I don't have travel details, but my Irish families from County Down came quite directly to Dubuque in one or two large groups of McCARTAN, DOUGHERTY, SAVAGE and others. The Irish were used to farming in season, and mining at other times, digging shallow tunnels on their property to extract ores. I've been told that Dubuque County was a deliberate destination because of the mining. I don't know if they bought land before or after arriving. Diane Hettrick dhettrick@earthlink.net

A little more food for thought about the subject. My gggrandparents and 6 children immigrated from Switzerland in 1843. They traveled overland to Havre, France and then 48 days at sea. They entered at New Orleans. It took 2 days for a steam vessel to navigate the Mississippi delta and reach the city. They spent 9 days on a steamship from New Oleans to St. Louis. They settled in Madison County, Illinois then moved to Galena, Illinois in about 1850. My ggrandparents moved from Galena to Wahpeton, Dubuque County in 1859 and then to Dubuque in 1877. The point of my story is that there are any number of possibilities for entry into the country and this is just one of them. Also, the possibility that they moved around after arriving. I'm sure that the family departing England had several options open to them for a port of entry. I was able to track down the ship passenger list through an online database (can't remember which one - I think Ancestry.com or Genealogy.com). Good luck. John Pfiffner

Here's my 2 cents on this... My ancestors got on their ship in Germany, proceeded to Southampton, England to NYC. They then hopped on the riverboats on the Ohio River, went up the Mississipi River and got off in Dubuque. That was 1854. Some in the same family came through Baltimore. It's possible that they came in New Orleans and up that way, or through one of the many ports in the Great Lakes, Canada or any on the Eastern seaboard. Have you tried looking for their Naturalization records? If you can find them, they might have some useful information. The tricky part is, is that you need to know where they got Naturalized. You could try with NARA (National Archives Records Administraion) at http://www.archives.gov/research_room/obtain_copies/military_and_genealogy_order_forms.html Not all years are indexed in each port so check it out before you send for the records. It's free unless they find something and then you only pay $17.50 IF you want the info. And ordering the forms are free. The site can be confusing at times, but worth it. Good luck in your searches, Janet ----- Original Message ----- From: Amy Davidson To: IADUBUQU-L@rootsweb.com Sent: Saturday, January 18, 2003 4:28 PM Subject: Re: [Dub'que] Emigrants to Dubuque Co., circa 1855 Lisa, My family arrived in the Dyersville area at almost the same time from England. I have all the same questions you do, and would love to hear if anyone has any ideas. Have you tried posting the same question to the "Roots" list? With so many subscribers to that list, someone might have some ideas. Amy ==== IADUBUQU Mailing List ==== NO Virus warnings, seasonal greetings or private 'chit-chat' on this list, okay! Other than that, anything pertaining to the lives and times of those we seek goes, but MUST be kept within the *List's Golden Rule*. ============================== To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237

Here is an obituary of my Bailey ancestors who came from Somerset, England, in about 1848/49, to Dyersville. No info on point of leaving or arrival, only the trip overland to Iowa: Mary Ann Bailey was born Dec. 27, 1830, at Somersetshire, England. When she was 18, she came with her parents to America. The journey was a long and tedious one in those days, requiring a voyage of six weeks, and the journey over the mountains and down the Ohio River, then up the Mississippi to Dubuque, taking nearly as long as the voyage across the ocenan. Miss Bailey and her parents (John & Elizabeth Payne) settled on a farm near Dyersville......... Arlis Anderson Renfro

