Heinrich Scharenbroich
1839-1910
Heinrich Scharenbroich 1839-1910 (Second part) Heinrich Scharenbroich, better known as Henry, established a homestead through the New Ulm land office in Minnesota on October 15, 1873. The land was granted through the government's May 20, 1862 Homestead Act. The number was 206, total acres: 74.48, and the land description was: 1 W1/2 SW 5th PM No 109 N 33 W3. This location is probably near (if not in the present day city limits) St. Cloud, Minnesota. Being the third son, it would have been unlikely that he would have inherited his father's land. To be able to acquire land, with a stipulation of improving the land by farming for five years, would have been very attractive to a 34 year old man with a young family. He was married to his second wife, Theresa Forster, and at this time, they had four children to feed and cloth. He arrived in Minnesota somewhere between 1867, when he married Theresa in Manitowoc, Wisconsin, and 1870 where he is found listed in the 1870 census. Anna was the only child born to his first wife, Franciska Forester, as she died from childbirth. Heinrich had 14 additional children by his second wife, Franciska's sister, Theresa. They were: Maria, Charles, Henry, Philomena, Joseph, Helen, George, Clara, Maria, Josephine, Eugene, Mary, Estella, and Leona--all born between 1867 and 1891. Heinrich died between 1905 and 1910 probably in St. Cloud, Minnesota.
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