NameJohannes Heinrich SETZER
Birth14 Dec 1777, Eckernforde, Germany [11]
Immigration1838, Washington, Franklin, MO
Move1839, Hermann, Gasconade, MO
Death1844, Hermann, Gasconade, MO [19]
Marriage30 Oct 1821, Hamburg, Germany [8]
SpouseAmalia NÖNCHEN
Birth23 Aug 1797, Glinde, Hamburg, Germany [12]
Death1852, Hermann, Gasconade, MO [19]
FatherEduard Nonolenski (~1770-<1836)
Children
1 MEduard Heinrich Setzer (Immigrant)
Birth6 Oct 1822, Hamburg, Germany [12]
Christen24 Oct 1822, Petri Church, Hamburg, Germany [12]
2 FMaria Christiane Mathilde Setzer (Died young)
Birth19 Aug 1823, Hamburg, Germany [12]
Christen18 Sep 1823, Petri Church, Hamburg, Germany [12]
Death23 Jul 1824
3 FAmelia SETZER (Immigrant)
Birth27 May 1826, Hamburg, Germany [12], [7, File No. 14327, Informant H.J. Monnig.]
Christen5 Jul 1826, St. Jacobi Church, Hamburg, Germany [12]
Death29 Apr 1912, Loutre, Montgomery Co, MO [5], [7]
Burial2 May 1912, Starkenburg, Montgomery Co, MO [7]
Marriage29 Oct 1845, Hermann, Gasconade Co, MO [258]
4 FBertha Luise Cornelia Setzer (Immigrant)
Birth2 Oct 1827, Coethen, Germany [12]
Christen13 Dec 1827, Hamburg, Germany [12]
Deathaft 1915, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA [11]
5 FClementine Christine Setzer (Died young)
Birth15 Feb 1829, Hamburg, Germany [12]
Christen1 May 1829, St. Jacobi Ch., Hamburg, Germany [12]
Death8 Jun 1830
6 FAntonie Johanna Henriette Setzer (Died young)
Birth2 May 1830, Hamburg, Germany [12]
Christen11 Jul 1830, Hamburg, Germany [12]
Death19 Aug 1830
7 FTheoda Ernestine Adelaide Setzer (Immigrant)
Birth2 Jan 1832, Hamburg, Germany [12]
Christen22 Feb 1832, Catharine, Hamburg, Germany [12]
8 MEdmund Johannes Setzer (Immigrant)
Birth23 Jan 1833, Hamburg, Germany
Christen24 Mar 1833, Petri Church, Hamburg, Germany
9 FHermine Therese Charlotte_Emilie Setzer (Immigrant)
Birth7 Jul 1834, Hamburg, Germany [12]
Christen7 Sep 1834, St. Georg Church, Hamburg, Germany [12]
10 MCarl Christoph “Charles” Ernst Setzer (Immigrant)
Birth19 Jun 1835, Hamburg, Germany [12]
Christen10 Sep 1835, St. Georg Church, Hamburg, Germany [12]
Death8 Mar 1911, Bellingham, Whatcom, Washington
SpouseEleanor McKean
Marriage1862
11 MAtlantic Cornelius Setzer
Birth26 Dec 1836, aboard ship, Elizabeth [12]
ChristenMay 1837, St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri [12]
Deathbef 1844
12 FMalwine Lucinda Modesta Setzer
Birth30 May 1839, Washington, Franklin, MO [12]
Christen21 Jul 1839
Deathaft 1844
13 FTheoda Cornelia Setzer (Died young)
Birth2 Jan 1841, Washington, Franklin, MO [12]
Christen31 Jul 1841, Washington, Franklin, MO [12]
Death13 Aug 1841, Washington, Franklin, MO [12]
14 FJosephine Henriette Setzer (Died young)
Birth19 Mar 1842, Washington, Franklin, MO [12]
Christen15 May 1842, Washington, Franklin, MO [12]
Death16 Jun 1842, Washington, Franklin, MO [12]
Notes for Johannes Heinrich SETZER
As a young man, he was married to Maria Christiane Matilde Grüning.[ [11]] There is no record of any children being a part of the family later, so it is unknown if they had any. In 1821, he married Amalia Setzer, who was 20 years his junior. They had 14 children in 20 years, possibly stopping only because he died in 1844.[ [2]]

In Hamburg, he was a wholesale merchant dealing with Spain and northern Africa. Partner was Spanish consul.[ [19]] Conditions were likely less than ideal, however, because he packed his pregnant wife and six children onto a ship to America in 1838. They had planned to go to Texas, but stories of violence discouraged him. Instead they proceeded up the Mississippi to St. Louis and then the town of Washington on the Missouri River. They heard about Hermann in about 1839 and moved there. He purchased two lots on Front Street in March 1840, but never settled on them. Instead, the family settled on property about 4 miles west of town in a house with a view of the river.

Henry was retirement age by the time he settled in Hermann and his “retirement plan” consisted of money on deposite at the Bank of the State of Missouri which paid over $100 semi-annually. Henry and Amalia joined what became the St. Pauls United Churnch of Christ and hosted religious meetings in their home. Though little is known of their lifestyles, the inventory taken following Amalia’s death lists a number of books, a writing desk, a fair amount of wine, silver, linens and pictures. Of their 14 children, 7 survived. The only surving males carrying on the Setzer name were Henry, Carl and John, all of whom moved west and nothing is known of their descendants.[ [11]]
Notes for Amalia NÖNCHEN
She had 6 sisters and 2 brothers. Amalia was apperently quite a pretty little girl, with blue eyes and blonde curls. Growing up in the family estate in Glinde, they were often overrun by French soldiers of Napoleon. “Very thin light dresses” were in fashion and the girls made them under the instruction of a seamstress. They would sew upstairs while the soldiers were downstairs playing cards, chess and other games. Because Amalia looked like a child, she was sent down to the kitchen with the cold iron to get the hot iron. She had to go through the living room where the officers were and apparently caught their interest. She put the cold iron in the fireplace and waited a while. When all was quiet, she attempted to go back through the living room. As she was halfway through the room, a soldier sprang up, embraced her, and tried to kiss her. He failed: Amalia slapped his face with the hot iron and ran upstairs. Her father was quite unhappy, and shipped his daughters off the next day to Hamburg until al the soldiers were ordered away.

Parents both dead by 1836,"oldest son" Edward still living in family home. [19]

She died 7 years after husband of pneumonia, age 54. [19]
Census notes for Amalia NÖNCHEN
1850 Gasconade Co, MO: Amelia Setzer 53 Hamburg, Germany, Bertha 22 Hamburg; Malvina 11 MO; Amelia Khoten 22 Hamburg (Herman, 8/1/1850, p. 139A)
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