Jun 1931 in Selters. Kathe was born on 21 Mar 1907 in Selters; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Hans Erich KEMPER. Hans was born on 6 Mar 1898 in Elberfeld; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Engineer

Family/Spouse: Hanni MEWS. Hanni was born on 14 Dec 1905 in Berlin, Germany; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Franz KETTERER. Franz was born on 11 Apr 1902 in Buhl (Baden); and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Businessman in Elberfeld

Family/Spouse: Walter WEIDEMEIER. Walter was born on 1 Dec 1906 in Elberfeld; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Albert LUTHER. Albert was born on 19 Dec 1902 in Hannover. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Donald Price. GERRIT HAREN. Donald was born on 16 Feb 1929. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Clara married Georg HAREN on 25 Aug 1925. Georg was born on 16 Oct 1883 in Witten; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Donald married Eleonore Milner LINES on 4 Jul 1925. Eleonore (daughter of Harvey Klapp LINES and Joanna Louise JONES) was born on 3 Oct 1902; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/27166799/harriet-burnham-greeff#view-photo=10942036

Bernhard married Harriet Burnham SNIDER on 21 May 1935. Harriet (daughter of Harrison Martin SNIDER and Mathilde Burnham AVERY) was born on 12 Mar 1906 in Cleveland, Ohio, USA; died on 2 Jan 2004 in Montecito, Santa Barbara County, California, United States.. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KQTF-G5R
Edward R Greeff
Census • United States Census, 1940
Name Edward R Greeff
Sex Male
Age

28 years
Residence Date 1935
Residence Place Same Place
Birth Date 1912
Birthplace New York
Marital Status Single
Race White
Relationship to Head of Household Son
Event Type Census
Event Date 1940
Event Place Manhattan, New York City, New York, United States
Event Place (Original) New York City, New York City, Manhattan, Assembly District 15, Manhattan, 31-1335, New York, New York, United States
Enumeration District Number 31-1335 New York City, Manhattan Borough Assembly District 15 (Tract 148 - part), Apartments at 1109 Park Av, Apartments at 1101 Park Av, Apartments at 101 E 90th
Line Number 4
Sheet Letter A
Sheet Number 16
Affiliate Publication Number T627
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Marguerite Greeff
Mother
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62
New York

William J D Greeff
Father
M
66
New York

Name William J D Greeff
Sex Male
Age

66 years
Residence Date 1935
Residence Place Same Place
Birth Date 1874
Birthplace New York
Marital Status Married
Race White
Relationship to Head of Household Head
Event Type Census
Event Date 1940
Event Place Manhattan, New York City, New York, United States
Event Place (Original) New York City, New York City, Manhattan, Assembly District 15, Manhattan, 31-1335, New York, New York, United States
Enumeration District Number 31-1335 New York City, Manhattan Borough Assembly District 15 (Tract 148 - part), Apartments at 1109 Park Av, Apartments at 1101 Park Av, Apartments at 101 E 90th
Line Number 4
Sheet Letter A
Sheet Number 16
Affiliate Publication Number T627
Marguerite L Greeff
Sister
F
26
New York

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Mary A Ford
F
59
England

Name Mary A Ford
Sex Female
Age

59 years
Residence Date 1935
Residence Place Same Place
Birth Date 1881
Birthplace England
Marital Status Single
Race White
Relationship to Head of Household Cook
Event Type Census
Event Date 1940
Event Place Manhattan, New York City, New York, United States
Event Place (Original) New York City, New York City, Manhattan, Assembly District 15, Manhattan, 31-1335, New York, New York, United States
Enumeration District Number 31-1335 New York City, Manhattan Borough Assembly District 15 (Tract 148 - part), Apartments at 1109 Park Av, Apartments at 1101 Park Av, Apartments at 101 E 90th
Line Number 4
Sheet Letter A
Sheet Number 16
Affiliate Publication Number T627
Josephine Kenny
F
60
Eire

Name Josephine Kenny
Sex Female
Age

60 years
Residence Date 1935
Residence Place Same Place
Birth Date 1880
Birthplace Eire
Marital Status Single
Race White
Relationship to Head of Household Servant
Event Type Census
Event Date 1940
Event Place Manhattan, New York City, New York, United States
Event Place (Original) New York City, New York City, Manhattan, Assembly District 15, Manhattan, 31-1335, New York, New York, United States
Enumeration District Number 31-1335 New York City, Manhattan Borough Assembly District 15 (Tract 148 - part), Apartments at 1109 Park Av, Apartments at 1101 Park Av, Apartments at 101 E 90th
Line Number 4
Sheet Letter A
Sheet Number 16
Affiliate Publication Number T627

"United States Census, 1940", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KQTF-G5P : Thu Oct 05 21:49:56 UTC 2023), Entry for William J D Greeff and Marguerite Greeff, 1940.
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Family/Spouse: Elizabeth Frances DEAN. Elizabeth (daughter of William B Monroe DEAN and Cornelia T SPERRY) was born on 28 Jan 1901 in Manhattan, New York City, New York, United States; died on 15 Jan 2006 in Mill Neck, Nassau, New York, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Rolfbernd married Gabriele KAST on 11 May 1931. Gabriele was born on 6 Nov 1909 in Karlsruhe, Germany; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Helen married Eugen ANSLEM on 14 Oct 1932. Eugen was born on 10 May 1905 in Odessa; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Helen married Warren Batjer POND-KERR on 6 Oct 1921. Warren was born on 5 Sep 1898 in New York, USA; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Magaret married Julian Carr STANLEY on 14 May 1929. Julian was born on 22 Oct 1895 in Jachville, Florida; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Emily married James Jackson LEE on 10 Apr 1926. James was born on 22 Nov 1900 in Boston.; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Helen BALL. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Ethel married Hiram Edward MANVILLE on 11 Jun 1929. Hiram was born on 14 Feb 1906 in New York, USA; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Albrecht married Sara Elizabeth WALTON on 27 Sep 1929. Sara was born on 7 Oct 1904; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Dorothy married Charles Augustus FRANK on 22 Apr 1938. Charles was born on 25 Aug 1906; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]