Christian Wilhelm
Wilmerding
* 22.01.1762 Braunschweig
+ 19.07.1832 Moscow (NY)
 		Catherine
von Falkenhahn
* ?
+ 31.12.1839 Moscow (NY)

Henry Augustus
Wilmerding

* 27.06.1802 New York City
+ 03.02.1870 New York City


1. Kinder mit Nancy Bandker Clute (* New York, NY + 29.03.1845 Moscow, Livingston County, NY) (oo 01.05.1829) :
William
Wilmerding
* 28.04.1831 Moscow, Livingston County, NY
+ 09.02.1874 Los Angeles, California
unverheiratet 		Jellis Clute
Wilmerding
* 28.04.1833 Moscow, Livingston County, NY
+ 20.02.1894 San Francisco, California
unverheiratet 		Henry Augustus
Wilmerding
* 30.04.1835 Moscow, Livingston County, NY
+ 29.11.1864 in New York, NY
unverheiratet
Elizabeth
Wilmerding
* 06.08.1839 Moscow, Livingston County, NY
+ 11.02.1870 Ithaca, NY
.
.

2. Kinder mit Harriette Elizabeth Kellogg (* 15.04.1823 Oyster Bay, Massau County, NY + 04.04.1901 New York, NY) (oo 11.05.1847 New York, NY) :
John Currie
Wilmerding
* 22.10.1857 Moscow, Livingston County, NY
+ ? 		Louise Canning
Wilmerding
* 31.01.1855 Moscow, Livingston County, NY
+ 25.09.1917 New York, NY
Mary Nowlen
Wilmerding
* 15.06.1853 Moscow, Livingston County, NY
+ ?
Lucius Kellogg
Wilmerding
* 19.03.1848 Moscow, Livingston County, NY
+ 08.12.1922 		Helen Augusta
Wilmerding
* ?
+ ?
oo Edward Bell
Kinder:
- Edward Bell
- Harold Wilmerding Bell
Harriet Whitney
Wilmerding
* ? Moscow, Livingston County, NY
+ ?
oo 21.11.1871 Christ Church, New York, NY: Edward R Biddle
Kinder:
- Henry Wilmerding Biddle
- Harriet Louise Biddle
- Christine Biddle
- Edna Biddle

