Introduction | Biographical Sketches | Scope and Content | Series Description | Inventory

 Introduction

The Henry ZumFelde Photograph Collection consists of approximately .3 linear feet of copy prints, documenting activities of the ZumFelde, Oberhaus, and related families of Fulton and Henry Counties, Ohio, from the 1890s to the 1970s.

The collection was loaned for duplication by Henry ZumFelde in 2007. This register was prepared by Stephen Badenhop, Assistant Archivist, Center for Archival Collections, July 2008. No restrictions exist on the use of this collection and duplication is permitted for the purposes of preservation and research.

 Biographical Sketches

Henry F. ZumFelde, the son of Frederick and Mary H. Oberhaus ZumFelde, was born on July 6, 1918, in York Township, Fulton County, Ohio. The ZumFelde family originated from the village of Ottingen, near Visselhövede, in Hanover, Germany. Henry's father, Frederick, born January 29, 1874, came to Henry County, Ohio, in October 1889 at the age of fifteen. Fred worked as a carpenter until he married Mary H. Oberhaus, born May 6, 1875, daughter of John Frederick and Marie Sophia Biederstedt Oberhaus, on December 24, 1904, in Henry County.

The Oberhaus family had come to Henry County from Wood County in 1848 and settled in an area west of Napoleon, known as the Hanover Settlement (the area received its name from the large amount of German settlers from the Hanover region in Germany). John Frederick Oberhaus, son of Capser Oberhaus (1813-1898) and Mary Elizabeth Gröner, who died in 1845, was born July 18, 1842, in Germany. His father first settled in Perrysburg Township, Wood County, Ohio, in 1844 from Germany, but then moved to Lucas County and from there finally settled in Henry County in 1848. Frederick first worked as carpenter and built homes and barns in the area. He along with his father and uncle Frederick Oberhaus in 1867 were among fifteen others that chartered St. Paul Lutheran Church in Napoleon Township, Henry County. Frederick working as carpenter at the time and was awarded the contract to construct the new church. Frederick married Marie Sophia Biederstedt, born December 12, 1851, in Mecklenburg, Germany, on April 19, 1872. Shortly thereafter, Frederick moved to a new farm in Napoleon Township that became the Oberhaus homestead found in the photograph collection. Frederick died on January 20, 1928, and Marie died eleven years later on March 19, 1939. Frederick and Marie raised a family of ten children: Anna (1873-1942), who married William Badenhop; Mary (1875-1963), who married Frederick ZumFelde; Frederick (1877-1935), who married Sarah Oberhaus; Ida (1880-1969), who married Frederick Springhorn; George (1882-1954), who married Elizabeth Buchenberg; Karl (1884-1960), who married Ida Buchenberg; Ferdinand (1887-1975), who married Kathryn Scheele and later married Elvera Delventhal; Wilhelmina (Minnie) (1890-1966), who never married; William (1890-1966), who married Augusta Lukozus and Albert (1893-1950), who married Margarethe Plum.

John Frederick Oberhaus Family - 1905

Back Row: George, Anna, Karl, Mary, Frederick, Ida, Ferdinand
Front Row: William, John Frederick, Albert, Marie, Minnie

In March 1905, shortly after their marriage, Frederick and Mary ZumFelde moved to a farm in York Township, Fulton County, Ohio. Frederick helped organize and was a charter member of St. Luke's Lutheran Church, Fulton County. In 1911, Fred built a large home still owned and operated by the ZumFelde family. Frederick died on November 12, 1939, and Mary died on October 30, 1963. Fred and Mary had seven children: Carl, born in 1905; Frank, born in 1907; Martha, born in 1909; Paul, born in 1910; Laura, born in 1912; Frederick, born in 1915, who married Barbara Kirchner and Henry F., born in 1918.

