birth location Holstein, MO death location St. Louis, MO---wife of Reverend John C.∼According to some Huenefeld recollections, Anna Sophia was born on a farm three miles north of Holstein on 25 April 1850. She was baptized 19 May 1850 at Immanuel U.C.C. Holstein: "Sophia Stienker" was Godparent at Anna Sophia's baptism. Godparent Sophia was Anna Sophia Elisabeth (Peterjohann) Stienecker (1812-1865), sister-in-law of baby Sophia's mother. In 1852, when Anna was just two years old, her father died. Her mother married Wilhelm Heinrich Brüggenjohann 04 Mar 1853. Sophia Huenefeld married Heinrich "Henry" Hermann Hackmann in 1868. After 12 years of marriage and the birth of four children, Mrs. Hackmann would endure the death of her husband and three children, all within a short period of time from typhoid fever. Four years later in 1884, she married a teacher of the Immanuels Parochial School: John H. Koenig.
IMMANUELS UNITED CHURCH OF CHRIST, 1839-1989, p. 65, reports that the Immanuels Parochial School was first organized in 1866. The first teacher was Pastor Riess followed by Konrad Koch and H. Koenig in 1883. Mr. Koenig taught 60 students there for ten months resigning in 1885 to accept a position of superintendent of the Evangelical Orphans Home on St. Charles Rock Road, St. Louis. This home is in existence in 1989 as Evangelical Childrens Home. A picture of teacher Mr. Koenig and some of his students also appears on page 65.
A marvelous source of Huenefeld and Koenig family history was written by The Reverend John C. Koenig, son of Anna (Huenefeld) and the Reverend John H. Koenig: MEMOIRS OF THE REV. JOHN C. KOENIG, 1889-1959, MISSIONARY TO INDIA, published in 1998 by Dorothy K. Powers, daughter of the Rev John C. Koenig, on behalf of her family. A copy of this book is in possession of Jane Denny and is courtesy of Dorothy Powers. Pastor John H. Koenig and his wife, Anna, served Evangelical communities for most of their lives. This tradition of serving continued with Koenig sons John Charles William, author of Koenig memoirs, and Hermann Koenig.
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Mrs. Koenig's obituary appears in the "Warrenton Banner," 11 Apr 1930:
Mrs. J. H. Koenig Buried at Holstein
Mrs. J. H. Koenig, nee Huenefeld, was born in Holstein, Mo., April 25, 1850, as the daughter of William Huenefeld and his wife, Christina, nee Stienker. She received the blessings of religious training early in life. On April 8, 1865, with a class of seventeen other young people, she was confirmed by Rev. Conrad Ries. She was married to Henry H. Hackmann March 13, 1868, and to this union four children were born. After 12 years of happy married life, three of their children and her husband died within three months.
On October 2, 1884, she was united in marriage to J. H. Koenig, who at that time was teaching in Holstein. This union was blessed with four children; one daughter dying in infancy.
It was while the deceased was happily making preparations and anxiously awaiting the arrival of a son, a missionary in India, who with his family is on his way to the United States, that God called her from this life. On Wednesday evening, April 2, she suffered a stroke and soon after passed away, at their home in Fayetteville, Ill. She attained the age of 79 years, 11 months and 7 days.
She leaves to mourn her departure her husband, Rev. J. H. Koenig, her daughters, Emilie (Mrs. L. Jasper), of Roosevelt, Okla., Anna (Mrs. Roy C. Horst, of Beecher, Ill., her sons, Rev. J. C. Koenig, missionary in Balrampur, India, and Rev. Herman Koenig of Barrington, Ill., also two half-brothers, August and Daniel Brueggenjohann of Holstein… .
For about 46 years the deceased, with her husband, faithfully served the Lord at the following places: Holstein, Mo., 3 years; Staunton, Ill., 4 years; Chicago, Ill., 4 years; German Protestant Orphan Home, St. Charles Rock Road, 10 years; Evangelical Orphan Home, Hoyleton, Ill., 16 years; Old People's Home, San Antonia, Texas, 5 years; Evangelical Trinity congregation at Fayetteville, Ill., 5 years.