(I thought I had saved more postings, but here are misc answers I've saved regarding the Emigrant question: . -- I think the Irish-Iowa or Iowa list were the lists that supplied many of the answers in the last 2-3 months.) (Note from Ellen: One Irish gg grandparents spent 4 years in Canada before coming to Dubuque. Another set lived a short while in NY first. They came before trains were an option, (plus with what stories my mom told) so I believe a combination of boat via Great Lakes and wagon is how they hit Iowa. The Erie Canal of New York State was built in 1825. It started in the Albany, NY area and went to Buffalo and Lake Ontario and Lake Erie. At the time it paralleled the Mohawk River to present day Utica, NY, but most of the Mohawk was unnavigable back then. The Erie Canal was a very narrow body of water perhaps 25 feet wide and 10 feet deep in which special canal boats were pulled along mile by mile by horse and mule. In this period of time (before railroads), I would think most passengers let off in New York City, travelled up the Hudson to Albany by boat (certainly not the same one that made the Atlantic Crossing), then travelled by canal boat west. There were roads along the Hudson, so travel by land was also feasible. The Erie Canal was only used for a few decades - replaced by railroad, and today the Mohawk River has been canalized and forms the Mohawk River - Barge Canal System that takes barges and boats to the Great Lakes. Two ways for German speaking peoples to emigrate. (from Ellen: my NIPP and VOGEL families came through Port of New Orleans and up the Mississippi River.) Finding Passenger Lists at the Port of New Orleans, Louisiana http://home.att.net/~wee-monster/neworleans.html 1. in the 1700's shipping companies found it profitable to carry large numbers of passengers across the Atlantic. The ships usually sailed from Rotterdam, then to an English port to clear customs/immigration and then to the U.S.--usually Philadelphia since Pennsylvania had a large German speaking community. It was so profitable that the shipping companies hired Germans who had already lived in the new world to return to Germany and recruit, under commission, more Germans. The drill was to get as many passengers as possible so these recruiters, known as "Neulaender" or new worlders, were given fancy new clothes to wear and pocket watches etc to impress the peasants. They stretched the truth to paint a picture of paradise in the British North American colonies. They even organized groups to travel together down the Rhine River to Rotterdam. A potential emigrant could go now and pay later. He/she paid later with indentured servitude of 6 or 7 years after arrival. When your ship arrived in Philadelphia, you had to stay on the ship or in custody on land until a local employer paid your passage and thereby bought your indentures. Since the immigrant was "redeemed" off the ship, these immigrants were called "redemptioners". The system worked but was full of abuses and German speaking colonists eventually formed societies to pressue legislatures to regulate the trade. The typical abuses were the lies told by the Neulaender, extra charges on the ship during the voyage, pilferage of the passengers' belongings during the voyage, and unscrupulous holders of the indentures. Many passengers started out the voyage thinking they had enough money to pay for the trip and more but arrived in the American colonies in debt and having to sell a child's or their own future labor to get off the ship. All of this is copiously documented and open to your own research. Did Swiss Germans come to the U.S. as redemptioners in large numbers? I don't know. Certainly the largest group to come this way were the Palatines. My wife has an ancestor who came in 1772 as a redemptioner from Pommerania on the Baltic. Kudos to Paul Rand for posting this review of an important period in the history of Swiss emigration. 2. In the late 1600's many Swiss, Huguenots, Waldensians etc. were invited to move to soutwestern Germany to farm vacant lands and manage aristocratic estates. The area and its population had been devastated by war, famine and pestilence. My wife has several lines of ancesters who moved to the small town of Gondelsheim, Baden-Wuerttemburg, Germany from Bern Canton in about 1690. They were invited by the von Mentzingen family who needed farmers to work the land and therefore pay taxes. They also had some of their own farms that needed managers/stewards. I've heard that you needed only to show up, in some cases, and have a warm body to get a house and the right to work some land. This was rather attractive to the second, third and fourth sons who did not inherit in Bern. The journey was only 50 to 200 miles and the language change was one German dialect to another so it was not such a big deal to go. -----Original Message----- From: Amy Davidson [mailto:amylwest@charter.net] Sent: Saturday, January 18, 2003 10:28 AM To: IADUBUQU-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [Dub'que] Emigrants to Dubuque Co., circa 1855 Lisa, My family arrived in the Dyersville area at almost the same time from England. I have all the same questions you do, and would love to hear if anyone has any ideas. Have you tried posting the same question to the "Roots" list? With so many subscribers to that list, someone might have some ideas. Amy ==== IADUBUQU Mailing List ==== NO Virus warnings, seasonal greetings or private 'chit-chat' on this list, okay! 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I'm telling you this from memory. I don't have the reference material in front of me. I believe the railroads went as far as Dunleith, IL (Now East Dubuque). Then, if it were summer, they would cross the Mississippi by boat. If it were winter, they would drive their horse and wagon across or walk across the ice. Dyersville is only 30 miles west of Dubuque. jiminal ----- Original Message ----- From: "Lisa L. Jones" <lljones@teleport.com> To: <IADUBUQU-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, January 18, 2003 10:23 AM Subject: RE: [Dub'que] Emigrants to Dubuque Co., circa 1855 > Dick and others: > > Thanks to everyone who has responded so far! I find this question > endlessly fascinating. > > I should have mentioned in my original posting that I have indeed found > a few of the pertinent naturalization papers , and they are, of course, > vague. Joseph, the father of my Hollis brood, died in 1863, apparently > before applying for citizenship; his two English-born sons didn't apply > for another 10 years or so. They answered almost all questions "don't > know". > > One specific question I'm trying to answer is whether any kind of train > service was actually possibly in 1855-1857. I found, on the Dubuque Co. > USGenweb site http://www.rootsweb.com/~iadubuqu/townships.html , > township histories that state in part that the Dubuque & Pacific > railroad to Dyersville was completed in 1857. Did this then provide > contiguous service to New York or other Atlantic ports? > > Again, thanks for your help! > > Lisa > > -----Original Message----- > From: Dick Tague [mailto:dicktague@devtex.net] > Sent: Saturday, January 18, 2003 8:05 AM > To: IADUBUQU-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: [Dub'que] Emigrants to Dubuque Co., circa 1855 > > Lisa, Any of your speculations are possible. As are about skatey-eight > other > iteneraries. They could have caught the first ship out, regardless of > it's > destination at any of the major or minor points of entry. Many of the > ships > were cargo vessels and having off-loaded, returning to their home port > carrying passengers rather than returning empty. Fares to Canada were > usually cheaper and many took that route and simply walked across the > border > and continued their journey from there. Tho many of the passenger > manifests > have been transcribed and put on-line, they are but a smattering of all > the > manifests which exist. Then there are ships for which no manifest are > available or manifests were never reported. Your best bet is obtaining > the > first papers, or petition for application for citizenship. They may, and > I > emphasize may, contain the year and port of immigration . Another aid > is a > publication by P. William Philby called "Immigration and Naturalization > Lists" It is a large tome with six or seven supplements so it's kind of > hard > to go thru. It is a name index that lists where the source documents can > be > obtained for the individual. My San Antonio library has the set but as > to > availabilty elsewhere, I don't know. Good luck in your pursuit for the > Hollis Holy Grail. Dick > May you live to be a hundred, with an extra year to repent! (Irish > proverb) > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Lisa L. Jones" <lljones@teleport.com> > Subject: [Dub'que] Emigrants to Dubuque Co., circa 1855 > > > . > > > > I've done some looking for ship's passengers list, but have yet to > turn > > up anything. > > > > I am wondering if someone could help me speculate on their emigration > > path: Would they have been most likely to have debarked in New York? > > If so, how did they get from New York to Iowa -- train? Could they > have > > come by boat as far as the Great Lakes? How about through New Orleans > > and to Iowa via the Mississippi river? > > > > --- > Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. > Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). > Version: 6.0.443 / Virus Database: 248 - Release Date: 1/10/03 > > > ==== IADUBUQU Mailing List ==== > ----------> ALL CAPS or UPPER CASE Letters Permissible Use <---------- > When typing a surname? YES! Absolutely! A must! For general text? NO! > It's shouting, bad manners (Netiquette) and hard to find surnames. > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy > records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > > > ==== IADUBUQU Mailing List ==== > Uh-Oh!!! <----- Missed or deleted a post that would put a crack in your > wall? Remember, day and night, the RootsWeb Archives are always there to > browse or search from http://www.rootsweb.com . > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 >

