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From Taben-Rodt to America
1850 – 1899
The History of the Emigrant Families
Klein
Herber
Naumann, Nauman
Neises, Neuses,
Faha,
Gansemer
Dühr, Duhr, Duehr
Felten
Loch
Kettenhofen, Kettenhoven
Weiter
Massem
1 FOREWORD 11
2 ECONOMIC SITUATION IN TABEN IN THE 19TH CENTURY 15
2.1 Agricultural Development in Taben 15
2.2 Commercial Development in Taben 16
2.3 Wages in 19th Century Taben 18
2.4 Covering the Costs of Emigration 18
2.5 Population Growth in Taben 18
3 GENERAL INFORMATION ON EMIGRATION 21
3.1 The First Emigrants set off 21
3.2 The Journey to the European Seaports 22
3.3 The Atlantic passage 23
3.4 Immigrations Procedures 26
3.5 The Onward Journey in North America 32
3.6 Why go to Iowa, USA? 34
3.7 Later Emigrants 43
4 EMIGRANTS FROM 19TH CENTURY TABEN, RODT AND HAMM (OVERVIEW TABLE, AS KNOWN THUS FAR) 45
5 EMIGRANTS FROM THE EXTENDED KLEIN FAMILY 53
5.1 Pioneer: Family of Johann / John KLEIN (born 1820 in Taben) 53
5.1.1 Table of the Family of Johann / John Klein (born 1820) 54
5.1.2 Economic Development from 1860–1880, Johann / John Klein 62
5.1.3 Will and Testament of Johann / John Klein, written 1899 64
5.1.4 Gravestone of Johann / John and Catharina (Catherine) Klein 66
5.1.5 Emigrant Child: Peter Klein (born 1854 in Illinois) 68
5.1.6 Emigrant Grandchild: John Georg Klein (born 1859 in Iowa) 70
5.1.7 Emigrant Child: Matthias Klein (born: 1863 in Iowa) 73
5.1.8 Emigrant Child: Catharina Klein (born 1848 in Rodt) 79
5.2 “Family Reunion” of the Descendants of the Emigrant “John KLEIN” 80
5.3 Family of the Emigrant Franz / Frank H. KLEIN (born 1844 in Hamm) 84
5.3.1 Table of the Family of Franz /Frank H. Klein (born 1844) 85
5.3.2 Economic Development from 1880-1906, Franz (Frank H.) Klein (born 1844) 85
5.3.3 Gravestone of Frank H. and Catharina (Katharina) Klein 88
5.3.4 Emigrant Child: Joseph Klein (born 1886 in USA) 88
6 EMIGRANTS FROM THE HERBER FAMILY 89
6.1 Pioneer: Peter HERBER (born 1835 in Taben) 89
6.1.1 Table of the Family of Peter Herber (born 1835) 90
6.1.2 Economic Development from 1870-1930, Peter Herber 92
6.1.3 Biographical Information about Peter Herber (born 1835) and Mary née Reinert (born 1844) 93
6.1.4 Gravestones of the Peter Herber Family 94
7 EMIGRANTS FROM THE EXTENDED NAUMANN FAMILY 95
7.1 Pioneers: Family of Matthias NAUMANN (born 1822 in Hamm) 95
7.1.1 Table of the Family of Matthias Naumann (born 1822) 95
7.1.2 Economic Development from 1856-1880, Matthias Naumann 98
7.1.3 Gravestones of the Family of Matthias Naumann 100
7.1.4 Emigrant Child: Magdalena NAUMANN (born 1854 in Illinois) 101
7.1.5 Emigrant Child: Peter NAUMANN (born 1857 in Iowa) 102
7.1.6 Emigrant Child: John NAUMANN (born 1858 in Iowa) 109
8 EMIGRANTS FROM THE EXTENDED NEUSES/NEISES FAMILY 111
8.1 Pioneer: Peter Neuses (born 1832 in Hamm) 111
8.1.1 Table of the Family of Peter Neuses (born 1832) 111
8.1.2 Developments of Peter Neuses 114
8.1.3 Developments from 1900-1910, Michael Neuses 115
8.1.4 Developments from 1930-1940, Ralph Neuses 116
