Katherina Elisabetha (Groh) Heimbuch (abt. 1885 - abt. 1956)

Born about 17 Jan 1885 in Grimm, Saratov, Volga, Russia

Ancestors

Wife of Christian Jacob Heimbuch — married before 1910 in Volga, Russia

Died about 12 Jul 1956 at about age 71 in Mason City, Cerro Gordo, Iowa, United States

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Biography

Katherina Elisabetha (Groh) Heimbuch was a Volga German.

Katherina Elisabetha Groh was born 17 Jan 1885 in Grimm, Volga, Russia.^[1]

She married Christian Jacob Heimbuch on 4 Jun 1908 in Grimm.^[2]

They came to America departing Bremen via S.S. Willehad on 23 Nov 1911 arriving to Baltimore, Maryland on 9 Dec 1911. They were bound for her brother Alexander Groh.^[3]

Passengers:

Christian Jacob Heimbuch, age 29, carpenter, Lesnoi Karamysch, father Heinrich Heimbuch, Lesnoi Karam. (Born about 1882)

Katharina, age 27, wife

Emma, age 11 months, infant

Brunner family listed above on ship manifest also list BIL Alexander Groh

Katie Heimbuch passed away on 12 Jul 1956 in Mason City, Iowa.^[4]

Obituary

Mrs. Christ Heimbuch Rites Monday

Funeral services for Mrs. Christ Heimbuch, 71, who died Thursday at a Mason City hospital, will be {held Monday at 2 p.m. at the Bethlehem Lutheran Church. The C.A. Hinz will officiate.

Mrs. Heimbuch, a long-time resident of Mason City and widow of Christ Heimbuch, retired farmer who died in January this year, was born Jan. 17, 1885, in Grimm, Russia, then a part of Germany. She was a member of the Bethlehem Lutheran Church.

Surviving are a son, Robert Heimbuch, Mason City; five daughters, Mrs. Charles (Frieda) Udelhofen, Mason City; Mrs. Claude (Ella) Miller, Ventura; Mrs. Gilbert (Lydia) Luker, Clear Lake; Mrs. Peter (Emma) Green, Forest City, and Mrs. Edwin (Rosie) Ficken, Mason City; 29 grandchildren; and two brothers, Alec Groh, Chicago, and George Groh, Windsor, Colo. She was preceded in death by her husband, a son, two infant daughters, three brothers and a sister. Burial will be in Memorial Park Cemetery. Friends may call at the Major Memorial Chapel from 2 p.m. Sunday until noon Monday.^[5]

Census

1897 Grimm Census

Family #261^[6]

1. Groh, Philipp Jacob, head of the household, age 50, married

2. Katherina Elisabetha, wife, age 49, married

3. Johann Jacob, son, age 27, married

4. Katherina Elisabetha, daughter-in-law, age 27, married, wife to #3

5. Elisabetha, granddaughter, age 4, daughter to #3

6. Anna Margaretha, granddaughter, age 2, daughter to #3

7. Groh, Friedrich, son, age 25, single, in military service

8. Philipp Jacob, son, age 23, married

9. Katharina Maria, daughter-in-law, age 20, married, wife of #8

10. Groh, Jacob, grandson, illegitimate son of #8, age 2. Enrolled in the village of Gololobovka, Kamyshin uezd. Saratov province. Orphan, no family of his own.

11. Katherina Elisabetha, granddaughter, age 1 month, daughter of #8

12. Georg Jacob, son, age 21, single

13. Heinrich, son, age 19, single

14. Karl, son, age 14

15. Katherina Elisabetha, daughter, age 12

16. Alexander, son, age 9

17. Christian Jacob, son, age 6

Enrolled in the village community, they reside at home.

Sources

1. ↑ Husband's Nat lists birth: "United States, Iowa Naturalization Records, 1859-1990", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:7THP-PGPZ : 25 August 2020), Katie Heimbuch in entry for Christ J Hiembuch, 1947.
2. ↑ "United States, Iowa Naturalization Records, 1859-1990", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:7TD4-RVMM : 25 August 2020), Katie Hiembuch in entry for Christ J or Christian Jacob Heimbuch, 1947.
3. ↑ "Maryland, Baltimore Passenger Lists, 1820-1948," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:2CSR-8K3 : 19 February 2021), Katharina Heimbuch, 1911; citing Immigration, Baltimore, Baltimore, Maryland, United States, NARA microfilm publications M255, M596, and T844 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL film 2,383,476.
4. ↑ Find A Grave: Memorial #55470760
5. ↑ Obit lists 17 Jan 1885 as birth/Brother Alec Groh, Chicago and George Groh, Windsor: Obit Clipping Newspapers.com,
6. ↑ 1897 Grimm (Lesnoi Karamysh), Russia Census List, Translated by Richard Rye, Compiled and Edited by John Groh, Contributor Henry Schmick; American Historical Society of Germans from Russia, Lincoln, Nebraska, USA; Published 2017; page 106, family #261, Philipp Jacob Groh

• "Iowa State Census, 1925," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QKQW-1WBH : 17 March 2022), Kety Heinbuch in household of Christ Heinbuch, Cerro Gordo, Iowa, United States; citing Cerro Gordo, Iowa, United States, Iowa State Historical Department, Des Moines; FHL microfilm .