Johannes Casper Henry Hellhake (son of HENRICH HELLHAKE), born 01 September and baptized 02 September 1819 at Allendorf, Kreis Arnsberg, Westphalia, Germany(1);  died 22 January 1900 aged 80 years, 04 months, 21 days(5) at Quincy, Adams, Illinois, USA;  married 07 May 1848 at Quincy to ANNA CATHARINA GERTRUDE HEINE who was baptized 01 February 1828 at Allendorf(1) and died 14 November 1901 aged 73 years, 10 months(5) at Quincy.

He was a tobacconist and was a partner with his brother-in-law Anton Henry Heine in the cigar manufacturing firm of Hellhake & Heine at 102 Hampshire Street in Quincy. He later owned a grocery store. They lived at 186 North 7th Street in Quincy, later at 523 North 7th Street.

1850 Census: Casper Hellhake, page 261, visit 005/008, Quincy (2nd Ward), Adams, Illinois.

1860 Census: Henry Hellhake, page 045, visit 303/336, Quincy (1st Ward), Adams, Illinois.

1866 Quincy City Directory: Hellhake Caspar, cigar-maker, 186 Maine; res sw cor 7th and Oak.

1870 Census: Casper Hellhake, page 421, visit 649/695, Quincy (1st Ward), Adams, Illinois.

1880 Census: Casper Hellhake, page 383, visit 132/150, Quincy (1st Ward), Adams, Illinois.

1900 Census: Gertrude Hellhake, page 332, visit 220/246, Quincy (1st Ward), Adams, Illinois.

They are buried at St. Boniface Cemetery at Quincy.

Known children, born at Quincy:

(Reverend) Henry Alois Hellhake, born about February 1849;  died 11 August 1909 (The Diocese of Springfield in Illinois: Clergy Necrology). He was a Catholic priest. He was pastor of St. Mary’s Church at Anna, Union, Illinois from 1872-1873. He was pastor of St. Paul of the Cross Church at Columbia City, Whitley, Indiana from October 1875 to 01 May 1886; of Sacred Heart Church at Remington, Jasper, Indiana from May 1886 to August 1893; of St. Joseph Church at Lebanon, Boone, Indiana from August 1893 to August 1898; of Sacred Heart Church at Fowler, Benton, Indiana from August 1898 to 12 August 1900; and of St. Aloysius Church at Sheldon (now Yoder), Allen, Indiana from 12 August 1900 to “the present” [as of 1907](all info from The Diocese of Fort Wayne, 1857 - September 22, 1907, A Book of Historical Reference, 1669-1907, Rt. Rev. H. J. Alerding, published by The Archer Printing Company, Ft. Wayne, Indiana, 1907). 1850 Census: Henry Hellhake (with Jacob Heck), page 261, visit 007/010, Quincy (2nd Ward), Adams, Illinois. 1880 Census: H. A. Hellhake, page 444, visit 147/159, Columbia City, Whitley, Indiana. 1900 Census: Henry A. Hellhake, page 016, visit 047/047, Center, Benton, Indiana.

Joseph Victor Hellhake, born about 1851;  possibly died by 1894;  married 15 September 1875 at Trenton, Grundy, Missouri (FHL film #1007639) to Jane V. Murphy (daughter of Patrick Murphy and Ellen Cronin) who was born about 1859 at Beardstown, Cass, Illinois. [She was married second 30 October 1894 in Cass County, Illinois (License #5676) to John B. McLaughlin.]

Katherine Hellhake, born about 1852;  died 03 May 1862 aged 09 years(5);  buried at St. Boniface Cemetery.

Possibly Henry Anton Joseph Hellhake, born about April 1854;  died 01 September 1855 aged 16 months(5);  buried at St. Boniface Cemetery.

Herman A. Hellhake, born about January 1856;  married 1877-78 to Margaret J. Coan (from son Casper’s death certificate) who was born about May 1860 in Tennessee and died 20 January 1941 in Lewis & Clark County, Montana. He was superintendent of a grain elevator, later he was a real estate broker. He bought government land in St. Louis County, Minnesota and received a patent on 12 May 1905 (the patent). 1880 Census: Herman Hellhake, page 416, visit 192/201, Trenton, Grundy, Missouri. 1900 Census: Herman A. Hellhake, page 134, visit 153/226, Minneapolis (E.D. 043), Hennepin, Minnesota. 1910 Census: Herman R. Hellhake, page 218, visit 018/018, St. Paul (E.D. 161), Ramsey, Minnesota. Children, most born in Missouri:

Catherine E. Hellhake, born about July-August 1879.

