Henri Rickert and Rosina O'Hair

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Husband Henri RICKERT ^{1 2}

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         Born: 12 Oct 1813 - Hamburg, Germany 3
         Died: 9 Feb 1895 - Birmingham, Jefferson Co, Alabama 3
       Buried: 1895 - Magnolia Cemetery, Mobile, Mobile Co, Alabama 3

     Marriage: 1841 - Mobile, Mobile Co, Alabama 2

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Events in his life were:

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• Religion, Lutheran, 1813

• Occupation, Sailor, 1825

• Residence, Mobile, Mobile Co, Alabama, 1834

• Naturalization ⁴, Dutch, Mobile, Mobile Co, Alabama, 7 Nov 1840

• Census ⁵, Fifth Ward, Mobile, Mobile Co, Alabama, 15 Jun 1860

• Occupation ⁵, Clerk, 15 Jun 1860

• Census, 5th Ward, Mobile, Alabama, 1880

• Occupation ⁶, Clerk, 1890

• Occupation ⁷, Timber Inspector, Between 1891 and 1892

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Wife Rosina O'HAIR ^{1 2}

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         Born: 1817 - County Cork, Ireland 1 2
         Died: After 1860
       Buried: 

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Children

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1 M Edward W RICKERT ^{1 8}

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         Born: 23 Jul 1851 - St Emanuel St, Mobile, Mobile Co, Alabama 3 9
         Died: 23 Apr 1894 - Birmingham, Jefferson Co, Alabama 3
       Buried: Apr 1894 - Magnolia Cemetery, Mobile, Mobile Co, Alabama

       Spouse: Emma Catharine RICHARDSON (1856-1939) 8 10
         Marr: 22 Jun 1875 - Mobile, Mobile Co, Alabama 11

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2 M James Henry RICKERT ¹

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         Born: 8 Jun 1846 - Alabama 3
         Died: 4 Mar 1885 - Alabama 3
       Buried: 1885 - Magnolia Cemetery, Mobile, Mobile Co, Alabama

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3 M John N RICKERT ^{1 12}

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         Born: 1855 - Alabama 1 12
         Died: After 1892
       Buried: 

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General Notes (Husband)

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1860 Mobile Co, AL Census, 6/13/1860, Mobile
Henry Rickert 41 M Clerk 3000 3000 Hamburg
Rosina Rickert 40 F Ireland
James H Rickert 14 M Alabama
Edward W Rickert 8 M "
John N Rickert 5 M "
Mary J Cunningham 40 F Ireland

1880 Mobile Co, AL Census, 5th Ward, Mobile
Henry RICKERT Self M Male W 67 HAMBURG Clerk HAMBURG HAMBURG
Rosina RICKERT Wife M Female W 57 IRE Keeping House IRE IRE
James RICKERT Son S Male W 31 AL Book Keeper HAMB IRE
John RICKERT Son S Male W 23 AL Blacksmith HAMB IRE

City Directory for Mobile Alabama shows Henry and John living at 356 St Emanuel, Mobile, AL from 1890-1892.
George's letter says Henri had five brothers and a sister. He became a Catholic upon his marriage to Rosina and a Methodist after her death. He built their home on St. Emanuel Street where they had five boys, no daughters. Only one of the boys married, E. W.

Mobile County, AL Marriages
2080 JOHNSON, MONTIOUS LEE RICKERT, MARY C 08/10/1904 38-449

Rickart, Henry, Pvt. Corpl. Co., A, 22nd and 23rd La. Inf. En. Camp Lewis, Dec. 5, 1861. Rolls from Dec. 31, 1861, to Dec., 1862, Present. Federal Rolls of Prisoners of War, Captured and Paroled Vicksburg, Miss., July 4, 1863. List dated Enterprise, Miss., Oct. 13, 1863, Present in camp. List not dated, Forwd. Oct. 19, 1863, for exchange. Rolls from Oct., 1863, to Dec., 1863, Present.
Also borne on Rolls of Co. A, 22nd (Cons.) La. Inf. as Rickert, Henry, Corpl. Rolls from Jan., 1864 to April, 1864, Present. Roll May and June, 1864. Absent, sick in Hospl., Mobile, May 22, 1864. Rolls from July, 1864, to Oct., 1864, Present. Federal Rolls of Prisoners of War, Captured Spanish Fort, Ala., April 8, 1865. Recd. Ship Island, Miss., April 10, 1865. Paroled Camp Townsend, May 6, 1865.

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General Notes (Wife)

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another source says her surname was McGillicuddy.

is Mary J Cunningham her sister?

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1 1860 Mobile Co, AL Census.

2 Rickert, George Charles.

3 Cemetery, Magnolia , Mobile Co, AL, 353.

4 Clinton P. King & Meriem A. Barlow, Naturalization Records Mobile, Alabama (1986, Gateway Press, Inc., Baltimore), Bk 6, Page 55.

5 1860 Mobile Co, AL Census, 07?.

6 City Directory, Mobile, AL, 1890.

7 City Directory, Mobile, AL, 1891.

8 Heffernan, John J.

9 1880 Mobile Co, AL Census (http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Search/frameset_search.asp?PAGE=census/search_census.asp), 7.

10 Death Certificate, 26393.

11 International Genealogy Index, M593507.

12 1880 Mobile Co, AL Census (http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Search/frameset_search.asp?PAGE=census/search_census.asp).