8.2 Emigrant Family: Matthias NEISES (born 1827 in Hamm) 117
8.2.1 Table of the Family of Matthias Neises (born 1827) 117
8.2.2 Developments from 1870-1892, Matthias Neises 120
8.2.3 Will and Testament of Matthias Neises (born 1827) 123
8.2.4 Gravestone of Matthias Neises 124
8.2.5 Descendants of Matthias Neises (born 1827) 125
8.3 Emigrant Family: Jacob NEUSES (born 1845 in Taben) 128
8.3.1 Developments from 1885-1920, Jacob Neuses 129
8.3.2 Gravestone of Jacob and Elizabeth Neuses 131
8.4 Emigrant: Matthias NEUSES (born 1842 in Taben) 132
8.4.1 1874 Land Ownership, Peru Twp., Matthias Neuses (born 1842) 134
8.4.2 Gravestone of Matthias Neuses 135
8.5 Emigrant: Franz NEUSES (born 1834 in Taben) 135
8.6 Emigrant Child: Anna NEUSES (born 1878 in Iowa) 143
8.6.1 Table of the Family of Anna Neuses (born 1878) 143
8.6.2 The youngest child of Jacob Schmitz: Aloysius (born 1922) 156
8.7 Neuses descendants visit Taben-Rodt 159
8.8 Emigrant: Peter NEISES (born 1842 in Rodt) 161
8.8.1 Table of the Family of Peter Neises (born 1842) 161
8.8.2 Developments from 1880-1931, Peter Neises 163
8.8.3 Family Home in Rodt 164
9 EMIGRANTS FROM THE EXTENDED FAHA FAMILY 165
9.1 Emigrant Brothers: Franz and Matthias FAHA 167
9.2 Emigrant: Matthias FAHA (born 1840 in Rodt) 170
9.2.1 Table of the Family of Matthias Faha (born 1840) 170
9.2.2 Developments from 1870-1920, Matthias Faha 171
9.3 Emigrant: Franz / Frank FAHA (born 1843 in Rodt) 175
9.3.1 Table of the Family of Franz Faha (born 1843) 175
9.3.2 Developments from 1870-1920, Frank Faha 177
9.3.3 History of the Emporium Department Store 181
9.3.4 Gravestone of the Family of Frank Faha Sr. 184
9.3.5 Emigrant Child: Fred Faha (born 1874 in Iowa) 187
9.3.6 Emigrant Child: Fanny Faha (born 1876 in Iowa) 189
9.3.7 Emigrant Child: Franz Faha Jr. (born 1879 in Iowa) 189
9.3.8 Emigrant Child: Henry Faha (born 1885 in Iowa) 192
9.3.9 Emigrant Child: Clara Faha (born 1889 in Iowa) 194
9.4 Emigrant Brothers: Nikolaus, Friedrich and Peter FAHA 196
9.4.1 Emigrant: Nikolaus Faha (born 1856 in Rodt) 196
9.4.3 Emigrant: Friedrich Faha (born 1852 in Rodt) 197
9.4.4 Emigrant: Peter Faha (born 1848 in Rodt) 198
9.5 Emigrant Brothers: Johann and Peter FAHA from Serrig 200
9.5.1 Emigrant: Johann Faha (born 1829 in Serrig) 200
9.5.2 Emigrant: Peter Faha (born 1853 in Serrig) 204
9.6 Pioneer: Jakob Faha (born 1814) from Freudenburg 205
10 EMIGRANTS FROM THE EXTENDED GANSEMER FAMILY 208
10.1 Pioneer Family: Matthias GANSEMER (born 1811 in Taben) 209
10.1.1 Table of the Family of Matthias /Mathias Gansemer (born 1811) 209
10.1.2 Developments from 1870-1892, Matthias Gansemer 211
10.1.3 Will and Testament of Matthias Gansemer from 1885 212
10.1.4 Gravestone of Matthias Gansemer and Elisabeth née Thome 213
10.1.5 Emigrant Child: Matthias GANSEMER Jr. (born 1866 in Iowa) 214
10.2 Pioneers: Family of Johann / John GANSEMER (born 1816 in Taben) 220
10.2.1 Table of the Family of Johann / John Gansemer (born 1816) 220
10.2.2 Developments from 1870–1885, Johann / John Gansemer 225