Lisa, Any of your speculations are possible. As are about skatey-eight other iteneraries. They could have caught the first ship out, regardless of it's destination at any of the major or minor points of entry. Many of the ships were cargo vessels and having off-loaded, returning to their home port carrying passengers rather than returning empty. Fares to Canada were usually cheaper and many took that route and simply walked across the border and continued their journey from there. Tho many of the passenger manifests have been transcribed and put on-line, they are but a smattering of all the manifests which exist. Then there are ships for which no manifest are available or manifests were never reported. Your best bet is obtaining the first papers, or petition for application for citizenship. They may, and I emphasize may, contain the year and port of immigration . Another aid is a publication by P. William Philby called "Immigration and Naturalization Lists" It is a large tome with six or seven supplements so it's kind of hard to go thru. It is a name index that lists where the source documents can be obtained for the individual. My San Antonio library has the set but as to availabilty elsewhere, I don't know. Good luck in your pursuit for the Hollis Holy Grail. Dick May you live to be a hundred, with an extra year to repent! (Irish proverb) ----- Original Message ----- From: "Lisa L. Jones" <lljones@teleport.com> Subject: [Dub'que] Emigrants to Dubuque Co., circa 1855 . > > I've done some looking for ship's passengers list, but have yet to turn > up anything. > > I am wondering if someone could help me speculate on their emigration > path: Would they have been most likely to have debarked in New York? > If so, how did they get from New York to Iowa -- train? Could they have > come by boat as far as the Great Lakes? How about through New Orleans > and to Iowa via the Mississippi river? --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.443 / Virus Database: 248 - Release Date: 1/10/03