Henry F. ZumFelde married Loretta I. Beck on October 26, 1941, in Napoleon, Ohio. Loretta, born October 28, 1922, in Henry County, was the daughter of Frederick G. and Grace Veigel Beck. Grace Veigel (1892-1981) was the daughter of Jacob Frederick Veigel (1867-1946) and Ida Schumacher (1869-1959). Frederick G. Beck (1889-1950) was the son of George Andrew Beck (1861-1934) and Louise Oberhaus (1865-1942). They had a family of four children: Ida, Frederick, Harold and Vernice. Louise Oberhaus was the daughter of John Frederick Oberhaus (1834-1883) and Catherine Welling (1836-1910). John Frederick Oberhaus was a brother to Casper Oberhaus whom Henry ZumFelde is a descendant.

Frederick ZumFelde Family - 1932

Back Row: Frank, Paul, Martha, Frederick
Front Row: Carl, Mary, Henry, Frederick, Laura

Henry ZumFelde took over the family farm in 1938 and the same year started a herd of registered Guernsey Dairy Cattle under the name of Yorklynn Guernsey Farm. The cattle won Henry state, national and international awards over the years, before the herd was dispersed in 1970. He was also an active member of the community serving as a member on the board of education, charter member and president of the Wauseon Rotary Club, member of the German Lutheran Heritage Society, deputy auditor of Fulton County and district supervisor on the Ohio Turnpike. Henry and Loretta (Becky) are the parents of four children: Lawrence N., Paul Robert, Dale R. and Roger A. ZumFelde. Henry died on November 10, 2009 at his home.

 Scope and Content

The Henry ZumFelde Photograph Collection contains approximately .3 linear feet of copy prints, documenting activities of the ZumFelde, Oberhaus, and related families of Fulton and Henry Counties, Ohio, from the 1890s to the 1970s. The contents possess a large assortment of personal photographs from the ZumFelde, Oberhaus, Beck and Veigel families from the early to mid twentieth century.

Other interesting photographs from the collection includes a picture of sawing ice blocks out of the Maumee River, the 1913 flood in Napoleon, damage done by a tornado in 1920, early twentieth century threshing and harvesting on the Oberhaus farm, a barn raising and re-shingling, cutting large native timber, a series of photographs displaying early twentieth century vehicles owned by the Oberhaus family, a collection of Guernsey cattle pictures and an assortment of ZumFelde photographs taken while visiting relatives in Germany around 1905. Researchers related to the ZumFelde, Oberhaus, Beck and Veigel families will find this collection useful for their research along with anyone interested in Henry County history, as the historically oriented photographs in the collection mainly focus on Henry County.

 Series Description

PHOTOGRAPHIC MATERIAL

POSITIVE PRINTS
1890s-1970s
Photographs of people, locations, events and activities of the ZumFelde, Oberhaus and related families of Henry and Fulton Counties, Ohio

DIGITAL FILES

COMPACT DISCS (CDs)
CDs with scanned images of the entire Henry ZumFelde Photograph Collection

 Inventory

Box 1

Folder 1

1. ZumFelde Family: Henry Frederick, Dorothea, Henry Frederick, William, Herman, Marie & Wilhelmina ZumFelde, 1880s
2. ZumFelde Family, 1934
3. ZumFelde Family, n.d.
4. ZumFelde Family, n.d.

Folder 2

1. ZumFelde Family: Frederick & Herman ZumFelde, 1896
2. ZumFelde Family: Frederick & Mary Oberhaus ZumFelde Wedding, 1904
3. ZumFelde Family: Henry & Loretta Beck ZumFelde Wedding, 1941
4. ZumFelde Family: Laura ZumFelde Confirmation
5. ZumFelde Family: Mary & Henry ZumFelde, n.d.
6. ZumFelde Family: Martha & Henry ZumFelde, n.d.
7. ZumFelde Family: Zumfelde Farm, n.d.

