Hartsog, Hertzog, Herzog History

Last Updated on 6 Feb 2009

Hartsog, Hertzog, Herzog History

by Larry Hartsog, AKA "familyfound"

Our Hartsog family, with many different spellings through the years, has been research for 40 years. Below is a sample starting with chapter one of my unpublished book
" Herzog History and Related Families, 1649 - 1999".
Latter Day Saints microfilm # 1145498

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As time goes by, day to day life dims the memory of old stories, information becomes lost and no one knows the names on all those old pictures! This manuscript is an effort to preserve our family material. Many of our surnames are from big families, on which other books have been previously written. In this collection, there are references to these works. This book also covers related families, big and small and tells the story of their connection. Every effort was made to involve all family members for information and correctness, with little or no response at times, but no one is perfect! Where there is more information on some related families that is not contained in this work, there will be separate books on each of those branches, to be continued. The History of our family is also a shared history as is history in general. In the history of Europe, Napoleon was defeated in 1815, the year of birth of Christoph Herzog the Immigrant father. After that there was a battle between the rulers of the many principalities in "the Germanies", as the confederation was often referred to, and the liberal / nationals, as to the direction the government would take. This came to a peak with the Revolution in 1848, which lasted two years. In the middle of this, in 1849 Christoph and his family Immigrated to America. Still, in Europe the struggle went on until 1866 when the Prussians triumphed in the War of German Unification and finally under Bismarck the Unification became official in 1871. Styles and customs change as time goes by, especially when one moves to a new country, a whole life style changes! This is noticed in the spelling of surnames, to fit the new culture of a new country. Also there is a personal interpretation when one hears a name, they themselves may spell it different. This I believe is why there are so many spellings for a given surname. I used different surname spellings, mostly to illustrated the way they were spelled on different records as I found them. Even though a person is shown here at different times, with different spellings, they are the same person. Reuss is where our Herzog family came from in Germany. It is pronounced Royce, and was a surname of a ruling family of that principality. They lived in the castle Ebersdorf and long ago they were called "Reuss Older Line", and later years were called "Reuss Younger Line", as noted on page 3. The Reuss Younger Line must have ruled for some time, as at the time our family came to America, the ruler of Reuss was Henry the I, who was the 17th Prince of the Younger Line.

Chapter 1

The Immigrant Family

Johann Heinrich Christoph Herzog, father of the Immigrant family who arrived in America in Nov 1849, was born 1 Dec 1815, He was christened on 3 Dec 1815, in the Evangelical Lutheran church in Schonbrunn, in the province of Reuss ,a small Thuringia princedom of Germany. Christoph was the youngest son of Johann Georg Herzog and Elizabeth Margreta (Krauss), landlords of Schonbrunn. Christoph married Johanna Christina Sophia (Wolf) on 10 Nov 1839 in Schonbrunn. Christina was the eldest daughter of Nikol Wolff and Auguste (Gabelein), who were also landlords in the area of Schonbrunn.

Schonbrunn Evangelical Lutheran Church

Since 1642, about the time the church was built, records of baptisms, marriages and burials were recorded for the Herzogs and related families. Casper Herzog, the oldest known direct ancestor of Johann Christoph Herzog was married in 1684 to Anna Eysenbeis in Schonbrunn, where they settled. The first Herzog marriage took place in 1649, between Burckhard Herzog and Margaretha (Pohlmann). And the first burial took place for Burckhard's mother in 1653, the widow of Peter Herzog. No one knows how long the Herzog family had been in Schonbrunn before that, or where they came from. Burchard and his father Peter were most likely related to Christoph, but not known exactly how at this time.

