12 for ’26: Ludwig Wilhelm Wollenweber Timeline

Ludwig Wilhelm Wollenweber, father of Matilda Wollenweber (1859-1885), was my husband’s 2x-great-grandfather. He was born 5 Mar 1822 in Kusel, Pfalz, Bavaria.[1] He died 16 May 1873 in Jeffersonville, Clark County, Indiana.[2]

Again, let us start the study of his records by arranging them in a timeline form. Comments will be written in blue text, with questions or further research in red text. Following the timeline is a brief biography. Next up will be completing full-text search at FamilySearch, and searching in newspaper sites for any additional articles.

Timeline

1822. March 5. Ludwig Wilhelm Wollenweber was born to Carl Wollenweber and Dorthea Emrich.[3]

COMMENT: This document gives more information than the baptism record. The online version is superior to the microfilm, which was white text on black, and difficult to read. This is black text on light background.

The birth was registered on the 7 March 1822 at 2 pm in the afternoon before Philipp Kochs, the registrar of “Cusel” Canton of “Cusel” in the Kingdom of Bavaria, by Carl Wollenweber. His standing looks like “Handaltmann or Haudaltmann or Hendaltmann” but none of these words make sense. The baptism record gives no standing for Carl. Carl was 39 years old, inhabitant of Cusel, declared that on 5th day of March at 8 o’clock in the morning Dorothea, nee Emrich, and his wife, a male child was born whose name is Ludwig Wilhelm. Witnesses were Wilhelm Rippel, (standing I cannot read), 30 years old, resident of Cusel, and Adam Weis, baker, 32 years old, also resides in Cusel. Four signatures appear at the bottom: Carl Wollenweber, Wilhelm Rippel, Adam Weis, and Koch’s. I need to locate Ludwig’s siblings’ birth registrations. Some may be easier to read.

In looking at the other three registrations on this page, no. 7 was for Louisa Hoffman. Carl Wollenweber, a Haundaltmann [sp?], was witness. And in no. 9 for Elisabeth Kippel, Adam Weir was witness. These were not done on the same day. This could indicate a FAN club.

1822. March 17. Ludwig was baptized. The sponsors were Ludwig Emrich, Heinrich Weyman, and a woman named Wilhelmina.[4]

COMMENT: There was more written after Wilhelmina’s name but I am not sure of the words. It is written in Kurrent script. Ludwig Emrich may be related to Dorthea Emrich. Likely all three are related to the family, as was the custom.

1836. March 28. Ludwig was confirmed.[5]

COMMENT: Ludwig would be about 14, so that is consistent with the age most are confirmed at. There is a list of confirmed members of a class with their parents’ names as well. The final right-hand column, I could not read what was written. It may be the sponsor. The image I have is all I captured, so I need to look at other pages to see if other confirmation classes have headers. These are locked or available only at the FSL.

1845. June 24. Ludwig Wollenweber, age 23, arrived in New York on 24 June 1845 aboard SS Venice.[6] The ship departed from Le Havre.

COMMENT: He is the only one listed, so may have come alone, or others on the list may be neighbors.

1845-1847. Married Anna Elisabetha Mertens/Martin.

COMMENT: I have not found the marriage record for this marriage and have no possible date. His sons, Louis Wollenweber, born in 1847 in New York. Son George, born 1848 in Hamburg. Son William, born 1849 in Buffalo, and son Albert, born 1853 in Ohio, all based on 1860 census, seen below in green text.[7]

Wollenweber, L W, 38, liquor dealer, worth $1000, Bavaria
Philapena, 25, f, Werttumberg
Louis, 13, m, NY, school
Geo, 12, m, Hamberg, school
Wm, 11, m, NY, school
Albert, 7, m, Ohio, school
Matilda, 1, f, Ky

Philapena is his second wife, but note only at this point the four sons, ages 13 to 7. That Hamberg is odd. Did they travel back to Germany? Or does Hamberg refer to a place in the U.S.? There is a Hamburg, New York in Erie County.[8] The other NY references may be to New York City or New York state.

Have not found the marriage between Ludwig and Anna Mertens. She was born about 1824 in Lübeck, Germany, and died in Louisville on 19 Jul 1858.[9] A likely place may be New York City.

1848. Louis Wollenweber filed his petition for naturalization in Erie County, New York.

COMMENT: The index shows it is in volume 5, page 173.[10] However, volume 5 is not part of the filmed volumes at FamilySearch. I need to ask a New York researcher if this volume is missing or somewhere else.

c. 1847. Louis Wollenweber is born in New York.

c. 1848. George Wollenweber is born in Hamburg.

c. 1849. William Wollenweber is born in New York.

COMMENT: I do not have more detailed location for these sons. This research needs to continue in following up on the sons.