Lisa, My family arrived in the Dyersville area at almost the same time from England. I have all the same questions you do, and would love to hear if anyone has any ideas. Have you tried posting the same question to the "Roots" list? With so many subscribers to that list, someone might have some ideas. Amy

Dick and others: Thanks to everyone who has responded so far! I find this question endlessly fascinating. I should have mentioned in my original posting that I have indeed found a few of the pertinent naturalization papers , and they are, of course, vague. Joseph, the father of my Hollis brood, died in 1863, apparently before applying for citizenship; his two English-born sons didn't apply for another 10 years or so. They answered almost all questions "don't know". One specific question I'm trying to answer is whether any kind of train service was actually possibly in 1855-1857. I found, on the Dubuque Co. USGenweb site http://www.rootsweb.com/~iadubuqu/townships.html , township histories that state in part that the Dubuque & Pacific railroad to Dyersville was completed in 1857. Did this then provide contiguous service to New York or other Atlantic ports? Again, thanks for your help! Lisa -----Original Message----- From: Dick Tague [mailto:dicktague@devtex.net] Sent: Saturday, January 18, 2003 8:05 AM To: IADUBUQU-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [Dub'que] Emigrants to Dubuque Co., circa 1855 Lisa, Any of your speculations are possible. As are about skatey-eight other iteneraries. They could have caught the first ship out, regardless of it's destination at any of the major or minor points of entry. Many of the ships were cargo vessels and having off-loaded, returning to their home port carrying passengers rather than returning empty. Fares to Canada were usually cheaper and many took that route and simply walked across the border and continued their journey from there. Tho many of the passenger manifests have been transcribed and put on-line, they are but a smattering of all the manifests which exist. Then there are ships for which no manifest are available or manifests were never reported. Your best bet is obtaining the first papers, or petition for application for citizenship. They may, and I emphasize may, contain the year and port of immigration . Another aid is a publication by P. William Philby called "Immigration and Naturalization Lists" It is a large tome with six or seven supplements so it's kind of hard to go thru. It is a name index that lists where the source documents can be obtained for the individual. My San Antonio library has the set but as to availabilty elsewhere, I don't know. Good luck in your pursuit for the Hollis Holy Grail. Dick May you live to be a hundred, with an extra year to repent! (Irish proverb) ----- Original Message ----- From: "Lisa L. Jones" <lljones@teleport.com> Subject: [Dub'que] Emigrants to Dubuque Co., circa 1855 . > > I've done some looking for ship's passengers list, but have yet to turn > up anything. > > I am wondering if someone could help me speculate on their emigration > path: Would they have been most likely to have debarked in New York? > If so, how did they get from New York to Iowa -- train? Could they have > come by boat as far as the Great Lakes? How about through New Orleans > and to Iowa via the Mississippi river? --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.443 / Virus Database: 248 - Release Date: 1/10/03 ==== IADUBUQU Mailing List ==== ----------> ALL CAPS or UPPER CASE Letters Permissible Use <---------- When typing a surname? YES! Absolutely! A must! For general text? NO! It's shouting, bad manners (Netiquette) and hard to find surnames. ============================== To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237

Greetings, My Hollis ancestors, b. England, arrived in Dyersville, Dubuque Co., sometime between 1855 and 1857. The family consisted of Joseph and Martha and six children. I've done some looking for ship's passengers list, but have yet to turn up anything. I am wondering if someone could help me speculate on their emigration path: Would they have been most likely to have debarked in New York? If so, how did they get from New York to Iowa -- train? Could they have come by boat as far as the Great Lakes? How about through New Orleans and to Iowa via the Mississippi river? Is anyone aware of resources that might point to clues? So many English born folks arrived in Dyersville at about the same time, that I was hoping someone might have information about other journeys. I thank you in advance for any information you can provide. Lisa L. Jones mailto:lljones@teleport.com