Quellen:
- Seine Seite bei Pumyea/Venedam.
- A. Munsell Bradhurst: "My forefathers, their history from records & traditions": "CHAPTER VI
THE WILMERDINGS IN AMERICA— HENRY AUGUSTUS
Henry Augustus, the second surviving son of Christian William Wilmerding by Catherine von Falkenhahn, was born in New York, 27th June, 1802. As quite a young man he went into business in Moscow, New York, about the year 1822, and afterwards took his younger brother, Theodore Charles (born in 1805), into partnership. The latter (who had married Miss Catherine Ripley, by whom he had no issue) died qth April, 1829. Henry Augustus, however, continued in business at Moscow, and married there, in May, 1829, Miss Nancy Clute, by whom he had four children. She died 29th March, 1845, and was buried at Moscow,
In 1847 Mr. Wilmerding married secondly Harriette Elizabeth Kellogg, who was born at Oyster Bay, Long Island, 15th April, 1823. She was the daughter of Dr. Lucius Kellogg, by Harriet Whitney.
Three years later Mr. Wilmerding returned to New York City, where he founded the firm of Wilmerding, Hoguet, & Humbart, which afterwards became Wilmerding, , Hoguet & Co., and which is now represented by the firm of Wilmerding, Morris, & Mitchell.
Mr. Wilmerding, who was a Major on the staff of Governor De Witt Clinton, and a Member of the New York Historical Society, died 3rd February, 1870, and was buried in Trinity Cemetery, New York.
" He was a member of Christ P. E. Church, and was noted for his quiet acts of charity. He was very enterprising in business, of unquestioned integrity, and a very affable and pleasant gentleman." '
Brief though these words of tribute to his memory, they could scarcely do any business man more honour, or do Mr. Wilmerding's character less justice.
I New York Worlds 5th February, 1870.
296 THE WILMERDING FAMILY
By his first marriage he had three sons, William, Jellis Clute, and Henry Augustus, who all died unmarried, and one daughter, Elizabeth, who married the Rev. John William Payne, and died in Ithaca, New York, nth February, 1870 — a week after her father's death — leaving an only child, Henry Wilmerding Payne. The second son, Jellis Clute Wilmerding, born at Moscow 28th April, 1833, was educated at Temple Hill Academy, in Geneseo, New York. He, in 1849, when scarcely sixteen years old, with his cousins Edward and Felix Tracy, chartered a schooner, the Samuel M. Fox, and sailed from New York to San Francisco, California, via Cape Horn. They reached " The Golden Gate " on 21st September, 1849, and, having put up their tent, commenced business at a spot on the beach which is about the present site of the Bank of California. From that time onward Wilmerding was actively engaged in business in California until the date of his death. He was one of the most influential and respected citizens of San Francisco, and left not only a considerable fortune to his relatives, but also the following munificent public bequests : '
To the Protestant Orphan Asylum, San Francisco- $10,000 To St. Luke's Hospital, San Francisco - - - $10,000 To the Hospital for Children, San Francisco - $10,000 To the Golden Gate Kindergarten Association - $10,000 To the Society for Prevention of Cruelty to Animals $5,000 To the Trustees of the Cemetery in the village of Moscow, N.Y., to be used in improving and caring for the said Cemetery, particularly the burial place of his mother, the income of - $10,000 To the Regents of the University of California to establish and maintain a school, to be called " The Wilmerding School of Industrial Arts," to teach Boys trades, fitting them to make a living with their hands — the sum of - - $400,000
In announcing the opening of the Wilmerding School, on 8th January, 1900, the Sau Francisco Call said :
" Without any fuss or feathers, and in perfect keeping with the practical ideas of its founder, the Wilmerding School of Industrial
' His public bequests alone amounted to over ;^90,ooo.
THE WILMERDINGS IN AMERICA 297
Arts will be formally opened to-day. It is expected that the school will start with at least a hundred ambitious youths who have deter- mined ' to make a living with their hands with little study and plenty of work.' No speechmaking or music will mark the beginning of prac- tical work in the institution. When time is called Monday morning, the pupils will be sent to work as though the school had been in existence for years.
" Everything is in readiness. The forges in the big blacksmith's shop are ready for the fires ; the pressing of the button which will start the electric motor will set in motion the machinery in the cabinet- making and carpentry departments, and a corps of competent in- structors will be on hand in every section of the school prepared to do its best, with a firm intention of making records. Those who start in the school on Monday will commence a five months' preliminary course. This will include a thorough polishing in the practical studies, such as arithmetic, history, English, etc., and a smattering of all the industrial trades that are to be taught. The idea of the latter part of the plan is to place the boy in a position, at the end of the manual training course, to select the trade to which he will be best adapted, and consequently of which he can make the most success through life. When this period is passed the pupil will be trained in the particular trade he essays to follow.
" Everything is to be conducted on a practical basis. Theoretical work is to be tabooed as far as possible. The articles to be made are to be ' real things.' In the blacksmith's shop real wagons are to be mended and real horse-shoes are to be made. Much of the interior fitting of the school is to be completed by the pupils in the cabinet- making department. In the section where it is calculated ito turn out full-fledged carpenters, the boys will be given a practical education in that trade by building a real dwelling. Not alone will they do the carpentry work, but they will be required to draw the plans and the details, compile the specifications, and figure the cost. This dwelling will be torn down when completed, and as much of the material as possible used for other work.
"The school is a branch of the University of California and was created through the great generosity of the late J. C. Wilmerding.
"While everything is to be free to the pupil, it should not be considered a charity proposition any more so than the public schools. The instructors have been selected with a view to securing masters at their respective trades or professions, and include some who are considered to be the best workmen in the country."
The unostentatious manner in which this institution was opened, was, as stated, thoroughly in accord with the simple views of its founder; who thus, maintaining the traditions of his family, has 2 Q
298 THE WILMERDING FAMILY
caused the name of Wilmerding to be associated with philanthropy in San Francisco, even as the many generous acts of his uncle, William Wilmerding, have caused that gentleman's memory to be esteemed in New York, no less than the charitable bequests of his ancestors have caused the name to be remembered in Brunswick.
The Wilmerding School of Industrial Arts is now in successful operation, and its practical utility and growing success are typical of its founder's success in life. }. Clute Wilmerding died at San Fran- cisco, 20th February, 1894, and was buried in the Wilmerding family burial ground, in Trinity Cemetery, New York.
His father — Henry Augustus Wilmerding — had, by his second wife, Harriette Kellogg (who survived uniil 4th April, 1901), six children, namely:
1. Lucius Kellogg Wilmerding, M.A. Columbia College, where he received the " Goodwood Cup," 1867. He is a Trustee of the Washington Trust Co., and of the Greenwich Savings Bank, and was Governor of the Union Club, New York, from 1889 to 1892, and President of the Merchants' Club from 1892 to 1893. He married Caroline Murray, by whom he has a son, Lucius, and a daughter, Caroline, both of whom are married.
2. John Currie Wilmerding, who married Mary Elbert, and has four children, Henry Augustus, Elbert Falkenhahn, Robert, and Janet.'
3. Harriet Whitney Wilmerding, who married Edward R. Biddle, and has a son, Henry Wilmerding Biddle, and three daughters, Harriet Louise, Christine, and Edna.^
4. Mary Nowlan Wilmerding.
5. Louise Canning Wilmerding.
And 6. Helen Augusta Wilmerding, who married Edward Bell, and has two sons, Edward, and Harold Wilmerding Bell. ..."


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