Casper John Hellhake, born 16 February 1881(8);  died 02 December 1929 at St. Paul, Ramsey, Minnesota (Death Certificate #1929-025576);  married 1905-06 to Mabel S. Kelley (from son’s death certificate) who was born about 1887 in Minnesota. He bought government land in St. Louis County, Minnesota and received a patent on 12 May 1905 (the patent). Later he worked for the St. Paul Dispatch newspaper(8). 1910 Census: Casper Z. Hellhake, page 218, visit 022/022d, St. Paul (E.D. 161), Ramsey, Minnesota. 1930 Census: Mabel Hellhake, page 219, visit 085/089, St. Paul (E.D. 171), Ramsey, Minnesota. Known child:  Casper John Hellhake, born 08 February 1914(6) at St. Paul, died 04 March 1996(6) in Wright County, Minnesota (Death Certificate #1996-008996), married 06 September 1947 to Ramona Ruth Snyder (daughter of Lee Lester Snyder and Blanche Hattie Clark) who was born 29 July 1917(6) in Idaho and died 30 March 1988 in Wright County (Death Certificate #1988-011973), they lived at Big Lake, Sherburne, Minnesota, they had no children.

Margaret Hellhake, born 19 September 1882;  died 03 October 1888 aged 06 years, 14 days(5) at Quincy;  buried at St. Boniface Cemetery.

Mabel F. Hellhake, born about November 1884.

Gregory Herman Hellhake, born 01 December 1890 at Quincy(8);  died 24 May 1958 at St. Paul, Ramsey, Minnesota (Death Certificate #1958-028773);  married 10 January 1913 at St. Paul to Maye H. Rouleau (daughter of Charles T. Rouleau and Exilda Dufour) who was born 03 May 1890(6) at St. Paul and died February 1980 at Sheboygan, Sheboygan, Wisconsin(6). He was a compositor for the St. Paul Dispatch newspaper(8). 1930 Census: Gregory H. Hellhake, page 223, visit 147/186, St. Paul (E.D. 72), Ramsey, Minnesota. Known child:  Gregory R. Hellhake, born about 1915 at St. Paul.

Blanche P. Hellhake (aka (Sister) Mary Margaret Hellhake), born 29 May 1893 in Minnesota;  died 22 February 1996 in Ramsey County (Death Certificate #1996-2568286). She was a schoolteacher. She became a Catholic nun in the order Religious of the Good Shepherd. 1930 Census: Blanche Hellhake, page 178, line 17, Seattle (E.D. 52), King, Washington.

August Bernard Hellhake, born about March 1858;  married 07 November 1878 at Quincy (License #326) to Mary Ann Duker who was born 1857(5) at Quincy and died 02 March 1920(5) at Quincy (Death Certificate #011936).

[She was the daughter of Theodor Duker (son of Gerhard and Elizabeth Duker), born 06 May 1829 at Ankum, Hannover, Germany; arrived at New Orleans in 1847 with his widowed mother and two brothers; apprenticed to Theodore Brinkhoff as a cooper; married Theodore’s daughter, Elizabeth Brinkhoff who died 15 January 1892 at Quincy; was partner in grocery store from 1854-71; started a wholesale liquor business in 1871. Duker family history, posted on the Adams County GenWeb site.]

August was a boot and shoe maker; he was a partner in the shoe store of Schell & Hellhake. He was a charter member of the Western Catholic Union, when it was formed in 1877. They lived at 716 Maine Street in Quincy, later at 123 North 12th Street. 1880 Census: A. B. Hellhake, page 550, visit 147/179, Quincy (5th Ward), Adams, Illinois. 1910 Census: August B. Helhake, page 241, visit 080/085, Quincy (5th Ward), Adams, Illinois. 1920 Census: A. B. Helhake, page 057, visit 176/206, Quincy (5th Ward), Adams, Illinois. She is buried at Calvary Cemetery at Quincy. Children, born at Quincy:

Gertrude Hellhake, born about September 1879;  married 1910s at Quincy to Henry Meierkord (son of William and Mary Meierkord, both born in Prussia) who was born about 1868 in Missouri and apparently died before the 1930 census. He owned a coal yard. 1920 Census: Henry Meierkord (with her parents), page 057, visit 176/206, Quincy (5th Ward), Adams, Illinois. 1930 Census: Gertrude Meierkord (widow), page 271, visit 316/379, Quincy (5th Ward), Adams, Illinois. Known child:  William E. Meierkord, born 11 February 1922(6) at Quincy, died May 1986 at Kansas City, Jackson, Missouri(6).

August Casper Hellhake, born 27 May 1881(8);  married 1904-05 to Cecelia R. ______ who was born about 1880 in Illinois. He was manager of a department store; later he owned his own shop. 1910 Census: August Helhake, page 248, visit 090/103, Quincy (5th Ward), Adams, Illinois; and August C. Helhake, page 088, visit 180/185, Quincy (6th Ward), Adams, Illinois. 1920 Census: August C. Helhake, page 076, visit 092/108, Springfield (33rd Precinct), Sangamon, Illinois. 1930 Census: August C. Helhake, page 058, visit 468/597, Wichita (E.D. 063), Sedgwick, Kansas. They probably had no children.

