Is your surname Herbst?

Connect to 6,816 Herbst profiles on Geni

Share your family tree and photos with the people you know and love

  • Build your family tree online
  • Share photos and videos
  • Smart Matching™ technology
  • Free!

Louis Herbst

Birthdate:
Birthplace: Münster, Münster, North Rhine-Westphalia, Prussia
Death: New York, NY, United States
Immediate Family:

Son of Frederick Herbst
Husband of Elizabeth Herbst
Father of Oscar Herbst; Frederick Richard Herbst and Laura Strack

Managed by: Ross Lyon Campbell, Jr.
Last Updated:

About Louis Herbst

Born a Catholic in Minister, Germany. Studied for the priesthood but discontinued studies and changed to Protestant religion. Came to the United States at forty years of age. Republican. Helped organize Germania Society in New York. Public Speaker and debater, also had three daughters by first marriage in Germany - 1 unmarried, 1 married Lord Keen of England, 1 became a nun. Second marriage in New ork to Elizabeth Heidenblugh of Saxony, Germany, who was living in New York. They had three Children -- Oscar, Laura, and Richard.

---

1880 census lists occupation as "Works in Rubber Works"

view all

Louis Herbst's Timeline

1824
1824
Münster, Münster, North Rhine-Westphalia, Prussia
1867
June 21, 1867
Manhattan, New York, NY, United States
1869
January 18, 1869
Manhattan, New York, NY, United States
1871
January 17, 1871
Manhattan, New York, NY, United States
????
New York, NY, United States