Folder 3

1. ZumFelde Family: Alta Oberhaus, Emma Behnfeldt, Henry & Frederick ZumFelde, 1921
2. ZumFelde Family: Henry & Frederick ZumFelde, 1925
3. ZumFelde Family: Trashing Day - Frank Von Seggern, Henry & Frederick ZumFelde & Harold Reed, 1926
4. ZumFelde Family: Henry ZumFelde, n.d.
5. ZumFelde Family: Laura, Henry & Martha ZumFelde, n.d.
6. ZumFelde Family: Frederick ZumFelde, n.d.
7. ZumFelde Family: ZumFelde Children, n.d.
8. ZumFelde Family: Two ZumFelde Boys, n.d.
9. ZumFelde Family: Cary, Martha & Frank ZumFelde, n.d.
10. ZumFelde Family: Laura, Paul, Martha, Frank, Henry, Carl & Frederick ZumFelde, n.d.
11. ZumFelde Family, n.d.
12. ZumFelde Family: Martha, Paul, Fred, Karl, Henry, Frank & Laura ZumFelde, n.d.

Folder 4

1. ZumFelde Family: Paul & Gene Smith, Fulton County Fair, 1959
2. ZumFelde Family: Guernsey, 1963
3. ZumFelde Family: Roger ZumFelde holding Shirley , 1966
4. ZumFelde Family: Henry ZumFelde & Guernseys, n.d.
5. ZumFelde Family: Henry ZumFelde & Guernseys, n.d.

Folder 5

1. ZumFelde Family: Golden Grange Raiders, Henry ZumFelde & Grand Champion, Fulton County Fair, 1947
2. ZumFelde Family: Golden Grange Raiders, First Prize, Lucas County Fair, 1948
3. ZumFelde Family: Golden Grange Raiders, First Prize, Northwest Ohio District Show, 1948
4. ZumFelde Family: Golden Grange Raiders, Grand Champion, n.d.
5. ZumFelde Family: Roger, Dale, Paul, Larry ZumFelde & 4 Cattle, n.d.

Folder 6

1. ZumFelde Family: Yorklynn Raiders & Loretta Beck ZumFelde, 1949
2. ZumFelde Family: Yorklynn Raiders & Henry ZumFelde, 1952
3. ZumFelde Family: Yorklynn Raiders & Dale ZumFelde, 1958
4. ZumFelde Family: Yorklynn Raiders & Dale ZumFelde, 1958
5. ZumFelde Family: Yorklynn Raiders, 1958
6. ZumFelde Family: Yorklynn Raiders & Henry ZumFelde, 1962
7. ZumFelde Family: Yorklynn Raiders, 1973
8. ZumFelde Family: Yorklynn Raiders, National Champion, n.d.

Folder 7

1. ZumFelde Family: Louisa & Wilhelmina ZumFelde Vajen, n.d.
2. ZumFelde Family: Frederick ZumFelde's Ship on Return Trip to Germany, n.d.
3. ZumFelde Family: Henry Vajen Family, n.d.
4. ZumFelde Family: Dorothea, John Frederick Oberhaus, Emma & William ZumFelde, 1908
5. ZumFelde Family: Vejen Home in Riepholm, n.d.
6. ZumFelde Family: Luise Vajen, n.d.

Folder 8

1. Behnfeldt Family: Henry & Emma Behnfedlt, [1896]
2. Behnfeldt Family, [1912]
3. Behnfeldt Family: Henry, Carl, John, Dora, Emma, Otto, Anna, Emma, Emilie & Henry Behnfeldt, n.d.

Folder 9

1. Oberhaus Family: Karl, John Frederick, William, Minnie, Marie, Albert, Ferdinand, George, Mary, Frederick, Anna & Ida Oberhaus, [1895]
2. Oberhaus Family: William, John Frederick, Marie, Minnie, Albert, George, Anna, Karl, Mary, Fred, Ida & Ferdinand Oberhaus, 1905
3. Oberhaus Family, n.d.
4. Oberhaus Family, n.d.
5. Oberhaus Family: Oberhaus Family Reunion, n.d.
6. Oberhaus Family: Oberhaus Family & Farm, n.d.

