Emma Herfurt1,2,3

Family Chart
ID# 14839, (abt 1876 - )
FatherHeinrich Wilhelm Herfurt4 (abt 1839 - )
MotherChristana [surname unknown]4 (abt 1830 - bef 1890)

Key Events:

Birth: about 1876, Königreich Sachsen5,6,7,8
Marriage: about 1902, Henry Todebusch (about 1875 - )9,10,11

Copyright Notice

Narrative:

     Emma Herfurt was born about 1876 in Königreich Sachsen.5,6,7,8
     She arrived in New York with her parents, Heinrich Wilhelm Herfurt and Christana [surname unknown], on 23 Mar 1881, on the steamship Weser, having departed from the port of Bremen. They were shown on the passenger list as from Saxony, with a stated destination of St. Louis, and having traveled in steerage. His sister, Sophie, and her husband and their children traveled with them.12
     Emma was left with a doctor's family in Afton when her father moved the rest of the family west after her mother died. Apparently she was to act as a nanny to the doctor's children in exchange for her room and board.13
     Emma married Henry Todebusch about 1902.9,10,11
     Emma and Henry appeared on the 1910 Federal Census of Carondelet Twp., St. Louis Co., Missouri, enumerated 16 Apr 1910, reporting that the family owned its farm. Their children Amelia, Henry and Hilda were listed as living with them.14
     Emma and Henry appeared on the 1920 Federal Census of Carondelet Twp., St. Louis Co., Missouri, at Gravois Rd., enumerated 14 Feb 1920, reporting that the family owned its home. Their children Amelia, Henry, Hilda and Esther were listed as living with them.15
     Emma and Henry appeared on the 1930 Federal Census of Rock Twp., Jefferson Co., Missouri, enumerated 24 Apr 1930, reporting that the family owned its farm and had a radio. Their children Amelia, Henry, Hilda and Esther were listed as living with them.16

Children:
     Children with Henry Todebusch:

  • Amelia Todebusch17,18,19 (3 Nov 1903 - 2 Jan 1995)
  • Henry G. Todebusch20,21,22 (5 Nov 1905 - 25 Nov 1978)
  • Hilda Todebusch17,18,19 (16 Feb 1910 - 15 Sep 1994)
  • Esther Todebusch18,19 (29 Feb 1916 - 24 Apr 2006)

Citations

  1. [S669] Weser arrival 23 Mar 1881, Passenger Lists, New York, 1820-1897, passenger 259, shows name as Emma Herfurth.
  2. [S2171] Henry Todebusch household, 1910 U.S. Census, St. Louis Co., Missouri, shows name as Emma Todebusch.
  3. [S2172] Henry Todebusch household, 1920 U.S. Census, St. Louis Co., Missouri, shows name as Emma Todebusch.
  4. [S669] Weser arrival 23 Mar 1881, Passenger Lists, New York, 1820-1897, passengers 255 - 261, appear to be parent and child.
  5. [S669] Weser arrival 23 Mar 1881, Passenger Lists, New York, 1820-1897, passenger 259, shows age 5 and "country to which belonging" as Saxony.
  6. [S2171] Henry Todebusch household, 1910 U.S. Census, St. Louis Co., Missouri, shows age 35 and country, as Germany.
  7. [S2172] Henry Todebusch household, 1920 U.S. Census, St. Louis Co., Missouri, shows age 45 and country, as Germany.
  8. [S2173] Henry Todebusch household, 1930 U.S. Census, Jefferson Co., Missouri, shows age 55 and country, as Germany.
  9. [S2171] Henry Todebusch household, 1910 U.S. Census, St. Louis Co., Missouri, shows married 8 years.
  10. [S2173] Henry Todebusch household, 1930 U.S. Census, Jefferson Co., Missouri, shows married, and each first married at age 26.
  11. [S815] Interview, Alvina Myers, 1 Jan 2004, said Emma married Totenbush.
  12. [S669] Weser arrival 23 Mar 1881, Passenger Lists, New York, 1820-1897, passengers 255 - 261.
  13. [S815] Interview, Alvina Myers, 1 Jan 2004.
  14. [S2171] Henry Todebusch household, 1910 U.S. Census, St. Louis Co., Missouri.
  15. [S2172] Henry Todebusch household, 1920 U.S. Census, St. Louis Co., Missouri.
  16. [S2173] Henry Todebusch household, 1930 U.S. Census, Jefferson Co., Missouri.
  17. [S2171] Henry Todebusch household, 1910 U.S. Census, St. Louis Co., Missouri, shows the child as the daughter of Emma's husband, and that the parents had been married longer than the age of the child.
  18. [S2172] Henry Todebusch household, 1920 U.S. Census, St. Louis Co., Missouri, shows the girl as the daughter of Emma's husband.
  19. [S2173] Henry Todebusch household, 1930 U.S. Census, Jefferson Co., Missouri, shows the girl as a daughter of Emma's husband.
  20. [S2171] Henry Todebusch household, 1910 U.S. Census, St. Louis Co., Missouri, shows the child as the son of Emma's husband, and that the parents had been married longer than the age of the child.
  21. [S2172] Henry Todebusch household, 1920 U.S. Census, St. Louis Co., Missouri, shows him as the son of Emma's husband.
  22. [S2173] Henry Todebusch household, 1930 U.S. Census, Jefferson Co., Missouri, shows him as the son of Emma's husband.