Heinrich Wilhelm "Henry"  BLESSING

Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915

Name Henry Blessing
Gender Male
Baptism/ Christening Date
Baptism/ Christening Place
Birth Date 20 Sep 1859
Birthplace Pittsfield, Berkshire, Mass
Death Date
Name Note
Race
Father's Name Frederic
Father's Birthplace
Father's Age
Mother's Name Henrietta Blessing
Mother's Birthplace
Mother's Age
Indexing Project (Batch) Number C51044-5
System Origin Massachusetts-ODM
Source Film Number 234543
Reference Number

Frederick Blessing, age 36, weaver, b. abt 1824, Württemberg
Henriette Blessing, age 26, b. Prussia
Frederick Blessing, age 3, b. MA
Henry Blessing, age 4/ 12, b. MA

Heinrich Wilhelm Blessing, b. 20 Sept 1859, Pontoosuc Ave., Pittsfield, MA - baptised 29 July 1860. Parents Friedrich Blessing and Henriette Teunert. Witnesses: Gottlob Schmidt, Johanne Vogel


The German Evangelical Lutheran church - In 1859, when the Protestant German population of Pittsfield was about 400, arrangements were made by a portion of them for devine service in their own language. These services were first held in private houses, and with occasional visits by clergymen from New York. But in April, 1859, Rev. Augustus Grotrain, a learned and able minister of Albany, accepted a call, and organized the German Evangelical Lutheran Church of Pittsfield. The town subsequently granted a pleasant site in the corner of First street burial-ground, where the church was erected, at a cost of $2,274.00 and which was dedicated September 14, 1865. There present pastor is Rev. John D. Hagar.

Title Gazetteer of Berkshire County, Mass., 1725-1885
Compiled by Hamilton

Frederic Blessing, 41, b. Germany, Weaver
Henrietta Blessing, 31, b. Germany
Frederic Blessing Jr., 8, b. MA
Henry Blessing, 5, b. MA
Charles Blessing, 3, b. MA
Henrietta Blessing, 1, b. MA

Blessing, Frederick, 46, woolen operative, b. Wurtemburg
Henrietta, 36, b. Prussia
Frederick Jr., 13, woolen operative, b. MA
Henry, 10, at school, b. MA
Charles, 8, at school, b. MA
Henrietta, 6, at school, b. MA
Frank, 3, at home, b. MA
George, 1, at home, b. MA

Blannig, Fred, 56, laboring, b. Germany
Henrietta, 46, wife, b. Germany
Henry, 21, son, weaver, b. MA
Charles, 18, son, weaver, b. MA
Henrietta, 16, daughter, weaver, b. MA
Frank, 13, son, works in woolen mill, b. MA
George, 11, son, at school, b. MA
Mary, 8, daughter, at school, b. MA
Annie, 6, daughter, at school, b. MA

Henry W. Blessing, age 40
Sarah Blessing, wife, 41

William H Blessing, son, 16

Frank E Blessing, son, 8

Charles Blankenberg, border, 48

Blessing, Henrietta, Mrs., bds N Broad
Blessing, Henry W., emp W. & W. Co., h Amity

Henry Blessing 51, married 27 years, laborer in organ shop
Sarah Blessing 51, married 27 years, mother of 2 children, 1 living,

Henry Blessing
Sarah Blessing
(no other information given)

Living in Meriden, CT in 1927 at the time of his brother, Charles' death.

Sarah Blessing 71, head, b. Pennsylvania, married 23 years
Henry Blessing 71, husband, b. Massachusetts, parents b. Germany, married 23, unable to read occupation

Blessing Henry W died June 15 1933 age 73

Meriden, Connecticut, City Directory, 1934

Ancestry.com. U.S. City Directories, 1821-1989 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011.

Henry W. Blessing

The funeral of Henry W. Blessing of 45 Graveline avenue was held this afternoon at 2 o'clock at the Flatow home. Rev. Emaneul W. Hammer, pastor of the Immanuel Lutheran church, officiated and burial was in West cemetery. The pall bearers were Charles Jasse, William Wachtelhausen, Otto Wagner, Otto Kirschmann, Fred Storm and Louis Kearsh.

The Meriden Daily Journal
Meriden, Connecticut
July 17, 1933