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Note: tian Hefer Occupation:Minar Age:35 Roll: M432_111 Page: 306 Image: 613 (Page 118 #612)
SOURCE: Last name spelled Höver in 1854 Iowa Census New Wine Township, Dubuque Co., Iowa.
SOURCE: Iowa, State Census Collection, 1836-1925
Name: Christian Haver
[Christian Hoefer]
Birth Year: abt 1814
Birth Place: Germany
Gender: Male
Marital Status: Married
Census Date: 1856
Residence State: Iowa
Residence County: Dubuque
Locality: New Wine
Roll: IA_54
Line: 32
Family Number: 193
Occupation farmer.
Haver, Christian, 42, farmer, Germany
A.M., 35, Germany
John, 11, Germany
Joseph, 3, Iowa
SOURCE: 1860 census New Wine Township, Dubuque Co., Iowa. Farmer. Age:47 Page 37 Last name spelled Haver
Christian, 47, farmer, Nassau
Mary, 40, Nassau
John, 15, Nassau
Joseph, 7, Iowa
Adam, 3, Iowa
Elizabeth, 1, Iowa
SOURCE: 1870 Federal Census New Wine Township, Dubuque Co., Iowa. Farmer. Age:57 Page:46 #392 Roll: M593_390 Image: 140
Christian, 57, farmer, Hesse Nassua
Anna M., 50, keep house, Hesse Nassau
John, 24, wks farm, Hesse Nassau
Joseph, 17, wks farm, Iowa
Elizabeth, 12, Iowa
Anton, 9, Iowa
Helena Hale, 21, servant, Hesse Nassau
SOURCE: 1870 U.S. Federal Census Non-Population Schedules, 1850-1880
Name: Christian Hoefer
Location: New Wine, Dubuque, Iowa, USA
Enumeration Date: 13 Aug 1870
Schedule Type: Agriculture
OS Page: 2
Line Number: 11
SOURCE: 1880 Federal Census New Wine Township, Dubuque Co., Iowa. Farmer Age:65 ED:183 Page:39 #339
SOURCE: 1880 U.S. Federal Census Non-Population Schedules, 1850-1880
Name: Christian Hoefer
Location: New Wine, Dubuque, Iowa, USA
Enumeration Date: 23 Jun 1880
Schedule Type: Agriculture
Line Number: 04
SOURCE: 1885 Iowa State Census
Name: Christian Hoefer
Residence County: Dubuque
Residence State: Iowa
Locality: New Wine
Birth Location: Germany
Family Number: 121
Marital Status: Married
Gender: Male
Birth Year: abt 1814
Line: 20
Roll: IA1885_180
LAND: U.S., Indexed County Land Ownership Maps, 1860-1918
Owner's Name: C Hoefer
State: Iowa
County: Dubuque
Town: New Wine
Year: 1874
LAND: U.S., Indexed County Land Ownership Maps, 1860-1918
Owner's Name: C Hoefer
State: Iowa
County: Dubuque
Town: Iowa
Year: 1892
SOURCE: History of Dubuque County, Iowa: being a general survey of Dubuque ..., Volume 2
By Franklin T. Oldt, Patrick Joseph Quigley, Kenneth Cornell Goodspeed, Goodspeed Historical Association (Chicago)
Christian and Anna Maria.
Christian Hoefer was born in the Prussian Province of Nassau, Germany, in the year 18 12, and in 1844 emigrated to the United States, landing at New York City. He decided to come west in search of a home, and made the journey partly by canal to Sandusky, Ohio. Christian Hoefer lived three years at Sandusky, Ohio, before he came to Chicago and West, thence by lakes to Chicago, thence by stage to Galena, Illinois, and a year later came to Dubuque county and with a soldier's warrant for i6o acres settled on a farm in New Wine township. He was one of the pioneer settlers in this section of the county and experienced the trials and hardships incident to
early times. He died on November i, 1892, aged eighty years, and was follow-ed by his wife in 1893, at the age of seventy-five. Both are buried in St. Boniface cemetery at New Vienna.
BIOGRAPHY: Christian Hoefer was born Christianus Hoefer with a twin brother Johannes Hoefer. Christian married Maria Catharina Munsch as Christian Höber and to Anna Maria Schwickert as Christian Höber.
In German church records the family name was spelled Hoefer from around 1810 to 1845. Before, after and even during that 1810 to 1845 period the surname was spelled in early German as Höber or Höver and later in as Hoeber or Hoever. So the last name spelling of an individuals birth, marriage(s) or death records could be any one of these five spellings, depending on the policies of the time, the recorder and ?
SOURCE: The 1854 Citizenship paper of Christian Hoefer and testimonial of Jacob Schoenberger on June 18, 1885 (Received from Mary Hoefer in Oct. of 1975) The name is fractured on the original and difficult to read. In addition the whole testimonial is difficult to read. On June 18, 1885 Jacob Schoenberger testifying in court to the fact that Christian Hoefer was the same person as his signature on the original document that Christian Hoever who was admitted as a citizen of the United States was the same Christian Hoefer.
