Individual Details
Wilhelm Rieken Grumm
(6 Dec 1820 - 10 Jan 1889)
Events
| Birth | 6 Dec 1820 | Germany, Ostfriesland, Wiesede |  | ||
| Marriage | 8 Jun 1848 | Hörsten, Ostfriesland, Germany - Sophia Maria Juilfs | | ||
| Emigration | 3 Jun 1857 |  | |||
| Census (family) | 1 Jun 1860 | Nelson, Lee, Illinois, United States - Sophia Maria Juilfs | | | |
| Census (family) | 1870 | Wayne Township, Jones, Iowa, United States - Sophia Maria Juilfs | | ||
| Census (family) | 7 Jun 1880 | Wayne Township, Jones, Iowa, United States - Sophia Maria Juilfs | | ||
| Census (family) | 1885 | Wayne Township, Jones, Iowa, United States - Sophia Maria Juilfs | | ||
| Death | 10 Jan 1889 | Monticello, Jones, Iowa, United States | | ||
| Probate | 25 Feb 1889 | Wayne Township, Jones, Iowa, United States | | | |
| Occupation | Master blacksmith (Schmiedemeister) | | |||
| Burial | St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Church, Wayne Township, Jones, Iowa, United States | |
Families
| Spouse | Sophia Maria Juilfs (1823 - 1910) |
| Child | Anke Margaretha Grumm (1848 - 1895) |
| Child | Johann Heinrich "John" Grumm (1851 - 1889) |
| Child | Anna Engelina Grumm (1853 - 1914) |
| Child | Friedrich Wilhelm "Fred" Grumm (1855 - 1938) |
| Child | Maria Sophie "Mary" Grumm (1858 - 1937) |
| Child | Margaret "Matie" Grumm (1860 - ) |
| Child | Elizabeth Christiana Grumm (1862 - 1955) |
| Child | Julianna E Grumm (1865 - 1965) |
| Child | Matilda Louise Grumm (1868 - 1901) |
| Child | Lucille Grumm ( - ) |
| Father | Rieke Willms Grumm (1789 - 1857) |
| Mother | Anke Margarethe Heeren (1799 - 1860) |
| Sibling | Margaretha Engelina "Greta" Grumm (1823 - 1904) |
| Sibling | Wübke Maria Friederica "Ricka" Grumm (1826 - ) |
| Sibling | Gretje / Gretze Meta Rieken "Margaret" Grumm (1828 - 1886) |
| Sibling | Albert Rieken Grumm (1831 - 1832) |
| Sibling | Elizabeth Grumm (1834 - 1910) |
| Sibling | Anna Catherine Grumm (1837 - 1928) |
| Sibling | Engeline Margaretha "Engel" Grumm (1841 - 1935) |
Notes
Emigration
Name: Wilhelm GrummEvent Type: Immigration
Event Date: 03 Jun 1857
Event Place: New York, New York, New York, United States
Gender: Male
Age: 36
Birthplace: Germany
Occupation: Smith
Ship Name: Orpheus
Birth Year (Estimated): 1821
Departure Port: Bremerhaven
Literacy: Unknown
Last Place of Residence:
Destination Place: Illinois
Transit or Travel Compartment: Staying in the USA [Transit]; Steerage [Travel]
Affiliate Manifest ID: 00008936
Affiliate Publication Title: Germans to America Passenger Data file, 1850-1897
Affiliate ARC Identifier: 1746067
46. Wilhelm Grumm 36, male Smith, Germany , Illinois
47. Sophie Grumm 34, female,
48. Anke Grumm, 50 female
49 Hinrich Grumm, 6 male
one suckling
50 Harm Helgens, 29 male Farmer, Germany , Illinois
Census (family)
1, 1 Wm. Grumm, 39, M, Farmer, 0, 150, HanoverSophia , 37, F, Hanover
John , 9, M, Hanover
Anna , 4, F, Hanover
Census (family)
37 184 192 Grunn William 48 M Farmer 3000 1000 Oldenburg38 Grunn Sophia 47 F Keeping House Germany
39 Grunn Frederick 14 M Works on Farm Oldenburg
40 Grunn Mary 12 F Illinois
Page 28
1 Grunn Margaret 10 F Illinois
2 Grunn Elizabeth 7 F Illinois
3 Grunn Julia 5 F Iowa
4 Grunn Matilda 2 F Iowa
NOTE: This one is "Grumm." [Steve Hanken]
Census (family)
Wm. GRUMM Self M Male W 59 HANOVER Farmer HANOVER HANOVERSophia GRUMM Wife M Female W 57 HANOVER Keeping House HANOVER HANOVER
Matie GRUMM Dau S Female W 19 HANOVER At Home HANOVER HANOVER
Matilda GRUMM Dau S Female W 12 IL At School HANOVER HANOVER
Census (family)
William Grumm M 64Sophia Grumm F 62
Margaret Grumm F 24
Julia Grumm F 19
Matilda Grumm F 16
Probate
Last Will and Testamentof William Grumm Dec'd
Probated February 25th AD 1889
I William Grumm of Wayne Township, Jones County, Iowa, being yet of sound mind and memory do make this my last will and testament. "My wife Sophia M Grumm full heir until her death.
William Grumm
This testament was made in presence of the undersigned witnesses:
Fr. v. Strohe of Wayne Township, Jones, Co., Ia.
Henry Heeren of Wayne Township, Jones, Co., Ia
State of Iowa
Jones County Ia I RM Bush clerk of the District court in and for said County do hereby certify that on this - the February term AD 1889 of said court the will and instrument in writing hereunto annexed was duly proved before and allowed by said Court as such for the last will and testament of the real and personal estate of William Grumm late of said county deceased and was by said court ordered to be recorded as such will and testament
In witness whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said court at my office in Anamosa in said county this 25th day of February AD 1889
R. W. Bush Clerk
by J G McQueen Deputy
Endnotes
1. Janssen, Ludwig, Erhard Schlte and Hans Rudolph Manger, compiler, Die Familien der Kirchengemeinde Reepsholt (Aurich: Ostfriesische Landschaft, 1982), p 452 #2353.
2. Janssen, Ludwig, Erhard Schlte and Hans Rudolph Manger, compiler, Die Familien der Kirchengemeinde Reepsholt (Aurich: Ostfriesische Landschaft, 1982), p 452 #2353.
3. U.S. Census images. Heritage Quest Online. Subscription database through the Sonoma County Public Library. (ProQuest LLC, 2009.), 1860 > ILLINOIS > LEE > NELSON Series: M653 Roll: 198 Page: 241 .
4. Janssen, Ludwig, Erhard Schlte and Hans Rudolph Manger, compiler, Die Familien der Kirchengemeinde Reepsholt (Aurich: Ostfriesische Landschaft, 1982), p 452 #2353.
5. St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Sand Hill/Monticello , Jones Co., Iowa GenWeb online [http://iowajones.org/churches/LuthStJohns.htm], accessed 2002 -2008, 1889 January 10 Wilhelm Rieken Grumm .
6. "Iowa, Wills and Probate Records, 1758-1997," database, Ancestry.com (: accessed 13 February 2021), William Grumm 1889; citing Original data: Iowa, County, District and Probate Courts..
7. Janssen, Ludwig, Erhard Schlte and Hans Rudolph Manger, compiler, Die Familien der Kirchengemeinde Reepsholt (Aurich: Ostfriesische Landschaft, 1982), p 452 #2353.
8. Georgia Gerdes Ogas, "Gerdes-Germany/Iowa-1800's," e-mail message from