Seventeenth Generation

79. Nikolaus Wilhelm (Willi) STEINHAUER^2,4,5,8 was born on 17 May 1887 in Wippershain, Hersfeld, Rhön, Germany. Born at Haus Nummer 56. Other sources say June rather than May. He was educated at Grundschule between 1893 and 1897 in Wippershain, Hersfeld, Rhön, Germany. He was educated at the Gymnasium between 1897 and 1904 in Bad Hersfeld, Germany.⁹ Dates approximate. He had to walk or ride a bike to school everyday, a distance of about 10 km. The principal of the school was the "Duden" of Duden's Encyclopedia. He was educated at the Postamt as an apprentice between 1904 and 1907 in Bad Hersfeld, Germany. Dates approximate. He apprenticed as "Postsekretär." He was a postal worker from 1908. Date approximate. He probably began working for the Post Office in Bad Hersfeld. He suffered from rheumatism and was sent for a cure about 1911 in Braunfels an der Lahn, Germany.⁹ It was here that he met Johanna Weitz, and applied for a postal job in Braunfels. He was an a mason's apprentice in Braunfels an der Lahn, Germany about 1913. He worked for his father-in-law, but it did not work out, and he quit to return to the Post Office in Braunfels. He served in the German army between 1914 and 1918.⁹ During part of World War I, he was a cannonier in Ukraine He was an a Postsekretär in Braunfels an der Lahn, Germany between 1918 and 1927. He was a Postsekretär in Frankfurt am Main, Germany between 1927 and 1945. He was not promoted during this time period because he was pubicly opposed to the Nazi government. Nevertheless, as he did not participate in any anti-government activities, and his children were all in the Hitler-Jugend, he kept his job. He and his family were bombed out of their house about 1945 in Frankfurt am Main, Germany. They then moved back to Braunfels. He was a Post Master ("Postbeamter, Oberamtmann") in Wetzlar, Lahn, Germany between 29 Nov 1945 and 30 Sep 1952.⁹ His opposition to the Nazi regime probably helped him to get the Post Master position after the War ended. He retired on 30 Sep 1952 in Wetzlar, Lahn, Germany.¹⁴ He died on 14 Sep 1969 in Braunfels an der Lahn, Germany.¹⁴ Claus Schmitt data has him as Wilhelm Nikolaus, but listed as Nikolaus Wilhelm on his marriage certificate. Burkhard Steinhauer data has him as Friedrich Wilhelm Nikolaus.

Nikolaus Wilhelm (Willi) STEINHAUER and Johanna (Hanna) WEITZ were married on 3 Nov 1913 in Braunfels an der Lahn, Germany. She married against her father's wishes. They first lived on Heinrich Ziegler Straße. Johanna (Hanna) WEITZ^4,5,8,12 (daughter of Karl Ludwig WEITZ and Johanna Magdalene Jacobina Henriette (Anna) SCHELLENBERG) was born on 8 Nov 1889 in Braunfels an der Lahn, Germany.¹⁵ She was educated at the Familienschule between 1895 and 1904 in Braunfels an der Lahn, Germany.⁹ Dates approximate. She was educated at a (boarding) finishing school, an "Internat" between 1905 and 1907 in Darmstadt, Germany. Dates approximate. She was supposed to learn to run the construction company after 1907 in Braunfels an der Lahn, Germany. This did not work out, nor did a later attempt to get her husband Willi to do it. She was a housewife and mother from 1913. "Sie war eine gute Hausfrau und Mutter." -- her daughter Anneliese. She was living about 1918 in Braunfels an der Lahn, Germany. Fürst Ferdinand Straße 28. This house was inherited from her father, and remained in the family until her daughter Margret's death. She was living about 1945 in Braunfels an der Lahn, Germany. They returned to Fürst Ferdinand Straße 28 after Willi's retirement. She died on 5 Jun 1971 in Braunfels an der Lahn, Germany.¹⁶ She was buried on 11 Jun 1971 in Braunfels an der Lahn, Germany.¹⁶ Burial of the urn took place at the Friedhofskapelle, Braunfels, at 2:30 in the afternoon. She loved to do needlework and was forever making presents for her children and grandchildren. Nikolaus Wilhelm (Willi) STEINHAUER and Johanna (Hanna) WEITZ had the following children:

+84	i.	Margret Martha STEINHAUER.
+85	ii.	Burkhard Karl Friedrich Wilhelm STEINHAUER.
+86	iii.	Anneliese Ernestine Marta Margarete STEINHAUER.