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Herzog Trunk

This Large trunk was brought to America by Christoph and Christina Herzog, who left Schonbrunn in June 1849 with their four sons Heinrich, Frederick, John and Ernst. One month before that, on the 19th of May, Christoph placed an article in the news paper of the "Reuss Younger Line" Stating his intention to Immigrate to America from Schonbrunn soon with his family. The Church also recorded they left in June 1849.The travel by ship alone could take four or five months, not including the over land connections. They arrived in New York in November 1849 and later settled in Granville, Milwaukee County, Wisconsin. The trunk was passed down from Heinrich to Lizzie (Hartsog) Straube, his daughter, then to Bob Straube, her grandson.
The Herzogs and Straubes came to Iowa in 1878 from Beaver Dam, Wisconsin, where all of Heinrich's children were born, including Lizzie. She was about six years old then, as Lizzie was born in 1872. The trunk was made very large and strong enough to carry all their belongings. The key was made so big as not to be misplaced!

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"Declaration of Intent " for American Citizenship

State of Wisconsin, Milwaukee County, ...Christoph Herzog ... personally appeared before the subscriber, the Clerk of the Circuit Court of said County, being a Court of Record, and made Oath that he was born in ... Reuss Younger Line ... on or about the year ... Eighteen ... hundred and ... Fifteen ... that he emigrated to the United States, and landed at the Port of... New York ... on or about the month of... November... in the year 'eighteen Hundred and ... Forty-Nine ... that it is bona-fide his intention to become a Citizen of the United States, and to Renounce Forever all allegiance and fidelity to any foreign Prince, Potentate, State or Sovereignty whatever, and particularly to ... Henry I, XVII Prince of Reuss Younger Line ... whereof he is a subject!
Subscribed and sworn to, the ...30 ... day of... October ... A.D. 185..6.
X Johann Heinrich Herzog

Above "Declaration of Intent" received from the Milwaukee Historical Society

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Heinrich Herzog, eldest child of Christoph and Christina (Wolf) Herzog was born in Schonbrunn, Reuss, a small Thuringia princedom of Germania, on 4 Apr 1840. He was christened as, Johann Christian Heinrich Herzog on 10 Apr 1840. He arrived in America in November of 1849 through New York and settled in Granville,Wisconsin, North Milwaukee.On 7 Sep 1962 at age 22, Heinrich enlisted in the 26th Regiment of Wisconsin Infantry Volunteers during the Civil War. Later that same year he was discharged on 6 Dec 1862, due to an illness while in the service. He later enlisted on 4 Feb 1865, this time under the name of Henry Herzog, with the 45th Regiment Wisconsin Infantry Volunteers and was attached to the Department of the Cumberland posted in Nashville, Tennessee. At wars end, he was mustered out there on 17 Jul 1865. Henry was married on 16 Mar 1866 in Mayville, Dodge County, Wisconsin, to Wilhelmina (Brucks) daughter of John and Anna (Hoehne) Brucks of Dodge County. Henry and Mina settled in Beaver Dam, Dodge County and on 12 Jan 1867 their first child was born, John Henry who never married, died on 18 Apr 1936 of Pneumonia in Staples, Todd County, Minnesota. Their second child was, Henry John, born on 17 Apr 1868. Henry J. as he was called married on 25 Mar 1896 to Clara Francis (Crooks) daughter of Calvin and Louisa B. (McCabe). As the Herzog family was researched it was noted that Henry J. was the only descendant male Herzog, out of all of our Immigrant family to marry and carry out the surname. Their third child, Louisa Christina was born on 20 Apr 1872. Lizzie as she was called, married Robert Straube on 23 Dec 1890. He was the son of Soloman and Juliana Straube. Their fourth child, Louis, was born in Jun 1874. He never married and according to family stories, died in the Dakota harvest fields in Sep 1917. Also according to family stories, when John, Henry, Lizzie and Louis were living in Beaver Dam and going to school, Herzog was changed to Hartsog for phonetic pronunciation. Henry, Mina and their four children moved to Nora Springs, Floyd County, Iowa and purchased a farm north of town on 21 Jan 1878. This is where Henry died on 7 Jul 1893. Mina also died in Nora Springs on 24 Sep 1926. Both Mina and her husband Henry are buried in Spring Grove cemetery -north west of town.

