He married Maria Anna Braam on April 6, 1856 in Cincinnati, Ohio at the Church of St. Philomena.

The bride was born on March 2, 1832 in Bramhar and was christened in Bawinkel.

Her parents were Hermann Hinrick Braam and Anna Margaretha Hillen.

(Witnesses were Anna Maria Stalbarg(?), Johann Bram², Hermann Bram, and Maria Agnete Bram³.)

Gerhard Heinrich died on September 13, 1861 in Cincinnati, Ohio.
Maria Anna died in October 26, 1876 in Cincinnati, Ohio.

They were the parents of the following children:

Maria Anna Agnete

was christened on March 3, 1857 in Cincinnati, Ohio at the Church of St. Philomena.
(Sponsors were Agnete Bram³ and Gerhard H. Kuhr⁴.)
She died before June 18, 1860⁵ in Cincinnati, Ohio.

Anna Adelheid Josephine

was christened on November 17, 1858 in Cincinnati, Ohio at the Church of St. Philomena.
(Sponsors were Hermann Heinrich Brahm⁶ and Josephine Seeger.)
She married Jacob Schmitt on October 26, 1881 in Cincinnati, Ohio at the Church of St. Philomena.

For further details about the Cincinnati branch of our Wesslings, please see Appendix I.

1. As an adult, he was known as Heinrich or Henry.

2. He was the Maria Anna's brother.

3. She was the Maria Anna's sister.

4. He was the the child's great-uncle and an ordained Roman Catholic priest serving at the Church of St. Philomena. He also officiated at the wedding of Gerhard Heinrich and Maria Anna.

5. She was not enumerated in the federal census of 1860.

6. He was the child's maternal grandfather.