RUMMEL in America.

CHRISTIAN RUMMEL OF WALDECK AND WISCONSIN.

Christian RUMMEL, born in Walbeck (Waldeck?), Hesse, Germany, 5 November 1802 [date inscribed on his gravestone]; he emigrated to America on the ship "Iffland," from Bremen, arriving in New York on 29 August 1855, aged 52, heading for Wisconsin, with his second wife and five children [United States Germans to America Index, 1850-1897, Familysearch.org]; he settled south of Milwaukee, Wisconsin; evidently a Blacksmith and Wagon Builder in Germany; he was at Polk, Washington County, Wisconsin, 1870 Census, aged 68, Farmer, born Waldeck, with his wife and six children; ditto, 1880 Census, aged 77, Farmer, born Walbech, parents both born Walbech, with his wife and three children; he died at Milwaukee, 3 April 1882, and was buried at Forest Home Cemetery, Milwaukee [Section 9; Lot 45 - image of gravestone on Findagrave]; he had issue by a first wife Anna (who evidently died in Germany before 1855 - she was named in Ludwig RUMMEL's marriage registration, 1863, as his mother) - or her name may instead have been Elisabeth VÖPEL, and whom he is said to have married on 2 January 1829 [information from Joe DINGMAN of Dallas - see his message at the foot of this post]:

1. Friedrich RUMMEL, born in Germany, about 1830; aged 25, Blacksmith, on arrival in the U.S. with his father in 1855.
Jane RUMMEL's Family Tree on Ancestry.com records his birth on 6 January 1831; his death at Sherman, Calhoun County, Iowa, on 3 November 1909; his marriage in 1856 to Catherine RECK (1840-1912); and with four sons and four daughters born 1860 to 1875.

2. Caroline RUMMEL, born in Germany, about 1837; aged 17, Servant, on arrival in the U.S. with her father in 1855.

3. Ludwig RUMMEL, born at Waldeck (Frankenberg-Hesse), on 16 April 1840 [History of Hardin County, Iowa, 1883; 1900 Census; and Jane RUMMEL's Family Tree]; aged 15 on arrival in the U.S. with his father, 1855; he learnt his trade as Wagon Maker at Richmond Station, Wisconsin, and carried on in that business in Fond du Lac; he moved to Alden, Hardin County, Iowa, September 1865, and opened a business as a Blacksmith and Wagon Builder; he was a School Director in Alden, and was a member of the Town Council; he was at Alden, Hardin County, Iowa, 190 Census, aged 60 (born April 1840), Blacksmith, with his wife of 37 years, their daughter, and his mother-in-law Frederica SCHULTZ (born in Germany, January 1813, arrived U.S. 1852, a widow with four surviving of ten children); he died at Alden, 10 March 1917, and was buried at Alden Cemetery [his memorial on Findagrave]; he was married at Theresa, Dodge County, Wisconsin, 2 August 1863 to Auguste SCHULZ (his memorial on Findagrave - his parents recorded as Christian and Anna); she died in 1926, aged about 81; they had issue:
     a. Albert John RUMMEL, born at Theresa, Dodge County, Wisconsin, 4 May 1864; he died on 5 June 1946, and was buried at Alden Cemetery; he was married at Alden, 27 September 1886, to Ann SHERRARD.
     b. Lewis RUMMEL, born about 1866.
     c. Louisa Wilhelmina RUMMEL, born at Alden, 17 October 1868; she died at Iowa Falls, Hardin County, Iowa, 26 June 1931, and was buried at Alden Cemetery; she was married to August Carl BUTTS (1869-1940); they had issue - a daughter Nora BUTTS (1894-1980).
     d. Udo C. RUMMEL, born about 1872.
     e. Carl H. RUMMEL, born 8 July 1873; he died in 1910, and was buried at Oakwood Cemetery, independence, Buchanan County, Iowa; he was married to Mabel E. BUELL (formerly GILLET).
     f. Clementine RUMMEL, born Iowa, 28 August 1876; aged 23, with her parents, 190 Census; she died at Sioux City, Woodbury County, Iowa, 12 January 1977, and was buried at Alden Cemetery; she was married to George F. HEATHER (1861-1936).
     g. Louise RUMMEL.

