Katharina Hachmann

(April 13, 1814 - January 19, 1875)
Katharina Hachmann|b. Apr 13, 1814\nd. Jan 19, 1875|p324.htm|John Frederick Hachmann||p16.htm|Magdalena Martens||p17.htm|||||||||||||

Relationship=Great-grandaunt of Rev. Don Emmet (Sr.) Smith.
Relationship=Daughter of John Frederick Hachmann.
Relationship=Sister of Johann Niclaus Hachmann.
     Katharina Hachmann was born on Wednesday, April 13, 1814 in Spieka, Neuefeld, Balliwick Dornum, Hanover, Germany, daughter of John Frederick Hachmann and Magdalena Martens.1

Katharina married Dietrich Griebel sometime in the 1830's, in Germany.1 Katharina and her husband, Dietrich Griebel came to America from Germany before 1851. Some of their children were born in Illinois. They eventually settled in the St. Donatus, Iowa area.2,3,4 Katharina Hachmann and Dietrich Griebel had 10 or more children and they wanted her niece Emma Hachmann to come to America and work for them. Emma didn't want to come over so her sister Lena came to America at age 16. Two years later in 1882 Johann Nicholus (Kathrina's bother) and Anna Hachmann and their family, J. Henry, Emma, Elizabeth, Eibe, and Matilda came to America.

Later, J. Henry Hackmann went back to Germany to bring his widowed aunt, Anna Marie Luhs to America. He also brought a friend of the family Doretta Strohmann, a widow with 4 daughters and a son to America. He later married Doretta and they had 2 children Emily and John.5


Katharina gave birth to her son William in 1839, in Hanover, Germany.3

Katharina emigrated from Germany arriving in the United States of America.2

The Ladies Aid Society of St. John's Lutheran Church in St. Donatus was started in 1851. Katharina was the founder of the society (her husband was founder the church). In 1912, the first officers of the Ladies Aid Society were: Mrs. Mathilda Schenk, President , and Mrs. William Hachmann, Vice~President..

Katharina gave birth to her son Ernest about 1855, in Illinois.3

Katharina appeared on the Tete des Morts Township, Jackson County, Iowa, census of August 16, 1870 in the household of Dietrich Griebel as his wife. She was 56 years old and keeping house. Her name was spelled as "Catharine." She was recorded as a native of Hanover, Germany and both of her parents were foreign born.3

Katharina died on Tuesday, January 19, 1875 in St. Donatus, Jackson County, Iowa. She was 60 years old. She was laid to rest in the Lutheran Cemetery in St. Donatus, Jackson County, Iowa.

Children of Katharina Hachmann and Dietrich Griebel

Citations

  1. [S228] Interview with Elgene Mesch (Dubuque, IA), by Susan Noyes, June 6 2005, Johan Frederick Hachmann Family Group Sheet.
  2. [S3] Compiled by Doug & Gloria Lenhart with contributions by Grace Elda (Lenhart) Smith / Harriet Deahl / and other family members, "1998 Lenhart Family Reunion Notes", Washington State Department of Health (1998) Some portions recorded in Irvin Public Library, Irvin, Penn: Lenhart Reunion Notes -Information from Elgean Schmidt Mesch, grandaughter of Lena Hachmann Gerber. Hereinafter cited as "1998 Lenhart Reunion."
  3. [S123] 1870 US Census, US Census Search, Heritage Quest Online, Iowa, Jackson, Tete Des Morts Twp; Series: M593 Roll: 397 Page: 127.
  4. [S228] Interview with Elgene Mesch (Dubuque, IA), by Susan Noyes, June 6 2005, Research notes.
  5. [S3] Compiled by Doug & Gloria Lenhart with contributions by Grace Elda (Lenhart) Smith / Harriet Deahl / and other family members, "1998 Lenhart Family Reunion Notes", Washington State Department of Health (1998) Some portions recorded in Irvin Public Library, Irvin, Penn. Hereinafter cited as "1998 Lenhart Reunion."
 


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