Ellen, yes, two Henry HENKELs. I am interested in the other one -- born 5 Jun 1874, unknown town, Germany. Son of Henry and Katherine [KESSLER] HENKEL. He immigrated about 1887, married Mathilda/"Tillie" Margaretha LANG, 1 Aug 1899, St. Francis of Assisi Church, Balltown, Dubuque Co., Iowa. Moved to Dubuque about 1900; worked at A.Y. McDonald Mfg. Died 5 Jan 1930. Thanks for writing and sharing your info. Dan Daniel J. Kortenkamp Stevens Point, WI 54481 http://www.uwsp.edu/psych/dk/danielpg.htm > -----Original Message----- > From: Ellen Elliott [mailto:eelliott@elliottadvertising.com] > Sent: Wednesday, January 15, 2003 2:59 PM > To: IADUBUQU-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: RE: [Dub'que] HENKEL, LA BARGE/LABERGE, LIEBOLD, MUELLER > (MILLER), POPEL, VERVRON > > > Hi Daniel, There seems to have been two Henry HENKEL's in > Dubuque County > around the same age. > > Someone sent this to me a couple of years ago. I'm still > trying to piece > everyone together. > > Henry Henkel born 1/1847 in Pennsylvania, he died 1/1929 in > Dub. IA and is > buried at Mt. Calvary Cem. He married Mary E. Welty on > 4/23/1872 in Dub. > IA. She was born 2/1855 in Dub. IA and died 4/3/1935 at Dub. > > SNIP > -----Original Message----- > From: Ellen Elliott [mailto:eelliott@elliottadvertising.com] > Sent: Wednesday, January 15, 2003 2:59 PM > To: IADUBUQU-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: RE: [Dub'que] HENKEL, LA BARGE/LABERGE, LIEBOLD, MUELLER > (MILLER), POPEL, VERVRON > > I have Jacob HENKEL (1874-1930) in my database, and would > like to exchange > info. > > Dan > > Daniel J. Kortenkamp > Stevens Point, WI 54481 > http://www.uwsp.edu/psych/dk/danielpg.htm > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Ellen Elliott [mailto:eelliott@elliottadvertising.com] > > Sent: Wednesday, January 15, 2003 2:01 PM > > To: IADUBUQU-L@rootsweb.com > > Subject: [Dub'que] HENKEL, LA BARGE/LABERGE, LIEBOLD, MUELLER > > (MILLER), > > POPEL, VERVRON > > > > Looking for anyone who is researching any of these Dubuque > > area families: > > > > HENKEL, LA BARGE/LABERGE, LIEBOLD, MUELLER (MILLER), POPEL, VERVRON > > > > Thanks, > > Ellen >

I am looking for a Sarah Catherine FARRELL born around 1863 who, at the age of 48 in 1911 was living with her cousin in Dublin Ireland I found her in the 1911 Census in the home of George Noble Count PLUNKETT and his wife, the former Josephine CRANEY. I think this might be Sarah's family: 1880: FARRELL's in Dubuque Census Name Relation Marital Status Gender Race Age Birthplace Occupation Father's Birthplace Mother's Birthplace Thomas FARRELL Self M Male W 52 IRE Police Man IRE IRE Sarah FARRELL Wife M Female W 47 IRE Keeping House IRE IRE Sarah FARRELL Dau S Female W 18 IA At Home IRE IRE Julia FARRELL Dau S Female W 16 IA At Home IRE IRE Patrick FARRELL Son S Male W 14 IA At Home IRE IRE John FARRELL Son S Male W 12 IA At Home IRE IRE Maria FARRELL Dau S Female W 11 IA At Home IRE IRE Source Information: Census Place Dubuque, Dubuque, Iowa Family History Library Film 1254338 NA Film Number T9-0338 Page Number 114D Anyone connected? Ellen

