Reinhold Hein (1866 - 1913)

Born in Silesia (Schlesien), Germany on July 13, 1866 and emigrated to the United States in 1883. He is listed as living in Hubbard County and Todd County, Minnesota in the 1880's and 1890's.

He married Katherine Thome around 1901. Their children were (approx birth dates) Margret (1903), Agnes (1906), John (1908), Robert (1910), and Mary (1913).

The family owned a farm in Bertha Township, Todd County, Minnesota where Reinhold died in a dynamite accident while clearing land. The Wadena Pioneer Journal July 12, 1913 carries an account of the accident.

At the time of his death, his mother was still alive in Germany. He also had a brother, Robert Hein of St. Paul and a sister, Mrs. Henry Steger also of St. Paul

Jose Maria Baca (1828 - >1910)

The following information is taken from a copy of an application he made in 1910 for a pension a a survivor of the Indian War. - Henry John Hein

Jose Maria Baca was born in Santa Fe County, New Mexico on Sept. 24, 1828. His occupations were listed as rancher and freighter. He is described as 5 foot 8 inches, having blue eyes, black hair and light complexion.

He was twice married, both times in Anton Chico, N. Mexico. He married Estefana Gallegos in 1848. Together they had 5 surviving children; Clara (1852), Paco (1854), Nestor (my grandfather, 1856), Juan (1858) and Crescencia (1860). He married Maria de la Paz, after his first wife died in 1871. Children from the second marraige were: Manuela (1873), Cleofas (1875), Juana (1881), Jose Maria (1884), Atanacio (1886) and Mateo (1888). Six children did not survive childhood.

A Jose M. Baca of Las Colonias is listed as a Pioneer of the Santa Fe Trail  - http://www.nmhu.edu/research/sftrail/pioneers.htm. It may be the same one as one of Jose Maria Baca's occupations was a freighter. I assume this to be someone who drove wagons. The Santa Fe Trail was the main highway between the Missouri River and the Rocky Mountains during the Westward Expansion.

For information about the Las Colonias area of New Mexico - http://nenewmexico.com/timeline.php

Las Colonias, New Mexico

Today Las Colonias is a Ghost Town

Rita Crespin Baca(1861-1933)

Parents: Benito Crespin and Leodera Lucero, both born in Santa Fe, New Mexico

Wife of Nestor Baca, Mother of Mary B (Bennie) Hein, Grandmother of Robert, Dee Dee, Henry John and James Hein

Children; Agnes (Lucero) 1884, Fannie (Valdez)  1891, Frances (Garde) 1896, Mary Beneranda (Bennie Hein) 1905, Enrique 18??, Donato 18??, and Nestor 1899

She is buried in Santa Barbara Cemetery (Part of Mt. Calvary) in Albuquerque, N.Mexico.

 I remember my Mom saying that her dad was heartbroken when he died and often rode his horse to her gravesite every Sunday. He would have been doing that at age 79!