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Jacob Michel

Jacob Michel

Male 1824 - Yes, date unknown


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  • Name Jacob Michel  [1
    Birth 12 Oct 1824  Frankfort, Hesse-Darmstadt, Germany Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Death Yes, date unknown 
    Person ID I54832  Cecilie Family
    Last Modified 2 Aug 2004 

    Father Johannes Michel,   b. Germany Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1828, Germany Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Mother Catherine Nonkassar,   b. Germany Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1828, Germany Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F24791  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Louisa Krakow,   b. 1829-1830, Mecklenberg, Ger Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Yes, date unknown 
    Marriage 1852  Dubuque, IA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
     1. Katie Michel,   b. 1852-1853, Iowa Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Yes, date unknown
     2. Sophia Michel,   b. 1853-1854, Iowa Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Yes, date unknown
     3. F. William Michel,   b. 1855-1856, Iowa Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Yes, date unknown
     4. Henry Michel
     5. Benjamin Michel,   b. 1859-1860, Iowa Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Yes, date unknown
     6. Jenny Michel,   b. 1864-1865, Iowa Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Yes, date unknown
     7. Flora Michel,   b. 18 May 1867, Iowa Find all individuals with events at this locationd. May 1945 (Age 77 years)
     8. Philip Michel,   b. 1869-1870, Iowa Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Yes, date unknown
    Family ID F22960  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 22 Feb 2009 

  • Event Map
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  • Notes 



    • (Michel is pronounced like "Mitchell")

       
      Attended the public schools in Germany until his fouteenth year, when his father died, adn a week later his mother passed away. After the death of his parents he began learning the shoemakers trade, serving a three years' apprenticeship to the same in Offenbach.

       
      After completing his term of service he travelled through sourthern Germany, and in France and Switzerland, working as a journeyman, but did not find a place which seemed to him ot offer the attractions and advantages whih were attributed to the New World.This led him to seek a home in the United Stated, and in 1847 he took passage on a westward bound sailing vessel, which a few weeks later dropped anchor in the harbor of New York.

       
      He went at once to St. Louis, Mo., where he spent two years working at the showmaker's trade, and in 1850 he came to Dubuque, where he has since made his home.


      Census: 1860 Dubuque Iowa
      Jacob Mitchel 35 Shoe Maker Darmstadt
      Elizabeth Mitchell 31   Mecklingberg
      Kate Mitchel 8   Iowa
      Sophia Mithell 6   Iowa
      William Mitchell 4   Iowa
      Andrew? Mitchell 2 Iowa  
      May Bagel 15   Mecklenberg



      Census: 1880 Dubuque Iowa
      name relation age born in occupation father born mother born  
      Jacob Michel self 55 Frankfort Shoe Store Frankfort Frankfort  
      Elisabeth Michel wife 50 Mecklenburg Keepinmg House Mecklingburg Mecklenburg  
      Catherine Michel dau 27 IA at home Frankfort Mecklingburg  
      Sophia Michel dau 26 IA at home Frankfort Mecklingburg  
      William Michel son 24 IA Clerk in Shoe Store Frankfort Mecklingburg  
      Benjamin Michel son 20 IA Clerk in Drug Store Frankfort Mecklingburg  
      Jenny Michel dau 15 IA School Frankfort Mecklingburg  
      Flora Michel dau 13 IA School Frankfort Mecklingburg  
      Philip Michel son 11 IA School Frankfort Mecklingburg  
      Mary Hines other 18 OH Servent      


       
      Jacob and Elizabeth were still living in Dubuque at the time of the 1895 Iowa Census - age 70 and 66.

       
      There is Jacob is listed as "Michel, Jacob Greenfield 8/21/62 Corp., Sergt.; wnd. and pris. Chancellorsville, wnd. 6/22/64, Chattanooga, Tenn." in the Roster of the 26th Wisconsin Regiment. Perhaps the biography will tie this in to our Jacob.
      For more information see the Our Folk - Hart family Web Site

  • Sources 
    1. [S883] Chicago. Chapman Pub. Co.. 1894., Portrait and biographical record of Dubuque, Jones and Clayton Counties, Iowa.