Oldenburg, Henry

Notes:

FATAL SUNSTROKE
Henry Oldenburg of West Galena, came to his death suddenly last Friday, from effects of the extreme heat. He was a brother of Christopher and John Oldenburg, of the same neighborhood. He came to this country last October from Germany and moved into Jake Vanderveddah's Four Mile House on the Turnpike. On Friday he was working on the farm for his brother, John, and being partially overcome by heat, he went to his own house and his daughter gave him some coffee. After drinking, he remarked that he felt better and started for the field. He had only got outside the door, when he sank down, and expired. The funeral took place on saturday, and the remains were deposited in Greenwood Cemetery. Deceased was 41 years of age. He was a widower, and leaves one daughter 16 years of age. He died July 8, 1881.

Source: Galena Gazette, July 15, 1881

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From Portrait and Biographical Album of Jo Daviess and Carroll Counties, Illinois (1889), p. 471-72; Fred Oldenburg:

Henry died in July, 1882, leaving a daughter, who lives in Galena.

Buried:
Greenwood Cemetery

Died:
heat exhaustion

Family/Spouse: Unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Oldenburg, Annie Johanna was born on 10 Apr 1868 in Germany; died on 20 Oct 1949 in Wadena, Wadena, Mn; was buried in Galena, Jo Daviess County, Illinois, USA.

Other Events:

• Residence: 1867, Peckatel, Domanialamt Schwerin, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany

Notes:

From Portrait and Biographical Album of Jo Daviess and Carroll Counties, Illinois (1889), p. 471-72, Fred Oldenburg;

His parents, Christian and Mary (Burns) Oldenburg, were natives of the same Province as their son, and there spent their entire lives; the mother dying at the age of sixty-four years, and the father when seventy-three. They were most worthy people, and members in good standing of the German Presbyterian Church. Their family consisted of four sons, namely: Christopher, who married a lady of his own country, and continues to reside there, engaged in farming; Fred, our subject; Christian, who came to America, married Miss Lena List, and, with his family, resides in West Galena Township; and John, a shoemaker by trade, pursuing his calling in Galena. Henry died in July, 1882, leaving a daughter, who lives in Galena.

Christian married Burns, Sophia Marie in Mecklenburg-Schwerin. Sophia was born in 1805; died in 1869 in Mecklinburg, Schwerin, Germany. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Residence: 1867, Peckatel, Domanialamt Schwerin, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany