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Ancestors and Descendants of
Michael Hammes, Jr & Margaretha Hammen
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 1856 - 1924 (67 years)
Has 42 ancestors and 36 descendants in this family tree.
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| Name |
Jacob W Hammes |
| Birth |
8 Oct 1856 |
Feyen, Near Trier, Germany  |
| Gender |
Male |
| Arrival |
4 Nov 1872 |
port of New York |
| arrival on the S.S. Rhein from Bremen |
| Death |
Feb 1924 |
Harlan, Shelby County, Iowa |
| Burial |
Iowa |
| Person ID |
I117 |
Peter and Anna |
| Last Modified |
17 Sep 2015 |
| 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) |
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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 |
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| 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 |
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 | 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. |
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| Flyer from the North German Line with Passenger Fares
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 | 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) |
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| Marriage Certificate for Michael Hammes & Margaretha Hammen - 6 Jan 1850
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| 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 |
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| Notes |
- Jacob W Hammes
from History of Emmet County and Dickinson County, Iowa: A Record of Settlement, Organization, Progress and Achievement. Volume II. The Pioneer Publishing Compnay, Chicago, Illinois, 1917.
"J.W. Hammes, a well known citizen of Terril, was born on the 10th of October, 1856, in Germany, of which country his parents, Michael and Margaret Hammes, were also natives. The mother died in that country and in 1872 the father brought his family to the new world, locating in Keokuk county, Iowa, where his death occurred in 1879. He had ten children and of that number six are still living and all are residents of Iowa.
At the usual age J.W. Hammes began his education in the schools of Germany and there continued his studies until the emigration of the family to America. In early life he learned the shoemaker's trade, which he has since followed. He resided in Keokuk county, Iowa, until 1902, then he moved to Mills county, this state, remaining there until 1911. The following two years were spent in Franklin county and at the end of that time he came to Dickinson county, having since engaged in business at Terril, where he conducts a repair shop and also deals in shoes and men's furnishings. Besides his town property he owns three hundred and eighteen acres of land on section 17, Lloyd township, which is well improved and under good cultivation.
Mr. Hammes was married in 1878 to Miss Mary Weber, a native of Iowa, by whom he has five children: Frank, who is now engaged in the shoe business in Portsmouth, Iowa; John; Clara, the wife of Charles Higgins; Helen, who is teaching school in Terril; and Leonard, who is attending college at Grinnell, Iowa.
In politics Mr. Hammes is a Democrat, but he has never cared for official honors, preferring to give his undivided attention to his business interests. He started out life for himself empty handed and the success that has come to him is due entirely to his industry, enterprise and sound judgment in the management of his affairs."
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