4. Carl RUMMEL, born in Germany, about 1843; aged 11 on arrival in the U.S. with his father, 1855; probably died young.

5. Friedrich RUMMEL was aged 6 months, and recorded in the family group of Christian and Mary - but this appears to be impossible if his older brother of the same name, and aged 25, was of the same family? An Ernst RUMMEL, aged 43, and also a Blacksmith, arrived from Germany on the same ship, also heading for Wisconsin, with his wife Christiane VOLKER (aged 33), and their four children aged 13 to 9 months. Perhaps some of the family groups got mixed up? Or was Freidrich perhaps instead a grandson?

Christian was married secondly to Mary (or Marie?) TOPPEL; she was born at Walbeck, Germany, 15 August 1819 [date on her gravestone]; she was aged 34 on arrival in the U.S. in 1855, using her maiden surname, with her husband and his five children; she was aged 50, Keeping House, with her husband, 1870 Census; ditto, 1880, aged 61; she died at Milwaukee, 12 October 1890 [her memorial on Findagrave]; by her, Christian had further issue:

6. Charles Anton RUMMEL, born at Walbeck, near Hanover, 21 January 1854; aged 18 months when his family emigrated to America, 1855; a younger half-brother of Ludwig RUMMEL - Charles joined him in Alden, Iowa, 1870, in business as a Blacksmith and Wagon Builder; he did well, and opened his own shop in Alden with his brother Ben; he was at Ellsworth, Hamilton County, Iowa, 1880 Census, aged 26, Blacksmith, with his wife Eva, a female servant Annie THOMPSON (aged 19), his brother younger Bernard and a nephew Francis RUMMEL (aged 16); Charles was living in Chicago, June 1930, when his short visit to his brother Ben was noted in The (Hawarden) Independent [26 June]; he was at Alden, Hardin County, Iowa, 1900 Census, aged 46 (born January 1854), Blacksmith, with his wife of 20 years; Charles died at his son's residence in Wilmette, Illinois, 7 October 1946, and was buried at Alden Cemetery.
Charles was aged 25 when he was married at Hardin County, Iowa, 10 September 1879, to Eva Clarissa KEMP, aged 24 (daughter of Sumner KEMP); they had issue an only child:
     a. William Bernard RUMMEL, born in 1880; he died in 1976; he was married to Dora O. GARMAN, with issue:
          i.  Charles Gorman RUMMEL.
          ii. William Kemp RUMMEL.

7. Jacob RUMMEL, born in Wisconsin, 1857; aged 12, with his parents, 1870 Census, works on farm; he died in 1928, and was buried at Forest Home Cemetery, Milwaukee [Section 62]; he was married firstly, in 1881, to Clara Frances SCHMIDT (born in Wisconsin, 8 June 1859, daughter of Bernhard and Henrietta SCHMIDT); she died on 20 March 1904, and was buried in Forest Home Cemetery [Section 45]; they had issue:
     a. Herbert Gustav RUMMEL, born in Milwaukee, 30 January 1891; he died there on 6 February 1951, and was buried at Forest Home Cemetery [Section 62]; he was married to Meta M. PUHL (1890-1983).
Jacob was married secondly to Augusta KRINGER; she died at Milwaukee, in 1958, and was buried with her husband.

4. Bernard Benjamin RUMMEL, born in Fond du Lac, Wisconsin, 21 May 1858; married three times with issue. See [A] below.

5. Conrad RUMMEL, born in Richfield, Wisconsin, November 1860; aged 9, with his parents, 1870 Census; aged 19, with his parents, 1880 Census, as Conrath, works on farm; he died at St Paul, Minnesota, 24 October 1939 [Findagrave memorial].

6. Elizabeth RUMMEL, born in Wisconsin, about 1862; aged 7, with her parents, 1870 Census; aged 17, with her parents, 1880 Census, keeping house; she was married at Polk, Washington County, Wisconsin, 21 May 1892, to Peter FRIESS, of Fond du Lac, Wisconsin (son of Jacob and Mary FRIES); she survived her brother Charles.

