Charles Henry Wellman

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Wrassmann Funeral Home, #10829

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I have Charles death certificate #4390 1704 Main St.

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Others : I have Probate Court, Hamilton Co., for Mary Wellman a copyof cost bill

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Letters from Grandma Mary Wellman to be appointed as amministra of estate

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Notes for Charles H. Wellman
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The death record of Charles Wellman at St. Francis Seraph Church downtown Cincinnati reads; died 3 August 1945
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Book of the Wellmann family as I have been able to research it. Information from Church Records, The Dom of Osnabrück, and St Johann Church, Osnabrück Germany, St. Martin Church Hagen T.W. Germany, and St. Johann Glandorf, near Bad Laer. Book History of Schinkel published in 1990. All these sourses are from Germany. The Church records in America so far are St. Paul Church, St. Francis Church, St. Francis De Sales Church in Cincinnati. St. Elizabeth Church, Norwood Ohio, St. John Fisher Church Newtown Ohio. The Cemetery are Calvary Cemetery, Evanston Ohio, Old St. Joseph Cemetery, and New St. Joseph Cemetery Price Hill Ohio. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The Wellmann with its lands extended to the borders of Voxtrup and Nahne and also had leased land near the Petersburg in Osnabrück. The Wellmann bridge, a bridge over the Hase river, and the bridge near the Petersburg which gave access to the medow, were built by the Farmars Wellmann to have an entrance to the meadows. (Hase is a little river which flow into the Ems, the Ems flow into the North Sea.) One of the country restaurants affiliated with the farm was closed on April 1, 1919. The brief article from the Osnabrück Volkszeitung (newspaper) of 1 April, 1919 gives a little impression of the life and times of this inn:

"The Wellmann Coffeehouse in Schinkel, the best known since olden times, has closed its doors as of one April, and the news has generated the greatest sorrow throwghout the district. Unfortunately, busness at this old family establishment with the rustic touch has been gitting worse. Sundays the old Osnabrück families used to delight in going to "Mothers Wellmann's" in Schinkel, were, after a walk through the woods and fields, guests could enjoy the specialty: real home baked farm pastries along with a good cup of coffee. Since the reputation of the busness didn't suffer even during the four years of WW1, the closing is painful now for so many nature lovers. This is especially so when they think of the plesent memories that they have of this ideally situated restaurant and then realize that now they will not be able to visit it any more in the future," Near this coffeehouse not far from the Wellmann's farm there is also still a spring, called "Welle". The actual Wellmann farm was already mentioned in olf writtings of 1420 as "domus for wellen" (the home at the Well). Although in 1723 the the Wellmann farm was in bondage to the commississer Klecker, we can say with certanty that in early times it must have belonged to St. Johann's Church. Wellmann in Schinkel was one of the oldest coffeehouse in Osnabrück. Moskau, southwest of the city, wasn't as old, and Barenteich's also came later. Even by the year 1800 the citizen of Osnabrürck found the Wellmann Coffeehouse as attractive as they later did the Schutzenhof. The large oak cast a magnaficent shade and in summer blocked the sun's ray's. On June 6, 1810 the farm Wellmann burned down. But the same year it was rebuilt. And at the insistence of many staunch dinners, a wing was added to the side of the new building. The inscription proclams: "Mr & Mrs Georg Heinrich Wellmann built this house here in the year 1810 on the site of there old house which they had built here in 1796 and which was lost to fire on 6 June 1809."

Even during the time of the French Occupation Wellmann was an innkeeper; his licence, good for the year 1809, reads:Taxes in the departement Weser, District of Osnabrück, Canton of Osnabruesk, a commune of 463 souls. License good for year 1809.

