Ancestors and Descendants of
Michael Hammes, Jr & Margaretha Hammen
Peter Hammes, Sr.
1852 - 1929 (76 years)-
Name Peter Hammes Suffix Sr. Birth 26 May 1852 Feyen, Near Trier, Merzig-Wadern, Germany 
Christening 30 May 1852 Gender Male Arrival 4 Nov 1872 port of New York arrival on the S.S. Rhein from Bremen Death 20 Apr 1929 Keokuk County, Iowa Burial 23 Apr 1929 Ss. Peter & Paul Cemetery, Clear Creek Township, Keokuk County, Iowa Person ID I1 Peter and Anna Last Modified 6 Feb 2018
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Father Michael Peter Hammes, Jr, b. 10 Nov 1820, Perl, Merzig-Wadern, Saarland, Germany d. 12 Apr 1880, Clear Creek Township, Keokuk County, Iowa (Age 59 years) Relationship Birth Mother Margaretha Hammen, b. 9 Mar 1830, Germany d. 9 Mar 1872, Feyen, Germany (Age 42 years) Relationship Birth Marriage 5 Jan 1850 Perl, Merzig, Wadern, Germany Notes - Michael Hammes and his 10 children (ranging in age from 22-3 along with his brother Peter left Bremen and arrived Port of New York on the ship RHEIN on Nov. 4, 1872. His wife died the previous year. The family settled in Keokuk County, Iowa.
SOURCE: http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=113820295
Photos 
Hammes House at Clear Creek Corner, 1904 Porch: Mike Hammes, ?, Charlie Conrad
Next row: Mrs Kate (Bohr) Hammes (wife of Nicholas), Mrs Lucy Conrad and baby Matts, Ruth Rheinhart, ? Hammes, Annie (Hammes) Sieren, Mrs Willstein, Mrs Bohr, Barbara (Hammes) Peiffer, Agnes (Hammes) Bombei, Nickolas Hammes (father), John Hammes (son)
Next row: ? Hammes, Peter Hammes, Annie (Buch) Hammes (wife of Peter), ?, ?, ?, JP Mersch, Wendell Horras
Bottom row: Susie Autringer (sister of JP Mersch, who was visiting from Germany), Rose (Sieren) Greiner, Clara (Hammes) Greiner
This picture was taken in Section 8 of Clear Creek Township, Keokuk County, Iowa, on the Nick Hammes farm. Photo taken by Mr Autringer from Germany (brother-in-law of JP Mersch). Picture obtained from Margaret (Hammes) Reed of Keota, Iowa.
Michael Hammes Children
Michael Hammes Children, left to right
Back Row: Nicholaus, Peter, Mike, John and Jake
Front Row: Anna, Emma, Margaret and Susan
In foreground is a picture of their fatherDocuments 
Ship Manifest from the Rhein, out of Bremen, landing in New York on 4 November 1872
The steamship Rhein was builit in 1868 at Greenock, Scotland, by Caird & Co. The Rhein was operated by the Norddeutscher (North German) Lloyd steamship line, also known as the "Bremen Line." The Rhein was 332 ft long by 40 feet wide with 2,901 gross register tons (GRT). GRT is a measure of enclosed storage with 1 GRT being 100 cubic feet. Average speed was approximately 12 knots, and the transatlantic crossing took approximately 2 weeks. The captain was Captain Meyer. The steerage fare from Bremen to New York was $40. Assuming they traveled steerage, total fare for Michael Jr. and his 10 children would have been $440.Flyer from the North German Line with Passenger Fares 
Engraving of the S.S. Rhein
The steamship Rhein was builit in 1868 at Greenock, Scotland, by Caird & Co. The Rhein was operated by the Norddeutscher (North German) Lloyd steamship line, also known as the "Bremen Line." The Rhein was 332 ft long by 40 feet wide with 2,901 gross register tons (GRT). GRT is a measure of enclosed storage with 1 GRT being 100 cubic feet. Average speed was approximately 12 knots, and the transatlantic crossing took approximately 2 weeks. The captain was Captain Meyer. The steerage fare from Bremen to New York was $40. Assuming they traveled steerage, total fare for Michael Jr. and his 10 children would have been $440.
Plat Map of Clear Creek Township of Keokuk County, Iowa -- 1874
See Baden on the northwest corner of Clear Creek Township? If you go 2 miles south and 2 miles east from there, you can see the 160 acres owned by Michael Hammes, Jr.
Passenger Manifest from the S/S Hammonia - 27 Feb 1869
Passenger #186 is Nicolaus Hammes, a 19-year-old farmer from Germany. There is no other Hammes on this passenger manifest. This was probably a first or exploratory trip to America by Nicolaus with him subsequently returning to Germany and then bringing the rest of the family to America in November of 1872.