1850. Census location is unknown. I have not found the family in 1850 census records.

1857. May 1. L.W. Wallenweber was listed as a grocery and liquor dealer in Louisville, Kentucky. Specifically, Liquor, retail, Market bet. Jackson & Hancock. Credit not strong. The figure for his capital is not complete enough to read.[11]

COMMENT: This came up in a search at GenealogyBank.com. It is a single sheet and I could not tell its source. However, it is consistent with later documents showing Ludwig selling liquor.

1858. January 15. An ad was published in the Louisville Daily Courier for “Wollenweber’s celebrated stomach bitters, for the cure of dyspepsia, fever and ague, headache, piles, indigestion, general debility, &c. Those delightful and purifying Bitters are manufactured by Wollenweber, and sold, wholesale and retail, by the undersigned at the Depot, on Market street, between Jackson and Hancock. J. Graham.”[12]

COMMENT: Though the ad mentions Wollenweber, he is not the one selling it. However, his address was the same as the above document.

1858. July 19. Anna M. Wollenweber died at Louisville, Kentucky, at 9 pm. Her maiden name was Mertens, she was 34 years old and wife of Ludwig Wilhelm Wollenweber. She was born in Lübeck and had been in the United States 8 years. She was the mother of 4 children.[13]

COMMENT: The record is in German script in German language. Some parts are illegible and difficult to read. The best I could do: “no. 215, AD 1858, den 19th Juli, abends um 9 Uhr (9 o’clock in the evening) Anne Elisabetha Wollenweber, geb (nee) Mertens, 34 Jahr (years old), wife of Ludwig Wilhelm Wollenweber, born in Lübeck und seit 8 Jahr in Amerika (8 years in America) ?? Sie ?? läßt  [cannot read the rest at this time]. Might be mother of 4 children. There are other words I cannot read.

Some conflicts. If she had only been in America 8 years, the older boys, Louis, George, and William, who were born in America, would not be her sons. However, the document seems to say she left 4 children. Need to have a German language expert take a look at the words I cannot read, so I am certain of what it says.

Update. Ute Brandenburg transcribed and translated the entry for me. I was pretty close but missed a few words:

No. 215
A.D. 1858 den 19ten Juli, abends um 9 Uhr starb im alter von 34 Jahr, Anna Elisabetha Wollenweber geb. Martin, Ehegattin des Ludwig Wilhelm Wollenweber, dieselbe war gebürtig aus Lübeck und seit 8 Jahr in amerika, wo sie hinterläßt einen Ehegatte mit 4 unmündiger Kinder.
Der Pastor
Carl Ludwig Daubert

No. 215
In the year of the Lord 1858, on the 19th of July, at 9 o’clock in the evening, Anna Elisabetha Wollenweber, née Martin, wife of Ludwig Wilhelm Wollenweber, died at the age of 34 years. She was born in Lübeck and had been in America for 8 years, where she is survived by a husband with four minor children.
The Pastor
Carl Ludwig Daubert[14]

1858. September 5. Louis W. Wollenweber married Philippina Voehringer by Augustus Bargas, in the presence of Joseph Granewald, Mad. Granewald, Godfried Miller, etc. They took out the marriage license on 3 September 1858.[15]

COMMENT: I have three records: loose paper showing license and certificate, which is the above source. There is also a marriage register, with the same information, only two witnesses Joseph Granewald and Godfried Miller, are listed.[16] It is difficult to read the initials after Bargas’ name. In checking full-text search for Bargas in Jefferson Co records, another marriage record stated he was of the German Evangelical Church, no initials after his name. (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QSQ-G9SQ-19L9). In another document, V. D. M. is written after his name (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-L9SS-M38G). From the 1853 Louisville directory, p. 224, there is an ad for Augustus Bargas, professor of modern languages and  pastor of the German Evangelist St John's Church in the pond settlement, near Louisville. It stated he speaks and teaches German, Spanish, French and English; Latin and Greek languages are also taught. His residence was on Brook Street, west side, between Main and Market.[17] He was not listed under the heading of churches, but was on page 38 in the regular listings: “Bargas, Rev. A, teacher, Brook, b. Main Market.”

However, the church record is from St. Paul’s Church. The church marriage record, written in German, says roughly translated: The 5. September, Louis W Wollenweber, born in Kusel in Pfalz, lives in Louisville, 36 years old and Philappena Vöhringer from Württemburg lives in Louisville, 23 years old. Witnesses Josef Granewald, Madem Granewald, and Gottfried Muller.[18] There are some more words in the German script that are hard to read.

To Do: I should search in this church record set for Vöhringer name to see if other records come up. This marriage came quickly after the death of Ludwig’s first wife.

1859. January 12. Jack Shepard was arrested by Officer Tiller on a felony warrant, charging him with stealing Wollenweber’s pigs.[19]

1859. August 27. Daughter, Matilda Wollenweber, is born at 8 a.m. to Ludwig Wilhelm Wollenweber and Philippina, nee Veringer. She was baptized on 22 Jul 1860 at St Paul’s Church by Rev. Daubert. The sponsors were Edmund and Katarina Mertile [?sp].[20]

COMMENT: She was baptized at the same church where her parents were married. I cannot read the last name of the sponsors very well, and that is a guess. I could search for them in the 1860 census and any city directory of the period.

