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SOURCE: 1880 Federal Census New Wine Township, Dubuque Co., Iowa. Carpenter Age:49 ED:183 Page:46
SOURCE: 1885 Iowa State Census
Name: Herman Abeln
Residence County: Dubuque
Residence State: Iowa
Locality: New Vienna
Birth Location: Germany
Family Number: 2
Marital Status: Married
Gender: Male
Birth Year: abt 1827
Line: 8
Roll: IA1885_180
SOURCE: Germany, Preußen, Hannover, Werlte - Kirchenbuch (Church records), 1750 Katholische Kirche Werlte (Kr. Hümmling) Translation of church records in 2003 by Reinhard Cloppenburg
SOURCE: Mikrofilm aufgenommen von Manuskripten im Bistumsachiv, Münster.
Keine Zirkulation zu europäischen Genealogie-Forschungsstellen gestattet. In: Status animarum / Katholische Kirche, Diözese Münster, Bd. 151, S. 637-665 Roman Catholic parish register of baptisms, marriages, deaths, membership records and communicants, of Werlte and vicinity, including Wieste, Lahn, Hufen, Wehm, Bockholte, Harrenstätte, Vrees and Ostenwalde, Hanover, Germany. Language is German Salt Lake City : Gefilmt durch The Genealogical Society of Utah, 1972 auf 1 Mikrofilmrolle ; 35 mm. Mitgliederliste 1750 -- Taufen, Heiraten, Tote 1750 -- Kommunikanten 1750 - FHL INTL Film [ 920122 ]
IMMIGRATION: Baltimore Passenger and Immigration Lists, 1820-1872
Name: Herman Abeln
Arrival Date: 23 May 1870
Age: 40
Gender: Male
Port of Departure: Bremen
Ship: Berlin
Ship Type: Steam Ship
Port of Arrival: Baltimore
Place of Origin: Oldenburg
National Archives' Series Number: M255
Microfilm Roll Number: 17
List Number: 41
IMMIGRATION: Baltimore, Passenger Lists
Name: Herm Abeln
Gender: Male
Birthdate: 1830
Birth Place: Oldenburg
Age: 40
Arrival Date: May 1870
Port of Departure: Bremen, Germany
Ship Name: Berlin
Port of Arrival: Baltimore, Maryland
Last Residence: Oldenburg
Page: 16
IMMIGRATION: Name: Johann H Abelix
[Johann H Abeln]
Arrival date: 9 Nov 1867
Birth Date: abt 1831
Age: 36
Gender: Male
Ethnicity/ Nationality: German
Place of Origin: Germany
Port of Departure: Bremen, Germany and Cowes, Isle of Wight
Destination: United States of America
Port of Arrival: New York, New York
Ship Name: Western Metropolis
OCCUPATION: Zimmermann in Germany
BIOGRAPHY: Herman Abeln was born near Steinfeld, which was in the Grand Duchy of Oldenburg, Germany. He was a ship builder, a serious, religious, hard working man who made a good living for his family. He emigrated to the United States in the spring of 1870.
BIOGRAPHY: Name: Herman Abeln
Arrival Date: 5/23/1870
Age: 40
Gender: Male
Place of Origin:Oldenburg
Ship: Berlin
Ship Type: Steam Ship
Port of Arrival: Baltimore
Port of Departure: Bremen
National Archives' Series Number: 17
Microfilm Number: M255
List Number: 41
BIOGRAPHY: The surname Abeln has his roots in north-west Germany. In a document from the year 1394 "Abele zu Wieste" is mentioned as "freibauer des Hümmlings" a free farmer. The first Abeln lived around 1600 in the regions Emsland + Cloppenburg around the Hümmling.
The surname Abeln was sometimes changed in Abelen or Abel.
CHRISTENING: Joann Hermann Abeln was born April 13 1828 in Wieste parish in Werlte. He was baptized April 13 1828, his witnesses were "Joann Abelen Heuermann aus Hüven & Gesina Sandmann Ackermagd aus Hüven".
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 ]
BIOGRAPHY: Herman Abeln was born in 1828 in Steinfeld, which was in the Grand Duchy of Oldenburg, Germany. He was a shipbuilder, a serious, religious, hard working man who made a good living for his family.
His wife, Katerina Rolfes, was also born in 1844 in Steinfeld. Her parents were of excellent financial circumstances and social standing, her mother being a Von Der Essen, members of the Royal Court. When Katerina arrived in her teens she was apprenticed to the housekeeper of the parish rectory. According to custom, her parents paid for this apprenticeship so that she might learn the rudiments of housekeeping, cooking, and the fine arts from the housekeeper. She loved her work, and was know in the rectory for her cheerfulness.
They were married in 1865, and in 1869, Herman and Katerina moved to New Vienna, Iowa, where Katerina's sister and her husband, Mary Ann and Franz Carl Buenker, Sr. lived. When Katerina came to New Vienna, she had a trunk full of beautiful silk and satin dresses that she seldom wore. The people of New Vienna were of simpler styles and fabrics, and out of graciousness and good taste, she set aside her beautiful clothes. The early Abelns remember Indians coming to the back door begging for food and money.
BIOGRAPHY: In New Vienna Herman was the town cooper a carpenter and made a specialty of butter tubs which were in demand at the time. Herman, a carpenter by trade, purchased a two-story log cabin along with lots 4, 5 and 6 (along east side of highway, south of former Kerper's Store, where the New Vienna Insurance Company is now located in New Vienna, and built on some additions to the cabin. His home still stands in New Vienna.