Theodor Henry Hellhake, born 11 June 1883(8);  died 10 October 1918 in Adams County (Death Certificate #000865);  married 1908-09 to Lenore E. Barnett (daughter of ______ Barnett and ______ Elgin) who was born 26 February 1883(7) in Nevada and died 27 September 1949 in Los Angeles County, California(7). He was a partner in the Miller-Hellhake Shoe Company. 1910 Census: Theodore H. Hellhake, page 255, visit 121/130, Quincy (5th Ward), Adams, Illinois. 1930 Census: Lenore B. Helhake (widow), page 039, visit 008/008, Los Angeles (E.D. 377), Los Angeles, California. He is buried at Calvary Cemetery at Quincy. They had no children.

William Oscar Hellhake, born 08 November 1885(6)(8);  died April 1969 at Glen Ellyn, DuPage, Illinois(6). He was a railroad signalman. 1920 Census: William O. Helhake (with brother August C., above), page 076, visit 092/108, Springfield (33rd Precinct), Sangamon, Illinois.

Casper J. Hellhake, born 03 March 1860;  died 19 July 1891 aged 31 years, 04 months, 16 days(5) at Quincy;  married 11 May 1882 at Trenton, Grundy, Missouri to Adelaide M. Fell (daughter of James C. Fell and Clara B. Huttenberger) who was born 11 August 1863(5)(7) at Quincy and died 24 October 1946(5) in Los Angeles County, California(7). She and the children were living at 428 North 7th Street in Quincy in 1900. 1900 Census: Adelaide Hellhake (widow), page 332, visit 120/149, Quincy (2nd Ward), Adams, Illinois. 1910 Census: Adelaid Helhake (widow, with brother-in-law August B. Helhake, above), page 241, visit 080/085, Quincy (5th Ward), Adams, Illinois. 1920 Census: Adelaide M. Hellhake (widow, with son-in-law Robert S. Damhorst), page 140, visit 164/173, Los Angeles (E.D. 364), Los Angeles, California. 1930 Census: Adelaide M. Hellhake (widow, with son-in-law Robert S. Damhorst), page 026, visit 041/048, Los Angeles (E.D. 463), Los Angeles, California. He is buried at St. Boniface Cemetery at Quincy. She is buried at Calvary Cemetery at East Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California. Known children, born at Quincy:

Pearl Clara Hellhake, born about April 1883;  married about 1909 to Robert Stephen Damhorst (son of Joseph and Margaret Damhorst, both born in Missouri) who was born 15 June 1880(8) at Quincy. He was a California State Bank Examiner(8); she was a music teacher. 1920 Census: Robert S. Damhorst, page 140, visit 164/173, Los Angeles (E.D. 364), Los Angeles, California. 1930 Census: Robert S. Damhorst, page 026, visit 041/048, Los Angeles (E.D. 463), Los Angeles, California. They probably had no children.

Carl A. Hellhake, born about June 1887;  died 27 July 1901 aged 14 years at Quincy;  buried at St. Boniface Cemetery.

Anton A. Hellhake, born about March 1862;  died 14 June 1938 at Chicago, Cook, Illinois (Death Certificate #6016626);  unmarried. 1900 Census: Anthony A. Hellhake (with brother Herman, above), page 134, visit 153/226, Minneapolis (E.D. 043), Hennepin, Minnesota. 1910 Census: Anton A. Hellhake (with brother Herman, above), page 218, visit 018/018, St. Paul (E.D. 161), Ramsey, Minnesota. 1920 Census: Anthony Hellhake, page 202, visit 014/026, Chicago (E.D. 1313), Cook, Illinois. 1930 Census: Anthony A. Hellhake, page 177, visit 041/315, Chicago (E.D. 1902), Cook, Illinois.

Johanna E. Hellhake, born about 1864;  possibly died 1890s;  married 21 May 1889 at Quincy (License #6069) to Albert J. Peabody (son of Albert and Minerva Peabody) who was born about 1864 in Ellington, Adams, Illinois. 1880 Census: Joanah Hellhake (single, with brother Henry Alois, above).

Gregor George Hellhake, born 1868;  died 13 April 1941 at Quincy (Death Certificate #000188);  married second 1907-08 at Quincy to Theresia ______ (her second marriage) who was born 1866 in Ohio and died 11 April 1929 at Quincy (Death Certificate #2010233). He was a foreman at an iron works. 1910 Census: Gregory G. Hellhake, page 279, visit 118/120, Quincy (5th Ward), Adams, Illinois. 1920 Census: George G. Hellhake, page 003, visit 055/056, Quincy (5th Ward), Adams, Illinois. 1930 Census: Gregor Hellhake (with cousin Henry L. Hellhake), page 251, visit 231/282, Quincy (E.D. 48), Adams, Illinois.

Bernard H. Hellhake, born about November 1871;  died 30 March 1935 at Hinsdale, DuPage, Illinois (Death Certificate #010106);  married 1905-06 to Cora Mae Tyrer who was born about 1870 in Illinois and died 07 December 1948 at Hinsdale (Death Certificate #048512). He was a blacksmith; later a grocer. 1910 Census: Bernard Hellhake, page 134, visit 159/243, Quincy (2nd Ward), Adams, Illinois. They were living at Chicago, Cook, Illinois in 1924.

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