Ancestors and Descendants of
Michael Hammes, Jr & Margaretha Hammen
Frank Hammes
1861 - 1893 (31 years)-
Name Frank Hammes Birth 9 Jul 1861 Feyen, Near Trier, Rineland-Pfalz, Germany 
Gender Male Arrival 4 Nov 1872 port of New York arrival on the S.S. Rhein from Bremen Death 1893 Burial St. Mary's Cemetery, Portsmouth, Shelby County, Iowa Person ID I119 Peter and Anna Last Modified 11 Oct 2019
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 Susan Ludwig, b. Oct 1860, Keokuk County, Iowa d. 1937 (Age 76 years) Marriage 1888 Children 1. Barbara Hammes, b. 1889 d. 1893 (Age 4 years) [Father: Birth] [Mother: Birth] + 2. Mary Hammes, b. 4 Jan 1891 d. 1971 (Age 79 years) [Father: Birth] [Mother: Birth] + 3. Margaret Hammes, b. 18 Jan 1893 d. 1996 (Age 102 years) [Father: Birth] [Mother: Birth] Family ID F236 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 3 Aug 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.