Elisabeth Lillian Franszisca (Armknect) Bickelhaupt (1860 - 1915)

Born Jul 1860 in St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri, United States

Wife of Ludwig Anton Bickelhaupt — married 31 May 1879 in St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri, United States

Descendants

Died 4 Apr 1915 at age 54 in Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States

Biography

The daughter of Karl Wilhelm Armknect (1832-1918) and Susanna Ehlenn (1823-1890), Elise Armknect was born in Saint Louis, Missouri^{[citation needed]} in 1860, residing there with her family.^[1] Her siblings included:

1. Susan Margaret Armknect (1860-1938)
2. Jacob Charles Armknect (1865-1905)
3. Louis Armknect (1867-1936)
4. Helen Armknect (1869-1949)
5. Catherine Armknect (1871-1940)

Elise married Anton Bickelhaupt, marrying in St. Louis on May 31, 1879^[2] and having five children together. They made their home in Missouri Township, Missouri,^[3][4] later moving to St. Louis, Missouri, where her husband worked as a blacksmith.^[5]

After her lawsuit was dismissed in her neighbor's favor, and after having been branded as "heretic" by the presiding judge, Elise and her family moved west to California, residing in 1910 in Gardena Township, where her husband worked as a tool dresser for an automobile company.^[6]

Elisabeth Bickehaupt passed away in Los Angeles, California^[7][8] at the age of 53. Her remains were cremated there on April 6, 1915.^[9][10][11] The Rosedale Cemetery Association received her on August 12, 1915.^[12]

Research Notes

Someone on Ancestry uncovered a newspaper clipping about the resolution of a dispute between Elizabeth Bickelhaupt and one of her neighbers. Mrs. Bickelhaupt took her neighbor, a Mrs. Engler, to court, claiming that Mrs. Engler's ringing of sleigh bells in her yard disrupted Mrs. Bickelhaupt's spiritualistic gatherings. Judge T. F. Zimmerman ruled against Mrs. Bickelhaupt, ruling that her spiritualistic gatherings were, in his opinion, rank heresy and not religious practice and therefore not to be protected under the United States Constitution. Also testifying for the defense were Mrs. Bickelhaput's two daughters, Lulu and Elsie; the judge dismissed the case.^[13]

Sources

1. ↑ "United States Census, 1870", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M4XP-72C : 29 May 2021), Lilli Armknecht in entry for Chs Armknecht, 1870.
2. ↑ "Missouri Marriages, 1750-1920", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V2D4-64M : 18 January 2020), Elise Armknecht in entry for Ludwig Anton Bickelhaupt, 1879.
3. ↑ "United States Census, 1880", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M6FV-X4S : Wed Oct 04 07:15:55 UTC 2023), Entry for Edw. Bickelhaupt and Lilie Bickelhaupt, 1880.
4. ↑ "United States City and Business Directories, ca. 1749 - ca. 1990", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:6ZG7-QZ9T : 1 February 2022), Lillian Bickelhaupt, 1894.
5. ↑ "United States Census, 1900", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M38B-43D : Thu Oct 05 02:09:56 UTC 2023), Entry for Edward Bickelhaupt and Lillie Bickelhaupt, 1900.
6. ↑ "United States Census, 1900", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M38B-43D : Thu Oct 05 02:09:56 UTC 2023), Entry for Edward Bickelhaupt and Lillie Bickelhaupt, 1900.
7. ↑ "California Death Index, 1905-1939," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QK91-42GC : 23 February 2021), Elizabet L Bickelhaupt, 04 Apr 1915; citing 11110, Department of Health Services, Vital Statistics Department, Sacramento; FHL microfilm 1,686,044.
8. ↑ "California, County Birth and Death Records, 1800-1994", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QGKV-KYBK : 1 March 2021), Elizabeth L Bickelhaupt, 1915.
9. ↑ "California, Los Angeles, Angelus-Rosedale Cemetery/Crematory Records, 1884-2002", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:DF2C-VLMM : 11 November 2020), Elizabeth L Bickelhaupt, 1915.
10. ↑ "California, Los Angeles, Angelus-Rosedale Cemetery/Crematory Records, 1884-2002", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:DF2C-V2T2 : 11 November 2020), Elizabeth L Bickelhaupt, 1915.
11. ↑ "California, Los Angeles, Angelus-Rosedale Cemetery/Crematory Records, 1884-2002", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:8G5J-Z13Z : 11 August 2020), Elizabeth L Bickelhaupt, 1915.
12. ↑ "California, Los Angeles, Angelus-Rosedale Cemetery/Crematory Records, 1884-2002", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:8G5J-Z13Z : 11 August 2020), Elizabeth L Bickelhaupt, 1915.
13. ↑ St. Louis Post Dispatch, 2 Feb 1901, page 1. Image of newspaper clipping and transcription--with analysis of identification of this person as this Elizabeth Bickelhaupt--is attached