- Family Bible, Caroline Cecilia Duvall (2414 KB)
The Marriages page in the family bible owned by Caroline Cecilia Duvall (Satchwell, Tobin), 1826-1910, mother of 87th NY Volunteers' Cpl. Lewis W. Satchwell, KIA 31 May 1862, Fair Oaks, VA.
- Eliza Newcomb Portrait, circa 1885 (205 KB)
Eliza Newcomb, b. 1 Feb 1830, d. 30 March 1906; married James Manée 6 August 1849, Richmnond Co. (Staten Island), NY. Eliza's paternal grandfather, Daniel Newcomb (b. 29 Nov 1729, d. unknown) served as a Private in the American Revolution, serving under Capt. Sylvanus Brown, 8th Artillery, Connecticut Line.
- Martin Heinrich's Clan, Circa 1914 (334 KB)
Family gathering at the Heinrich East 3rd Street house in Brooklyn, these are probably most of the family of Martin and Lena Heinrich's children, and grandchildren. Great grandfather, John Heinrich at the rear left under the drapery, smoking a pipe. John was born in 1863 and was the second oldest son; Frank was the oldest, born in 1861. Other family members here include George Messig, son of John's sister Elizabeth Heinrich and his wife Martha.
- Family Bible, Caroline Cecilia Duvall (2231 KB)
The Deaths page in the family bible owned by Caroline Cecilia Duvall (Satchwell, Tobin), 1810-1910, mother of 87th NY Volunteers' Cpl. Lewis W. Satchwell, KIA 31 May 1862, Fair Oaks, VA.
- John Heinrich, circa 1880 (549 KB)
John Heinrich, b.17 Jan 1863, NY,NY, d.12 Nov 1935, Brooklyn, NY; m. Catherine Zurb, date unknown. John Heinrich,his father and brothers were craftsmen and operated several wicker baby carriage and furniture store in Brooklyn in the late 1800s and early 1900s.
- Martin and Helena Heinrich, Circa 1890s (586 KB)
Martin and Helena "Lena" Heinrich, probably taken near their Brooklyn residence at or near E. 3rd Street. Martin and Lena both were born circa 1832; Martin died in 1899 and Lena died in 1905, which probably dates this picture in the 1890s. The two children are most likely grandchildren of the same generaton of my grandfather, Peter Heinrich, who was born in 1898.
- Cpl. Lewis W. Satchwell's Civil War Grave Marker (121 KB)
Cpl. Lewis W. Satchwell, who re-enlisted in 1862 and was assigned to the 87th NY Volunteers, also known as the Brooklyn Rifles, was killed in the battle of Fair Oaks, VA, May 31, 1862, at the age of nineteen, by a "gunshot wound". His original Civil War, Veterans' Administration grave marker was corrected in 1997 after documents were filed with the VA. He was originally buried as L.W. Duvate on the battlefield in 1862 because he changed his name upon re-enlistment. In 1997 the gravestone's original surface with his incorrect name was resurfaced and engraved with the correct information relating to his name (Lewis W. Satchwell) and death.
- Heinrich's Newark Baby Carriage Co. c.1890s (769 KB)
These are believed to be part of the Heinrich clan involved with the wicker furniture and baby carriage business. This is perhaps Martin Heinrich's shop, or one of the shops run by his sons.
- Elizabeth Heinrich-Müssig and son George (161 KB)
Elizabeth Heinrich-Müssig with son George. Elizabeth (b. 1868, d. 1941) was daughter of Martin and Lena Heinrich, sister to my great-grandfather, John Heinrich, and aunt to my grandfather Peter Heinrich.
- The Hanna:Dictionary of Amer. Naval Fighting Ships (951 KB)
A page from the Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships, Volume 3, with history of the Hanna, commissioned in the name of U.S.M.C. Pvt. William T. Hanna, killed at the Solomon Islands during the battle for Guadalcanal, October, 1942. He was posthumously awarded the Navy Cross,(highest military award next to Medal of Honor) and the Purple Heart. Billy Hanna was my mother's cousin.
- Robert M. Heinrich,Sons of the American Revolution (394 KB)
Robert Manée Heinrich's SAR certificate, membership to which is based on 5th great grandfather's service in the American Revolution; Daniel Newcomb, served in 1777 under Capt. Sylvanus Brown, 8th Artillery, Connecticut Line. Daniel Newcomb is also 5th great grandfather of George Herbert Walker Bush, 41st U.S. President.
