Hermann Frederick HELLMUTH

Notes:

After graduating from Hill’s Business College in Waco he went to work as a bookkeeper at the Schumacher Grocery Company in Houston. The year after he was married and upon the advice of his doctor, he and Ellie moved to a ranch near Uvalde. After his health improved they moved to Coupland where he managed the Hellmuth-von Rosenberg Store. In 1916 he made the final move to Waco where spent most of his life in the cotton business. He was associated with the A. N. Denton Cotton Co. for many years. He was assistant county auditor in Waco in the early 1940s. He also at various times had the Chevrolet-Paige Agency and distributed Quaker State Motor Oil, but he returned to the cotton business. After Ellie, his wife, died, he married Florence Gibbons of Corpus Christi.

Hermann became a Mason at Galveston in 1915, joined Scotish Rite the same year and was a charter member of Waco Consistory of Scottish Rite. He was commander of Waco Commandery No. 10, Knights Templar in 1937, and was potentate of Karem Shrine Temple in 1939. He was a member of Waco Lodge No. 92, A. F. and A. M., and received his 50-year awards from the Grand Lodge of Texas, the Grand Chapter and the Consistory in 1965. He was captain of the Shrine Patrol drill team in the 1920s and headed many Shrine committees over the years. He joined Waco Rotary Club in 1926 and for more than 50 years was a member of First Presbyterian Chruch, where he was a deacon and elder.

Died:
at 9:40 p.m. in Hillcrest Hospital

Hermann married Eleanor Anna VON ROSENBERG on 15 Jan 1908 in La Grange, Fayette, Texas, USA. Eleanor (daughter of Carl Johannes VON ROSENBERG and Dorothea Elisabeth Charlotte MEYER) was born on 15 Jan 1887 in Ellinger, Fayette, Texas, USA; died on 4 Dec 1928 in La Grange, Fayette, Texas, USA; was buried in La Grange, Fayette, Texas, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Married:
at the First Presbyterian Church

1. Helen Eleanor HELLMUTH was born on 10 Oct 1911 in Coupland, Williamson, Texas, USA; died on 23 Jan 2008; was buried in Fort Bliss National Cemetery, El Paso, El Paso, Texas, USA.

Hermann married Florence GIBBONS on 19 Sep 1931 in Corpus Christi, Nueces, Texas, USA. Florence (daughter of George Edward GIBBONS and Iva HERRICK) was born on 19 Sep 1898 in Key West, Monroe, Florida, USA; died on 29 Aug 1994 in El Paso, El Paso, Texas, USA; was buried on 1 Sep 1994 in Waco Memorial Park, Waco, McLennan, Texas, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Married:
at the Episcopal Church of the Good Shepherd

Adolph married Anna Marie FUCHS on 16 Dec 1877 in Round Top, Fayette, Texas, USA. Anna (daughter of Carl FUCHS and Julia Marie VON ELS) was born on 25 Oct 1854 in Round Top, Fayette, Texas, USA; died on 11 Jun 1944 in Waco, McLennan, Texas, USA; was buried on 12 Jun 1944 in Oak Knoll Cemetery, Bellville, Austin, Texas, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Anna was married to Theodor Benne in 1870.

Died:
at 9:45 a.m. at Providence Hospital

Herrman married Johanna Carolina VON ROSENBERG on 10 Dec 1849 in Galveston, Galveston, Texas, USA. Johanna (daughter of Peter Carl Johann VON ROSENBERG and Johanna Dorothea FROELICH) was born on 22 May 1824 in Memel, Memel, Ostpreußen, Prussia; died in 1856 in Nassau, Fayette, Texas, USA; was buried in Kraus Cemetery, Nassau, Fayette, Texas, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Carl married Julia Marie VON ELS. Julia was born in 1817 in Germany; died in 1885. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Peter Carl Johann von Rosenberg was the third son of Otto von Rosenberg and his second wife, Maria Wilhelmine von Stempel-von Rosenberg, of Raddeilen and Eckitten Estates. He was nine years old when his parents were divorced and we know nothing of his early life and education. He enlisted in the Prussian Army at an early ago and at twenty-one he became a lieutenant in the cavalry. He was a member of the Uhlans and on the old scroll he is called a Jager, which was a title given to certain German cavalry regiments.

He later told his grandson Arthur von Rosenberg that in the Battle of Leipzig his horse's mouth was shot away, but he quickly mounted another horse whose rider had been killed.

He fought with the Prussian guards under Bluecher with Wellington. When Napoleon faced the English on Belgian soil at Waterloo, with the remnant of the once-defeated Prussians and the fresh Prussian forces under Bluecher, the tide of the battle turned on June 18, 1815. The histories tell us this Prussian Guard knew how to die but not how to surrender.

The Uhlans fought with lances. They were chiefly employed for reconnoitering, skirmishing, and outpost duty. Originally they were light cavalry. Peter Carl was a Lieutenant in this company at Waterloo, we learn from the old scroll and from letters.

In 1819 he inherited Eckitten Estate after the death of his widowed stepmother, and the same year he married Johanna Dorothea Froelich. They had four children before she died at the age of twenty-nine, six weeks after the birth of Johannes.

Peter Carl was a "Frei Denker" and in the disturbing days of 1848 was severely criticized for his political views. The consequent humiliation of the family was the direct cause of the immigration to Texas.



The family of Carl von Rosenberg departed from Bremen, Germany on 1 Oct 1849 and arrived at Galveston, Texas on 2 Dec 1849. They travelled on the ship Franziska.

