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