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Henry Hamburg

13 May 1822 – 2 May 1890

Birth	13 May 1822
Death	2 May 1890
Cemetery	Fairplay Cemetery Fairplay , Park County , Colorado , USA
Added by	Walters on 02 Sep 2025
FaG	https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/286713480

Gravesite details

Unmarked grave- one of many "unknown" miner graves

Bio

Henry Hamburg married Ann Eliza Stump in 1845 and they are shown in Oliver, Mifflin, PA with two children, Laura and George, in the 1850 census. They moved to Toledo, Tama County, Iowa in 1855, where Ann died in 1857. Their youngest daughter, Agnes was adopted by the Sylvester Doolittle family in 1858. In 1860, Henry is listed as a mechanical engineer, living with his two older children in Toledo. In 1861, Henry married Melinda Van Doren and to this union, six children were born, Margaret, Susan, Carrie, Jennie, William and Ethilda. Henry went to Fairplay, Colorado before May 1879 to seek his fortune, but stayed in contact with his family in Iowa until his death in 1890. Many of his ventures in mining bore his wife's name as owner, and some of the lodes he worked were named after his children. The Fairplay Flume, July 27th, 1882: Melinda Hamburg sold to Samuel Cohen, for $1000, one-eighth of the Palmetto lode, in Platte Station Mining District. The Fairplay Flume, May 24th, 1888: The Columbia is being developed by the owner, Henry Hamburg. In its several small openings in the outcrop it shows sand carbonate and other ores of lead which run fairly in both lead and silver. Star Clipper, Traer, Iowa, 5 Sep 1890, pg 4, col 6: "Missing Links...The news reached town last Friday that Henry Hamburg had died two weeks before in Colorado. He was an oldtime citizen of this place but he has been west for many years. His widow, Mrs. M. Hamburg, and several children yet make their home here. - Tama Herald ." (This news article contributed by member #47616804.)

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Family

Parents

• J. Conrad Hamburg 1789–1849
• Margaret Nichols Hamburg 1796–1888

Spouse

• Ann Eliza Stump Hamburg 1829–1857 FaG
• Melinda Van Doren Hamburg 1834–1909 FaG

Siblings

• Elizabeth Hamburg 1824–1905
• David Hamburg 1826–1907
• Sydney Hamburg Izer 1828–1890
• Jane Hamburg Byers 1830–1906
• Barbara Hamburg Suman 1831–1871
• Caroline Hamburg Izer 1833–1901
• Abraham Hamburg 1835–1913
• Susan Hamburg 1837–1918
• Mary Ann Hamburg 1839–1845
• John Hamburg 1842–1845
• William S. Hamburg 1846–1852

Children

• Laura Virginia Hamburg Walters 1847–1907 FaG
• Agnes Hamburg Haworth 1851–1932 FaG
• Susan May "Susie" Hamburg 1865–1877 FaG
• Carrie Catherine Hamburg Everhart 1865–1940 FaG
• Jennie Malinda Hamburg Doughty 1867–1939 FaG
• William Henry Hamburg 1869–1929 FaG
• Etha R. Hamburg Bates 1872–1951 FaG

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