Accordingly J. H. Wellmann, residing in the community of Schinkel, operating an inn, . . . according to law of 5 August 1808, is subject to a head tax of 8 francs, and for the additional 5, a tax of 40 centimes, for a total of 8 francs, 40 centimes, exclusive of the stamp fees. . . we issue this present license for which the said J. F. Wellmann has paid half of the tax due, that is for the first half of the year, in accordance with artical 5 and 8 of the abovementioned law, the remainder to be handed over to the Mayor during the course of the calender year, namely, between 1 Jan. and the end of Dec. 1809 in order that the inn be granted permission to operate freely and without obstruction or hindrance, so long it does so in accordance with already existing police drectives and complies with any that may become effective at a later date. Accordingly, artical 17 of the same statue states that is a personal licence, valid only for the obove named party; it may not be transferred to a third party. Further it must be signed by the person to whom issued as well as by the mayor. Transcated in Osnabrück on Dec. 20, 1808. The director of direct taxaction in the departement of Weser (undersigned).

Until its closing in 1919, the Wellmann coffeehouse was the area's oldest attraction. Osnabrueckers met there, young people enjoyed gitting their exercise there and racing off into the meadow until parents and teachers wouldwarn them to leave. Everone loved to rest under the oak before making the trip back to Osnabrück which took about an hour.

In 1812 and 1813 the town was occupied by the French, especilly numerous were the officers and there were always a good number of Frenchman at Wellmann's. So it was commonplace for friction to arrise between them and the regular customers. In this connction an article from the Osnabruecker Sontagsboten (newspaper) of 1 April 1894 is of interest.:

" What a miserable lot those windy Frenchman were, brought to light from the fact that in very meny homes, Wellman's included, a hidden room was prepaired in which all young girls could be quickly hidden whenever the French were comming. At Wellman's this room lay on the ground floor and was completely comouflaged with hay and straw, One day, while all the men were busy in the fields, the prity daughter of that house overlooked the approach of two such heroes and were taken by surprise while chatting with a customer who was all ready there. Only by actively dodging their advances and threatening to report them could the terrified girles fend off the two Frenchman. Upon the arrival of a great number of citizens of Shinkel and Osnabrueck, only then did they deist and left in a rage because they had been thwarted in their attempt".

Both Frenchman, who proved to be little more than highwayman, knew that they had better be careful on their return trip back to the southern slopes of the Schinkel mountains. But in the vicinity of the Rupperkamp farm, the unheard of happend. They were met by armed citizens who attacted them with firearm. Fearing they would be executed for what had done, the deffenseless townpeople could do nothing more than try to save themselves in the woods, wherein the first protector of the girls followed, and after a long search by the French, he was cut down in a most horrible manner in the area of the Gartlage.

While the truth of this story cannot be proved, it does give us an idea of the goings on in these days. The marker in the garden of the Wellman coffeehouse commemorates this event. It is said to have been placed their by its customer's and bore the inscription "to our friend of 23 March 1812". This menorial can no longer be seen. (read) (In 1997 Katie and I saw the marker. we took pictures of the marker. It was unreadable. There was a large oak tree with a table and two chares up on the first branch. In June 2001 on our second visit a wind storm knock the tree down. We have pictures of the tree and the table in it.) In 1997 we met a Fraw Wellmann, she was going to her 84 year burthday party. We were able to speak to Frau Wellmann only for a few ninutes. In 2001 on our second visit Frau Wellmann had died. The man living there took Katie and I through the House and told us The house now belongs to a cousin of Frau Wellmann. He was only renting the house.)

For several decades at the end of the 18th and the beginning of the 19 centries, a club met at Wellman's, and they agreed to honor its first member to a plaque. So they errected a memorial to Mr. Johann Wilhelm Wueste, who was also the first to be called up in the army. The memorial has been preserved and is still found in the shady wood under the oak tree in the Wellmann's garden.

In the year 1865 Johann Heinrich Wellmann (known in America as Henry Wellman) and his brother Carl Wellmann immigrated to America, and then to Cincinnati, Ohio. They first show up in the City Directories in 1865. They also showed up in the 1880 census. I also found on the 1900 census where Henry imigrated in 1865. I do not know when the spelling of Wellmann changed to Wellman one (n) on the end of our name. I do know my grandfather Charles Henry Wellmann was born and Baptized 29 October 1881 with two n's on his name. Also on the 1900 census all the Wellmann had two (n) on their name. Charles was born in Walnut Hills and Baptized at St Francis De Sale Church, Walnut Hills now Cincinnati, Ohio.

