The Habing Family Tree

While currently UNDER CONSTRUCTION!, this site will eventually feature genealogical information (family tree, photographs, and stories) related to the family of Thomas Richard Habing and Sharon Irene Yost of Rockford, Illinois.

Thomas Richard Habing (1945-)
- Frederick Bernard Habing (1900-1980)
  - Bernard Francis Georg Habing (1871-1951) and Susanna Catherine Hoedebecke (1871-1956) who lived in Teutopolis, Illinois. Their families had immigrated from Oldenburg, Germany.
- Amelia Teresa Laux (1906-1998)
  - William Anton Laux (1878-1956) and Mary Gertrude Goeckner (1879-1920) who lived in Effingham County, Illinois. Mary's parents immigrated from Westfalia, Germany.
Sharon Irene Yost (1947-)
- Leonard William Yost (1922-)
  - Heinrich "Henry" Wilhelm Yost (1896-1983) and Pauline Strauch (1898-1991) who lived in Lincoln, Nebraska. Their parents immigrated from the German village of Beideck in Russia.
- Irene Claire Bloom (1925-1977)
  - Anton Heinaluoma (1872-1944) and Fiina Maki (1881-1960) who settled near Eagle River, Wisconsin after immigrating from Turku, Finland (changing their last name to Bloom).

An Index of Pictures is also available (listed both by name and by year).

In addition to the names listed above, other surnames in the family tree include: Bilz, Esker, Hoppe, Hoynck, Koehler, Niehaus, Nispel, Nordlohne, Pollmann, Sandschafer, Uptmor, Viek, Waschefort, Wibbleing, and Wubbelt. The oldest record we currently have is for Thedodor Waschefort (1636-1669) from Addrup (now Essen) in Oldenburg.

Information should gradually be posted here over time, and once we have formatted and entered the data we currently have (gathered by dozens of people over the years), more would be welcome.

Brian Habing and Thomas Habing
November 27, 2002