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Glenn I.Hartsog's South Pacific Photo Album, 1940's

Frederike Herzog, the second child of Christoph and Christina, was born in Schonbrunn on 3 Apr 1842. She was christened there as Johanne Frederike Christliebe Herzog on 10 Apr 1842. Frederike died there on 15 Sep 1842.
Frederick Hertzog, the third child of Christoph and Christina, was born on 2 Aug 1843. He was christened as, Johann Heinrich Gottlieb Herzog on 6 Aug 1843 in Schonbrunn. He was five years old when he left Schonbrunn and six when he arrived in America. In the "Old Country" they were christened with many names, and it was a sort of a custom, if not a convenience to shorten them in America. Most likely, in his sisters memory,he was called Frederick, then later Fritz or Fred as a nick name. Frederick Hertzog, as he spelled it most of his life in Wisconsin, enlisted in Company D of the Wisconsin Infantry Volunteers on 14 Oct 1864. Wisconsin Archives show that Frederick participated in campaigns from Atlanta to Savannah, Georgia, through the Carolinas to Washington, D.C. He was mustered out on 16 Jul 1865, at Louisville, Kentucky. Pension files # 898852 were filed, as his brother John's were on 4 Jun 1912, show Frederick as having brown hair, brown eyes, dark complexion, five feet, four inches tall and a farmer in Granville, Wisconsin. Frederick married Katherine (Rueming) in Granville, Wisconsin in 1865. Their children were, Mary Gertrud bom 28 Oct 1866 who married Frederick W. Thiede on 19 Jul 1890, Carlina who died before 1915, Helen bom 16 Dec 1868 and Gertrud "Elsie" bom 10 Jan 1870. Frederick Herzog was listed in the Milwaukee County Directory living at # 28 Wattsville NW, which is an area of Granville, Wisconsin. Frederick died on 23 Mar 1932 and was buried in the West Granville cemetery on 107th Street.

Helen, Katherine (Rueming), Elsie & Fred Hertzog

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John Hertzog, the fourth child of Christoph and Christina, was born on 8 Feb 1846. He was christened as Johann Gottlieb Karl Herzog on 15 Feb 1846 in Schonbrunn. He was only three years old when he came to America. John Hertzog enlisted in Company G, of the 6th Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry Regiment, involved in the Appomattox Campaign, the Fall of Petersburg, and was present for the surrender of Lee and his Army. His pension filed in Granville, Wisconsin, # 976089 on 4 Jun 1912 showed John as having a light complexion, brown eyes, brown hair, being five feet, four inches tall and a farmer. John married Wilhelmina (Herzwurm) , who was born on 4 Jul 1850, the daughter of Heinrich and Maria (Hoennshon) Herzwurn, on the 23 Sep 1873 in Granville, Wisconsin where they lived. Their children were, Elizabeth born 22 Jul 1879 who married Otto Schmidt on the II Jun 1898, the son of Frederick and Wilhelmina (Schmidt) Schmidt. Their second child Henry J. born on 3 Jun 1882, who never married, died on 23 Jan 1956 in Granville. John died in Granville on 22 Apr 1923 and is buried in the West Granville cemetery along with his wife Wilhelmina, who died on 4 Feb 1931.

John Hertzog

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Ernst Herzog, the fifth child of Christoph and Christina, was born on 29 Jan 1848. He was christened as, Johann Georg Heinrich Herzog on 6 Feb 1848 in Schonbrunn. Ernst was just one year old when he emigrated with his family. One of the witnesses at the christening was an Ernst Narr, a landlord and inhabitant of Schonbrunn as marked in the church registry. As Ernst Narr was close to the Herzog family, possibly in his memory the child took up his name in America. Ernst was only 17 years old at the end of the Civil War, too young to participate and as such there are no pension records. Wisconsin census records have him living in Milwaukee county in 1850 and 1860 with his parents. Ernst married Katherina (Wildt) daughter of Peter and Katherina (Schveler) on 31 Dec 1873 in Milwaukee County, Wisconsin. It seems the married couple soon moved to Beaver Dam, as Ernst and Katherina had a son named Christof born there on 24 Aug 1874. Shortly after that a daughter Lena was born. Beaver Dam is where Ernst's brother Heinrich lived approx. 1866- 1877. By the time Heinrich and his family had moved to Iowa about 1877, Ernst, Katherine and their two children had moved back to Granville in Milwaukee County. Ernst died on 6 Aug 1877 and was reported as follows in the "Milwaukee Sentinel".