1859. Louisville city directory listing for Louis W. Wollenwebers, at the address of North side of Market Street, between Jackson and Hancock. Beside his name was “liquors.”[21]

COMMENT: Since we have an address, we could locate a map of Louisville. No other Wollenweber was listed in the directory.

1860. U.S. census. Louisville, Jefferson Co, Kentucky. They are listed in the 2nd ward.

Wollenweber, L W, 38, liquor dealer, $1000 personal property, Bavaria
Philapena, 25, f, Werttumberg
Louis, 13, m, NY, school
Geo, 12, m, Hamberg, school
Wm, 11, m, NY, school
Albert, 7, m, Ohio, school
Matilda, 1, f, Ky[22]

COMMENT: Occupation correlates with the city directories. The four boys of his first wife are listed first, followed by the daughter with his second wife. The census covers two pages.

1861. Louisville city directory. Louis is listed on multiple pages.

      p. 267. Louis W. Wollenweber, wines and liquors, 520 E. Market.[23]

p. 275. Louis W. Wollenweber, n. s. Market, bet. Jackson and Hancock, under the category “Bitters, Manufacturer of.”[24]

      p. 314. Louis W. Wollenweber, 520 E. Market, under “Sirup Manufacturers.”[25]

      p. 319. Louis W. Wollenweber, 520 E. Market, under “Wines and Liquors, Wholesale.”[26]

COMMENT: Three out of the four entries all correlate to the same address. Need to see a map to determine if n. s. Market, bet. Jackson and Hancock is the same place as 520 E Market.

1861. July. A column about the meeting of the Board of Common Council on 11 July 1861, listed “L. W. Wollenweber, coffeehouse on Market street, between Third and Fourth Streets,” was granted a license from Mr. Twyman, from the Committee on Taverns and Groceries of the Western District.[27]

COMMENT: Again, need to look at a map to see if Market Street between 3rd and 4th Streets is the same location as 520 E. Market.

1861. September 9. Newspaper article from police proceedings, saying “John Riley, stealing $1.60 and a lot of cigars from L.W. Wollenwebber. Committed in default of bail in $300 to answer.”[28]

1862. April 12. L.W. Wollenweber, listed twice in the IRA tax assessment, address Market b. 3rd & 4th. The first for a Retail Liquor Dealer $20, and the second Eating House, $10, for a total of $30.[29]

1864. L.W. Wollenweber was taxed by the IRS for retail liquor $20. It is difficult to read the address, it might say Mkt b. 3 & 4, which is the same as 1862.[30] He was also taxed an additional tax of $4.17 for retail liquor.[31]

1865. August 5. L.W. Wollenweber was taxed by the IRS for retail liquor dealer, $25 and was listed again for tax of $17.55. His address was listed at 90 Market between 3rd and 4th.[32]

COMMENT: The information about the IRS taxes for Ludwig are consistent, that he was being taxed for being a retail liquor dealer, and the address was on Market St between 3rd and 4th streets.

1865. Louis W. Wollenweber was listed in the Louisville city directory under Saloon, as being at 90 Market, N.E. cor. 3rd., and under the alphabetical listing.[33]

1865. May 13 & June 22. L.W. Wollenweber, petitioned for a tavern on Market, between Third and Fourth Streets, referred to the Committees on Taverns and Groceries.[34] He was granted the license on June 22.[35]

1866. Louisville city directory entry. Louis W. Wollenweber had a saloon at 90 W. Market, residing at the same address. Also included in the directory were George Wollenweber, a printer for German & Bro., residing at Market, between 3rd and 4th. Also, Louis, a student, living or working at Louisville Counting Rooms.[36] L.W. Wollenweber was also listed under Saloons.[37]

COMMENT: The information about Ludwig, now known by the Americanization of his name to Louis, is consistent with the previous records. Louis Wollenweber would be 18 years old and George 17, if the ages in the 1860 census are correct. They were old enough to have jobs. George appears to be living at home. There is no mention of William, who would have been 16, and Albert, who would have been 12.