Peter married Johanna Dorothea FROELICH on 2 Jun 1819 in Memel, Memel, Ostpreußen, Prussia. Johanna (daughter of Christoph FROELICH, Jr. and Johanna Dorothea VEITHOFER) was born on 12 Jun 1797 in Tilsit, Ostpreußen, Prussia; died on 30 Apr 1826 in Memel, Memel, Ostpreußen, Prussia; was buried in Memel, Memel, Ostpreußen, Prussia. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

From the Froelich book of 1909--

The very best line that has been established for the Johanna Dorothea Froelich line dates back to three brothers, born near Insterburg in about 1610-Michael, Jacob and Christoph Froelich.

Christoph was our Stamm Vater, according to church archives in Koenigsberg, Insterburg and Ragnit in East Prussia, definitely dating back to 1610. They were all churchly people and the ministry was the choice of men, as found in one generation after another.

The coat of arms is pictured in the Froelich book by Reinhold Froelich. The origin is rather indefinite as twelve different sorts and colors have been found. Reinhold Froelich, the compiler of that book, engaged an expert on heraldry, a Herr von Hasken, who advised him to be satisfied with that one picture as it had been handed down and should be right. The colors were faded but the design surely right.



Johanna Dorothea Froelich was born in Tilsit, East Prussia. Her father was the Pfarrer Christoph Froelich, a devout churchman and very prominent in that town. He died when she was ten years old.

Christoph Froelich had just become a teacher and rector in Memel when he married Johann Dorothea Veithofer in 1793. He lived only fourteen years longer, leaving three children whose ages in 1807 were Christoph thirteen, Johanna ten, and Reinhold six. Christoph soon began his studies in medical school in Koenigsberg; his life was filled with hardships which caused much sadness to his widowed mother.

Little Hannchen lived at home but also spent much time with her Uncle George Froelich and the Aunt Dorothea (Ogilvie) at their beautiful home "Aschoff Estate" near Memel. At Aschoff many children of the family were often invited on weekends to visit Hans, Herman and Heinrich. It was called the "Tummel Platz" of the families' children.

Johanna Dorothea's younger brother, Reinhold, was reared by his mother's beloved stepsister. They spared nothing in the care of this boy and for his education. This Reinhold was the grandfather of the man who published the "Familie Froelich" in 1909. After finishing at the university he served a year in the army, and soon thereafter his uncle died. Then his mother, the Frau Pfarrer Froelich, and his aunt, the Frau Pfarrer Holdschue, bought the estate Paul-Narmund and called young Reinhold to manage it.

He soon married Carolina Allbrecht and had then the opportunity to buy back her family estate Collaten, which had been lost by her father after a war. He bought it for only 12,000 marks, the value being 200,000 marks. This estate was near Paul-Narmund, so he managed both. The home at Collaten was very large. They invited four of Carolina's sisters to live with them and also Tante Holdschue when she was very old. The teacher Schiemann, an old friend of Pfarrer Christoph Froelich in earlier years, was invited to live at Paul-Narmund with the Grandmother Froelich as tutorfor all the grandchildren who spent years at a time with her. Here they had a lovely schoolroom and all the children from neighboring estates such as Eckiten, Colaten and Bertulischken attended. They owed much to this fine man for all the good he inspired in their young minds.

Christoph, the young doctor, married Eleonore von Rosenberg; she brought with her the "Gut" or estate, Bertulischken, the very old von Rosenberg home (possibly Raddeilen). It was later lost by fire, and they suffered many other reverses.

Little Hannchen Froelich married Peter Carl Johann von Rosenberg of Eckitten, and died after seven years of marriage, leaving two sons and one daughter. She was buried in the church-yard at Collaten Estate, the old Froelich burial grounds. Johanna was twenty-nine at the time of her death, which six weeks after the birth of Johannes. The children were then cared for by Grandmother Froelich at Paul-Narmund, and their uncles at Aschoff and Reinhold at Collaten.

For years a fine family life centered around these homes. Every Wednesday was family day at Paul-Narmund with Grandmother Froelich; all the relatives came no matter what the weather. If it rained they walked, as the roads were too bad for vehicles. Every Sunday all went to Collaten to be with Uncle Reinhold and Tante Carolinnchen. Eckitten was farther away, but Hannchen's children were always sent for after they again lived at home with their father and stepmother, Amanda.

The birthdays were always grand affairs when all the neighbors were invited. Long tables were arranged in their beautiful gardens, children played games on the lawns, and all had a merry time.

This Grandmother Froelich remembered the children of her daughter Hannchen in her will so that each received his share in his mother's part of her estate. She asked that "der Rosenberg and Amanda" take care of the money for young Johannes, as Wilhelm and Hannchen were older and could take care of their own.

The three children of Johanna Froelich von Rosenberg's brother Christoph and his wife Eleonore were double cousins of Johanna's children who later immigrated to Texas, with their father and stepmother. One of these double cousins, Libussa, was adopted by Peter Carl and Amanda and came to Texas with them. Adolph and Gustav Froelich, Libussa's brothers, came later.

Libussa, who lived in Hallettsville in her old age, had in her possession two lovely keepsakes from her Aunt Hannchen: a dainty cap, crocheted of linen thread, worn by baby Johannes at his christening in 1826, and her autograph album. These were very graciously given to Alma von Rosenberg Tomlinson after her death.



Buried:
in the churchyard at Collaten Estate, the old Froelich burial grounds