Jefferson County KyArchives Obituaries.....Henning, Gottfried (Godfrey) January 19, 1925
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Jefferson County Death Notice, File #1178, Registered No. 228
Name of Deceased: Godfrey Henning
Death Date: 19 Jan 1925 (7 a.m.)
Due to senility and arterio sclerosis
Death Location: Jefferson County
Residence Location: 643 So. 22nd, Louisville, Jefferson County
Age: 90 yrs and 3 months
Retired Shoemaker, Widowed
Ethnicity: White
Birth Date: 19 Oct 1834
Birth Location: Germany
Father's Name: George Henning
Father's Birth Location: Germany
Mother's Name: Mary Hanning
Mother's Birth Location: Germany
Informant: Emma Stephenson (daugher)
Filed 20 Jan 1925 by Dr. L.A. Crutcher
Burial: St. Louis Cemetery on 21 Jan 1925
Undertaker: Schildt & Sons. 

Additional Comments:
Gottfried HENNING (Godfrey on most US records) immigrated from Germany in 
1852.  He was a shoemaker.  He married Barbara MATHIS (Mathias on one record) 
April 25, 1857 in Louisville, KY.  They had five children in Louisville: 
Bertha E. HENNING MANNION (1860-1952 who moved to Neenah, WI and, 
subsequently, to Kalamazoo, MI), Emma H. HENNING STEVENSON (1865-1939), Mary 
G. HENNING WALTER (1866-1924), George J. HENNING (1867-abt.1952 who moved to 
Leadville, CO), and M. Louise HENNING (1870-1976).  By 1887, Godfrey had 
followed his son, George, to Leadville, Colorado where he opened a shoemaker 
shop.  It appears that he returned to Louisville for a short time - perhaps to 
bury his wife in 1897 (she is buried in Louisville, but there is no record of 
her death).  Godfrey returned to Leadville where he is found in the 1900 and 
1910 census with his son, George.  By 1920, he had returned to Louisville and 
was living with his daughter Emma.  He is buried in St. Louis Cemetery, 
Section O, Lot 61 W 1/2.  His gravestone says: "Godfrey Henning -- Father."  
Godfrey is in the same plot with his wife, Barbara, and daughters, Louise and 
Mary.  

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