South Carolina Family Groupsheet for Leonardus (Leon) Johannes HERCKENRATH Family *********************************************** Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/copyright.htm *********************************************** Submitted by: Karen BENNETT Email address: CeeCee82@aol.com Husband: Leonardus (Leon) Johannes HERCKENRATH Birthdate: June 6, 1800 Birthplace: Poeldijk, Netherlands Death date: September 12, 1861 Place of death: Monster, South Holland, Netherlands Father: Dr. Gerardus HERCKENRATH Mother: Alida Charlotta MILIUS Marriage date: August 15, 1823 Marriage place: Charleston, South Carolina Wife: Juliette Louisa McCormick DE MAGNAN Birthdate: June 20, 1809 Birthplace: Charleston, South Carolina Death date: April 13, 1856 Place of death: Monster, South Holland, Netherlands Father: Probable it was Jacques (James) Nicholas, Marquis of MAGNAN Mother: Josephina unknown CHILDREN Child No. 1: Virginie Therese HERCKENRATH Sex: F Birthdate: July 11, 1824 Birthplace: Charleston, South Carolina Death date: February 1, 1890 Place of death: Clarens, Switzerland Marriage date: November 2, 1853 Marriage place: Monster, South Holland, Netherlands Spouse's name: James DE FREMERY Child No. 2: Adele Catharina HERCKENRATH Sex: F Birthdate: September 28, 1826 Birthplace: Charleston, South Carolina Death date: May 12, 1887 Place of death: Leiden, The Netherlands Marriage date: June 27, 1861 Marriage place: Monster, South Holland, Netherlands Spouse's name: Andreas DE FREMERY Child No. 3: Constantia HERCKENRATH Sex: F Birthdate: March 18, 1828 Birthplace: Charleston, South Carolina Death date: July 4, 1829 Place of death: Charleston, South Carolina Marriage date: Marriage place: Spouse's name: un-married, died infant Child No. 4: Paulina Lydia HERCKENRATH Sex: F Birthdate: October 30, 1829 Birthplace: Charleston, South Carolina Death date: February 13, 1903 Place of death: Utrecht, The Netherlands Marriage date: September 23, 1868 Marriage place: Amsterdam, The Netherlands Spouse's name: Anton Johan HUYGENS Child No. 5: Gerald HERCKENRATH Sex: Birthdate: November 8, 1831 Birthplace: Charleston, South Carolina Death date: May 1, 1892 Place of death: Paris, France Marriage date: October 2, 1856 Marriage place: Amsterdam, The Netherlands Spouse's name: Cornelia Brouwer ANCHER Child No. 6: Alidia HERCKENRATH Sex: F Birthdate: February 12, 1833 Birthplace: Charleston, South Carolina Death date: May 9, 1848 Place of death: Monster, South Holland, The Netherlands Marriage date: unmarried, died at age 15 Marriage place: Spouse's name: Child No. 7: Theresia Maria Septina HERCKENRATH Sex: F Birthdate: November 13, 1834 Birthplace: Charleston, South Carolina Death date: October 29, 1876 Place of death: 's-Hertogenbosch, The Netherlands Marriage date: Marriage place: Spouse's name: unknown Child No. 8: Johanna Maria Louisa HERCKENRATH Sex: F Birthdate: June 7, 1838 Birthplace: Monster, South Holland, The Netherlands Death date: February 2, 1889 Place of death: Hoorn, The Netherlands Marriage date: April 19, 1860 Marriage place: Monster, South Holland, The Netherlands Spouse's name: Florent M. VAN GHERT Child No. 9: August Willem Frederik HERCKENRATH Sex: M Birthdate: March 22, 1840 Birthplace: Monster, South Holland, The Netherlands Death date: April 7, 1844 Place of death: Monster, South Holland, The Netherlands Marriage date: un-married died a child Marriage place: Spouse's name: Child No. 10: Josephina Juliette Leontine HERCKENRATH Sex: F Birthdate: March 6, 1842 Birthplace: Monster, South Holland, The Netherlands Death date: March 31, 1844 Place of death: Monster, South Holland, The Netherlands Marriage date: un-married died a child Marriage place: Spouse's name: Child No. 11: Ludovicus Alfrides HERCKENRATH Sex: M Birthdate: September 2, 1843 Birthplace: Monster, South Holland, The Netherlands Death date: February 10, 1906 Place of death: 's-Gravenzande, The Hague, The Netherlands Marriage date: Marriage place: Spouse's name: unknown Child No. 12: Theodorus Wilhelmus Cornelis HERCKENRATH Sex: M Birthdate: December 31, 1835 Birthplace: Monster, South Holland, The Netherlands Death date: February 6, 1898 Place of death: On board ship S.S. Koningin Wilhelmina Marriage date: Marriage place: Spouse's name: unknown Child No. 13: Emma HERCKENRATH Sex: F Birthdate: November 24, 1847 Birthplace: Monster, South Holland, The Netherlands Death date: June 11, 1906 Place of death: Velp, The Netherlands Marriage date: Marriage place: Spouse's name: unknown Child No. 14: Rudolf Alexander HERCKENRATH Sex: M Birthdate: July 19, 1849 Birthplace: Monster, South Holland, The Netherlands Death date: July 19, 1849 Place of death: Monster, South Holland, The Netherlands Marriage date: died infant Marriage place: Spouse's name: Child No. 15: Infant HERCKENRATH Sex: Birthdate: April 15, 1850 Birthplace: Monster, South Holland, The Netherlands Death date: Place of death: Marriage date: Marriage place: Spouse's name: Documentation: Marriage document Leon Herckenrath and Juliette, Bill of sale for Josephina, black (slave) mother of Juliette, Bill of sale for Juliette, mulatto (slave) to Leon Herckenrath from James de Magnan, birth and death records for each child and Leon Herckenrath and his wife Juliette. When they moved to Holland, they lived at the large family estate of Leon's called "Geerbron." He was a very wealthy merchant and from a wealthy family. Will and probate documents of Leon Herckenrath naming his children still alive and names and photos of the Herckenrath family burial vault.