 1824 - Yes, date unknown
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Name |
Jacob Michel [1] |
Birth |
12 Oct 1824 |
Frankfort, Hesse-Darmstadt, Germany |
Gender |
Male |
Death |
Yes, date unknown |
Person ID |
I54832 |
Cecilie Family |
Last Modified |
2 Aug 2004 |
Family |
Louisa Krakow, b. 1829-1830, Mecklenberg, Ger d. Yes, date unknown |
Marriage |
1852 |
Dubuque, IA |
Children |
| 1. Katie Michel, b. 1852-1853, Iowa d. Yes, date unknown |
| 2. Sophia Michel, b. 1853-1854, Iowa d. Yes, date unknown |
| 3. F. William Michel, b. 1855-1856, Iowa d. Yes, date unknown |
| 4. Henry Michel |
| 5. Benjamin Michel, b. 1859-1860, Iowa d. Yes, date unknown |
| 6. Jenny Michel, b. 1864-1865, Iowa d. Yes, date unknown |
| 7. Flora Michel, b. 18 May 1867, Iowa d. May 1945 (Age 77 years) |
| 8. Philip Michel, b. 1869-1870, Iowa d. Yes, date unknown |
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Family ID |
F22960 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
Last Modified |
22 Feb 2009 |
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Event Map |
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 | Marriage - 1852 - Dubuque, IA |
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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.
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Sources |
- [S883] Chicago. Chapman Pub. Co.. 1894., Portrait and biographical record of Dubuque, Jones and Clayton Counties, Iowa.
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