Helmstedt is a city located at the eastern edge of the German state of Lower Saxony. It is the
capital of the District of Helmstedt. In former times the city was also called Helmstädt.  Helmstedt
developed in the vicinity of the Benedictine St. Ludger's Abbey that was founded around 800 by Saint
Liudger as a missionary station. Helmstedt was first mentioned in 952 and became a city in 1247. The
area belonged to the Abbacy of Werden until 1490, when it was bought by the Duchy of
Brunswick-Lüneburg. From 1576 to 1810, the University of Helmstedt was located here.
From the late 1940s to 1990, the town was the site of a major border crossing between the Federal
Republic of Germany and the German Democratic Republic. The main rail and autobahn route between
West Germany and Berlin, across the GDR, began at the Helmstedt-Marienborn border crossing, also
known as Checkpoint Alpha. Official military traffic from NATO countries to West Berlin was allowed
to use only this route.
My Present Past
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Albert Gustave Hugo
    Born: July 16. 1842 in Helmstedt, Germany    Immigrated: May 06, 1867
    Died: February 06, 1905 in Okawville, Washington County, Illinois
    Father: Dr. Charles Hugo  born: 1814 in Germany  died:
    Mother:                       born:                    died:

    Married: Katherine Engel born: France in 1848 died: December 27, 1928 in Chicago, Illinois  
    Date of marriage: July 02, 1871     Place of marriage: Wyanet, Bureau County, Illinois

    Children:  
    1) Charles J   born: October 19, 1873 in Wyanet, Bureau County, Illinois     
           died: September 1965

    2) Ada M      born:       died:

    3) Albert M   born:      died:
Helmstedt is a city located at the eastern edge of the German state of Lower Saxony. It is the capital of the
District of Helmstedt. In former times the city was also called Helmstädt.  Helmstedt developed in the
vicinity of the Benedictine St. Ludger's Abbey that was founded around 800 by Saint Liudger as a missionary
station. Helmstedt was first mentioned in 952 and became a city in 1247. The area belonged to the Abbacy of
Werden until 1490, when it was bought by the Duchy of Brunswick-Lüneburg. From 1576 to 1810, the
University of Helmstedt was located here.
From the late 1940s to 1990, the town was the site of a major border crossing between the Federal Republic
of Germany and the German Democratic Republic. The main rail and autobahn route between West Germany
and Berlin, across the GDR, began at the Helmstedt-Marienborn border crossing, also known as Checkpoint
Alpha. Official military traffic from NATO countries to West Berlin was allowed to use only this route.

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1870 Census
Albert Hugo           Line #14       Wyanet, Illinois
1877 Bureau County Voters & Taxpayers
Albert Hugo   Wyanet, Illinois
1877 Bureau County Business
Albert Hugo    Wyanet, Illinois
1880 Census
Albert and Kate Hugo                    Wyanet, Illinois
1873 Albert Gustave Hugo
Albert and Kate Hugo moved from Wyanet,
Bureau County, Illinois to Topeka, Shawnee
County, Kansas in 1885.  Albert took a position
with the Atchison Topeka & Santa Fe Railroad
as a clerk. Retiring from the railroad in 1901,
he and Kate moved to Okawville, Illinois to live
with their son, Charles J Hugo.
After John B Engel's death in 1890, Jacobine Engel moved
to the Hugo's residence in Topeka until 1899. She
returned to Wyanet, Illinois, where she remained until
1903. Jacobine moved to Peoria, Illinois in 1903, living with
another daughter Magladine (Engel) Gerring.  Moving that
same year to Albert and Kate Hugo's residence in
Okawville, Illinois. She remained in Okawville until her
death, January 31, 1906
A genealogical experience
Background:
May 17, 1892
Passport Application
Sadie Engel's Guest Book
Albert Hugo November 14, 1878
Albert Hugo was also a very
good artist. To the right is a
small sketch and a entry into
Sadie Engel's guest book