1866. June 11. L.W. Wollenweber appeared in court as defendant in City of Louisville vs. L.W. Wollenweber.

“This day came the defendant and filed grounds, and moved the Court for a new trial herein Whereupon the argument having been heard, and the Court being sufficiently advised &c. It is ordered that the judgment and order rendered and made herein heretofore be set aside, and that this case be dismissed, and that the defendant pay all costs that may have accrued herein and that he be taken therefore &c.”[38] A notice of the case was also in the newspaper, describing “City vs. Lewis W. Wollenweber. Fine set aside and warrant dismissed at defendant’s cost.” It was listed under “Ordinance Warrants: The following ordinance warrant business was before the City Court yesterday morning.”[39]

1867. February 4. Monday, February 4th 1867, John Ross Ph Haas John Reich, Chas Hebel, sec.
“This day cause M Billings Geo P Doern and Jacob Schrodt the assignee mentioned in a deed of Trust from Louis W Wollenweber and took the oath and executed bond as required by law with Isaac R Greene at their security the bond being duly stamped as required by act of Congress.”[40]

1867. October 8. The Commonwealth v. A. O. Baker and Louis Wollenweber, Summons. This day came the attorney for the Commonwealth as well as the defendant Wollenweber by his attorney, who moved the Court to quash the bond herein. Whereupon the Argument having been heard and the Court being advised &c. It is considered that said motion be overruled, and on further motion of the defendant itimemas [a time was] given him until to morrow to file his response to the Summons against him.”[41]

1867. October 9. The Commonwealth vs. A.O. Baker and Louis Wollenweber, Indictment. This day again came the parties by their attornies. Whereupon on motion of the attorney for the Commonwealth it is ordered that the marshal of this Court make upon the Warrant against defendant Baker his return nunc pro tunc the 13th of September 1867. And the defendant Wollenweber by Attorney comes and prays a hearing of the record and proceedings in the case against A.O. Baker for a breach of the City Ordinance which is granted; and Defendant also filed his demurer to the Summons and moves to quash the bond herein. Whereupon the argument having been heard, and the Court being advised &c. It is ordered that the Commonwealth recover of said Wollenweber the sum of one hundred dollars in damages together with all costs herein, and that he be taken therefore &c. Whereupon the defendant Wollenweber by Attorney excepted to the Judgment of the Court and prays an Appeal to the Hon. The Court of Appeals, which is granted and also tenders his Bill of Exceptions, asking that the Same be signed and certified to, which is accordingly done.[42]

COMMENT: To start, the latin term “nunc pro tunc” translates literally to “now for then.” This term is commonly used in the U.S. legal system to signify that a court ruling or order applies retroactively to a ruling made at an earlier date. The most common use of nunc pro tunc is to correct clerical errors, or accidental omissions made by the court in a written order or ruling. This document does not state why Wollenweber was in court. Since this was a case against A.O. Baker and Wollenweber, Baker should be researched, too. Sometimes, newspaper accounts tell more about the case. Missing seems to be the introduction of the case on 13 September. These order books at FamilySearch have missing volumes, and that might be why I haven’t found the September date. They are also locked films.

1867. October 9. Commonwealth vs. Wm Smith and Louis Wollenweber. Indictment. This day again came the parties by their attornies. Whereupon on motion of the attorney for the Commonwealth it is ordered that the Marshal of this Court make upon the Warrant against defendant Smith his return nunc protunc the 13th September 1867, and the defendant Wollenweber by Attorney comes and prays a hearing of the record and proceedings in the case against Wm Smith for a breach of the City Ordinance which is granted; and defendant also filed his demurer to the Summons and moves to quash the bond herein. Whereupon the argument having been heard and the Court being advised &c It is considered that the Commonwealth recover of said Wollenweber the sum of One hundred dollars in damages, together with all costs accrued herein. And that he be taken therefore &c. Whereupon the defendant Wollenweber by Attorney excepted to the Judgment of the Court and prays an Appeal to the Hon the Court of Appeals, which is granted and also tenders his Bill of Exception, asking that the Same be signed and certified to, which is accordingly done.”[43]

COMMENT: Both of the above cases were entered twice, one after another, and appears to be identical. Not sure why that is.

1867. October 9. Newspaper article describing court actions “The call of the monthly docket in the City Court is rather slow, only 89 of the 135 cases being disposed of yet, a majority of which have been continued or dismissed. . . The following are names of the parties found guilty of what they were charged and the amount of fine assessed against them: . . . Baker & Smith, on four warrants for doing business without license; judgment of $100 in each case for forfeited bond was rendered against their security, Louis Wollenweber. . .”[44]

1867. Louisville directory entry. Only Louis W. Wollenweber, at 90 W. Market, residing same, saloon.[45]

COMMENT: The sons were not listed. This could be a clue that they have moved out of Louisville. He was also listed under Saloons, p. 185.

1868. January 12. An ad was placed in the Louisville Daily Courier. “Auction Sale. Wollenweber’s Wine House. South side Market street, between Third and Fourth. No. 90. Will be sold at auction on Monday, the 15th of January 1868 at 2 o’clock p.m. the above well known wine house, together with the fixtures, and household and kitchen furniture. The house and lease will be sold separate, if desired. Terms will be made known on dale of sale. Louis Wollenweber.”[46]

COMMENT: It appears that he is selling both his business and household furnishings. Where were they to go? Did his wife agree? Since a lease is mentioned, he does not own the building.

