Kleiboeker Family Tree - Person Sheet
Kleiboeker Family Tree - Person Sheet
Name"Henry" Gerhard Heinrich Brockhoff 
Birth28 Feb 1827, Haus Nr. 7A, Darum, Lower Saxony, Germany
BurialMt. Hope Cem, Hiawatha, Brown Co, KS
Death7 Apr 1907, , Hiawatha, Brown Co, KS
FatherColon Christoph Heinrich Brockhoff (1792-1859)
Spouses
Marriage2 Jun 1861
Children"George" Georg Wilhelm (1862-1934)
Anna Amalie (1863-)
"Vena" Maria Alvina (1865-)
Louise Emilie (1868-1871)
"Bill" Wilhelm Peter (1870-)
"Charlie" Carl Ernst (1872-1951)
Friederike Elise (1875-1921)
Emma Maria (1877-1880)
Heinrich Eduard (1879-1880)
Albert Wilhelm (1882-1886)
"Luetta" Emma Luetta (1885-1903)
Notes for "Henry" Gerhard Heinrich Brockhoff
Gerhard Heinrich was known as Henry. Henry's sponsors at his baptism were:
Gerhard Heinrich Brockhoff, Gerhard Heinrich Hagebusch, and Catharina Engel
Ostendarp. (Note: G. H. Hagebusch's great grandson is the retired Rev. Earl
Hagebusch of Monett, MO.
Henry came with his parents and brothers and sisters to the USA sometime
between 1834 and 1836. They first settled in New Bremen, Ohio. Most of his
life he lived in Jackson Co IN. A descendent of Henry, Carl Brockhoff (of
Hiawatha KS), told Glenn Kruse this story in November 1990: ( Carl heard this
story first hand from his father who was a son of Henry.) Henry Brockhoff was
already 34 years of age and had not married yet. So he was on the lookout for
a wife. He was walking by an orphanage when the children were all outside
playing in a fenced yard. Henry noticed one of them was definitely older than
just a child. This particular one was a pretty young lady of some maturity.
He called over to her. They talked a while over the fence. Then he asked her
to marry him! Right then and there this young lady came up with a "yes". Carl
Brockhoff said he could imagine in that day and age, that a young lady in an
orphanage at age 18 or 19 could very much be wanting to get out of there. Carl
said: "the good Lord must have answered Henry's prayers because he could have
not done better". Carl's sister Eleanor (of Van Nuys CA) said "Grandma was
never as stern as she looks in the portrait at the time of her wedding."
Henry was drafted for the Civil War between the states. Henry legally avoided
the draft by paying someone to take his place. Henry paid $600.00 which was
significant in those days. As it turned out the war ended six weeks later and
the one that took his place never got into any action, but ended up with a
lifetime pension because of his eyes.
Henry owned 80 acres of land and house west of the Jonesville city line, south
side of the road that leads to the White Creek Lutheran Church. He also owned
another 80 acres on the east side of the East Fork of White Creek. The extra
land served as flood/draught insurance.
Henry moved to Kansas about May 1905.
Gerhard Heinrich Brockhoff, Gerhard Heinrich Hagebusch, and Catharina Engel
Ostendarp. (Note: G. H. Hagebusch's great grandson is the retired Rev. Earl
Hagebusch of Monett, MO.
Henry came with his parents and brothers and sisters to the USA sometime
between 1834 and 1836. They first settled in New Bremen, Ohio. Most of his
life he lived in Jackson Co IN. A descendent of Henry, Carl Brockhoff (of
Hiawatha KS), told Glenn Kruse this story in November 1990: ( Carl heard this
story first hand from his father who was a son of Henry.) Henry Brockhoff was
already 34 years of age and had not married yet. So he was on the lookout for
a wife. He was walking by an orphanage when the children were all outside
playing in a fenced yard. Henry noticed one of them was definitely older than
just a child. This particular one was a pretty young lady of some maturity.
He called over to her. They talked a while over the fence. Then he asked her
to marry him! Right then and there this young lady came up with a "yes". Carl
Brockhoff said he could imagine in that day and age, that a young lady in an
orphanage at age 18 or 19 could very much be wanting to get out of there. Carl
said: "the good Lord must have answered Henry's prayers because he could have
not done better". Carl's sister Eleanor (of Van Nuys CA) said "Grandma was
never as stern as she looks in the portrait at the time of her wedding."
Henry was drafted for the Civil War between the states. Henry legally avoided
the draft by paying someone to take his place. Henry paid $600.00 which was
significant in those days. As it turned out the war ended six weeks later and
the one that took his place never got into any action, but ended up with a
lifetime pension because of his eyes.
Henry owned 80 acres of land and house west of the Jonesville city line, south
side of the road that leads to the White Creek Lutheran Church. He also owned
another 80 acres on the east side of the East Fork of White Creek. The extra
land served as flood/draught insurance.
Henry moved to Kansas about May 1905.