Franz Hellebusch, born 10.Oct.1790 as Escherhues is a farmer of Handorf and lived always in Holdorf (the next farm to Hellebusch) and married into the Hellebusch farm and he became the name of the farm. This was normal for this time. Franz sold the farm in 1839 and emigrated with his family (9 children) in 1844
Record of birth:
*10.Oct.1790 Damme/Holdorf- Holdorf, Franz Escherhus
parents: Joan Herman Escherhus, olim (birth as) Dyckhus and Elisabeth Escherhus
(it say: the father of Franz is married into the Escherhus farm and born as Dyckhus. Dyckhus is an other farm in Damme-Grandorf).Everything very complicated.

Bernd Henrich Hellebusch, Colonus zu Handrup, + died about 1816
oo married 11.Jan.1815 in Damme to Catharina Maria Jost-Enneking
-- no children

Franz Escherhaus, born 10.Oct.1790 (took the name Hellebusch)
oo married 08.Febr.1817 to Catharina Maria Eneking, widow Hellebusch zu Handrup( Holdorf)

-- children:
*31.Dec.1818, Maria Anna Hellebusch, +21.Apr.1823 Holdorf
parents: Franz Hellebusch, olim Escherhus - Cath. Maria Jost-Enneking

*18.Mär.1821, Johan Bernard
parents: Franz Hellebusch, geb. Escherhus - Cath. Maria Jost-Enneking

+ died 29.Mär.1822, Cathr. Maria Hellebusch, 25 years, geb. Enneking
first wife of Colon Bernd Henrich Hellebusch now of Franz Escherhaus, Coloni

Franz Hellebusch, olim(farmer) Escherhues, born lO.Oct.1790, widow of Elis. Maria Jost-Enneking
oo married 27.Jul.1824 to Anna Maria Klönne, born 31.Mär.1802

-- children:
*10.Jul.1825, Maria Anna Hellebusch
parents: Franz Hellebusch, geb. Escherhus - Anna Maria Klönne

*30.Oct.1828, Johan Henrich Hellebusch, +30.Apr.1830 Holdorf

Franz Hellebusch
Listed in the US Census 1850 in Augusta/Dutzow MO)
Hellebusch, (Eigner)Franz, Kolon, Familie in Handorf 11 1844 Holdorf, (Census 1850 in Augusta/Dutzow Missouri)
From Handorf Germany on the Schooner Westphalia, Bremen, Captain Wessels November 22, 1844 arrived New Orleans January 7, 1845
Francis Hellbusch-54
Mary-Ann-40
Francis-19
Bernhard-22
John Henry 25
Mary-Ann 18
Agnes-16
Francius-15
Clemens- 13
Ferdinand 10
Fredrick Joseph 6

Source church register St. Viktor Damme:
Marriage:
1. to Elisabeth Maria Jost-Enneking
2. July 27, 1824 Damme to Anna Maria Klonne (or Kloenne) born March 31, 1802 Damm

Children that Died:
Maria Anna Hellebusch Born 12-31-1817 Died 4-21-1823 in Hondorf Holdorf
Johan Henrich Hellebusch Born 10-30-1828 Died 4-30-1830 in Hondorf Holdorf

Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1500s-1900s
about Franz Hellebusch
Name: Franz Hellebusch
Year: 1844
Place: America
Family Members: family of 10
Source Publication Code: 8595
Primary Immigrant: Hellebusch, Franz
Source Bibliography: SMITH, CLIFFORD NEAL. Emigrants from the Former Amt Damme, Oldenburg (Now Niedersachsen), Germany, Mainly to the United States, 1830-1849. (German-American Genealogical Research Monograph, 12.) McNeal, Ariz.: Westland Publications, 1981. 84p.
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