1868. February 6. The Second Ward Democratic Club were to hold their next meeting at Wollenweber’s Exchange, on Main, between Shelby and Campbell streets, Friday evening the 7th, at 7:30 o’clock. Democrats of the ward especially, and of the city generally, are invited to attend. C.R. Long, Secretary.[47]

COMMENT: Now this is a different address and name of his business. Is this a different Wollenweber? Or did he move to Main street?

1868. July 25. A listing of those who filed bankruptcy in the Louisville Court were listed in the newspaper. Louis U. Wollenweber was listed under Jefferson County.[48]

COMMENT: This is a list of persons who have taken the benefit of the Bankrupt Law in this State up to this time. The list is made up of different counties, and it appears that it is also based on Congressional Districts. Should check NARA for bankruptcy case for Wollenweber.

1868. October 14. Commonwealth vs. L. Wollenweber. Indictment. This day came the Prosecuting Attorney as well as the defendant who for plea herein says he is not guilty as the Commonwealth against him hath alleged, and this he prays may be enquired of by the County and the Commonwealth does the like. Whereupon to try the issue joined &c It is ordered let a Jury come thereupon came a Jury, to wit: Henry Jefferson, SH Bullen, WR Harding, Geo M Rhodes, JR Chambers who having been duly elected tried and sworn well and truly to try the issue joined &c. Whereupon on motion of the Prosecuting Attorney it is ordered that the name of John Byne in the Indictment be changed to Thomas Byne, and After hearing the testimony and retiring to consult &c said Jury returned into Court the following Verdict, viz: We of the Jury find the defendant not guilty as charged in the within Indictment. Whereupon it is ordered that the said L. Wollenweber be discharged and this case dismissed.”[49]

1868. Tax list. City of Louisville, Eastern District. L.W. Wollenweber, his residence was hard to read “N Ma Camp & Shel.” $500 merchandise was listed under Water.[50] Not sure what that means. Not all columns were filled out.

1869. Louisville directory listing, Louis Wollenweber, saloon and restaurant, 373 E. Main, residence same.[51]

COMMENT: Well, he has moved to Main Street. He was also listed under saloons, page 477.

1869. Tax list. Louis Wollenweber at 373 Ma, $500 in merchandise in Louisville, Eastern District.[52]

1870. Census at 3rd Ward, Jeffersonville, Clark Co, Indiana.

Woolenweber, L.W. 48, m, w, saloon keeper, personal worth $1500, Bavaria, parents foreign born, citizen.
Philpena 29, f, w, keeps house, Wurtemberg, par foreign born,
Louis F 23, m, w, life ins agt, N York, par foreign born, citizen
Albert 16, m, w, home, Ohio, par foreign born,
Frederica 5, f, w, home, Kentucky, par foreign born, school,
Julia 2, f, w, home, Kentucky, par foreign born,
Reynolds, Jno, 20, m, w, laborer, Kentucky[53]

COMMENT: Two of the sons were living with the family, who have moved across the Ohio River into Indiana and Jeffersonville. Where is Matilda, their oldest daughter? Was she missed, or was she living somewhere else? I brought this up in the timeline written for her.

1872. Louis W. Wollenweber, of Jeffersonville, Indiana, received patent no. 132,424 for a “medical compound.”[54]

1872. August 15. “Sale of Wollenweber’s Restaurant and Saloon.” On last Thursday L.W. Wollenweber, sr., sold to A.A. Fouts, lessee of Green’s Hotel in Charlestown, his saloon and restaurant on Spring Street, between Chestnut and Market. Mr. Fouts is a brother of Dr. W. D. Fouts, formerly of Lexington, now of this city. He is a first-class gentleman, and one who will in every particular conduct his establishment to suit a paying and genteel class of patronage.[55]

1873. May 16. L.W. Wollenweber died.

Sudden Death of a Well-Known Citizen.
L.W. Wollenweber, Sr., retired to bed at half-past seven o'clock last evening and shortly afterward called for a drink; just then he gave a sudden stare and sank into an unconscious condition. Physicians were called to Mr. Wollenweber's relief, but all medical aid was of no avail. He remained in an unconscious condition up to ten minutes of eleven o'clock this morning when he breathed his last. Mr. Wollenweber was fifty-one years of age, and was a native of Kusel, Bavaria. He has been a resident of Jeffersonville for four or five years, and formerly kept a saloon on market street, but latterly on Spring street. He was a quiet, inoffensive man, and had a large circle of personal friends.
The physicians attribute his sudden death to softening of the brain.
The funeral will take place from his late residence on Market street, between Indiana avenue and Broadway, at 2 o'clock to-morrow afternoon.[56]

“From the Evening News: Friday,”
L.W. Wollenweber, Sr., retired to bed at half-past seven o’clock last evening, and shortly afterward called for a drink, just then he gave a sudden stare and sank into an unconscious condition. Physicians were called to Mr. Wollenweber’s relief but all medical aid was of no avail. He remained in an unconscious condition up to ten minutes of eleven o’clock this morning when he breathed his last. Mr. Wollenweber was fifty-one years of age, and was a native of Kusel, Bavaria. He has been a resident of Jeffersonville for four or five years, and formerly kept a saloon on Market Street, but latterly on Spring street. He was a quiet, inoffensive man and had a large circle of personal friends. The physicians attribute his sudden death to softening of the brain.[57]