After services, conducted in Fayetteville, Ill., Sunday morning and at Mascoutah, Ill., Sunday afternoon, the body was brought to the home of her brother, August Brueggenjohann, at Holstein. After a brief service at this home Monday afternoon, funeral services were held at the Evangelical chuch, in which R. R. Mittendorf and Rev. C. F. Sturm participated, and at which the undersigned spoke words of comfort and hope. Burial took place in the old cemetery. – F. Egger, Pastor.
IMMANUELS UNITED CHURCH OF CHRIST, 1839-1989, p. 65, reports that the Immanuels Parochial School was first organized in 1866. The first teacher was Pastor Riess followed by Konrad Koch and H. Koenig in 1883. Mr. Koenig taught 60 students there for ten months resigning in 1885 to accept a position of superintendent of the Evangelical Orphans Home on St. Charles Rock Road, St. Louis. This home is in existence in 1989 as Evangelical Childrens Home. A picture of teacher Mr. Koenig and some of his students also appears on page 65.
A marvelous source of Huenefeld and Koenig family history was written by The Reverend John C. Koenig, son of Anna (Huenefeld) and the Reverend John H. Koenig: MEMOIRS OF THE REV. JOHN C. KOENIG, 1889-1959, MISSIONARY TO INDIA, published in 1998 by Dorothy K. Powers, daughter of the Rev John C. Koenig, on behalf of her family. A copy of this book is in possession of Jane Denny and is courtesy of Dorothy Powers. Pastor John H. Koenig and his wife, Anna, served Evangelical communities for most of their lives. This tradition of serving continued with Koenig sons John Charles William, author of Koenig memoirs, and Hermann Koenig.
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Mrs. Koenig's obituary appears in the "Warrenton Banner," 11 Apr 1930:
Mrs. J. H. Koenig Buried at Holstein
Mrs. J. H. Koenig, nee Huenefeld, was born in Holstein, Mo., April 25, 1850, as the daughter of William Huenefeld and his wife, Christina, nee Stienker. She received the blessings of religious training early in life. On April 8, 1865, with a class of seventeen other young people, she was confirmed by Rev. Conrad Ries. She was married to Henry H. Hackmann March 13, 1868, and to this union four children were born. After 12 years of happy married life, three of their children and her husband died within three months.
On October 2, 1884, she was united in marriage to J. H. Koenig, who at that time was teaching in Holstein. This union was blessed with four children; one daughter dying in infancy.
It was while the deceased was happily making preparations and anxiously awaiting the arrival of a son, a missionary in India, who with his family is on his way to the United States, that God called her from this life. On Wednesday evening, April 2, she suffered a stroke and soon after passed away, at their home in Fayetteville, Ill. She attained the age of 79 years, 11 months and 7 days.
She leaves to mourn her departure her husband, Rev. J. H. Koenig, her daughters, Emilie (Mrs. L. Jasper), of Roosevelt, Okla., Anna (Mrs. Roy C. Horst, of Beecher, Ill., her sons, Rev. J. C. Koenig, missionary in Balrampur, India, and Rev. Herman Koenig of Barrington, Ill., also two half-brothers, August and Daniel Brueggenjohann of Holstein… .
For about 46 years the deceased, with her husband, faithfully served the Lord at the following places: Holstein, Mo., 3 years; Staunton, Ill., 4 years; Chicago, Ill., 4 years; German Protestant Orphan Home, St. Charles Rock Road, 10 years; Evangelical Orphan Home, Hoyleton, Ill., 16 years; Old People's Home, San Antonia, Texas, 5 years; Evangelical Trinity congregation at Fayetteville, Ill., 5 years.
