Johan Heinrich Langholff (1813 - 1884)

Born 1813 in Preußen

Descendants

Died 12 Mar 1884 at about age 71 in Koshkonong, Jefferson, Wisconsin, United States

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Biography

Henry was born either in 1813 or 1820 in Prussia and later confirmed on 12 April 1829 at the Evangelical Church of Kolmar DIstrict, Kolmar, Posen, Preussen. ^[1][2]

He married Anna Louise Zitz on 24 August 1843 at the same location where he was confirmed. ^[3]

"Grandfather Heinrick Langholff, renounced his allegiance to Frederick William, King of Prussia... and became a citizen of the United States. As a Prussian he was a strict parent. The family genealogy indicates that "Henry", at the age of thirty seven, homesteaded near the town of Fort Atkinson in Wisconsin." ^[4]

Henry and Louise's son Ferdinand Julius Langholf was in February of 1845 and christened on 2 March 1845 of that same year in Kolmar, Posen, Preussen. ^[5]

Per the 1860 US Federal Census, Henry was living in Jefferson, Jefferson, Wisconsin at that time, with his wife and four sons. He was a farmer. ^[6] His real estate value was recorded as $600 and personal value at $450. ^[7]

By 1870, Henry had moved to Sumner, Jefferson, Wisconsin and was still working as a farmer. ^[8] His real estate value was recorded then as $6000 and personal estate value as $3144. ^[9]

Henry committed suicide by hanging himself on 12 March 1884. It was said that he was having financial troubles and believed attempts were being made to defraud him of his farm. He is buried in Fort Atkinson, Jefferson, Wisconsin. ^[10]

Obituary

From the Jefferson Banner 20 Mar 1884

Henry Langholff, an old resident of the town of Sumner, committed suicide by hanging himself, on Tuesday evening He had been to Whitewater with Julius Giese, who lives on the Whitewater road. Mr. Gise states that he noticed that Langholff acted quite despondent, and it was with some difficulty that he was pursuaded to accompany him home. In the night the family of Mr. Gise heard Langholff get up and go out doors, but thought nothing further of the matter. Wednesday morning on arising, they were horrified on beholding Langholff hanging to a tree not far from the house, cold and stiff in death. The cause of death by his own hand is said to be financial troubles. He was about 70 years of age.

Research Notes

There is another Johann Heinrich Langholff who was born 6 February 1813 in Lubeck, Germany. This Johann is the son of Johann Wilhelm and Anna Catharina Langholff. The details for these two Johanns seem to get conflated regularly.

Sources

1. ↑ See pg 13 of Langholff Twigs & Branches
2. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/98992387/johan-heinrich-langholff : accessed 22 August 2021), memorial page for Johan Heinrich Langholff (6 Feb 1813–12 Mar 1884), Find a Grave Memorial ID 98992387, ; Maintained by Barbara Parks (contributor 46777720) Non-Cemetery Burial.
3. ↑ See pg 13 of Langholff Twigs & Branches
4. ↑ Langholff Twigs & Branches, published by Barbara Rohde, Falkville AL, May 2005, pgs. 12, 13
5. ↑ "Deutschland Geburten und Taufen, 1558-1898", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NTD9-432 : 16 July 2021), Joh. Heinrich Langholf in entry for Ferdinand Julius Langholf, 1845.
6. ↑ 1860 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2009. Images reproduced by FamilySearch. Original data: 1860 U.S. census, population schedule. NARA microfilm publication M653, 1,438 rolls. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d. Year: 1860; Census Place: Jefferson, Jefferson, Wisconsin; Page: 260 Accessed on ancestry.com, August 2021.
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7. ↑ 1860 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2009. Images reproduced by FamilySearch. Original data: 1860 U.S. census, population schedule. NARA microfilm publication M653, 1,438 rolls. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d. Year: 1860; Census Place: Jefferson, Jefferson, Wisconsin; Page: 260 Accessed on ancestry.com, August 2021.
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8. ↑ Ancestry.com. 1870 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2009. Images reproduced by FamilySearch. Original Data: 1870 U.S. census, population schedules. NARA microfilm publication M593, 1,761 rolls. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d. Year: 1870; Census Place: Sumner, Jefferson, Wisconsin; Roll: M593_1719; Page: 321B Accessed on ancestry.com, August 2021.
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9. ↑ Ancestry.com. 1870 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2009. Images reproduced by FamilySearch. Original Data: 1870 U.S. census, population schedules. NARA microfilm publication M593, 1,761 rolls. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d. Year: 1870; Census Place: Sumner, Jefferson, Wisconsin; Roll: M593_1719; Page: 321B Accessed on ancestry.com, August 2021.
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10. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/98992387/johan-heinrich-langholff : accessed 22 August 2021), memorial page for Johan Heinrich Langholff (6 Feb 1813–12 Mar 1884), Find a Grave Memorial ID 98992387, ; Maintained by Barbara Parks (contributor 46777720) Non-Cemetery Burial.

• See also:
  • Langholff Family History
  • Transcribed Order for Bond