COMMENT: The two obituaries are similar, one coming from the other, but printed nearly a week later. We learn he was 51 years old. That correlates with his birth year. He was a native of Kusel, Bavaria, and that is where I found his baptism record. He had lived in Jeffersonville 4 or 5 years, but really 3 years or so, since he paid tax in Louisville in 1869. It states he had a saloon on Market Street and later Spring Street. He did sell his Spring Street business in 1872. Perhaps the Market Street saloon is referring to the one in Louisville. “He was a quiet, inoffensive man and had a large circle of personal friends,” sounds nice, perhaps it was true. His cause of death, softening of the brain, might be what is known today as encephalomalacia, which is due to bleeding or inflammation, and could be caused from a stroke.

1873. May 17. The funeral was held from the home on Market Street on May 17 in Eastern Cemetery in Louisville.[58]

COMMENT: There is a Find a Grave memorial for him, found if search for his wife at Eastern Cemetery. He is listed as buried in Western Cemetery, with no stone photo.[59] He posted an image of a newspaper article about the funeral. “Jeffersonville. The funeral of the late Louis Wollwebber was well attended yesterday. His remains were taken to Louisville and intered [sic] in the city cemetery.”

A brief summary of Ludwig Wilhelm Wollenweber’s life:

Ludwig Wilhelm Wollenweber was born 5 March 1822 in Kusel, Bavaria, to parents Carl Wollenweber and Dorothea Emerich. He was baptized on 17 March 1822 and confirmed on 28 March 1836. He arrived in the United States at New York City on 24 June 1845. Sometime shortly after arrival he married his first wife, Anna Elisabetha Martin and they had four sons: Louis, George, William and Albert. When Albert was five, Anna died in Louisville, Kentucky, where Ludwig ran a saloon and restaurant. He remarried 5 September 1858 to Philappina Voehringer. Together, they had five daughters: Matilda, Emilie, Friedericke, Auguste, and Julia. After moving to Jeffersonville, Indiana, across the Ohio River from Louisville sometime in 1869 or 1870, Ludwig became ill and died on 16 May 1873.

Ludwig Wilhelm Wollenweber was my husband’s paternal 2x-great-grandfather. This is one of the lines that gives him ¼ German ancestry.

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[1] Evangelische Kirche (Kusel, Kusel, Bayern), Taufen (Baptisms) 1816-1826, Ludwig Wilhelm Wollenweber; 1822, FHL microfilm 193951, item 2. These films are locked.

[2] "Sudden Death of a Well-Known Citizen," Jeffersonville (Indiana) Evening-News, 16 May 1873, p. 3, col. 1.

[3] Kusel, Kusel, Bavaria, Zivilstandsregister (civil register), Geburts (Births) 1822, p. 3, no. 8, Ludwig Wilhelm Wollenweber, imaged, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSPQ-WFDX : accessed 9 April 2026); IGN 008233679, image 77 of 613.

[4] Evangelische Kirche (Kusel, Kusel, Bayern), Taufen (Baptisms) 1816-1826, Ludwig Wilhelm Wollenweber; 1822, FHL microfilm 193951, item 2. These films are locked.

[5] Evangelische Kirche (Kusel, Kusel, Bayern), Konfirmation 1827-1836, Ludwig Wilhelm Wollenweber, 1836; FHL microfilm 193951, item 3.

[6] "New York, U.S., Arriving Passenger and Crew Lists (including Castle Garden and Ellis Island), 1820-1957," imaged, Ancestry (https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/7488/images/NYM237_58-0420 : accessed 10 Apr 2026) > Date > 1845 > June > 24 > Venice > image 2 of 6, SS Venice, 24 Jun 1845, p 2, Ludwig Wollenweber.

[7] 1860 U.S. census, Jefferson Co, Kentucky, 2nd Ward, Louisville, p. 563 & 563b (penned), dwelling 1970, family 3256, L.W. Wollenweber.

[8] “Hamburg, New York,” Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hamburg,_New_York : accessed 10 Apr 2026).

[9] St. Paul's Evangelical Church (UCC) (Louisville, KY), Deaths vol 3, 1855-1871, p 129, no. 215, Anna Elisabetha Wollenweber; imaged, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-89XJ-TKCG : accessed 10 Apr 2026); IGN 007579816, image 431 of 979.

[10] Erie Co, New York, Court of Common Pleas, Index to Alien Declarations, 1835-1906, Louis Wallenweber, imaged, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSMV-NS1W-2 : accessed 10 Apr 2026).

[11] John M. Bradstreet & Son, New York, New York, “Strictly Confidential,” no. 12, 1 May 1857, Louisville, grocery and liquor dealers, imaged, GenealogyBank (https://www.genealogybank.com : accessed 10 Apr 2026).