10.2.3 Will and Testament of Johann / John Gansemer from 1874 226
10.2.4 Obituary of Catharina Gansemer from 1904 227
10.2.5 Gravestones of Johann / John and Catharina Gansemer 232
10.2.6 Descendants of the Gansemer-Leineweber Family today 234
10.3 Emigrant: Matthias GANSEMER (born 1863 in Rodt) 237
10.3.1 Table of the Family of Matthias Gansemer (born 1863) 237
10.3.2 Developments from 1910-1940, Matthias Gansemer 244
10.4 Emigrant Family: Nikolaus GANSEMER (born 1835 in Rodt) 245
10.4.1 Table of the Family of Nikolaus Gansemer (born 1835) 245
10.4.2 Develoments from 1874-1906, Nikolaus Gansemer 246
10.4.3 Table of the Family of Nikolaus Gansemer (born 1863) 249
10.4.4 Table of the Family of Peter John Gansemer (born 1865) 253
10.5 Emigrant Siblings: Peter and Johann GANSEMER 254
10.5.1 Table of the Family of Peter Gansemer (born 1842) 256
10.5.2 Table of the Family of Johann Gansemer (born 1848) 258
11 EMIGRANTS FROM THE EXTENDED DÜHR FAMILY 260
11.1 Pioneer: Family of Johann DÜHR (born 1814) 260
11.2 Pioneer: Angela Brausch née DÜHR (born 1811) 261
11.3 Emigrant Family: Peter DÜHR (born 1822) 262
11.3.1 Table of the Family of Peter Dühr (born 1822) 262
11.3.2 Developments from 1870-1906, Peter Dühr 265
11.3.3 Gravestone of Peter Dühr 267
11.3.4 Emigrant Child: Johann / John DÜHR (born 1857 in Iowa) 268
11.4 Emigrant Family: Johann DÜHR (born 1824 in Rodt) 269
11.4.1 Table of the Family of Johann Dühr (born 1824) 269
11.4.2 Developments from 1880-1905, Johann Dühr 271
11.4.3 Will and Testament of Johann/John Dühr from 1880 273
11.4.4 Gravestones of Johann/John and Johanna Duehr 274
11.5 Emigrant Siblings: Matthias and Magdalena DÜHR 275
11.5.1 Emigrant: Matthias Dühr (born 1842 in Taben) 275
11.5.2 Emigrant: Magdalena Dühr (born 1847 in Taben) 277
11.6 Emigrant: Johann DÜHR (born 1846 in Taben) 278
12 EMIGRANTS FROM THE FELTEN FAMILY 280
12.1 Emigrant Family: Johann/John FELTEN (born 1813 in Hamm) 281
12.1.1 Table of the Family of Johann/John Felten (born 1813) 281
12.1.2 Developments from 1870-1905, Johann/John Felten 281
12.2 Emigrant Child: Matthias FELTEN (born 1850 in Taben) 282
12.2.1 Table of the Family of Matthias Felten (born 1850) 282
12.2.2 Developments from 1880-1900, Matthias Felten 284
12.2.3 Gravestone of Matthias and Mary Felten 284
13 EMIGRANTS FROM THE LOCH FAMILY 286
13.1 Emigrant: Jakob LOCH (born 1848 in Taben) 287
13.1.1 Table of the Family of Jacob Loch (born 1848) 287
13.1.2 Developments from 1880-1910, Jacob Loch 288
13.2 Emigrant: Matthias LOCH (born 1859 in Taben) 289
13.2.1 Table of the Family of Matthias Loch (born 1859) 289
13.2.2 Developments from 1880-1930, Matthias Loch 290
13.2.3 Gravestones of Matthias and Mary Loch 291
13.3 Emigrant: Matthias LOCH (born 1858 in Hamm) 293
13.3.1 Table of the Family of Matthias Loch (born 1858) 295
13.3.2 Developments from 1880-1930, Matthias Loch 295
13.3.3 Obituary and Gravestone of Matthias Loch 296
13.3.4 Today’s decendants of Matthias Loch 297
14 EMIGRANTS FROM THE KETTENHOFEN FAMILY 299
