The Heise Family of Magdeburg

The city of Magdeburg lies in northern Germany, WSW of Berlin and southeast of Hamburg. At the opening of the 19th century, it lay within the Kingdom of Prussia. In 1806 the city surrendered to French troops during the Napoleonic Wars. In 1815, after Napoleon's defeat, Magdeburg was reacquired by Prussia and became the capital of the Prussian Province of Saxony.

On 14 Dec 1834, Luise Emilie Auguste Charlotte Nöhring and Heinrich August Heise married at the Johanniskirche in Magdeburg. The bride - called Charlotte in later records - was the daughter of Charlotte and Paul Nöhring. Her mother's last name may or may not have been Frohnecke. She was born 05 Jun 1817 and baptized in Magdeburg 22 Jun 1817. The groom was the son of Marie Dorothée Räbel and Gottfried Christian Heise born 26 Jun 1810. I haven't found a birth record for him and don't know where he was born. However his mother, Marie Dorothée died in Magdeburg at the age of 63 on 07 Nov 1849.

There's some confusion in the records with another Magdeburg couple, Charlotte Reitzenbeck and Caspar Heinrich Heise. However, I think I've been able to sort them out pretty well. As far as I can tell, Charlotte Nöhring and Heinrich August Heise had 15 children, of whom five died young:

• A child born in 1835 who died 08 Oct 1835 and was buried 11 Oct 1835;
• Charlotte August Antonie born 03 Sep 1836, baptized 23 Oct 1836. Married in Magdeburg 22 May 1870 to Gottlieb Carl Otto Nöhring, the son of Charlotte Dorothée Louise and Johann Paul Nöhring born 25 Dec 1826. It's not impossible that the groom was the bride's maternal uncle;
• A male child born 21 Feb 1838, probably stillborn because apparently not baptized;
• Carl August Rudolph born 23 Aug 1839, baptized 02 Jun 1839;
• Clara Louise Marie born 29 Nov 1840, baptized 24 Jan 1841. Married in Magdeburg 27 Feb 1863 to Hermann Gottlieb Conradi, the son of Christiane Conradi born 10 Oct 1829;
• Eugenie Franziska Julie Marie born 25 May 1843, baptized 02 Jul 1843;
• A female child born 05 Oct 1844, probably stillborn because apparently not baptized;
• Anna Bertha Marie born 12 Oct 1845, baptized 23 Nov 1845;
• Paul Heinrich August born 10 Jan 1847, baptized 21 Feb 1847;
• Clara Auguste Margarethe born 28 May 1848, baptized 16 Jul 1848. Married in Magdeburg 30 May 1869 to Johann Carl Richard Behrens, the son of Emilie Dreyer and August Friedrich Behrens born 27 Jan 1839;
• Paul Heinrich Georg Hans born 23 Apr 1850, baptized 16 Jun 1850;
• A child born 02 Mar 1852, probably stillborn because apparently not baptized;
• Richard Georg Heinrich born 25 May 1853, baptized 16 Oct 1853;
• Heinrich Gottfried Christian born 17 Nov 1855, baptized 25 May 1856. Died 17 Sep 1856, buried 20 Sep 1856; and
• Elsbeth Mariane Catharine Magdaline born 06 May 1857, baptized 13 Sep 1857.

At least two of Charlotte and Heinrich August's children emigrated to the United States, Carl August Rudolph born in 1839 and Paul Heinrich Georg Hans born in 1850. I don't have immigration records for eitehr, but I have some fairly definitive marriage records.

Charles August Rudolf Heise ("Rudolph") born in Magdeburg 1839-1841 married Caroline Johanna Jorns in Manhattan April 7, 1871.

Heinrich Hans Heise born in "Heizalburg in Preussen" 1850 married Mary McGuire in Manhattan September 13, 1875. I believe him to be the same person as Paul H Geo Hans Heise ("John") born in Magdeburg 1848-1853 who married Anna Franciska Ottilie Wilke Herrmann in Manhattan April 23, 1886. In their son's birth record, he's referred to as Paul Heinrich Hans Heise.

There are two more Manhattan records that might or might not be connected to Charlotte Nöhring and Heinrich August Heise.

Charles Heise born in Germany 1858 married Amelia Thiel in Manhattan June 8, 1881. The bride was norn in NYC in 1862, the daughter of William Thiel and Victoria Becker. I haven't been able to find any additional records for any of these four people. It's important to note that Charles' marriage record names his parents as Henry Heise and Charlotte. These are common names. It's entirely possible that his mother was not Charlotte Nohring and that his father was some other Heinrich Heise.

John Heise born in Germany 1863 died in Manhattan January 28, 1923. He was married and worked as a private detective. His death record names his parents as "Paul" Heise and Charlotte "Neohring." He was interred at the Fresh Pond Crematory in Queens. It's not impossible that he may have been the same person as Paul Heinrich Georg Hans Heise.