above: Heinrich Knapp about 1912
in front of the garden pavilion
of the house Prinzenstr. 34 in Elberfeld

1870

1901

about 1915

about 1916

born on 22nd January 1834 at Herne/Westphalia  (look at his

)
 
died on 14th June 1919 at Elberfeld/Rhineland
 
Heinrich Knapp (baptized as: Henrich Wilhelm Knap) was the fifth of six children of Johann Diederich Knap, a carpenter, and his wife Lisette Sophia Friederike Wordtmann (look at their

). On

he married

t from Waldlaubersheim near Bad Kreuznach (Nahe/Rhine) and had 2 children,

and

. Henrich Knapp was a teacher at the school of

near Neuwied for many years.
 
Heinrich Knapp was affectionate, cheerful and a wonderful story-teller as his grandson Kurt Müller (sen.) remembered (see

).

Particular gratitude for great contributions to our Knapp family history research is owed to

Magdalena Huck

, Recklinghausen.