Hi Daniel, There seems to have been two Henry HENKEL's in Dubuque County around the same age. Someone sent this to me a couple of years ago. I'm still trying to piece everyone together. Henry Henkel born 1/1847 in Pennsylvania, he died 1/1929 in Dub. IA and is buried at Mt. Calvary Cem. He married Mary E. Welty on 4/23/1872 in Dub. IA. She was born 2/1855 in Dub. IA and died 4/3/1935 at Dub. IA. They had 15 children: Henry J. born 7/7/1873. His family is: Jacob (Jack) born after 1874 in Dub. IA. and died 1/1930. He married Mary LaBarge. No further data on them. Martin born 8/17/1876 in Dub. IA and died 6/1942. He married Elsbeth (Betty) Fleutsch (I feel that her first name should be Elizabeth, but in genealogy you inter data given). marriage in 1897 at Dub. IA. They had 2 children: Clara born 5/5/1905 Mary born 1911 Anna born 2/1876 in Dub. IA. She married Benjamin (Ben) Mueller. Their data is listed above. Clara S born 8/12/1879 in Dub. IA. She married Severin Peter (Frenny) Mueller. Their data is listed above. Aloyious E. (Ollie) born 9/1881 in Dub. IA. He is buried in Michigan. He married Elizabeth (Ellie) Papenthein. I have no further data on them. Catherine M. born 5/1/1882. She married George Joseph Mueller. Their data is listed above. Frank J. born 5/15/1885 in Dub. IA and died 1/1965 in Wisconsin. He is buried at Mt. Calvary Cem. He married Matilda (Tillie) Plein. They had 1 child: Frances (I have no further data on the family). Rudolph (Ruddia) born 10/27/1887 in Dub. IA and died 4/1962 in Illinois. He married Ruth Russell. I have no further data on this family. John M. born 9/29/1889 in Dub. IA and died 8/15/1967 in Dub. IA. He married Veronica Kohn. I have no further data on this family. Edward W. 5/27/1891 in Dub. IA and died 5/1963 in Dub. IA. He married Pauline S. Albrecht. She was born 9/1/1898 and died 6/1987 in Dub. IA. They had 1 child: Robert, he married a lady with the last name of Schmitt. I have no further data on this family. Agnus A. (Aggie) born 2/1893 in Dub. IA and died 1/14/1976. She married Frank Kryer. I have no further data on this family. Peter A. born 9/1894 in Dub. IA and died 11/5/1960 in Stateville, Iredell County, North Carolina. He married Marie Baumgartner. I have no further data on this family. Emil born 2/1898 in Dub. IA. He married Olive (Allie) Foell. I have no further data on this family. Wednesday January 23 1929 Henry Henkel, well known farmer in this county, died a the home in North Dubuque this morning at 3 o'clock after an illness of four weeks' duration. The funeral will be held Friday morning from the home to Holy Ghost church, the time to be announced later. Bureal will be made in Mt Calvary cemetery. Mr Henkel, born in Pittsburgh, came to this country in 1852 and had since resided on a farm. He was married in 1872 in St Mary's church, this city and besdes his widow, he is survived by ten sons, John J, Jacob and Edward, all of Dubuque, Martin, Cornell, Mich., Alois, Grand Rapids, Rudolph, Chicago, John Lynxville Wis, Peter, Minneapolis, Emil, Scales Mound, Frank, Prairie due Chien, four daughters, Mrs Angeline Cushing and Miss Agnes Henkel, Dubuque, Mesdames Anna Nillis and Clara Miller, Chicago, a sister Mrs Elizabeth Gaylor this city, sixty-four grandchildren and twenty-four great grandchildren. He was a member of Holy Ghost parish and in his last hour was comforted by the rites of that religion. From me: Henry had a son, Henry who married one of the MUELLER sisters, Louise Catherine. They had 13 children, one of whom was Jerome, my father in law. Let me know if this fits with your family. I have more. Ellen some of the census data: ***************************************** 1880 Henry HINKEL Self M Male W 35 PA Farmer SAX SAX Mary HINKEL Wife M Female W 25 IA Keeping House SWI PRU Henry J. HINKEL Son S Male W 7 IA PA IA Jacob C. HINKEL Son S Male W 6 IA PA IA Anna B. HINKEL Dau S Female W 5 IA PA IA Martin J. HINKEL Son S Male W 3 IA PA IA Clara S. HINKEL Dau S Female W 1 IA PA IA Source Information: Census Place Buena Vista, Clayton, Iowa Family History Library Film 1254333 NA Film Number T9-0333 Page Number 284B ***************************************** 1895 IA State Census - Mosalem Twnsp - Dubuque IA page 431: 58-59 HENKEL Henry 50 Married PA FF Farmer Rom Catholic (all family) Mary 40 Married Dub Co FF Keeping House Jakob 20 Clayton CO NN Working man * Martin 17 Clara 15 Aloisius 13 Katharina 12 Dubuque CO Frank 10 Rudolph 8 John 5 Eduard 4 Angeline 2 twin Agatha 2 twin 1900 Dubuque Census - before #10 Maple Street (near Grandview) taken 4 June p 309A (7 a.com) HENKEL Jacob June 1875-25 Germ/Ger/Ger moulder iron Tillie April 1881-19 1/1/1 IA/IA/IA (Matilda LANG??? see e-mail above) Viola Jan 1899-1 IA 1920 Federal Census - Dubuque IA page 11 January 30 1920 Image 21 section 122 (ancestry.com) no street (near Grandview ave) 228-232 WRIGHT Frank C OMMW29M IA Farm Lab Loretta wife 37 229/233 HENKEL Jake? OMMW 44M Germany/Germ/Germ Molder Tillie wife 37 IA Holland Viola Dau 19 S IA Raymond Son 15S IA WRIGHT Cleon? son 13 S IA Robert son-in-law 24 M Wis I had his death as 1930, however, according to wife's obit May 1935, he survived her. Gertrude? 22 Joseph 19 ?? daug 14 HAYES Mary 85 mother in law Wd 18?3 NA Ireland 1930 Peru Township page 7B - Peru Road HENKEL Jacob G 56 married at 22 IA/PA/IA general farmer not a vet Mary R 66 married at 32 French/IA -- I have Jacob HENKEL (1874-1930) in my database, and would like to exchange info. Dan Daniel J. Kortenkamp Stevens Point, WI 54481 http://www.uwsp.edu/psych/dk/danielpg.htm > -----Original Message----- > From: Ellen Elliott [mailto:eelliott@elliottadvertising.com] > Sent: Wednesday, January 15, 2003 2:01 PM > To: IADUBUQU-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: [Dub'que] HENKEL, LA BARGE/LABERGE, LIEBOLD, MUELLER > (MILLER), > POPEL, VERVRON > > Looking for anyone who is researching any of these Dubuque > area families: > > HENKEL, LA BARGE/LABERGE, LIEBOLD, MUELLER (MILLER), POPEL, VERVRON > > Thanks, > Ellen ==== IADUBUQU Mailing List ==== ----------> ALL CAPS or UPPER CASE Letters Permissible Use <---------- When typing a surname? YES! Absolutely! A must! For general text? NO! It's shouting, bad manners (Netiquette) and hard to find surnames. ============================== To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237