Johann Heinrich Wellmann married Elizabeth Laudick 29 Apr 1879 in Holy Trinity Church Cincinnati, Ohio. The witnesses were Carl Wellmann, (I belive Henry's brother?) and Mary Menkhaus (The Menkhaus come from St. Maurice IN, the same town where the Laudick lived.) Holy Trinity Church does not exsist today.

Henry and Elizabeth Wellmann had eight children;

1. 1 Clara Catharina Wellmann, born 23 January 1880, in Cincinnati on Fifth Street. Clara married George Granger 30 April 1902, Clara is buried in Calvary Cemetery. They had two children, Mable E. Grainger and Robert Henry Grainger. Mable married Ollie Harmann. They had no children. Robert married Edith Phillpot. They had one son Gary Robert Grainger who married first Kimberly Stafford. They had one daughter Amber Nicole Grainger. His second wife was Julie Stapleton. They had a daughter, Shelby Marie Grainger. Gary is now devorsed from his second wife.
2. 2 Charles Henry Wellmann, born 29 October 1881 in Walnut Hills, on Charles Street. He was baptized 30 Octuber 1881, at St. Francis De Sales Church. Charles married Marie (Mary) also called (Mame) Schroer, 7 Sep 1904 at St. Elizabeth Church in Norwood Ohio. Charles is buried in Calvary Cemetery. Charles and Mary had one son, Edward Charles Wellman, born August 20, 1905 in Norwood. Grandpa Charles left grandma when dad was young. I do not know when he left but I beleive it was around 1910. They had a Church separation. Neither married again. Grandma Mary Wellman raised dad with the help of her mother and stepfather. Ed. my father was baptized in St. Elizabeth Church, and went to School at St. Elizabeth. Edward went to St. Xavier High School one year. I have a certificate that he made the Honor Role that year. Times were tough and dad had to go to work instead of School to help the family survive. He worked for the Norwood Coal and Ice Co. delivering Coal and Ice. I have pictures of dad with the truck he drove. Edward married Josephine Neutzling 22 Oct 1930 in St. Cecilia Church in Oakley. After they married they lived on Minot Street, Oakley. Mom and dad moved to Fairfax,3994 Watterson Street in 1934. We lived in Farfax at 3994 Watterson Street until dad and mom bought a house at 19 Plum Street in Newtown, Ohio on June 14 1947. Dad died 14 Jun 1956 at home at 19 Plum Street. He is buried at New St. Joseph Cemetery Price Hill Ohio. Ed. and Josephine (Jo) had five children; #1b John Edward known as Jack Wellman born 11 Feburary 1932. 1a Jack married Katherine Margaret Pearl Hornschemeier 14 June 1958 at St. John Fisher Church Newtown Ohio. They have 11 children, and 20 grandchildren: #1c Theresa Ann Wellman maried Dennis Wheeler, they have two children, Ryan and Lauren Wheeler, #2c Edward Joseph Wellman married Linda Pyle they have two children Meta and Charles. #3c Anthony John (Tony) married Terri Richey, they have two children Caroline and Eric, #4c Kathleen Wellman married Scott Bitzer, they have two children Brian and Brett. #5c Christopher James Wellman maried Denise Bare, they have two children Christopher James and Alexander Wayne Wellman #6c Suzanne Margaret Wellman married Michael Todd Kroeger they have two children Sarah Josephine & Matthew Kroeger. #7c Mary Josephine called Mary Jo married Adam Wade Morey, they have two children, Benjamin and Jessica Morey. #8c Shirley Ann Wellman married James Cornetet, they have no children. #9c Thomas married Kamber Robinson. they had 3 children, Katelynn, Cody, Cory, they divorced and Tom married Kasi, she has two children by another marriage they are Justin Brittain & Jordan Butcher. #10c Michael Wellman maried Julie Morris So far there are no children. #11c John Kenneth is not married but has one child, Andrew Charles Wellman. and 20 grandchildren. #2a Joan Louise Wellman, born 22 September 1934. married Robert (Bob) Merice they had 4 children, Debora Carol Merice