Folder 10

1. Oberhaus Family: Mary Oberhaus ZumFelde, 1900
2. Oberhaus Family: Mary Oberhaus ZumFelde, 1900
3. Oberhaus Family: Mary Oberhaus ZumFelde, 1901
4. Oberhaus Family: Ida Oberhaus Springhorn, n.d.
5. Oberhaus Family: Mary Oberhaus ZumFelde, n.d.
6. Oberhaus Family: Marie Oberhaus & Two Sisters, n.d.
7. Oberhaus Family: Frederick & Marie Oberhaus, n.d.
8. Oberhaus Family: Frederick & Marie Oberhaus, n.d.
9. Oberhaus Family: Frederick Oberhaus, n.d.

Folder 11

1. Oberhaus Family: Laura ZumFelde, Edna, Alta, Laura, Alma Oberhaus & Renetta Murman, n.d.
2. Oberhaus Family: Oberhaus Children on the Buick, n.d.
3. Oberhaus Family: Lydia, Delbert, Mary Meyer, Martha, Laura, Frederick ZumFelde, Elenora, Albert, Leland, Edna, Laura, Carl, Alma Oberhaus & Wilma Plassman, n.d.

Folder 12

1. Beck Family: Beck's Old House - Mr. & Mrs., Clara, Amelia, Frederick Imbrock, Mr. & Mrs., Warren Goon, George, Frederick, Lucy, Ida Beck, Pearl Gilson & Mr. Palmer, [1890s]
2. Beck Family: Beck-Veigel Gathering in Beck's Woods, n.d.
3. Beck Family: Grace, Frederick, Nora, Lauren, Loretta, Vernon Beck, Ida Schumacher Veigel & Great Grandmother Schumacher, n.d.
4. Beck Family: Grandmother Schumacher-Markt Home, n.d.

Folder 13

1. Beck Family: Frederick & Grace Beck, 1947/48
2. Beck Family: Ida Beck, n.d.
3. Beck Family: Helen Long, n.d.
4. Beck Family: Frederick, Grace & Norman Beck, n.d.

Folder 14

1. Beck Family: Frederick & Ida Beck, n.d.
2. Beck Family: Vernon Beck, n.d.
3. Beck Family: Vernon, Loretta & Loren Beck, n.d.
4. Beck Family: Loretta Beck, n.d.
5. Beck Family: Vernon, Thomas, Loren & Loretta Beck, n.d.
6. Beck Family: Vernon, Loretta & Loren Beck, n.d.
7. Beck Family: Vernon, Loretta Beck & LaVerne Long, n.d.
8. Beck Family: Bernadine, Loretta Beck on Pony, n.d.
9. Beck Family: Loretta, Grace, Bernadine, Vernon Beck & LaVerne Long, n.d.
10. Beck Family: Loretta Beck & LaVerne Long, n.d.
11. Beck Family: Loretta Beck on Bike, n.d.
12. Beck Family: Loren, Loretta, Marion Beck on Pony, n.d.
13. Beck Family: Vernice Lucy Beck, n.d.
14. Beck Family: Harold Andrew Beck at 9 months, n.d.

Folder 15

1. Veigel Family: Veigel Family in Front of Veigel Home, n.d.

Folder 16

1. Veigel Family: John Veigel, n.d.
2. Veigel Family: Grace, Helen Veigel & Martha Reiser, n.d.
3. Veigel Family: Mary, Barbara, Lulu, Crissie Veigel & Vernon Beck, n.d.
4. Veigel Family: Grandmother Schumacher-Markt, Ida Veigel, Grace & Loretta Beck, n.d.
5. Veigel Family: Ida Veigel at Leininger Cemetery, n.d.
6. Veigel Family: Frederick & Ida Veigel - 50th Anniversary, n.d.

Folder 17

1. Veigel Family: Ione Veigel, n.d.
2. Veigel Family: Grace Veigel, n.d.
3. Veigel Family: Ida Veigel, Loretta, Bernadine Beck & LaVerne Long, n.d.

Folder 18

1. Henry ZumFelde Farm, 1970
2. Oberhaus Farm, n.d.
3. John Frederick Oberhaus Home, n.d.
4. George Beck Farm (1), n.d.
5. George Beck Farm (2), n.d.
6. Oberhaus Home, n.d.
7. Veigel Home, n.d.

