Ancestors and Descendants of
 Michael Hammes, Jr
& Margaretha Hammen


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Margaretha Hammen

Female 1830 - 1872  (42 years)

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  • Name Margaretha Hammen 
    Birth 9 Mar 1830  Germany Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Female 
    Death 9 Mar 1872  Feyen, Germany Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I108  Peter and Anna
    Last Modified 11 Jul 2015 

    Father Jakob Hammen,   b. 27 Oct 1799, Sehndorf, Perl, LK Merzig-Wadern, Saarland, Germany Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 10 Jan 1857, Sehndorf, Perl, LK Merzig-Wadern, Saarland, Germany Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 57 years) 
    Mother Margaretha Munhoven,   b. 10 Jun 1795, Besch, Germany Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 8 Sep 1882, Sehndorf, Germany Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 87 years) 
    Marriage 15 Jan 1820  Perl, Germany Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F20  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Michael Peter Hammes, Jr,   b. 10 Nov 1820, Perl, Merzig-Wadern, Saarland, Germany Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 12 Apr 1880, Clear Creek Township, Keokuk County, Iowa Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 59 years) 
    Marriage 5 Jan 1850  Perl, Merzig, Wadern, Germany Find all individuals with events at this location 
    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
    Children 
    +1. Nicholaus Hammes,   b. 16 Nov 1850, Feyen, Near Trier, Rineland-Pfalz, Germany Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 7 Sep 1911, Harper, Keokuk County, Iowa Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 60 years)  [Father: Birth]  [Mother: Birth]
    +2. Peter Hammes, Sr.,   b. 26 May 1852, Feyen, Near Trier, Merzig-Wadern, Germany Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 20 Apr 1929, Keokuk County, Iowa Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 76 years)  [Father: Birth]  [Mother: Birth]
    +3. Anna Marie Hammes,   b. 4 Aug 1854, Feyen, Near Trier, Rineland-Pfalz, Germany Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 24 Jan 1912, St. Joseph Hospital, Omaha, Douglas County, Nebraska Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 57 years)  [Father: Birth]  [Mother: Birth]
    +4. Jacob W Hammes,   b. 8 Oct 1856, Feyen, Near Trier, Germany Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Feb 1924, Harlan, Shelby County, Iowa Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 67 years)  [Father: Birth]  [Mother: Birth]
    +5. Margareta Hammes,   b. 26 Sep 1859, Feyen, Near Trier, Rineland-Pfalz, Germany Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 24 Oct 1924, Hospital, Rochester, Olmstead County, Minnesota Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 65 years)  [Father: Birth]  [Mother: Birth]
    +6. Frank Hammes,   b. 9 Jul 1861, Feyen, Near Trier, Rineland-Pfalz, Germany Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1893 (Age 31 years)  [Father: Birth]  [Mother: Birth]
    +7. John J Hammes,   b. 22 May 1863, Feyen, Near Trier, Rineland-Pfalz, Germany Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 20 Aug 1938, Pocahontas, Pocahontas County, Iowa Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 75 years)  [Father: Birth]  [Mother: Birth]
    +8. Michael Alfred Hammes, III,   b. 10 May 1865, Trier, Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 16 Feb 1938, Harlan, Shelby County, Iowa Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 72 years)  [Father: Birth]  [Mother: Birth]
    +9. Anna Maria Hammes,   b. 4 Oct 1867, Feyen, Near Trier, Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 28 Oct 1897, Cass Township, Shelby County, Iowa Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 30 years)  [Father: Birth]  [Mother: Birth]
    +10. Susanna Hammes,   b. 22 Sep 1869, Feyen, Near Trier, Rineland-Pfalz, Germany Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1936, Council Bluffs, Pottawattamie County, Iowa Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 66 years)  [Father: Birth]  [Mother: Birth]
    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 father
    Documents
    		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
    Last Modified 2 Jan 2018 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 9 Mar 1830 - Germany Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 9 Mar 1872 - Feyen, Germany Link to Google Earth
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  • Documents
    		Margaretha Hammen Death Certificate

  • Notes 
    • Margaretha Hammen died of smallpox about 3 weeks before the rest of the family came to America.



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