Clara Holterhoff Willius
The scrapbooks dealing with the ancestry of Clara Holterhoff Willius are full of photographs, family stories and fun facts. They contain detailed charts or "trees" that show the dates and names of people from whom Clara is descended.
Clara Holterhoff Willius is descended from Henriette Waldthausen on her mother's side and from Robert Holterhoff on her father's side. You can find the scrapbooks under Waldthausen and Holterhoff.
The first seven generations of the Waldthausen family (The First Waldthausens) lived in or near Hamelin. In the 1670s, a seventh generation ancestor of Clara Holterhoff, Justus [73], moved to Essen. His son, Johan Wilhelm [93], the first of the family to be born in Essen, established the Essener Branch of the family. Johan's great-granddaughter Henriette [194] emigrated to America in 1850 after her marriage to Robert Holterhoff.
The first Holterhoffs that we know of lived close to Essen, in central Germany, near Cologne and Dusseldorf. The towns of Neukirchen, Remscheid, and Ehringhausen are prominent in their history. Robert emigrated to America with his wife, Henriette Waldthausen, in 1850.
The first seven generations of the Waldthausen family (The First Waldthausens) lived in or near Hamelin. In the 1670s, a seventh generation ancestor of Clara Holterhoff, Justus [73], moved to Essen. His son, Johan Wilhelm [93], the first of the family to be born in Essen, established the Essener Branch of the family. Johan's great-granddaughter Henriette [194] emigrated to America in 1850 after her marriage to Robert Holterhoff.
The first Holterhoffs that we know of lived close to Essen, in central Germany, near Cologne and Dusseldorf. The towns of Neukirchen, Remscheid, and Ehringhausen are prominent in their history. Robert emigrated to America with his wife, Henriette Waldthausen, in 1850.
Clara's Pedigree Chart
The pedigree chart is designed to give a quick bird's eye view of the family connections. For ancestor charts with more detail go to Waldthausen and Holterhoff.