- Launch of the Hanna (532 KB)
The naval destroyer HANNA was commissioned on 4 July 1944 at US Steel's Federal shipyard at Port Newark, New Jersey. The HANNA was named after USMC Pvt. William T. "Billy" Hanna, killed 9 Oct 1942 in the service of his country at Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands. Billy Hanna was my mother's fist cousin.
- Joanna Lulu Tobin-Hanna, circa 1880s (267 KB)
Joanna Lulu Tobin, b. 1 Jan 1860, d. 5 Dec 1920, Brooklyn, NY.; m. Frederick Slype Hanna, b. 24 Mar 1850, Hudson City, NJ, d. 21 Jul 1936, Brooklyn, NY
- Peter F. Heinrich/Anna Kurmes and Family c. 1935 (135 KB)
Peter Frank Heinrich, son of John Heinrich (1863-1935),and wife, Anna Kurmes/Heinrich (daughter of Gustav Kurmes, 1867-1950) and their children, (left to right) Robert, Doris and Beverly. Robert is my father.
- Gustav Kurmes, circa 1923 (139 KB)
Gustav Frigyas Kurmes, b. 1 Aug 1867,Brasso, Hungary d. 28 Nov 1950, Queens, NY; m. Karolina Klara Szeraphy, 5 May 1894. Karolina b. 12 Jun 1871, Neupest, Hungary, d. 3 Apr 1943, Queens, NY. Gustav is holding his grandson, my father, Robert Frank Heinrich, as an infant in 1923
- Martha "Mattie" E. Manée and Granddaughter (97 KB)
Mattie Manée holding her granddaughter (my mother), Gloria Luella Manée, circa 1923. Mattie's mother was Eliza Newcomb, who's grandfather was Revolutionary War soldier, Pvt. Daniel Newcomb, 8th Artillery, Connecticut Line.
- Karolina and Gustav Kurmes, circa 1905 (54 KB)
Karolina Klara Szeraphy and Gustav Frigyas Kurmes, probably taken shortly after they emigrated to the United States from Hungary in 1902.
- George Cook Manée and Family, circa 1923 (98 KB)
Left to Right, George Cook Manée (my maternal grandfather), Anna Louise Hanna-Manée, Infant Gloria Manée (my mother), held by Martha E. "Mattie" Manée, George Manée's mother, Emily Hanna, Anna Louise's younger sister, Henry Scholey, Mattie's second husband, probably at the Scholey residence in Ridgewood, New Jersey.
- Frederick Slype Hanna, Daughter, and Granddaughter (96 KB)
Frederick Slype Hanna, b. 24 Mar 1850, Hudson City, NJ, d. 21 Jul 1936, Brooklyn, NY; m. Joanna Lulu Tobin 26 Oct 1880. L to R: Frederick Slype Hanna, Anna Louise Hanna, (Frederick's daughter)holding her daughter, Gloria Luella Manee (my mother); circa 1924
- Eliza Newcomb-Manée, circa 1900 (48 KB)
Eliza Newcomb, married James Manée in 1849 in Staten Island, New York, home to a large clan of Manées who originated from the Huguenot Monnett line from ancient Poitou, France in the 1500s. Eliza's paternal grandfather was Revolutionary War soldier, Pvt. Daniel Newcomb, 8th Artillery, Connecticut line. Eliza and her husband James Manée adopted (1888) and reared my grandfather, George Cook Manée because his mother, Mattie E. Manée divorced her first husband (George's father), Henry F. Wolff, when she was about twenty years old.
- Family Bible, Caroline Cecilia Duvall (2288 KB)
The Births page in the family bible owned by Caroline Cecilia Duvall(Satchwell, Tobin), 1826-1910, mother of 87th NY Volunteers'Cpl. Lewis W. Satchwell, KIA 31 May 1862, Fair Oaks, VA
- USMC Pvt. William Thomas Hanna (377 KB)
This family photo of Pvt. William T. Hanna and his fiance, USMC corporal Bertha Santos, was taken several months before he was killed in the Solomon Islands in 1942. He received the Navy Cross for the heroics leading to his death. He was cited for "holding his position and exacting a tremendous toll on the enemy."
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