Individual Details
Engeline Margaretha "Engel" Grumm
(13 Aug 1841 - 15 Dec 1935)
She reported in a birthday celebration in August of 1932 (August 18, 1932 Monticello Express) that 72 relatives were in the group of passengers who were bound for America. The trip, exceedingly long even for the standards of the day, took six weeks and four days. They sprang a leak in the ship when out on the open sea, probably requiring them to drop sails so not to stress the hull and make the leak worse.
Angeline came to the US when she was 15 with a group of 72 relatives in the spring of 1857. They all settled near Dixon, Illinois. She lived there for five years before coming to Jones Co., Iowa where a sister, Mrs. Arend Zimmerman, was living in Wayne Township.
[The Monticello Express (Monticello, Iowa), July 20, 1933]
Local History Is Told In Lives Of Monticello's Octogenarians
Angeline Jacobs Hanken, 91
For more than seventy years, Mrs. A. H. Hanken of Scotch Grove has been a resident of Jones county, with the exception of visits to relatives in Canada and two and a half years spent in Long Beach, Calif., with her daughter, Mrs. L. Anne Becker. She will celebrate her ninety-second birthday next month.
Born in the province of Hanover in Germany, in the village of Wiederfehn, Ostfriesland, on August 13, 1841, Angeline Margaret Grumm attended the village school during the years before the family came to America. Her parents were Richard and Anke Marguerita Heeren Grumm, and her father was a farmer in the province. In the spring of 1857, when Angeline was 15 years old, she and her family, with 72 relatives from her own community, sailed for America in a small sailing vessel which took six weeks and four days to make the trip, including a bad three-day storm.
The whole group settled around Dixon, Ill., where Angeline's father died in October, 1857, and her mother in August, 1859. Four years after arrival in Dixon, the 19-year old girl came to Wayne township, Jones county, a place suggested by the fact that her sister, Mrs. Arend Zimmerman, deceased, was already settled there.
On August 12, 1861, Angeline Grumm became the bride of Henry J. Jacobs at Anamosa, and the couple made a home for their family for the next 30 years on the old Jacobs place now occupied by Carl Plueger. On February 22, 1892, Mr. Jacobs died, and Mrs. Jacobs ran the farm for the next four years with the help of her sons.
Mrs. Jacobs married A. H. Hanken of Monticello on August 10, 1895, and after 1896 made her home in Monticello for 15 years. Mr. Hanken died in September, 1902, seven years after their marriage. During the past six years, Mrs. Hanken has made her home with her son, Paul A. Jacobs of Scotch Grove.
Mrs. Hanken became the mother of 10 children, five boys and five girls, two of whom are deceased. Lawrence died at the age of nine years, and Mrs. C. H. Rastede passed away several years ago. She also has 24 grandchildren and 23 great grandchildren.
Her children are: Mrs. J. G. Thomas, Monticello; the Rev. H. E. Jacobs, Pleasant Plains, Ill; Mrs. A. E. Guenter, Denver, Colo.; C. C. Jacobs, Fergus Falls, Minn.; L. R. Jacobs, Emmetsburg; Mrs. E. W. Weber and Mrs. L. Anne Becker, both of Long Beach, Calif.; and Paul A. Jacobs, Monticello.
Events
Families
Spouse | Hinrich Janssen "Henry" Jacobs (1835 - 1892) |
Child | Betsy Segovia "Betty" Jacobs (1862 - ) |
Child | Rev. Henry Elwil Jacobs (1864 - 1933) |
Child | Gera Maria "Marion" Jacobs (1866 - 1928) |
Child | Augusta Elizabeth Jacobs (1869 - ) |
Child | Lawrence Rudolph Jacobs (1871 - 1875) |
Child | Carl Christopher Jacobs (1874 - 1968) |
Child | Emma Margaret Jacobs (1876 - 1963) |
Child | Lorenz Rudolf "Lawrence" Jacobs (1878 - 1957) |
Child | Paul Evert "Ellwill" Jacobs (1881 - 1953) |
Child | Laura Anna Jacobs (1883 - 1971) |
Spouse | Arend Heinrich "Henry" Hanken (1831 - 1901) |
Father | Rieke Willms Grumm (1789 - 1857) |
Mother | Anke Margarethe Heeren (1799 - 1860) |
Sibling | Wilhelm Rieken Grumm (1820 - 1889) |
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) |
Notes
Marriage
http://www.rootsweb.com/~iajones/marriage/booka2.htmGROOMS H-O
Last Name First Name Last Name First Name Date Line Page
Jacobs Henry J Mcguire Angeline 1861 Aug 12 959 136
Angeline seems to have several last names!