Ernst Herzog's Death

Yesterday Coroner Kuepper held an Inquest on the remains of Ernst Herzog, of the town of Granville, who died from the effects of injuries received by a fall from a wagon on Saturday afternoon, while he was driving along Fond du Lac Road. The deceased in the company with a friend were moving along at an ordinary rate of speed when the horse unexpectedly took fright at some object in the roadway and jumped aside, throwing Herzog out upon his head. The maes skull was fractured and he lingered until yesterday morning. Herzog left a family of wife and two children. The verdict was in accordance with the facts. Also that same year Christopher Herzoge, son of Ernst and Katherina, who was born on 24 Aug 1874 in Beaver Dam, died on 22 Oct 1877 in Milwaukee County. Lena Herzog , Ernst's daughter, is listed as a surviving grandchild in Christofs probate record, Milwaukee County 16 Jan 1886.
Caroline Helen Herzog, the sixth child of Christoph and Christina, was born in Granville, Wisconsin on 23 Mar 1850 a twin! Helena or Lena as she was called, was the first of our Herzog branch to be born in America. Lena was found on both the 1850 and 1860 Census of Wisconsin for Milwaukee County. Helena Herzag, daughter of Christoph and Christina (Wolf), married Mathias Wildt in Granville, 28 Dec 1869. Mathias was son of Peter and Katherina (Schveler) Wild. Helen (Herzog) Wildt died on 18 Nov 1931 and was buried in the West Granville cemetery on 21 Nov 193 1, near her brother Frederick.
Johane Henriette Herzog, the seventh child of Christoph and Christina was born 23 Mar 1850 a twin! Henriette was baptized in the Salem Evangelical Lutheran Church on I Apr 1850 in Granville, but was not present on the 1850 Census there taken on 14 Aug 1850. Most likely she was buried in West Granville cemetery. In the original section of West Granville cemetery, lot 95 owned by Christoph, there are 4 unmarked graves.

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Eliza Maria Herzog, the eighth child of Christoph and Christina, was born in Germantown, Washington County, Wisconsin, which is very near Granville, on 9 Jun 1852. Eliza was present on the 1860 census for Milwaukee County. Lizzie, as she was called, married Heinrich Schullenburg, son of John and Frederica Schullenburg on the 4th of July 1872! On the 1880 census of Granville their children were, John born 1873, Rosa born 1875 and Anna born 1877. Heinrich and Lizzie's daughter Maria Louisa was Baptized in 1885 in the Salem Evangelical Lutheran Church in Granville.
Ernestine Margaret Herzog, the ninth child of Christoph and Christina, was born in Milwaukee County on 28 Apr 1857. She was listed on the 1860 census with her parents. Ernestine married August G. Wolf on 9 Jun 1878 in Milwaukee County. He was a farmer from the town of Wayne, in neighboring Washington County and son of Gottlieb and Christina Wolf. Ernestine's husband August could possibly be related to her mother Christina! All but one of her Christina (Wolf) Herzog's brothers and sisters Immigrated along with them including their mother, Auguste (Gabelein) Wolt in June 1849. Ernestine (Herzog) Wolf died in Wayne, Wisconsin on 25 Jul 1907 and in recorded there.
Auguste Herzog, the tenth child of Christoph and Christina, was born in Milwaukee County in April 1859. Auguste was married on 13 May 1879 to Gottlieb.Becker son of Gottlieb and Wilhehnina Becker. On the 1900 census of Granville their children were, Ernst W. born Nov 1884, Stella C. born.Aug 1890, Eliza C. born May 1893, Rosa A. born Apr 1896 and Lucinda born Sep 1899 who married a man named Neitzl. In 1880 their son Heinrich and in 1882 their son Frederick were Baptized in the Salem Evangelical Lutheran Church in Granville, Milwaukee County.