7. Anna RUMMEL, born in Washington County, Wisconsin, 30 March 1869; aged 1, with her parents, 1880 Census; aged 11, with her parents, 1880 Census, at school; she was aged 31, with her husband and two sons, 1900 Census; she died on 14 August 1907; she was married about 1893 to Arthur R. LEVERENZ; he was at Coldspring Avenue, Milwaukee, 1900 Census aged 36 (born Germany, October 1863, arrived U.S. 1866), Clerk in Hotel, with his wife and two sons; they had issue:
     a. Clarence LEVERENZ, born in Wisconsin, June 1896; aged 3, with his parents, 1900.
     b. Elmer LEVERENZ, born in Wisconsin, November 1898; aged 1, with his parents, 1900.
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BERNARD BENJAMIN RUMMEL OF HAWARDEN.

[A] Bernard Benjamin RUMMEL, born in Fond du Lac, Wisconsin, 21 May 1858; aged 11, with his parents, 1870 Census, as Bernhard, works on farm; of Hawarden, Iowa; he survived his brother Charles; he was aged 22, Blacksmith, 1880 Census, residing with his brother Charles and his wife and their nephew; he was at Hawarden, 1905 Iowa State Census, with evident wife Elizabeth and six apparent children; he was at Hawarden, Iowa, 1910 Census, aged 52, married three times, Blacksmith, with wife Lizzie and four daughters and son; Ben was at Jonas Street, Logan Township, Sioux County, Iowa, 1920 Census, aged 63, Blacksmith, Own shop, with his wife Lizzie and son Harry; at Hawarden, 1930 Census, aged 71, Blacksmith, with wife Lizzie, son Harry, daughter-in-law Lizzie and three grandchildren; Ben died at Hawarden, 25 November 1946.

Benjamin, aged 23 (parents named in full) was married firstly, at Callinan, Hamilton County, Iowa, 11 January 1881, to Mary Jane HOY (born at Benner, Centre County, Pennsylvania, about 1854, daughter of Henry HOY and Catharine HARDMAN); Mary was aged 26, with her parents, at North Callinan, Iowa, in the 1880 Census, along with 5 younger siblings (perhaps some of them half-siblings) aged 22 years to 10 months; her death details have not been found.

Benjamin and Mary may have had issue (although it appears that one or more of these were instead his step-children by one of his later two wives by former husbands or their illegitimate daughters?):

1. Bertha (Bertina) D. HARTMAN, born at Calliope, Sioux County, Iowa, 19 August 1886; she died at Minnehaha County, South Dakota, 5 April 1945; she was married in 1905 to George Frank BELKEY (born in 1882, son of William BELKEY and Augusta E. BARTZ) of Alcester; he died at Alcester, 1 June 1971; they had issue:
     a. Melvin BELKEY, born in 1912; died in 1999.

2. Margaret, said to have been born at Alden, Iowa, 28 May 1886 [AMB's Family Tree on Ancestry.com]; she was evidently with her "parents" in 1905 State Census, as the eldest child; she was recorded in the 1910 Census as born in South Dakota, her father's birth place unknown, her mother born in Wisconsin - but by 1920, she and both of her parents were recorded as born in Iowa (the reason for this discrepancy is unexplained); she was married about 1907 to William Henry MILLER; they were at Lansing, Brown County, South Dakota, 1910 Federal Census, aged 24 (a Farmer) and 23 respectively, with their infant son Robert; they were at Virginia, Union County, South Dakota, aged 34 and 33, with three sons Robert, Thomas and Bruce; same place, 1930, aged 44 and 43, with five children aged 21 to 4 years 9 months.

3. Cora Pauline HURLBUT, born in South Dakota, 11 April 1889; with her evident parent and/or step-parent, 1905 State Census, the second child; she was aged 21, with her "parents," 1910 Census; she died on 2 February 1970, and was buried at Grace Hill Cemetery, Milwaukee.
As Cora Pauline (aged 24, daughter of Harry HURLBURT and Elizabeth HARTMAN), she was married at Hawarden, 22 October 1913, to Guy Frederick BURKET of Hawarden (aged 27, son of Clinton St Clair BURKET and Orpha Della STAFFORD); he was at Hawarden, 1930 Census, aged 44, Pharmacist, with his wife Cora, living next door to her step-father and mother Benjamin and Lizzie RUMMEL; Guy died in 1943.