IMMIGRATION: Although Johann Hower (Hoefer) and Johann Adam Hower (Hoefer) and their families immigrated to the United States aboard the ship John Marshall from Rotterdam on July 17, 1849, Christian Hoefer & his family do not appear on the ship manifest with his brothers. The manifest contains a two full pages of names. It is possible other pages were lost. Christian and his brothers probably traveled by land from Helferskirchen in Hessen Nassau to Koblenz then by river to Rotterdam. Christian and family were in Helferkirchen Nov. 30, 1846 when their daughter Maria Anna Hoefer was born. It is also possible that Christian and family emmigrated in 1847 or 1848.
Abstracts of Original Entries: New Wine Township, Dubuque Co. Iowa
Land Description Section Township Range # Acres $/Acre Name Date Payment Receipt
W of SW 2 89 2W 80.00 Christian Hoever 28Jun1850 LW 5193
E of SE 3 89 2W 80.00 Christian Hoever 28Jun1850 LW 5193
SOURCE: Germany, Prussen, Hessen-Nassau, Katholische Kirche Helferskirchen church records (Kirchenbuch) located in Diozesanarchiv Limburg contains Geburten/Taufen, Trauungen/Heiraten, Tote. Also FHL INTL Films [1270306 Items 6-7], [1270307], [1270308 Items 1-4]
BURIAL: St. Boniface Catholic 7419 Columbus Street, New Vienna, Iowa 52065
Latitude: N42 33.088
Longitude: W091 06.889
Elevation: 1067ft
DEATH: Christian Hoefer died of pneumonia
DEATH: St. Boniface Catholic Church records, New Vienna, Iowa. Includes burial register, 1844-1989; parish records, 1846-1982; baptisms, 1847-1911; marriages, 1847-1989; anniversaries, 1849-1987 - FHL US/CAN Film [ 1637056 ]
RELIGION: Roman Catholic
BIOGRAPHY: From an old Dubuque County History book:
"Christian Hoefer was born in the Prussian Province of Nassau, Germany, in the year 1813, and in 1844 emigrated to the United States, landing at New York City. He decided to come west in search of a home, and made the journey partly by canal to Sandusky, Ohio; Christian Hoefer lived three years at Sandusky, Ohio, before he came to Chicago, and West, thence by lakes to Chicago, thence by stage to Galena, Illinois, and a year later between Aug & September 1850 he came to Dubuque County and with a soldier's warrant for 160 acres settled on a farm in New Wine Township. He was one of the pioneer settlers in that section of the county and experienced the trials and hardsips incident to early times. He died on November 1, 1892, aged eighty years, and was followed by his wife in 1893, at the age of seventy-five years. Both are buried in St Boniface cemetery in New Vienna."
BIOGRAPHY: Dubuque County History book;
Christian Hoefer was born in the Prussian Province of Nassau, Germany, in the year 1812, and in 1849 emigrated to the United States, landing at New York City. He decided to come west in search of a home, and made the journey partly by canal to Sandusky, Richland Co., Ohio; Christian Hoefer and his two brothers left Sandusky in April 1850 by lakes to Chicago, thence by stage or water to Galena, Illinois on May 19, 1850. The trip took three weeks. Christian and his two brothers are in the 1950 Federal Census City of Galena, Illinois Dec 17, 1850. A year later he came to Dubuque County and with a soldier's warrant for 160 acres settled on a 150 acre farm near New Vienna in New Wine Township. He moved to New Vienna in April 1853. His farm had a quarry and a sand pit. He was one of the pioneer settlers in that section of the county and experienced the trials and hardsips incident to early times. Later he bought tracts of woodland near Guttenberg, and Bankston, Iowa from which he sold cord wood and walnut for furniture.
BIOGRAPHY: Directions to Christian & Anna Marie's farm. From Schaetzle's Tavern take the black~op east out of New Vienna; go 2 miles on blacktop; to what other years was known as the Lansing turnoff. Turn left on gravel on go l and l/2 miles; turn right into farm lane and go 1/2 miles to where farm is located. The farm had a sand pit and stone quarry. As of 1989 the farm is owned by a Mr. Phillips.
BIOGRAPHY: At some later time he purchased a block of property in New Vienna consisting of a hotel, tavern, two big livery barns, a store building, and two residences, one rented to a doctor. In those days barns were needed as there were no cars. Farmers rented stalls where they could put their teams in cold weather when they attended church or conducted business.
BIOGRAPHY: Christian obtained his naturalization papers in Nov.7, 1854. The court clerk entered his name as it was spelled in Germany Christian Hoever, even though he was using the name Hoefer in Iowa. On June 18, 1885 Jacob Schoenberger testifying in court to the fact that Christian Hoefer was the same person as his signature on the original document that Christian Hoever who was admitted as a citizen of the United States was the same Christian Hoefer as the 1854 Citizenship paper of Christian Hoefer and testimonial of Jacob Schoenberger on June 18, 1885 (Received from Mary Hoefer in Oct. of 1975) The name is fractured on the original and difficult to read. In addition the whole testimonial is difficult to read.
