I'm researching my husband's maternal line and that includes the HESSE family of Staten Island, NY at the turn of the century..... Her name was Helena Louisa (Lena)Hesse.. She was born in Stapleton, (Richmond),Staten Island, NY Generation No. 1 1. ? HESSE He married JOHANNA BROOKER (or Bruecker) Abt. 1877 in Stapleton, Richmond,Staten Island,NY. (These people could not speak English) Children of ? HESS and JOHANNA BROOKER are: 2. i. HELENA LOUISA HESSE, b. 1877. ii. JOHN HESSE. iii. EDWARD HESSE. iv. THERESA HESSE. v. EMILY HESSE. Generation No. 2 2. HELENA LOUISA HESSE was born 1877. She married LEONARD BAKER WELLMAN 1898 in Stapleton,Richmond,Staten Island, NY, son of LEONARD WILHELM and MARY CHERRY. He was born 1874 in Plymouth, Lununburg, VA, and died Bet. 1944 - 1945 in Stapleton,Richmond,Staten Island, NY. Thank-you, Joyce Clark Foster