After services, conducted in Fayetteville, Ill., Sunday morning and at Mascoutah, Ill., Sunday afternoon, the body was brought to the home of her brother, August Brueggenjohann, at Holstein. After a brief service at this home Monday afternoon, funeral services were held at the Evangelical chuch, in which R. R. Mittendorf and Rev. C. F. Sturm participated, and at which the undersigned spoke words of comfort and hope. Burial took place in the old cemetery. – F. Egger, Pastor.
birth location Holstein, MO death location St. Louis, MO---wife of Reverend John C.∼According to some Huenefeld recollections, Anna Sophia was born on a farm three miles north of Holstein on 25 April 1850. She was baptized 19 May 1850 at Immanuel U.C.C. Holstein: "Sophia Stienker" was Godparent at Anna Sophia's baptism. Godparent Sophia was Anna Sophia Elisabeth (Peterjohann) Stienecker (1812-1865), sister-in-law of baby Sophia's mother. In 1852, when Anna was just two years old, her father died. Her mother married Wilhelm Heinrich Brüggenjohann 04 Mar 1853. Sophia Huenefeld married Heinrich "Henry" Hermann Hackmann in 1868. After 12 years of marriage and the birth of four children, Mrs. Hackmann would endure the death of her husband and three children, all within a short period of time from typhoid fever. Four years later in 1884, she married a teacher of the Immanuels Parochial School: John H. Koenig.
IMMANUELS UNITED CHURCH OF CHRIST, 1839-1989, p. 65, reports that the Immanuels Parochial School was first organized in 1866. The first teacher was Pastor Riess followed by Konrad Koch and H. Koenig in 1883. Mr. Koenig taught 60 students there for ten months resigning in 1885 to accept a position of superintendent of the Evangelical Orphans Home on St. Charles Rock Road, St. Louis. This home is in existence in 1989 as Evangelical Childrens Home. A picture of teacher Mr. Koenig and some of his students also appears on page 65.
A marvelous source of Huenefeld and Koenig family history was written by The Reverend John C. Koenig, son of Anna (Huenefeld) and the Reverend John H. Koenig: MEMOIRS OF THE REV. JOHN C. KOENIG, 1889-1959, MISSIONARY TO INDIA, published in 1998 by Dorothy K. Powers, daughter of the Rev John C. Koenig, on behalf of her family. A copy of this book is in possession of Jane Denny and is courtesy of Dorothy Powers. Pastor John H. Koenig and his wife, Anna, served Evangelical communities for most of their lives. This tradition of serving continued with Koenig sons John Charles William, author of Koenig memoirs, and Hermann Koenig.
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Mrs. Koenig's obituary appears in the "Warrenton Banner," 11 Apr 1930:
Mrs. J. H. Koenig Buried at Holstein
Mrs. J. H. Koenig, nee Huenefeld, was born in Holstein, Mo., April 25, 1850, as the daughter of William Huenefeld and his wife, Christina, nee Stienker. She received the blessings of religious training early in life. On April 8, 1865, with a class of seventeen other young people, she was confirmed by Rev. Conrad Ries. She was married to Henry H. Hackmann March 13, 1868, and to this union four children were born. After 12 years of happy married life, three of their children and her husband died within three months.
On October 2, 1884, she was united in marriage to J. H. Koenig, who at that time was teaching in Holstein. This union was blessed with four children; one daughter dying in infancy.
It was while the deceased was happily making preparations and anxiously awaiting the arrival of a son, a missionary in India, who with his family is on his way to the United States, that God called her from this life. On Wednesday evening, April 2, she suffered a stroke and soon after passed away, at their home in Fayetteville, Ill. She attained the age of 79 years, 11 months and 7 days.
She leaves to mourn her departure her husband, Rev. J. H. Koenig, her daughters, Emilie (Mrs. L. Jasper), of Roosevelt, Okla., Anna (Mrs. Roy C. Horst, of Beecher, Ill., her sons, Rev. J. C. Koenig, missionary in Balrampur, India, and Rev. Herman Koenig of Barrington, Ill., also two half-brothers, August and Daniel Brueggenjohann of Holstein… .
For about 46 years the deceased, with her husband, faithfully served the Lord at the following places: Holstein, Mo., 3 years; Staunton, Ill., 4 years; Chicago, Ill., 4 years; German Protestant Orphan Home, St. Charles Rock Road, 10 years; Evangelical Orphan Home, Hoyleton, Ill., 16 years; Old People's Home, San Antonia, Texas, 5 years; Evangelical Trinity congregation at Fayetteville, Ill., 5 years.
