Estein and Hebestreit Branches

This partially completed genealogy is included in our family documents. The Estein line is our Nana’s father’s side of the family. This Tree ends with Albert Nicholas Estein, one of Alma’s brothers.

The Hohls and Hebestreits are our Nana’s mother’s ancestors. The entire Family Tree can be viewed on Ancestry.com HERE.

Esteins

The above Tree starts with Georg Estein. Georg’s father was Johann Estein who died sometime after 1758 in Pfalzburg, Elsaß-Lothringen, Germany. Georg was born about 1731 in Pfalzburg and died in 1808 in Uschlag, Hann.-Münden, Niedersachsen, Germany. His son, Johann Christoph Estein, was born in Uschlag in 1766 and died in 1819 in Sandershausen, Hessen, Germany.

A letter written in 1906 by Frank F. Estein, Alma Estein’s uncle, to his nephew contains a history of the Estein family ancestors. The following is an excerpt in which Frank tells a story about his grandfather, Johann (John) Christoph Estein (Alma Estein’s great-grandfather): View the entire letter HERE.

Johannes Louis Estein was the oldest son of John Christoph Estein and was born on April 14, 1800 in Sandershausen, Hesse-Kassel, Germany and married Louisa Gurtraud Mourgues in 1834. He owned a mill and other enterprises before emigrating to the United States in 1854.

 Anton Estein (Anthony), our Nana’s father, was the second son of Johannes and Louisa. He was born on January 3, 1837 in Ulfenmühle, Hesse-Kassel, Germany, and died on October 10, 1896 in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. (The hand-drawn tree above states his birth year was 1835, but the following Census and his gravestone confirm that 1837 is the correct year).

Anton worked as a grocer in New Orleans, where he was the proprietor of a grocery store at the corner of Conti and Marais Street. He and his family later moved to Baton Rouge. Anton was married twice. His first marriage to Caroline Flick in 1858 produced five children Caroline Margaret (b.1858), Sophie Elizabeth (b.1862), John Anton (b.1863), Adolph Wilhelm (b.1866) and Catharina Louisa (b.1868). His second marriage to Pauline Hebestreit in 1874 produced children Frank Anton Alexander (b.1875), Ameline (Amy) Cornelia (b.1877), Louis Anton (b.1879), Albert Nicholas (b.1881), Alma T. (b.1888), Fanny Aline (b.1892) and George (b.1894). Anton died at his home in 1896 in Baton Rouge at the age of 59 from heart disease. (source: findagrave.com)

Alma T. Estein, our Nana and our mother’s mother, had four brothers, Anton Alexander (Alex), Louis Anton (Anthony), Albert, and George, one surviving sister, Ameline (Amy) and a sister who died at age 2, Fanny Aline.

What we know of Louis Anton is that he died at age 19 from a heart attack while riding his bicycle:

George Estein: We have no information about George, other than he shows up on Ancestry.com as a child of Anton and Pauline and was born in 1894, six years after Alma T. (Nana). In the 1910 census he is listed as age 16 living with his older brother, Albert and his wife Grace and their daughter Marian in New Orleans.

The following photographs are of Alma’s two other brothers, Alex and Albert, and her sister Amy. We believe the blue ink writing is that of Elynor, Albert’s daughter, niece of our Nana and cousin of our mother. Our mother’s writing is in black.

The Reverend Alfred F. Imgrund

There are some references to Reverend Imgrund in our mother’s papers. The only clue we have is a note from Elynor stating that he was her father’s cousin.