Johann Henry Wienges

Johann (John) Henry Wienges (son of Garbert (Gerbert) Wienges and Anna Schultze) was born 1762 in Bremen, Germany, and died June 23, 1828 in Charleston, SC, St. Johns Cemetery. He married (1) Ann Margaret (lst wife). He married (2) Rebecca White Ridgeway (2nd wife) on November 27, 1811 in Charleston, SC (2nd wife).

Marriage Notes for Johann (John) Henry Wienges and Ann Margaret (lst wife): Johann owned a large bakerey in Charleston. He went to Germany to close out his affairs there and when he returned found that a fire had consumed all his property. His wife Ann Margaret died in the fire, however his infant son John Frederick survived.

Ann Margaret is buried in St. John's Lutheran Church cemeterey in Charleston, S. C. The inscription on her tombstone is in German.

More About Johann (John) Henry Wienges and Rebecca White Ridgeway (2nd wife): Marriage: November 27, 1811, Charleston, SC (2nd wife).

Marriage Notes for Johann (John) Henry Wienges and Rebecca White Ridgeway (2nd wife): Rebecca Ridgeway White died in Laurens, South Carolina when she was 72 years of age. She was buried in Laurens, South Carolina on account of conditions after the Confederate War. Though she kept up her pew rent all through the was 1841-1844, wishing to be buried by her husband and her eldest and youngest sons, that were buried in St. John's German Lutheran cemetery.

Children of Johann (John) Henry Wienges and Ann Margaret (lst wife) are:

1. +John Frederick Wienges, b. March 13, 1809, Charleston, SC, d. July 31, 1833, Charleston, S C..
   
2. Johanna Maria Wienges, b. March 12, 1802, d. September 11, 1803.
   
3. Johann Leonard Benjamin Wienges, b. November 26, 1805, d. December 17, 1806.
   

Children of Johann (John) Henry Wienges and Rebecca White Ridgeway (2nd wife) are:

1. +Laura Magdeline Wienges, b. September 22, 1823, Charleston, SC, d. date unknown.
   
2. +Conrad Mathias Wienges, b. September 02, 1815, Charleston, S C., d. May 19, 1882, Rafting Creek Twp, Sumter Cty, Quaker Cem, Camden Kershaw District.
   
3. +Garbert Washington Wienges, b. July 31, 1825, Charleston, S C., d. May 22, 1870, buried in Sumter.
   
4. Jacob Conrad Wienges, b. 1812, d. date unknown.
   
5. +Joseph W. Wienges, b. August 31, 1817, Charleston, S C., d. October 06, 1853, Charleston, S C., St. Johns Cemetery.
   
6. Jacob Cornelious Wienges, b. November 17, 1827, Charleston, S C., d. date unknown.
   
7. +Rebecca Wienges, b. February 22, 1813, d. date unknown.
   
8. Caroline Johanna Wienges, b. February 22, 1821, Charleston, S C., d. June 23, 1822, Charleston, S C. , buried in St. Johns Cemetery.