After services, conducted in Fayetteville, Ill., Sunday morning and at Mascoutah, Ill., Sunday afternoon, the body was brought to the home of her brother, August Brueggenjohann, at Holstein. After a brief service at this home Monday afternoon, funeral services were held at the Evangelical chuch, in which R. R. Mittendorf and Rev. C. F. Sturm participated, and at which the undersigned spoke words of comfort and hope. Burial took place in the old cemetery. – F. Egger, Pastor.
IMMANUELS UNITED CHURCH OF CHRIST, 1839-1989, p. 65, reports that the Immanuels Parochial School was first organized in 1866. The first teacher was Pastor Riess followed by Konrad Koch and H. Koenig in 1883. Mr. Koenig taught 60 students there for ten months resigning in 1885 to accept a position of superintendent of the Evangelical Orphans Home on St. Charles Rock Road, St. Louis. This home is in existence in 1989 as Evangelical Childrens Home. A picture of teacher Mr. Koenig and some of his students also appears on page 65.
A marvelous source of Huenefeld and Koenig family history was written by The Reverend John C. Koenig, son of Anna (Huenefeld) and the Reverend John H. Koenig: MEMOIRS OF THE REV. JOHN C. KOENIG, 1889-1959, MISSIONARY TO INDIA, published in 1998 by Dorothy K. Powers, daughter of the Rev John C. Koenig, on behalf of her family. A copy of this book is in possession of Jane Denny and is courtesy of Dorothy Powers. Pastor John H. Koenig and his wife, Anna, served Evangelical communities for most of their lives. This tradition of serving continued with Koenig sons John Charles William, author of Koenig memoirs, and Hermann Koenig.
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Mrs. Koenig's obituary appears in the "Warrenton Banner," 11 Apr 1930:
Mrs. J. H. Koenig Buried at Holstein
Mrs. J. H. Koenig, nee Huenefeld, was born in Holstein, Mo., April 25, 1850, as the daughter of William Huenefeld and his wife, Christina, nee Stienker. She received the blessings of religious training early in life. On April 8, 1865, with a class of seventeen other young people, she was confirmed by Rev. Conrad Ries. She was married to Henry H. Hackmann March 13, 1868, and to this union four children were born. After 12 years of happy married life, three of their children and her husband died within three months.
On October 2, 1884, she was united in marriage to J. H. Koenig, who at that time was teaching in Holstein. This union was blessed with four children; one daughter dying in infancy.
It was while the deceased was happily making preparations and anxiously awaiting the arrival of a son, a missionary in India, who with his family is on his way to the United States, that God called her from this life. On Wednesday evening, April 2, she suffered a stroke and soon after passed away, at their home in Fayetteville, Ill. She attained the age of 79 years, 11 months and 7 days.
She leaves to mourn her departure her husband, Rev. J. H. Koenig, her daughters, Emilie (Mrs. L. Jasper), of Roosevelt, Okla., Anna (Mrs. Roy C. Horst, of Beecher, Ill., her sons, Rev. J. C. Koenig, missionary in Balrampur, India, and Rev. Herman Koenig of Barrington, Ill., also two half-brothers, August and Daniel Brueggenjohann of Holstein… .
For about 46 years the deceased, with her husband, faithfully served the Lord at the following places: Holstein, Mo., 3 years; Staunton, Ill., 4 years; Chicago, Ill., 4 years; German Protestant Orphan Home, St. Charles Rock Road, 10 years; Evangelical Orphan Home, Hoyleton, Ill., 16 years; Old People's Home, San Antonia, Texas, 5 years; Evangelical Trinity congregation at Fayetteville, Ill., 5 years.
After services, conducted in Fayetteville, Ill., Sunday morning and at Mascoutah, Ill., Sunday afternoon, the body was brought to the home of her brother, August Brueggenjohann, at Holstein. After a brief service at this home Monday afternoon, funeral services were held at the Evangelical chuch, in which R. R. Mittendorf and Rev. C. F. Sturm participated, and at which the undersigned spoke words of comfort and hope. Burial took place in the old cemetery. – F. Egger, Pastor.
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