Folder 19

1. Oberhaus Farm - Steam Engine Threshing Machine, 1902-1905
2. Oberhaus Farm - Shocking Wheat, 1913
3. Oberhaus Farm - Threshing, 1920
4. Henry ZumFelde on Threshing Day, 1934
5. Oberhaus Farm - Threshing, n.d.
6. Oberhaus Farm - Threshing, n.d.
7. Oberhaus Farm - Threshing, n.d.
8. Oberhaus Farm - Hauling Hay, n.d.
9. Oberhaus Farm - Hauling Hay, n.d.
10. Oberhaus Farm - Cutting Oats - William, Margie & Ferdinand Oberhaus, n.d.
11. Oberhaus Farm - Mowing Hay - John Frederick Oberhaus, n.d.

Folder 20

1. Oberhaus Farm - William Oberhaus Barn Raising, 1916
2. ZumFelde Farm - Shingling Barn Roof, 1934
3. ZumFelde Farm - Shingling Barn Roof - Carl, Henry, Frederick ZumFelde, 1934
4. ZumFelde Farm - Henry ZumFelde and Horse, 1939
5. ZumFelde Farm - Henry ZumFelde and Horses, 1959
6. Back Barn, n.d.

Folder 21

1. Cutting Native Timber, n.d.
2. John Frederick Oberhaus Hauling Native Timber, n.d.
3. John Frederick Oberhaus Cutting & Hauling Native Timber, n.d.

Folder 22

1. Ferdinand Oberhaus' 1912 Dodge, [1912]
2. 1912 Overland - John Frederick, Marie, William, Minnie Oberhaus, Anna & Freida Badenhop, 1913
3. Ferdinand Oberhaus' Henderson Motorcycle, 1913
4. Frederick Oberhaus' Chrystler, 1925
5. Paul ZumFelde's Model T, 1927

Folder 23

1. Ferdinand Oberhaus on Mail Sorting Train, 1915
2. Playing Baseball in front of Split Rail Corn Crib, 1930
3. St. Paul's Lutheran Church, Napoleon, Ohio Confirmation, 1941
4. Two Women Holding Horses, n.d.
5. Sawing Ice Blocks on the Maumee River, n.d.
6. Henry County Fairgrounds Racetrack - Martha, Clara Reiser, Helen & Grace Veigel, n.d.
7. Kohlers Grocery Truck, n.d.
8. German Day Celebration in Beck's Woods, n.d.

Folder 24

1. Veigel School Class Picture, 1905
2. Veigel School Class Picture, 1905
3. Red School Class Picture - Grades 1 to 4, 1926-1927
4. St. Luke's Lutheran School Class Picture, 1929-1930
5. St. Luke's Lutheran School Class Picture, 1930-1931
6. St. Luke's Lutheran School Class Picture, 1931-1932
7. Veigel School, n.d.
8. Veigel School, n.d.
9. Veigel School Class Picture, n.d.
10. Veigel School Class Picture, n.d.

Folder 25

1. Perry Street, Napoleon, Ohio, n.d.
2. Railroad Bridge over Maumee River at Napoleon, Ohio, n.d.
3. St. Paul's Lutheran Church, Napoleon Township, Outside, n.d.
4. St. Paul's Lutheran Church, Napoleon Township, Inside, n.d.
5. St. Paul's Lutheran Church, Napoleon, Ohio, n.d.

Folder 26

1. River Bridge during 1913 Flood, Napoleon, Ohio, 1913
2. Front Street during 1913 Flood, Napoleon, Ohio, 1913
3. George Oberhaus Farm after 1920 Tornado, 1920
4. George Oberhaus Farm after 1920 Tornado, 1920

Folder 27

1. View from Casino towards Amusement Park, Toledo, Ohio, n.d.
2. Main Pavilion and Boardwalk, Cedar Point, Ohio, n.d.

Folder 28

1. Scanned Images CD
2. Scanned Images CD
3. Scanned Images CD
4. Scanned Images CD

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