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Heinrich Samuel SCHIMMELPFENNIG VON DER OYE
Helene Rosalie VON KNOCKE
1.+Alexander
Ferdinand SCHIMMELPFENNIG VON DER OYE – BIRTH: 20
Jul 1824, Bromberg; BAPTISM: 11 Aug 1824, Bromberg [Lutheran]; PRUSSIAN ARMY
SERVICE: Soldier in 29th Infantry Regiment “von Horn” [Infanterie‑Regiment
von Horn (3. Rheinisches) Nr.29 – Trier] Jun 1842, Portepee Faehnrich [“Cadet”
or “Ensign”] 8 Nov 1842, Second Lieutenant 19 Oct 1843, joined 16th
Infantry Regiment [Infanterie‑Regiment Freiherr von Sparr (3.
Westfälisches) Nr.16 – Cologne] 27 Mar 1847, dismissed from the army 7 Oct 1848[1]; MARRIAGE: Sophia von Gluemer, 15 Sep 1852, London, Great
Britain; U.S. CAREER: U.S. War Department Office of Pacific Railroad Explorations
and Surveys c. 1854-Apr 1861, enrolled in Union Army in Washington, D.C., by
1LT John Ellwood (5th U.S. Infantry Regt) 26 Jul 1861, Colonel 74th
PA Volunteer Infantry [“1st German”] Regiment Jul 1861-Nov 1862,
Brigadier General 29 Nov 1862 [Senate confirmation 4 Apr 1863]; U.S.
CITIZENSHIP: Jan 1861; DEATH: died of tuberculosis, 7 Sep 1865, Wernersville,
Pennsylvania, U.S.A.
Family of
1 : Sophia VON GLUEMER – Her sister
was married and lived in Reading, Pennsylvania; She lived with her sister after
Schimmelfennig’s death until 1868 when she returned to Washington, D.C.; A
private bill was introduced in the House to increase her widow’s pension;
DEATH: Apr 1890, Washington, D.C., U.S.A.
11. Bertha
SCHIMMELFENNIG – BIRTH: 20 Jul 1853, London,
Great Britain; CAREER: worked in the Washington, D.C., dead letter office of
the U.S. Post Office Department, c. 1871-1890; DEATH: 1926, San Diego, U.S.A.
12. Helene
Ida SCHIMMELFENNIG – BIRTH: 28 Jun 1857,
Washington, D.C., U.S.A.; DEATH: 18 October 1956, National City, San Diego,
U.S.A. [2]
13. Hermann
Alexander Rudolph SCHIMMELFENNIG – BIRTH: 10
Feb 1860, Washington, D.C., U.S.A.; DEATH: accidental gunshot, 1878, U.S.A.
2. Hermann
Julius SCHIMMELPFENNIG VON DER OYE – BIRTH: 23
Oct 1825, Danzig; BAPTISM: 27 Nov 1825, Danzig; PRUSSIAN ARMY SERVICE:
Freiwilliger [volunteer] in 27th Infantry Regiment [Infanterie‑Regiment
Prinz Louis Ferdinand von Preußen (2. Magdeburgisches) Nr.27] 17 Jan 1843,
Portepee Faehnrich [“Cadet” or “Ensign”] with 27th Infantry Regiment
2 Sep 1843, Second Lieutenant with 27th Infantry Regiment 23 Jun
1846, service in 4th Combined Reserve Battalion 15 Apr 1849; DEATH:
10 Oct 1849, Berlin.[3]
3. Julius
Conrad SCHIMMELPFENNIG VON DER OYE – BIRTH: Jul
1827, Danzig; BAPTISM: 6 Jul 1827, Danzig.