♂ Heinrich Wilhelm Holste
Birth: 11 Dec 1795 Großenheidorn, Steinhude, Schaumburg-Lippe, Germany
Baptism: 14 Dec 1795 Steinhude, Schaumburg-Lippe, Germany
Residence: 22 Aug 1824 Berlin, Germany
Death: 27 Mar 1866 Großenheidorn, Steinhude, Schaumburg-Lippe, Germany
Burial: 31 Mar 1866 Steinhude, Schaumburg-Lippe, Germany
Religion: Lutheran
Occupation: Joiner, master carpenter
Father: Johann Diedrich Holste (~1752 Altenhagen, Schaumburg-Lippe, Germany ✝︎>1793)
Mother: Henriette Dorothea Kramer (~1755 Hagenburg, Schaumburg-Lippe, Germany ✝︎1803/1824)
Married Helene Sophie Gerloff (*1796 Suckow, Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Germany ✝︎1847 Großenheidorn, Steinhude, Schaumburg-Lippe, Germany)
22 Aug 1824 Berlin, Germany
Children:
1. Pauline Marie Dorothe Louise Holste (*1823 Berlin, Germany ✝︎1883 Steinhude, Schaumburg-Lippe, Germany)
2. Wilhelmine Dorothee Holste (*1827 ✝︎1879 Großenheidorn, Steinhude, Schaumburg-Lippe, Germany)
Notes:
Joiner and master carpenter in Großenheidorn Nr. 59. He was a soldier in the Schaumburg-Lippe military in the Napoleonic Wars, serving twice in France. He is said to have marched in a victory parade in Berlin after
Napoleon's defeat at Waterloo. It was in Berlin that he met his future wife in an inn. He returned to Großenheidorn, but two years later told his uncle about the liaison, whereupon the uncle recommended that they go to Berlin to
find her. So they hitched up a horse and wagon, packed oats, hay, and straw, and trekked to Berlin. The family story is that she had returned to her parents in Mecklenburg, but the Holste men were given the address and followed
her there. It is more likely they found her in Berlin, quite possibly at or through the Luisenstift, a child and youth welfare institution then housed at the old provost office of the Nikolaikirche in Propstgasse. In any case,
they found her, supposedly first their little girl, then the young mother, peeling potatoes in the kitchen. Their joy was great at the reunion. They married at the Nikolaikirche, both giving their addresses as Propstgasse 11 in
Berlin, then returned to Großenheidorn. (The 1822 Berlin street directory lists only a Witwe Doktorin Sonnenburg at this address. It was later named Propststraße and was right in front of the church. This region of Berlin was
destroyed in World War II, and rebuilt into the current Nikolaiviertel 1980-1987.) When they returned to Großenheidorn, they brought with them a nectarine tree (Apelpeskenbom), descendants of which are still tended in the Thiele
family.
Taufpate: der Verwalter Kühn zu Hagenb.
Sources: STEIN(~1795#43), BERN(⚭1824#51), AB795(Item: D, Page: 1, 5), WIEG(Page: 305), AB1195, AB200(Items: 1–4), BERAB(Year: 1822, Page: 312)
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Last changed: 23 Jul 2024