born January 11 1955, Robert Edward Merice born October 11 1956, Scott Merice born October 9, 1962, Regina Merice born 7 Febuary 7, 1967. Joan has 6 grandchildren. #3a Gerold= Jerry Joseph Wellman known as "Jerry", married Ginger De Rose they had no children. Jerry then married Donna First. They had three children Jeri Lynn Wellman, born December 19 ,1963, married Tim Harrison. Jodi Wellman born Feburary 26, 1966, married Glen Couch. and Daniel Wellman born November 15, 1972, married to Brenda ???. Donna had two children from her first marriiiage. They are Jim Oswald born June 4, 1958, and Diane Oswald born November 11, 1959. #4a Carolyn Marie Wellman married James Lane they have 3 children James Lane II, born May 25 1957 , married Jan ??? Kenneth Lane born July 20,1958, married Lisa Lykins & David Lane born January 11, 1962 married. Linda Brungs #5a Ruth Elizabeth Wellman married Kenneth Sanderfer. They had two children Randolf "Randy" Sanderfer, married Kristine Sharp, and have one child together. Madison Sanderfer, born October 18, 1999. Kristine has a son Jacob Daniel Sharp born December 18 1993. Nicole Sanderfer born May 30, 1975, married Michael Sparks, they have no children.
3. 3 Frank Wellman Louis Wellman born 17 Sep 1883 in Walnut Hill, now Cincinnati Ohio. Frank was baptized the 18 Sep 1883 at St. Francis De Sales Church. Frank maried at St. Elizabeth Church Norwood Ohio on 16 Feburary 1927 to Carolyn "Carrie" Humbert. They had one child Eugene Francis Wellman. Frank was a house painter. he died September 1949 and Carrie his wife died 29 May 1967. They are buried at Calvary Cemetery. Eugene Wellman born 13 Sep 1929, He maried 30 January 1954 to Betty Page. Eugene and Betty have six children. #3a Teresa Marie Wellman Who married John McArter they have no children. #3a Gregory Joseph Wellman who maried Sharon Bradford, they have no children. #3a Timothy Francis Wellman who maried Loretta ? they are diverced and have no children. #3a Thomas Michael Wellman who maried Deanne Shackelford, They have one daughter, #3b Cassaundra, born Nov 1986. Dale Jerome Wellman born 4 March 1960, he maried Darlene Olson. Dale has one son #3b Zachary Jerome. #3a Karen Ann Wellman born 17 Feb 1962, Karen maried Harold Wessling, they have one son #3b Joseph Phillip Wellman Wessling born 28 April 1984.
4. 4 Edward Wellman born 24 Dec 1885 in Walnut Hill, baptized at St. Francis De Sales Church. Edward was in the Navy in the first world war. He was a fireman 1st class in the U.S. Navy. Edward never married. I think Ed. was a house painter? He died Decembet 31 1955 in Cincinnati. He is buried in Calvary Cemetery.
5. 5 Adele Francis Wellman born 20 Jan 1888 in Walnut Hill. Adele maried William H. Humbert. Adele and William had one son William Humbert. William died 3 August 1921, at 5 month old. He is buried at Calvary Cemetery. Section 23, Lot 3.
6. 6 Robert Henry Wellman born 30 January 1891 in Walnut Hill, He was baptized at St. Francis De Sale Church. Robert was a cook in the Army in the first World War. He was also a painter. Robert died 7 May 1967, and is buried in Calvary Cemetery.
7. 7 Marie Wellman born May 1893. Marie died 16 May 1893. She was only 12 hours old. She is buried in Calvary Cemetery.
8. 8 Lorretta Catherine Wellman born 2 October 1997. Also known at "Laura". Laura maried John Fountaine. She died 1 Feburary 1933. She had no children, and is buried in Calvary Cemetery.

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Sources:
[wellman.FTW] St Francis De Sales baptism of Charles Wellmann 1880, Birth Date: I have Charles Wellmann bapatismal record from St. Francie De Sale Church, Cincinnati Book "History of Schinkel" 1990 St. Francis Saraph Church Cincinnati, 1945 Hamilton Co., OH., Burial Records, Vol 12, Calvary Cemetery, also the Calvary Cemetery book, Vol. 12, I have Charles Certificate of Death #494