Descendants Of Hinrich (Heincke) Ohlenbusch - the Ohlenbusch ...

Hinrich & Gesche Ohlenbusch Family
Sweetwater, Nolan Co., TX., formed by the Peace and Calvary Lutheran churches.
In 1963, Henry and Anna made the decision to retire and move off the farm. They purchased a home at 806
Bowie, in Sweetwater, Nolan Co., Texas. One of the attractions to this place was that the house was so nearly
the same style and arrangement as their farm home. The large garden plot and fruit trees made it seem like a
"mini-farm." Henry enjoyed life here to the very end, when he died on a Saturday evening, April 22, 1972, while
mowing grass in the back yard. Anna lived alone in Sweetwater until 1978, when she moved to Brooksmith near
Brownwood to live with her son, Harry. Anna enjoyed being with and living with her family until she died,
February 24, 1985.
[Brøderbund Family Archive #110, Vol. 1, Ed. 3, Social Security Records: U.S., SS Death Benefit Records,
Surnames Beginning with C, Date of Import: Jul 27, 1996, Internal Ref. #1.111.3.42598.35]
Individual: Coldewey, Henry
Birth date: Jan 24, 1881
Death date: Apr 1972
Social Security #: 451-62-6706
Last residence: TX 79556
State of issue: TX
Funeral for Henry Coldewey, 91, was at 2 P.M., April 24, 1972, Monday in Faith Lutheran Church, with the
Rev. William Bloom, pastor, officiating. Burial was in Roscoe Cemetery under direction of Cate-Spencer
Funeral Home. Henry died at 7:15 P.M. Saturday following an apparent heart attack.
Born January 24, 1881, in Colorado County, he was a retired farmer, and had been a resident of Sweetwater for
eight years. He was a member of faith Lutheran Church at Sweetwater. He married Anna Ohlenbusch,
September 13, 1906, in Witting, Texas. The couple moved to Roscoe, then to Loraine, and then to Scurry
County in 1921, farming near Hermleigh. They moved to Sweetwater, Texas in 1963.
Marriage Notes for Anna Ohlenbusch and Henry Coldewey:
Henry and Anna were married on September 13, 1906, in Bauerville, Lavaca Co., Texas.
As newlyweds (having been married on September 13), Henry and Annie arrived by train in Roscoe, Texas, the
1st of October, 1906. They were met by a land agent who escorted them to their hotel. The next morning he
took them out to the farm 3 miles southwest of Roscoe, which had been purchased by Herman Ohlenbusch
(brother of Annie). The Coldeweys bought part of the farm from Herman and moved into the house that had
perviously been occupied by the Jess Lagol family. It consisted of two bedrooms, a hall, and a kitchen. Henry
and Annie purchased some of the furniture that was in the house. Their first tasks was to harvest the crop that
had already been planted on the farm.
Children of Anna Ohlenbusch and Henry Coldewey are:
+ 38 i. Leonard Archie Victor 5 Coldewey, born 28 Aug 1907 in Nolan Co., Texas; died 23 Feb 1985 in
Colorado City, Mitchell Co., Texas.
39 ii. Victor H.E. Coldewey, born 06 Feb 1909 in Nolan Co., Texas 14 ; died 09 Aug 1909 in Nolan Co., Texas.
+ 40 iii. Oscar Harry Coldewey, born 27 Jul 1911 in Nolan Co., Texas; died 13 Oct 2004 in Brownwood, Brown
Co., Texas.
+ 41 iv. Henry Hindenburg Coldewey, born 29 Dec 1914 in Nolan Co., Texas; died 02 Oct 1999 in Green Valley,
Pima Co., Arizona.
+ 42 v. Anna Irmgard Coldewey, born 29 Dec 1914 in Nolan Co., Texas; died 11 Jan 1978 in Sweetwater, Nolan
Co., Texas.
+ 43 vi. Mildred Matilda Coldewey, born 10 Jan 1925 in Scurry Co., Texas; died 15 Jul 1970 in Sweetwater,
Nolan Co., Texas.
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