Looking for anyone who is researching any of these Dubuque area families: HENKEL, LA BARGE/LABERGE, LIEBOLD, MUELLER (MILLER), POPEL, VERVRON Thanks, Ellen

I have Jacob HENKEL (1874-1930) in my database, and would like to exchange info. Dan Daniel J. Kortenkamp Stevens Point, WI 54481 http://www.uwsp.edu/psych/dk/danielpg.htm > -----Original Message----- > From: Ellen Elliott [mailto:eelliott@elliottadvertising.com] > Sent: Wednesday, January 15, 2003 2:01 PM > To: IADUBUQU-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: [Dub'que] HENKEL, LA BARGE/LABERGE, LIEBOLD, MUELLER > (MILLER), > POPEL, VERVRON > > Looking for anyone who is researching any of these Dubuque > area families: > > HENKEL, LA BARGE/LABERGE, LIEBOLD, MUELLER (MILLER), POPEL, VERVRON > > Thanks, > Ellen

Victims of the flood in Dubuque County on the night of July 4-5, 1876: Charles Timmesch swam to safety, but reported two uncles an aunt and seven cousins died. Joseph Becker, his wife Ellen Becker and two children. James Pearce, his wife Emma Pierce and two daughters, one named Ida. Peter Becker and five children. Lucy A. Bowers, Peter's housekeeper and her daughters Lizzie and Minnie. Mrs. Carey and three children, Frank, Elizabeth and Jenny Carey. John Klassen, his wife Christy Klassen, and five children. Peter Kapp, his wife, and four children. Mrs. Kingsley. Thomas Blinkeron. Oliver Blinkeron. William Bradbury. Richard Burk. Total of 39 as reported in the paper. Tom ________________________________________________________________ Sign Up for Juno Platinum Internet Access Today Only $9.95 per month! Visit www.juno.com

Hi folks, Well, I found the newspaper account of the great flood of July 4th, 1876. The headline is: "DEATH: Forty Persons Killed in Dubuque and Vicinity - Rockdale Blotted Utterly Out of Existence. But One Building and Less Than A Dozen Persons Left - And Those That Are Left Are Mostly Orphaned Children .... " The story is two full newspaper pages, 12 columns wide in all, from top to bottom. Many people are named in the story. What I will do first is scan the story for names, and than post that list to this group. I would like to post the whole story, but that would take a lot of effort. Anyone out there experienced with OCR (Optical Character Recognition)? It may be possible to pull this thing into ASCII, but it will still require a lot of correction. Tom in Chapel Hill ________________________________________________________________ Sign Up for Juno Platinum Internet Access Today Only $9.95 per month! Visit www.juno.com