Also on this ship were Jacob Sondag and sister Marie, along with their mother, Anna Maria Theobald, step-father Mathias Wehr, and half-siblings, Margaretha, Johann, & Magdalene Wehr. (191-197)Marriage Certificate for Michael Hammes & Margaretha Hammen - 6 Jan 1850 Albums The Great Tornado of 1873 (4)
Have you heard of the Great Tornado of 1873? It was so powerful that the U.S. Congress sent an investigator. One account states that two sons of "Mr. Hamis" were injured. Could these have been sons of Michael Hammes, Jr.? The information with the photo of the Hammes house in 1873 says that the Hammes house was destroyed, though I find no mention of this in the news accounts. Interesting reading.Family ID F21 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family Anna Rosalia Buch, b. 2 May 1859, Talleyrand, Keokuk County, Iowa d. 27 Aug 1929 (Age 70 years) Marriage 19 Apr 1877 Children + 1. Helena Marie Hammes, b. 1 Feb 1878, At Home on Farm, Clear Creek Township, Keokuk County, Iowa d. 2 Sep 1954, Hospital, Wetaskiwin, Alberta, Canada (Age 76 years) [Father: Birth] [Mother: Birth]2. Kathryn Theresa Hammes, b. 30 Nov 1879, At Home on Farm, Clear Creek Township, Keokuk County, Iowa d. 24 May 1880 (Age 0 years) [Father: Birth] [Mother: Birth]+ 3. Nicholas Edward Hammes, b. 4 Sep 1881, At Home on Farm, Clear Creek Township, Keokuk County, Iowa d. 19 Feb 1951 (Age 69 years) [Father: Birth] [Mother: Birth]+ 4. Constant Peter Hammes, b. 21 Jul 1884, At Home on Farm, Clear Creek Township, Keokuk County, Iowa d. 27 Feb 1978, Keokuk County Hospital, Sigourney, Keokuk County, Iowa (Age 93 years) [Father: Birth] [Mother: Birth]+ 5. Peter Joseph Hammes, b. 22 Aug 1886, At Home on Farm, Clear Creek Township, Keokuk County, Iowa d. 12 Nov 1939, At Home on Farm, Sigourney, Keokuk County, Iowa (Age 53 years) [Father: Birth] [Mother: Birth]+ 6. Anna Margaret Hammes, b. 22 Aug 1886, At Home on Farm, Clear Creek Township, Keokuk County, Iowa d. 6 Jul 1958, Her Son Bernard's Home, Bettendorf, Scott County, Iowa (Age 71 years) [Father: Birth] [Mother: Birth]7. Mathias Jacob Hammes, b. 9 Jul 1889, At Home on Farm, Clear Creek Township, Keokuk County, Iowa d. 20 Feb 1921, At the Home of His Parents (Age 31 years)+ 8. Michael Aloysius Hammes, b. 26 Jun 1891, At Home on Farm, Clear Creek Township, Keokuk County, Iowa d. 8 Feb 1967, Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa (Age 75 years) [Father: Birth] [Mother: Birth]+ 9. Cecilia Anna Hammes, b. 8 Dec 1894, At Home on Farm, Clear Creek Township, Keokuk County, Iowa d. 28 Mar 1961, Racine, Racine County, Wisconsin (Age 66 years) [Father: Birth] [Mother: Birth]+ 10. Zeno John Hammes, b. 13 Sep 1897, At Home on Farm, Clear Creek Township, Keokuk County, Iowa d. 20 Dec 1985 (Age 88 years) [Father: Birth] [Mother: Birth]+ 11. Margaret Mary Hammes, b. 15 Sep 1902, At Home on Farm, Clear Creek Township, Keokuk County, Iowa d. 5 Jan 1999, Washington County Hospital, Washington, Washington County, Iowa (Age 96 years) [Father: Birth] [Mother: Birth]Photos 
Peter & Anna Hammes Family
Standing, L-R: Nicholas Edward (9/4/1881), Peter Joseph (8/22/1886), Constant Peter (7/21/1884), Mathias Jacob (7/9/1889), Anna Margaret (8/22/1886), Helena Marie (2/1/1878), John Zeno (9/13/1897)
Seated, L-R: Michael Aloysius (6/26/1891), Margaret Mary (9/5/1902), Peter Sr (5/26/1852), Cecilia Anna (12/8/1894), Anna Rosalia Buch Hammes (5/2/1859)
Peter & Anna Hammes 
Anna Buch Hammes & Peter Hammes 
Peter Hammes Family in 1905 Documents 
Plat Map of Clear Creek Township of Keokuk County, Iowa -- 1887
Ss. Peter and Paul Catholic Church and School are in Section 16.Family ID F1 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 15 Jul 2015
- Michael Hammes and his 10 children (ranging in age from 22-3 along with his brother Peter left Bremen and arrived Port of New York on the ship RHEIN on Nov. 4, 1872. His wife died the previous year. The family settled in Keokuk County, Iowa.
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Event Map 
Death - 20 Apr 1929 - Keokuk County, Iowa 
Burial - 23 Apr 1929 - Ss. Peter & Paul Cemetery, Clear Creek Township, Keokuk County, Iowa = Link to Google Earth Pin Legend 
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Documents 
Peter Hammes Baptismal Record
Peter Hammes baptism record translation: 34 Peter Hammes from Efstrich near Feyen. He was born the 26th day of May in 1852 and reborn the 30th of May Peter. His parents are Michael Hammes and Margaretha Hammen. They are married. He is a legitimate son. He is from the village of Efstrich near Feyen. Sponsers were Peter Hammes and Magdalena Michels, both from the country seat of Lendorf.Ledger of Peter Hammes, Sr
Histories 
Birth Certificate for Peter Hammes Sr Obituary for Peter Hammes Sr