Census
Angeline Jacobs F 53Carl Jacobs M 21
Emma Jacobs F 18
Lawrence Jacobs M 16
Paul Jacobs M 13
Laura Jacobs F 11
Census
SELF Frank F Becker M 27y Iowa, Germany IowaWIFE Laura N Becker F 25y Iowa, Germany Germany
DAU Eloise L Becker F y 10m Iowa, Iowa Iowa, single
Angeline Hankin F 68y Germany, Germany Germany, widowed, mother-in-law
Mary Huls F 13y Iowa, Germany Germany, single
Census
SELF Frank F Becker M 36y IowaWIFE Laura A Becker F 36y Iowa
DAU Eloise L Becker F 10y Iowa
SON Joseph H Becker M 7y Iowa
DAU Eleanor M Becker F 5y Iowa
DAU Frances L Becker F 1y9m Iowa
Angeline M Jacobs F 78y Germany
Death
Mrs. A. Hanken Died at Age Of 94 Yrs., Dec. 15She Had Suffered Stroke On December 8 Which Caused Her Death
Mrs. Angeline Margaret Hanken, who was perhaps one of the oldest women living in Monticello and vicinity, passed away at the home of her son, Paul Jacobs, last Sunday evening at 9:05. Mrs. Hanken had sustained a stroke of paralysis a week previous to her death. Her condition gradually became worse until she answered the final summons.
The birth of Mrs. Hanken occurred in the village of Wiesederfehn, Ostfriesland, Germany. August 13, 1841. She was therefore in her ninety-fifth year. She was a daughter of the late Richard and Anke Marguerita Heeren Steinbach. Her father was a farmer, and she attended the village school at Wiesederfehn. She later was confirmed i the Lutheran church, and at the age of 15 years emigrated to the United States.
Came in Spring of 1857.
When this young woman came to the United States it was necessary for her to come on a sailing vessel. There were no steamboats in those days, and it took six weeks and four days to make the trip across the ocean. The passengers on the boat experienced a three day storm, during which time the boat sprang a leak, and it was some time before it was repaired and the ship could proceed.
Mrs. Hanken came to this country with a group of 72 relatives, all of whom settled near Dixon, Ill. She lived there for five years before coming to Jones county. Her parents passed away within a few years after settling in Illinois. Mrs. Hanken had a sister, Mrs. Arend Zimmerman, living in Wayne township, and it was this fact that brought her to Jones country.
Married in 1861
On August 12, 1861, the marriage of Henry J. Jacobs and Angeline M. Steinbach occurred. There were no regular Lutheran ministers in Jones county in that early day, and the marriage was therefore performed at the home of Mr. Jacobs' parents, by Joseph Gott, a justice of the peace. Their home was made for over thirty years on a farm now occupied by Carl Plueger. Mr. Jacobs died February 22, 1892. During the next four years Mrs. Jacobs conducted the farm work with the assistance of her sons, and thereafter removed to Monticello, in 1895.
She was married a second time to Henry Hanken, December 10, 1895. Mr. Hanken died in September, 1902. Mrs. Hanken lived in Monticello for fifteen years, and thereafter lived in the home of her son Paul during the past nine years.
Mother of 10 Children
Mrs. Hanken was the mother of ten children, Mrs. J. G. Thomas of Monticello, Rev. H. E. Jacobs now deceased. Mrs. A. E. Guenther of Denver, Colo., C. C. Jacobs of Fergus Falls, Minn., L. R. Jacobs of Emmetsburg, Mrs. E. M. Weber and Mrs. L. Anne Becker of Long Beach, Cal., Mrs. Gera Rastede now deceased, Lawrence who died in childhood, and Paul A. Jacobs of Monticello. She is also survived by twenty-four grandchildren, twenty-seven great grandchildren, and by two great great grandchildren.
At the time of her death Mrs. Hanken was the only living charter member of St. John's Evangelical Lutheran church, which is located three miles southeast of Monticello. The funeral services were held yesterday afternoon at 1 o'clock at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Jacobs, and thereafter at St. John's church, with burial in the cemetery adjoining the church. Rev. Paul T. Gutknecht had charge of the services. The children attending the funeral from a distance included her son L. R. Jacobs of Emmetsburg. Her daughter, Mrs. Guenther, had only recently visited with her mother, and was at her bedside when she sustained the stroke. She was forced to return home.
Burial
JACOBS, Angeline MargaretBorn: 8/13/1841
Died: 12/15/1935
Cemetery: ST. JOHN'S
Location:
County: JONES CO. - IOWA
Record Notes:
Endnotes
1. US Federal Government, Federal Population Census 1870. Jones Co., Iowa Roll 401. Iowa Vol. 16 (1-254A) Jones Co. (read Jun 28, 2001, Nancy Prouty.).
2. Hanken, Angeline Margaret (Steinbach) obituary, , Monticello, Iowa, Dec 1935, Emailed by Andrew Stewart
3. Hanken, Angeline Margaret (Steinbach) obituary, , Monticello, Iowa, Dec 1935, Emailed by Andrew Stewart
4. Hanken, Angeline Margaret (Steinbach) obituary, , Monticello, Iowa, Dec 1935, Emailed by Andrew Stewart
5. Hanken, Angeline Margaret (Steinbach) obituary, , Monticello, Iowa, Dec 1935, Emailed by Andrew Stewart
6. "Iowa Marriages, 1809-1992," database, Family Search (https://familysearch.org: accessed 17 July 2013), Ahrend Henry Hankens and Engeline Margaretha Jacobs, 10 Dec 1895..
7. Hanken, Angeline Margaret (Steinbach) obituary, , Monticello, Iowa, Dec 1935, Emailed by Andrew Stewart
8. WPA - Work Project Administration 1930's Graves Resgistration Survey, IAGenWeb, IowaWPAGraves.com online [http://iowawpagraves.org/index.php], accessed Oct 2008.