Dear Tom, Thank you for your very kind offer. I am looking for Martha O. Walling. She was born on March 28, 1876. She is the daughter of Benjamin Bernard (Ben) Walling & Caroline Ellen (Schutte) Walling was born in Durango, Dubuque County, Iowa. Thank you. Ruth King Gernhart RuthGernhart@houston.rr.com -----Original Message----- From: Tom Krakow [mailto:tomkrakow@juno.com] Sent: Tuesday, January 07, 2003 9:16 PM To: IADUBUQU-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [Dub'que] The Dubuque Daily News for 1876: free lookups Hi gang, I currently have on loan, "The Dubuque Daily News" for all of 1876. I would be glad to do lookups for anyone, but only with a specific date. Each issue is eight pages long. Luckily the local news is almost exclusively on the last page. Just send me a name and a date. I plan on doing this for other years as time goes on. Tom in Chapel Hill ________________________________________________________________ Sign Up for Juno Platinum Internet Access Today Only $9.95 per month! Visit www.juno.com ==== IADUBUQU Mailing List ==== ~*~*~*~ The Resources in the USGenWeb's Parade of States Awaits! ~*~*~*~ -- Table of all States: http://www.usgenweb.org/statelinks-table.html ============================== To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237

Tom, Is there anyway to post the article regarding this flood for all to read. My mom used to talk about it and said one of our relatives drowned but she may have confused that incident with the drowning in Catfish Creek in 1959 of her grandmother's first husband. Anyway, a list of victims would help verify one way or another. Thanks for your offer. Ellen -----Original Message----- From: Patrick L. Coleman [mailto:plcoleman@mmm.com] Sent: Wednesday, January 08, 2003 3:44 PM To: IADUBUQU-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [Dub'que] The Dubuque Daily News for 1876: free lookups Tom, Thank you very much for the offer. A great flood took place on the 4th of July 1876 on Catfish Creek, killing many people in its wake. Could you see whether my great great grandfather, John Corcoran, was listed as lost but eventually found living a day later. He worked for the Illinois Central RR and was in the station that evening. Thanks, Patrick L Coleman plcoleman@mmm.com At 10:16 PM 1/7/2003 -0500, you wrote: >Hi gang, > >I currently have on loan, "The Dubuque Daily News" for all of 1876. I >would be glad to do lookups for anyone, but only with a specific date. >Each issue is eight pages long. Luckily the local news is almost >exclusively on the last page. Just send me a name and a date. I plan on >doing this for other years as time goes on. > >Tom in Chapel Hill > >________________________________________________________________ >Sign Up for Juno Platinum Internet Access Today >Only $9.95 per month! >Visit www.juno.com > > >==== IADUBUQU Mailing List ==== >~*~*~*~ The Resources in the USGenWeb's Parade of States Awaits! ~*~*~*~ >-- Table of all States: http://www.usgenweb.org/statelinks-table.html > >============================== >To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, >go to: >http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 ==== IADUBUQU Mailing List ==== Uh-Oh!!! <----- Missed or deleted a post that would put a crack in your wall? Remember, day and night, the RootsWeb Archives are always there to browse or search from http://www.rootsweb.com . ============================== To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237

Tom, Thank you very much for the offer. A great flood took place on the 4th of July 1876 on Catfish Creek, killing many people in its wake. Could you see whether my great great grandfather, John Corcoran, was listed as lost but eventually found living a day later. He worked for the Illinois Central RR and was in the station that evening. Thanks, Patrick L Coleman plcoleman@mmm.com At 10:16 PM 1/7/2003 -0500, you wrote: >Hi gang, > >I currently have on loan, "The Dubuque Daily News" for all of 1876. I >would be glad to do lookups for anyone, but only with a specific date. >Each issue is eight pages long. Luckily the local news is almost >exclusively on the last page. Just send me a name and a date. I plan on >doing this for other years as time goes on. > >Tom in Chapel Hill > >________________________________________________________________ >Sign Up for Juno Platinum Internet Access Today >Only $9.95 per month! >Visit www.juno.com > > >==== IADUBUQU Mailing List ==== >~*~*~*~ The Resources in the USGenWeb's Parade of States Awaits! ~*~*~*~ >-- Table of all States: http://www.usgenweb.org/statelinks-table.html > >============================== >To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, >go to: >http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237