14.1 Emigrant Families: Nikolaus KETTENHOFEN (born 1834 in Taben) and Johann KETTENHOFEN (born 1859 in Taben) 299
14.2 Developments from 1900-1920, Kettenhofen Family 301
15 EMIGRANTS FROM THE WEITER FAMILY 303
15.1 Developments from 1920-1940, Frank Weiter 303
16 EMIGRANTS FROM THE MASSEM FAMILY 306
16.1 Emigrant: Nikolaus MASSEM (born 1859 in Rodt) 307
16.2 Emigrant: Johann MASSEM (born 1851 in Rodt) 310
16.3 Emigrant: Matthias MASSEM (born 1861 in Rodt) 312
16.3.1 Table of the Family of Matthias Massem 312
17 EMIGRANTS FROM THE RÖRSCH FAMILY 313
17.1 Table of the Family of Magdalena Rörsch 313
18 CONCLUSION 315
19 APPENDIX 316
19.1 Historical Background 1843-1899 316
19.2 Wages in the 19th Century – a comparison between USA and Germany 317
19.3 Rights and Responsibilities in 19th Century Prussia 317
19.3.1 Land Ownership in Taben before 1900 317
19.3.2 Dismissal from the State of Prussia 319
19.3.3 Illegal Emigration in the Regierungsbezirk (District of) Trier 319
19.4 Background on Ownership, Measurements, and Purchase Price of Land in the 19th Century USA 320
19.4.1 County – Township – Section 320
19.4.2 Plat Map 320
19.4.3 Measurements 320
19.4.4 Purchasing Prices around 1920 in New York 321
19.4.5 Origin of selected Surnames 321
20 ABBREVIATIONS 322
21 COMMENTARY ON FAMILY TREE EXCERPTS 323
22 CONTINUED READING AND SOURCES 324
23 LIST OF FIGURES 326
24 PLACE AND SUBJECT INDEX 334
25 INDEX OF NAMES 337
26 ENDNOTES 343
Most emigrants settled or resided in Iowa, Dubuque County, Jefferson County, Peru County, Buena Vista, Osceola; Dubuque-city, Sherrill, Balltown, Dyersville, Okanogan, Camp Springs.
This book “German Emigrants to Iowa and the Midwest” attempts to provide as complete a listing as possible of all emigrants from Taben, Rodt and Hamm and to show their history. The ship passages, the first settling down in North America and the further developments as pioneers are researched on the basis of intensive and extensive research in historical documents (passenger lists, US and Canadian Census surveys, historical maps, etc.).
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Note: The book “German Emigrants to Iowa and the Midwest” is written entirely in English (Translated by Ben Weber, US), was completed in July 2024. This contains additional information compared to the German-language 2nd edition. You can already order this English edition.
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It was through contact with Ben Weber, who is very interested in genealogical research, that the idea of translating my book into English arose.
In 2024, Ben Weber translated this third edition of my book. A particular challenge was translating the many sources, textual references, and footnotes. In addition to the translation, he also checked the integrity of dates and family relationships. He did an excellent job. My sincere thanks for this successful translation. I was very pleased with this joint project, because it meant an English version of my book would now be available to readers.