Lizzie (Hartsog) Straube & Aunt Auguste (Herzog) Becker

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The Will of Christof Herzog was written on the 3rd Aug 1885 in Granville and was recorded in Milwaukee County Court. In this will he left all property to his wife Joahnna Christina with a provision for his son Frederick, which was an annual rent of five dollars, to be paid to his widow for a portion of the estate on which Frederick was presently living. Christoph Herzog died on 16 January 1886 in Granville and his will probate application was dated on 9 Aug 1890 and filed on 2 Sep 1890. Petitioners of this will were his widow, Christina and seven children namely, Heinrich Herzog, Frederick Herzog, Lena Wildt (nee Herzog), Margaretha Wolf (nee Herzog) and Auguste Becker (nee Herzog) all of full age, that said deceased also left him surviving a grandchild named Lena Herzog who is a minor child of Ernst Herzog a deceased son of the deceased. Filed in Probate # 8172 of Milwaukee County Wisconsin. Also recorded with that file was Christina's sworn statement as follows;
State of Wisconsin Milwaukee County
Johanna Christina Herzog of the town of Granville in the County of Milwaukee, being duly sworn, says that she is the widow of Christoph Herzog deceased; that she said Christoph died in the town of Granville on the 16 January 1886 ; that the said deceased died testate of his last will and testament was duly administered to probate on the 2 Sep 1890 - that the full name of said deceased was Johann Heinrich Christoph Herzog - but that deceased was known as and always went by the name of Christoph Herzog and all the proceedings had in the settlement of the estate of said deceased making his will he signed the name Johann Heinrich Herzog instead of Christoph Herzog ; that in the body of the will the name is given Christoph Herzog, and the signature to the will is that of Christoph Herzog although written in German letters Johann Heinrich Herzog - that
Johann Heinrich Christoph Herzog, Johann Heinrich Herzog, and Christoph Herzog are one in the same person.
Subscribed and sworn to before me on 21 Jan 1891.

Johanna Christina Herzog her X mark
The West Granville Cemetery at 6815 North 107th St. was organized in December 1852. The first one acre of land, the Original section, was purchased in February 1853, however there were burials prior to the official organization. There was a log church next to the first parcel purchased. The address of the Salem Evangelical Lutheran church was 6814 North 107th St. No doubt the burials were members of the church although they were unaffiliated. The second acre was called the first Addition. The third acre was called the 2nd addition which was purchased in Nov 1875. We assume Christoph is buried in the unmarked grave next to Christina, lot 9 addition 2, grave 7. Fern Miller of Menomonee Falls, care taker for all records of the West Granville cemetery once lived in Granville until 1962 when the City of Milwaukee expanded northward.
Fern was then neighbors with Louis and Mabel Thiede who were Herzog descendants.

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Johanne Christina (Wolf) Herzog, mother of the Immigrant family who arrived in America in Nov 1849, was born 7 Nov 1820. She was christened as Johanne Christina Sophia (Wolf) on 11 Nov 1920 in the Evangelical Lutheran church in Schonbnmn, province of Reuss. In many instances the christening date was used as the birth date and as the years past, being far away from the old country sometimes these dates were lost or errors were made. As in Christina's case, her grave stone reads 1819 not 1820 as the year of her birth. Christina was the eldest of ten children of Johann Nikol Wolf and Auguste Frederike (Gabelein). Christina'a father Nikol died on 29 Mar 1847 in Schonbrunn, two years before Christina came to America with her husband and four small boys. Along with them came Christina's mother Auguste and all of her children except one. This notation was written in the church record in Schonbrunn. The youngest of Auguste's children, August, was only five years old in 1849 when they Immigrated, and was later found in the 1870 census living near Heinrich Herzog in Beaver Dam, Wisconsin. August's wife Minnie and son Henry were also in that census.
Christina died on 11 Jul 1916 in Granville, Milwaukee County, Wisconsin. Her death is recorded in the Salem Evangelical Lutheran Church in West Granville and she is buried in the West Granville Cemetery on North 107th Street.

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