Herman built houses and barns in the county. His highest pay was $2.25 a day-from sunrise to sunset. Barn-raising was a great event. A farmer would prepare for the building by cutting heavy oak timbers. The carpenter "squared" these, which took a lot of skill. When the main framework of the barn was completed on the ground, a day was set for raising the frame. Herman constructed the first sidewalks in New Vienna. It consisted of three planks laid lengthwise.
Their oldest son, Anthony, was born in Steinfeld and was about four years old when they moved to New Vienna. (See his Pioneer story in this book). He went to Dubuque in 1882, and in 1884, began his career as an abstractor. He was appointed deputy in various offices such as county treasurer, district court clerk and county recorder, during which he acquired a large circle of friends. He was recognized as an expert on matters relating to real estate. In the early 1890s, he opened his own abstract office. He coupled his devotion to his family with a love of literature and an interest in creative hobbies.
Their second child, Sophie, was also born in Steinfeld. After marrying Joseph Meyer, she first lived in New Vienna, then in Dubuque. Joseph owned and operated the White House Biscuit Company in Dubuque which manufactured and wholesaled cookies and crackers. She was a shy little woman with a great sense of humor.
Mary Frances was born and raised in New Vienna. She married Anton Hoefer, the son of Christian and Anna Maria Hoefer and owners of a block of property in New Vienna consisting of the Washington House Hotel and tavern, two big livery barns where farmers rented stalls to house their horses when they came to town for business or church in cold weather, a store building, and two residences, one rented to a doctor. Anton went to school at St. Boniface in New Vienna and then to Bayless Business College in Dubuque. In 1883, at age 22, Anton went to California and then boarded a ship to Uniontown, Washington, where he worked for his brother, John, in a dry goods store and also homesteaded a quarter section (160 acres) in Idaho. In 1886 John Hoefer had returned to New Vienna to marry Anna Mary Hellman daughter of Henry Hellmann and Mary Agnes Fangmann. Anton returned to New Vienna & married Mary Frances Abeln in 1891, the couple returned to the homestead in Genesee, Idaho for a year. In 1892, they sold their land and livestock for approximately $2,000 and carried the money in gold with them by way of the Northern Pacific Railroad to Minneapolis, going by another railroad to New Vienna. They lived in the hotel in New Vienna owned by Anton's parents for a year. Their first child, Raymond, was born in the hotel. Anton tended bar in the saloon located in the hotel until the following year when they moved to a 240-acre farm three miles north of Albion, NE.
Joseph was a practicing physician for fifty years. He began his education at St. Boniface School in New Vienna, attended school in Dubuque and received his degree in medicine in St. Louis. For 36 years, he practiced in and around New Vienna, and later continued his profession in Dubuque. He married Anna Luthmers in 1904. He was known for his kindness and his charitable nature.
Elizabeth, Joseph's twin sister, married John Fangman in 1895 and lived on a farm about a mile north of Bankston. They later moved to Dubuque, where John worked for the Midwest Timmerman Company, a wholesaler of automotive accessories and radios. The company was owned by Sophie's husband, Joseph Meyer, and Timmerman.
Josephine married Edward Majerus in 1904, who was vice president and sales manager of the White House Biscuit Company, owned by Sophie's husband.
Caroline, called Lena, lived in New Vienna and married Henry Schaetzle in 1900. She died at an early age. Her husband bought the hotel at New Vienna at an auction after the owner, Christian Hoefer, died. He continued to operate a tavern in it.
Katherine married Al Oberbroeckling in 1909, and lived on a farm near New Vienna, and then later on a farm near Cascade.
Francis, or Frank, the youngest, lived in New Vienna all his life. He was a licensed mortician for 55 years, and operated a gasoline station just south of Kerper's store. He married Abeline Klostermann in 1909.
Herman and Catharina Abeln had thirteen children. Four of these children died before the age two.
Franciscan Sisters from LaCrosse taught reading, writing and arithmetic at St. Boniface School, where the Abeln family received their early education, enabling them to be successful in a variety of occupations, careers and professions.
IMMIGRATION: Index 10
Name
Vorname Hermann
Familienname Abeln
Informationen
Geschlecht Männlich
Religion/Konfession römisch–katholisch
Lebensalter 71
Geburt Datum 1828 Ort Steinfeld; Oldenburg
Tod Datum 29.1.1899 Ort New Vienna; IA; USA
Anmerkungen Quelle: Festschrift 150 Jahre St. Boniface Gemeinde, New Vienna, IA
Auswanderung–1 Datum 1869 Ort Iowa; USA
Familie
Partner
5618 Rolfes, Catharina
*27. Okt 1844 †24. Dez 1928
Hochzeit Datum 1865 Ort Steinfeld; Oldenburg
NATURALIZATION: Johann Hermann Abeln
Court District: Illinois, Indiana, Wisconsin, Iowa
Date of Action: 6 Nov 1876
OBITUARY: Wednesday, February 1, 1899: Dubuque Daily Herald, Dubuque, Iowa
HERMAN ABELN DEAD.
Dubuque County Loses a Good Citizen
Sunday Morning.
Herman Abeln, a well known citizen of New Vienna, died at his home Sunday, Jan. 29, 1899, aged 71 years. Deceased was born in Hanover, Germany, and came to this country in 1870, settling in New Vienna, this county, where he has ever since resided. The surviving relatives other than his widow are his children, A. P. Abeln, Josephine and Mrs. J. L. Meyer, all of this city, and Mrs. Mary Hoefer, of Albion, Neb, Mrs. John Fangmann, of New Vienna, Joseph L., now at college in St. Louis, Lena, Frank and Katie, the latter three residing on the homestead. The funeral will be held at St. Boniface church, New Vienna, this morning at 9 o'clock.
Note: SOURCE: 1870 Federal Census New Wine Township, Dubuque Co., Iowa. Carpent
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