BIOGRAPHY: Christian died on November 1, 1892, aged eighty years of pneumonia, and was followed by his wife in 1893 of "galoping consumption", at the age of seventy-five years. Both are buried in St Boniface cemetery in New Vienna.
BIOGRAPHY: Chris and Ammie were remembered as being friendly, sociable people, loved by all. They were always ready to help anyone from Nassau who needed assistance.
BIOGRAPHY: NEW VIENNA:
Th is early settlement was named by Bishop Mathias Loras in honor of Austria's King Leopold, who had helped Bishop Loras finance the diocese. Five German families (Fangmann, Rohenkohl, Tauke, Wiechmann, and Hellmann) moved to Iowa in 1843, settling at "Wilson's Grove," the present site of the town. Each family donated ten acres for the formation of New Vienna. The community was incorporated on May 31, 1895. In 1993, New Vienna
was designated "a best small town in America. " Much of the memorabilia of the area is housed at the New Vienna Historical Society Museum. The 1990 Census indicated a population of 376. WILSON'S GROVE the original name of the settlement which in 1846 was platted as New Wiene and later called New Vienna, was established by Robert Wilson who had settled there in 1833 or 1834.
New Vienna was incorporated by a vote of 56 residents (all male, of course) on July 17, 1895. The results were 42 in favor of incorporation and 14 opposed. The book says that before then the name New Vienna and St. Boniface were synonymous and that New Vienna was a community of some 300-500 people living in and around the area called "New Wine". "The Church and the Pastor were the dominating force in the community. If the village were to grow systematically, the need for some form of rule or government became more pressing". The next paragraph talks about the need to set up a tax base, project the future in terms of expansion, street maintenance, water and sewer construction and a form of government. The number of voter would indicate that only those living within the "platted" map of the village could vote.
BIRTH: Germany, Prussen, Hessen-Nassau, Katholische Kirche Helferskirchen church records located in Diozesanarchiv Limburg contains Geburten/Taufen, Trauungen/Heiraten, Tote Volume KB-6 KATH 1844-1851 Roll 212, Bieser Band enthalt 166 blatter Page 89
HOMESTEAD: Homestead of Christian & Anna Marie (Schwickert) Hoefer
Homeplace of Joseph F & Sophia (Kokenge) Hoefer The house had three levels. Two levels of the house are shown as you can see from the windows. The house was built into the side of a hill and the lower level ceiling was ground level and three sides of the house on the lower level were surrounded by ground. The
lower level had a huge dining room; maybe 25 to 30ft by 20 to 25 ft.
This is just a guess, but it was large; off the dining room and to the right rear of the house was a large kitchen built onto the main house. Above the kitchen was a large room and as I recall it was known as the Boys room. To the left of the picture, where the man and three girls are standing and off the dining room was, arid I would guess a lOXI0 cold storage room. Smoked sausage and bacon, of course, home butchered and cured hung from the ceiling, potatoes and other edibles were stored. This room had an open well which would cool the room and also there was a platform on a pulley that could be lowered into the well for extra cool storage. At tile end of the dining room was a stairway leading to the second level.
There was a covered porch along the entire front of the porch.
The two white posts on the picture shows the stairway to the porch and outside entrance to the second level. From the white post to the right and to the right end of the porch, beneath this area was a cemented area with a four foot enclosed high area and the rest of the space was open to the bottom of the upper level porch (second level). In this area were racks for the men to hang work clothes, boots, shoes etc, such as egg gathering baskets and the wood for the heating stove was store in this area. This entered into a door leading to the dining room. A separate kitchen door was off the kitchen to the outside; had a small porch where wood and other supplies were kept for the kitchen. The entrance to the porch between the two white posts and when you entered the second level there was a very large bedroom to the right, which was the Grandparents room and further down the hall another bedroom adjacent to the large one.
On the 3rd level bedrooms and a large storage room was located. As you entered the second level, to the left was a very large room and it was called the Parlor. This room had a very large beautiful bright colored rug with highly polished floors surrounding the rug. It had a large old fashioned organ, phonograph, beautiful antique wood, seat and back upholstered chairs. The walls had numerous gold framed family pictures. This room was only for special guests and for regular large family gatherings was not used. There was a key to the door of this room and was for special guests only. I believe I was only in the room on two occasions, and occassionally when the door was open used to stand at the door and admire it.
The entire exterior of the house was of pebble dash. No painting was necessary. As best I can describe it, the entire exterior was covered with cement and small stone pebbles of various colors embeded in the cement to the extent the cement portion wasn't noticeable.
After the death of the Grandparents, Joseph F & Sophia, owned the farm. They sold it to Al Schwers. The farm is now owned by Phillips. The house was torn down and a new house built.
CHRISTENING: Godfather was Chris Ramm
Godmother was Lucy Frees
Note: SOURCE: 1850 census: City of Galena, Jo Daviess Co., Illinois Name: Chris
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