He married Victoria Fix on November 16, 1875 in Boston, Massachusetts at the Holy Trinity (Heilige Dreifaltigkeit) Church.

The groom was a brushmaker in Boston at the time of their marriage.
The bride was born in Roxbury, Massachusetts and was christened on March 17, 1849 at Holy Trinity Church.

Her parents were Joseph Fix and Gertrud Kohler.

(Witnesses were Hermann Wessling² and Maria Fix³, who were both from Boston.)

Henry died on March 27, 1914 in Boston, Massachusetts.
Victoria died on October 9, 1936 in Boston, Massachusetts.

They were the parents of the following children:

Mary Adelaide

was born on September 28, 1876 in Boston, Massachusetts and was christened at Holy Trinity Church.
(Sponsors were Hermann Wessling and Maria Fix.)
She was unmarried and died on December 4, 1951 in Boston, Massachusetts.⁴

Josephine Gertrude

was born on October 10, 1878 in Boston, Massachusetts and was christened at Holy Trinity Church.
(Sponsors were Joseph Fix and Gertrude Fix, geb. Kohler.)⁵
She was unmarried and died on August 10, 1963 in Stoughton, Massachusetts.

Henry Joseph Albert

was born on April 5, 1881 in Boston, Massachusetts and was christened at Holy Trinity Church.
(Sponsors were Henry F. Klausmeyer⁶ and Theresa Kamp, geb. Wessling ⁷.)
He was unmarried and died on January 6, 1946 in Boston, Massachusetts.

Joseph Francis

was born on March 16, 1883 in Boston, Massachusetts and was christened at Holy Trinity Church.
(Sponsors were Franz Kamp⁸ and Adelheid Wessling⁹.)

Aloysius Bernard

was born on July 22, 1885 in Boston, Massachusetts and was christened at Holy Trinity Church.
(Sponsors were Bernhard Wessling¹⁰ and Anna A. Wessling¹¹.)
He married Helen F. Remmes on September 11, 1918 in Boston, Massachusetts at Holy Trinity Church.

Cecilia Victoria

was born on September 29, 1888 in Boston, Massachusetts and was christened at Holy Trinity Church.
She was unmarried and died on February 16, 1984 in Boston, Massachusetts.

Gertrude Margaret

was born on August 4, 1891 in Boston, Massachusetts and was christened at Holy Trinity Church.
(Sponsors were Henry Schlichte and Margaret Wessling.)¹²
She married Joseph A. Mueller on September 2, 1919 in Boston, Massachusetts at Holy Trinity Church.

Andrew Leo

was born on May 12, 1894 in Boston, Massachusetts and was christened on at Holy Trinty Church.
(Sponsors were Andrew Dorr¹³ and Angelina Wessling¹⁴.)
He married Magdalene E. Welchlin on June 23, 1920 in Boston, Massachusetts at Holy Trinity Church.

All of these children, excepting Margaretha Angelina, and their mother would eventually settle in Boston, Massachusetts. For further information about their families, please refer to their individual family pages. For information regarding their voyages to America, please refer to to the Emigration section.

For some information on Henry's motivation for immigrating to America, see this file.

For some information on Henry's personal characteristics, see his obituary.

  1. In all of the records, other than that of his baptism, he had never used "Gerhard" as part of his name.

  2. He was the groom's brother.

  3. She was the bride's sister.

  4. She was also known as Sr. Mary Madeleine, S.N.D. and for many years had been associated with Notre Dame Academy in Roxbury.  She entered the order at Cincinnati, Ohio and according to the federal census returns of 1920 was at the Notre Dame convent in Chicopee, Massachusetts.

  5. They were the child's maternal grandparents.

  6. He was the child's uncle and the husband of Anna Gesina.

  7. She was the child's aunt and the wife of Franz H. Kamp.

  8. He was the child's uncle and the husband of Anna Theresia..

  9. She may have been the child's grandmother, who had arrived in Boston in 1882.

10. He was the child's uncle.

11. She may have been the child's aunt. There may be some confusion on account of her having had the same name as her mother.

12. They were the child's uncle and aunt.

13. He was a family friend and Hermann Wessling's brother-in-law.

14. She was the child's aunt.