Bernard RUMMEL, aged 30, of Alden, Blacksmith (both parents named in full), was married secondly, at Westchester City, Iowa, 29 April 1889, to Emma MILLER formerly BARNES (born in Iowa, 1860, daughter of Thomas James BARNES and Charlotte Caroline TOMMES); Emma died in 1890; they had issue:

4. Emma Mae RUMMEL, born in Iowa, 14 February 1890; with her father, 1905 State Census, as the third child; she was aged 20, with her father, 1910 Census, Rural School (the only child of Benjamin who had an American born mother); she died in Hawarden, 3 December 1973, and was buried at Grace Hill Cemetery; she was aged 21 (parents named) when she was married at Hawarden, 24 May 1911, to Fred IV VERNON (aged 22, born Parker, South Dakota, son of W.N. VERNON and Helen BERRY) of Hawarden, Merchant, the marriage witnessed by Bob VERNON and Lottie RUMMEL.

Ben was married thirdly, 19 August 1891, to Elizabeth Dorothy HARTMAN (born Germany, 8 July 1862, daughter of Henry HARTMAN and Dora SASSMAN, and was aged 7 years when she arrived in America with her parents); she died at the Community Hospital, Hawarden,  3 January 1937, aged 74, and was buried at Grace Hill Cemetery, Hawarden; she appears to have already had up to another three daughters, at least one of them fathered by Harry HURLBUT (1857-1890) - see above.
Ben and Lizzie had further issue:

5. Lottie Belle RUMMEL, born at Hawarden, Iowa, 18 May 1892; with her parents, 1905 State Census, the fourth child; aged 17, with her parents, 1910 Census; as Lottie Belle, aged 20 (parents named in full), she was married at Hawarden, 16 October 1912, to Seal Van SICKLE of Hawarden (aged 25, born Calliope, his first marriage, son of Seal Van SICKLE and Alice SMITH), the marriage witnessed by Mrs F.F. VERNON and Fred F. VERNON.

6. Ella Dora RUMMEL, born at Hawarden, 11 September 1894; with her parents, 1905 Sate Census, the fifth child; aged 15, with her parents, 1910 Census; she died at Hawarden, 19 January 1946, and was buried at Grace Hill Cemetery; she was married at Hawarden, 22 January 1914, to Herbert Emanuel ANDERSON (aged 22, born Sweden, son of Adolph ANDERSON and Marie LARSON) of Alcester, South Dakota, Brakeman; he died in 1965; they had issue:
     a. Herbert E. ANDERSON (1920-1985).

7. Harry Wayne RUMMEL, born at Hawarden, 9 November 1896; with his parents, 1905 State Census, the sixth child; aged 13, with his parents, 1910 Census; aged 23, Clerk, with his parents, 1920; with his parents at Hawarden, 1930 Census, aged 33, Postal Clerk, Post Office, with his wife and three children; he died at a Veterans Hospital in Tucson, Arizona, 24 May 1933; he was married at St Mary's (R.C.) Church, Hawarden, 15 October 1920, to Kathleen Bernice (Kay) McMANAMAN (born at Hawarden, 22 September 1900, daughter of John L. McMANAMAN and Margaret J. LYNN - they were married at Hawarden on 18 October 1899 by W. DONOHUE, Pastor of the Catholic Church), the marriage witnessed by La Verne and Beryl McMANAMAN; she died at Hawarden, 27 December 1985, and was buried at Grace Hill Cemetery; they had issue:

      a. Harry RUMMEL, born about 1921; aged 8, with his parents and grandparents, 1930 Census.

      b. Ramon Lynn RUMMEL, born about 1923; aged 6, with her parents and grandparents, 1930 Census.

      c. Donna Teresa RUMMEL, born in 1929; aged 6 months, with her parents and grandparents, 1930.