----- Original Message ----- From: Kenneth Haas <KENNETHAAS@email.msn.com> To: <HAAS-L-request@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, February 24, 2000 7:45 PM Subject: Hass family, Clinton, Iowa > My grandfather was Henry George Hass (1858-1943). He came from > Schleswig-Holstein in 1873, fifteen years old, alone, not speaking > English. He headed for Clinton, Iowa. I have learned recently of two > other Hass families in early Clinton, Marc, a boat-builder from Lubeck > and a Joachim. Henry's parents were Johannes and Anna (Troe) Hass and > his siblings were Frederick,Peter,Frank,Ernst,Emil,Matilda,Margaret or > Margarite and Emma. They came to this country one or two at a time as > finances allowed and according to how close the boys were to > compulsory military service. My uncle Waldo said Henry's first job in > Clinton was in a space too small for a grown man. He thought > BOAT-BUILDING. (Marc Hass had continued that profession in Clinton > nefore rurning to farming). Henry married Emma Untiedt in Scott > County, Iowa and farmed in O'Brien County,Iowa near Paullina. He > retired to Rock Rapids, Iowa in ca 1915 and died there in 1943, mma in > 1950. They had five sons and three daughters, > Herbert,Albert,Robert,Waldo,Elmer,Rosa,Martha and Blenda. March Hass > farmed in Crawford County,Iowa. Joachim descendants are near > DeWitt,Iowa (Clinton Co) today. Most of Henry's brothers moved to > Dickinson County, Iowa ca 1905-10 and most died there. Anna, the > mother, died there in 1921 while visiting her sons. She continued to > live in Clinton after 1900 with daughter Matilda ("Tillie") Wyckoff. > Johannes came over ca 1887 leaving Anna and the three youngest > children in Germany. In ca 1990, they sailed from Bremerhaven to > re-unite her family. The day she sailed Johannes died. Anna did not > know she was a widow until she arrived in this country. She and Tillie > ran a boarding house on Camanche Avenue in Clinton ca 1900-1910. We do > not know where Johannes died or was buried. (he might have been called > "John" by then). Anna is buried at Lake Park, Iowa near two sons, Emil > and Frank. Ernest (Ernst) died in Texas. Peter never married. We do > not know the relationship, if any, of Marc, Joachim and Johannes but > all came to Clinton, all were about the same age and they named > children suspiciously alike. -- Ken Haas (Hass) > > >