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Henry August REDDEHASE

Henry August REDDEHASE

Male 1845 - 1912  (~ 66 years)

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  • Name Henry August REDDEHASE 
    Born Jul 1845  Braunschweig (Brunswick), Lower Saxony, Germany Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2] 
    • Age 38 in the 1880 Census would put his birth in about 1842. But age 25 in his 1871 marriage record puts it in about 1846, conforming to his stated age in the 1900 and 1910 censuses. The 1900 Census specifies a birth date of July 1845. His 1880 Census record indicates his birthplace as Brunswick, the anglicized version of Braunschweig.
    Gender Male 
    Military 6th W.Va. Infantry, Civil War 
    Occupation 1871  [2] 
    mason 
    Census 1880  Grafton, Taylor Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Occupation 1880  [3] 
    railroad worker 
    Occupation 1900  [1] 
    car inspector 
    Census 1900, 1910  Fetterman District, Taylor Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Died 2 May 1912  Grafton, Taylor Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [4] 
    Cause: cancer 
    Buried Bluemont Cemetery, Grafton, Taylor Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I92249  Doddridge County Roots
    Last Modified 3 Mar 2021 

    Father Frederick "Fritz" REDDEHASE,   b. 20 Apr 1818, Germany Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Mother Sophie Luise KONRADINE 
    Family ID F57378  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Emeretta "Emma" TUCKER,   b. 23 Aug 1845, Doddridge Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 25 Sep 1941, Parkersburg, Wood Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 96 years) 
    Married 28 Aug 1871  Kanawha Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    Marriage License 28 Aug 1871  Kanawha Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [5] 
    Notes 
    • Emeretta "Emma" Tucker is the child mentioned, but not named, in the Chancery Court case of the Doddridge County Poor House vs. Luke Jaco. The case file mentions that she was born at the house of John Fleming (whose son, Thomas, later married Susan Tucker's sister, Cassa Tucker). Susan Tucker never married, nor did her sister, Ann, who had 4 illegitimate children. Susan Tucker was also the mother of the Benjamin F Tucker (b. 1843) mentioned in Doddridge County Chancery files as being another of Luke Jaco's illegitimate children and who was raised by Luke Jaco as Benjamin F. Jaco..

      1850 Census, Doddridge Co, Virginia (now West Virginia), enumerated on Aug 5 1850:
      Susanna Tucker, 34; Ann, 23; Cassy, 21; Grove S, 6; Emeretta, 5; Frony J, 3; Mary A, 2 months; Jeremiah, 2 months.

      1860 Census, Doddridge Co, Virginia (now West Virginia), enumerated on Jun 6 1860:
      Susan Tucker, 45, wash woman, value of personal estate $30; Emeretta, 14.

      1870 Census, Taylor Co, WV (Grafton Twp, Pruntytown post office), enumerated on Jul 1 1870:
      Susan Tucker, white female, 52, b. Va, unable to read or write; Emeretta, 21; unnamed female, 2 months, b. May 1870.

      1880 Census, Taylor Co, WV (town of Grafton), enumerated on Jun 9 1880:
      Henry Reddehaus, 38, b. Brunswick (both parents b. Brunswick), works for railroad company; wife Emmaretta, 33, b. Va; dau Julia, 7; dau Mollie, 6; dau Josaphine, 4; dau Iowa, 1; mother-in-law Susan Tucker, 62, single.

      1900 Census, Taylor Co, WV (Fetterman District), enumerated on Jun 30 1900:
      Henry Reddehouse, 54, b. Jul 1845 in Germany, car inspector; married 28 yrs; wife Emma, 55, b. Apr 1845 in W.Va., married 28 yrs, mother of 7 children (6 still living); son Fred, 15, b. May 1875.

      1910 Census, Taylor Co, WV (Fetterman District), enumerated on May 4 1910:
      Henry Reddehase, 65, b. Germany, no occupation, married 38 yrs; wife Emma, 62, married 38 yrs, mother of 5 children (all still living); son Fred, 25, single, blacksmith helper in railroad shop.

      1920 Census, Taylor Co, WV (Fetterman District), enumerated on Jan 2/3 1920 on Haymond Road in Blueville:
      Thomas O. Weaver, 26, track man for B & O Railroad; wife Mollie Weaver, 45; son Odford Weaver, 5; dau Pearl Merrill, 19, married; dau Waneta Merrill, 13 months; mother [sic] Ema E. Reddehaze, 73, widowed, cannot read/write. All born in West Virginia.

      1930 Census, Wood Co, WV (City of Parkersburg), enumerated on Apr 5 1930 at 1023 Laird Ave:
      Julia Bennington, 58, married, age 21 at time of first marriage, value of home $4,000; mother Emma E. Reddehase, 84, widowed, at 19 at first marriage. Both born in West Virginia.

      1940 Census, Wood Co, WV (City of Parkersburg), enumerated on Apr 22 1940 at 1023 Laird Ave:
      Julia Bennington, 68, widowed; dau Carrie Mitchell, 21, single; mother Emma Reddehase, 94, widowed. All born in West Virginia. All indicated as living in the same house in 1935.
    Children 
     1. Louisa TUCKER,   b. 23 May 1870,   d. 27 Apr 1874, Taylor Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 3 years)
    +2. Aurelia Julia REDDEHASE,   b. 3 Feb 1872, Kanawha Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 8 Oct 1950, Wood Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 78 years)
    +3. Mollie REDDEHASE,   b. 27 Jun 1874, Taylor Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 11 Mar 1924, Grafton, Taylor Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 49 years)
    +4. Josephine "Fena" REDDEHASE,   b. 16 Dec 1876, Taylor Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location
     5. Ollie Iowa REDDEHASE,   b. 28 Mar 1879, Taylor Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 24 Dec 1964, Grafton, Taylor Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 85 years)
    +6. Anna REDDEHASE,   b. 21 Oct 1881, Taylor Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 18 Nov 1964, Columbus, Franklin Co, OH Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 83 years)
     7. Fred REDDEHASE,   b. 26 Jul 1884, Taylor Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location
    Family ID F39735  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Histories
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  • Sources 
    1. [S2019] 1900 Census, Taylor County, WV.

    2. [S2323] Kanawha County Marriage Records, Charleston, WV, MR p. 77, Line 137 : http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=12672178&Type=Marriage.

    3. [S2187] 1880 Census, Taylor County, WV.

    4. [S1716] Taylor County Death Records, Grafton, WV.

    5. [S2323] Kanawha County Marriage Records, Charleston, WV, MR p. 47, Line 137 : http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=12564945&Type=Marriage.