[12] “Wollenweber’s Celebrated Stomach Bitters,” The Louisville Daily Courier, 15 Jan 1858, p. 2.

[13] St. Paul's Evangelical Church (UCC) (Louisville, KY), Deaths vol 3, 1855-1871, p 129, no. 215, Anna Elisabetha Wollenweber; imaged, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-89XJ-TKCG : accessed 10 Apr 2026); IGN 007579816, image 431 of 979.

[14] Transcription and translation of the death entry in the St. Paul’s Evangelical Church (UCC) (Louisville, KY), for Anna Elisabetha Wollenweber, 1858, by Ute Brandenburg, 12 April 2026, file in personal records.

[15] Jefferson Co, Kentucky, marriages, marriage license and certificate, Louis W. Wollenweber & Phillippina Voehringer, 1858, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-L9SQ-1JGX); IGN 005558615, image 811 of 843.

[16] Jefferson Co, Kentucky, marriage register, vol 7, p 98, Wollenwebber-Voehringer, 1858, imaged, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QSQ-G9S9-1QB6 : accessed 10 Apr 2026); IGN 005553515, image 454 of 603.

[17] Louisville Directory and Annual Business Advertiser for 1855-66 (Louisville: W. Lee White & Co, 1855), p. 224, imaged, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QHN-B3YG-R73D : accessed 10 Apr 2026); IGN 009053389, image 121 of 154.

[18] St. Paul's German Evangelical Church (UCC) (Louisville, KY), marriages, v. 2 1849 -1859, 1858, Louis W. Wollenweber to Phillipena Voehringer, imaged, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-89XJ-K9CL-7 : accessed 10 Apr 2026); IGN 007580258, image 565 of 992.

[19] “Arrested,” The Louisville Daily Journal, 12 Jan 1859, p. 3.

[20] St. Paul's German Evangelical Church (UCC) (Louisville, KY), Baptisms, v. 4 1857-1862, no. 974, p 309, Matilda Wollenweber, imaged, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-99XJ-5PCV : accessed 30 Mar 2026); IGN 007579814, image 170 of 969.

[21] Louisville City Directory, 1859-60: 250, Louis W Wollenwebers, (http://www.kentuckycitydirectory.com : accessed 20 Mar 2009); <.

[22] 1860 U.S. census, Jefferson Co, Kentucky, 2nd Ward, Louisville, p. 563 & 563b (penned), dwelling 1970, family 3256, L.W. Wollenweber.

[23] Tanner's Directory of the City of Louisville (Henry Tanner, 1861), p. 267, Louis W Wollenweber, imaged, "U.S. City Directories, 1822-1995," Ancestry (https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/2469/ : accessed 12 Apr 2026).   

[24] Tanner's Directory of the City of Louisville (Henry Tanner, 1861), p. 275, Louis W Wollenweber, imaged, "U.S. City Directories, 1822-1995," Ancestry (https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/2469/ : accessed 12 Apr 2026).   

[25] Tanner's Directory of the City of Louisville (Henry Tanner, 1861), p. 314, Louis W Wollenweber, imaged, "U.S. City Directories, 1822-1995," Ancestry (https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/2469/ : accessed 12 Apr 2026).   

[26] Tanner's Directory of the City of Louisville (Henry Tanner, 1861), p. 319, Louis W Wollenweber, imaged, "U.S. City Directories, 1822-1995," Ancestry (https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/2469/ : accessed 12 Apr 2026).

[27] “Official. Board of Common Council,” The Louisville Courier-Journal, 13 Jul 1861, p. 3, col. 3.

[28] “Police Proceedings,” The Louisville Courier-Journal, p. 3.

[29] “U.S., IRS Tax Assessment Lists, 1862-1918,” imaged, Ancestry (https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/1264/  : accessed 12 April 2026), > Kentucky > Series M768, Roll 11 > image 245 of 593, Division No. 5, Collection District No. 3, L.W. Wollenweber, 1862.

[30] “U.S., IRS Tax Assessment Lists, 1862-1918,” imaged, Ancestry (https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/1264/  : accessed 12 April 2026), > Kentucky > Series M768, roll 10, image 116 of 423, Division No. 5, Collection District No. 3, line 5, L.W. Wollenweber, 1864.

[31] “U.S., IRS Tax Assessment Lists, 1862-1918,” imaged, Ancestry (https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/1264/  : accessed 12 April 2026), > Kentucky > Series M768, roll 12, image 796 of 910, Division No. 5, Collection District No. 3, line 31, L.W. Wollenweber, 1864.

[32] “U.S., IRS Tax Assessment Lists, 1862-1918,” imaged, Ancestry (https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/1264/  : accessed 12 April 2026), > Kentucky > Series M768, roll 13, image 958 of 1053, line 21 & line 29, L.W. Wollenweber, 1865.

[33] Edwards' Annual Directory to the Inhabitants, Institutions, Incorporated Companies, manufacturing Establishments, Business, Business Firms, etc, in the City of Louisville (Southern Publishing Co, 1865), pp. 601 & 682, Louis W. Wollenweber, imaged, Ancestry (https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/2469/ : accessed 12 Apr 2026).  

[34] “Board of Common Council,” Louisville Daily Democrat, 13 May 1865, p. 1.

[35] “Board of Aldermen,” The Louisville Courier-Journal, 24 Jun 1865, p. 1, col. 3.

[36] Edwards' Annual Directory to the Inhabitants, Institutions, Incorporated Companies, manufacturing Establishments, Business, Business Firms, etc, in the City of Louisville (Southern Publishing Co, 1966), p. 432, Louis W. Wollenweber, imaged, Ancestry (https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/1264/  : accessed 12 April 2026).

[37] Edwards' Annual Directory to the Inhabitants, Institutions, Incorporated Companies, manufacturing Establishments, Business, Business Firms, etc, in the City of Louisville (Southern Publishing Co, 1966), p. 506, L. W. Wollenweber, imaged, Ancestry (https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/1264/  : accessed 12 April 2026).

[38] Louisville, Kentucky, police court, v. 44, p. 349, City of Louisville v. L.W. Wollenweber, 1866, imaged, FamilySearch image 181 of 675, citing FHL film 963916. Film is locked.

[39] “Ordinance Warrants,” Louisville Daily Courier, 12 Jun 1866.

[40] Jefferson County, Kentucky, Court Order Minutes, v. 26, p. 403, 4 Feb 1867, L.W. Wollenweber; FHL film 811578.

[41] Louisville, Kentucky, City Court, v. 50, p. 145, Commonwealth vs. A. O. Baker and Louis Wollenweber, Indictment, imaged, FamilySearch ,

[42] Louisville, Kentucky, City Court, v. 50, p. 157, Commonwealth vs. Wm Smith and Louis Wollenweber, Indictment, imaged, FamilySearch ,

[43] Louisville, Kentucky, City Court, v. 50, p. 158-9, Commonwealth vs. Wm Smith and Louis Wollenweber, Indictment, imaged, FamilySearch ,

[44] “The Monthly Docket,” Louisville Daily Democrat, 10 Oct 1867, p. 2, col. 2.

[45] Edwards' Annual Directory to the Inhabitants, Institutions, Incorporated Companies, manufacturing Establishments, Business, Business Firms, etc, in the City of Louisville (Southern Publishing Co, 1967), p. 185 & 430, Louis W. Wollenweber, imaged, Ancestry (https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/1264/  : accessed 12 April 2026).  

[46] “Auction Sale,” Louisville Daily Courier, 12 Jan 1868, p. 3.

[47] “Meetings,” The Louisville Courier-Journal, 6 Feb 1868, p. 2, col. 7.

[48] “Bankrupts in Kentucky,” The Louisville Daily Courier, 25 Jul 1868, p. 1.

[49] Louisville, Kentucky, Police Court, v. 53, p. 447, Commonwealth vs L. Wollenweber, 1868, imaged, FamilySearch (

[50] Louisville, Kentucky, assessor’s list, Eastern District, 1868, L.W. Wollenweber.

[51] ???

[52] Louisville Kentucky Tax Assessment, digital image, FamilySearch, 1869, Eastern, v. 1, Louis Wollenweber, digital film 008521339, image 259.

[53] 1870 U.S. census, Clark Co, Indiana, Jeffersonville, 3rd Ward, p. 464 (stamped), dwelling 48, household 46, L.W. Woolenweber.

[54] The Commissioners of Patents' Journal, 29 Nov 1872, p. 2635, no. 132,424, Louis W. Wollenweber. Also, "Patents," Google.com, US 132424 A, Improvement in medical compounds, Louis W. Wollenweber, of Jeffersonville, Indiana, 22 Oct 1872. Also, "Western Patents," Marshall County Republican (Plymouth, Indiana), 28 Nov 1872, p. 6, digital image, Chronicling America (http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov : accessed 20 Sep 2017).  

[55] “Sale of Wollenweber’s Restaurant and Saloon,” Jeffersonville National Democrat, 15 Aug 1872, p. 4.

[56] "Sudden Death of a Well-Known Citizen," Jeffersonville (Indiana) Evening-News, 16 May 1873, p. 3, col. 1.

[57] “From the Evening News: Friday,” The National Democrat, 22 may 1873, p. 5, col. 2.

[58] Eastern Cemetery Records, Louisville, Kentucky, Bk 3, p 248, L.W. Wollenweber, FHL 2046977i3.

[59] Find a Grave (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/263732839/louis-william-wollenweber : accessed 12 Apr 2026), memorial 263732839, Louis William Wollenweber (1822-1874), Western Cemetery, Louisville, Kentucky, created by J.R.H., 7 Feb 2024.

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