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Revision as of 11:49, 16 April 2013

Wilhelm Hoppe
Born November 12, 1855(1855-11-12)[1]
Weldeck, Germany[2]
Died March 31, 1925 (aged 69)[3]
Resting place Correctionville Cemetery, Iowa[4]
Residence Germany (1855–1882) «Did not recognize date. Try slightly modifying the date in the first parameter.–Did not recognize date. Try slightly modifying the date in the first parameter.»"Marriage: Germany to Wilhelm Hoppe" Location: (linkback:http://jimlindstrom.com/mediawiki/index.php/Wilhelm_Hoppe)
Union Township, Iowa (1882–c. 1918) «Did not recognize date. Try slightly modifying the date in the first parameter.–Did not recognize date. Try slightly modifying the date in the first parameter.»"Marriage: Union Township, Iowa to Wilhelm Hoppe" Location: (linkback:http://jimlindstrom.com/mediawiki/index.php/Wilhelm_Hoppe)
Sioux City, Iowa (c. 1918–1925) «Did not recognize date. Try slightly modifying the date in the first parameter.–Did not recognize date. Try slightly modifying the date in the first parameter.»"Marriage: Sioux City, Iowa to Wilhelm Hoppe" Location: (linkback:http://jimlindstrom.com/mediawiki/index.php/Wilhelm_Hoppe)
Spouse Louisi Heini (m. 1887–1925) «Did not recognize date. Try slightly modifying the date in the first parameter.–Did not recognize date. Try slightly modifying the date in the first parameter.»"Marriage: Louisi Heini to Wilhelm Hoppe" Location: (linkback:http://jimlindstrom.com/mediawiki/index.php/Wilhelm_Hoppe) in Iowa[5]
Children Lena Hoppe (b. 1881)
Henry Hoppe (b. 1885)
William Hoppe (b. 1887)
Fred Wilhelm Hoppe (b. 1889)[6]
Parents Ludwig Hoppe
Wilhelmina Groetike [7]

Wilhelm, wife Louisa, and daughter Lena (b. April 1881) immigrated from Germany to Iowa in 1885. Henry (b. Oct 1885), William (b. Mar 1887), and Fred (b. Dec 1889) were born in Iowa.[8].

Immigration

Wilhelm, Louisa and Lena are all listed aboard the Eider, arriving in New York on Feb 1, 1885[9]. (If Wilhelm were indeed born in Nov. 1855, he would have been 29 at this point, but the document lists him as 28 -- a slight discrepancy. Nonetheless, finding the three of them together seems convincing.)

The Pierson Centennial, 1883-1983 states "that Caroline Hoppe was born on April 25, 1881 in Weldeck, Germany and came here with her parents at the age of 4 (so, 1885)".[10]

Interestingly, Wilhelm and Louisa are listed as having immigrated in 1882 and 1885 (respectively) for their first several census appearances. But in the 1910 and 1920 records, Louisa's immigration date is listed as 3 years later (1885). Both were (according to these same records) naturalized in 1888. While it is possible these are documentation errors, or that Wilhelm lied, in order to achieve citizenship sooner, it is also possible that perhaps Wilhelm came on his own several years before his wife and child, and then returned to Germany to emigrate with them. Indeed, a passenger list for the ship Elbe shows that a Wilhelm Hoppe left Bremen, Germany, stopped in Southampton, England, and then arrived in New York on Feb., 18 1882. This Wilhelm was 26 upon arrival, which matches the year our Wilhelm is supposed to have arrived, and matches the age our Wilhelm would have been at that time. Furthermore, there is a gap (1881-1885) between their first and second children, corresponding to the years when perhaps Wilhelm was in America for a time, whereas subsequent children were much closer in age (1-2 years).

Settling in Iowa

Several records show that Wilhelm's younger children were born in Gladbrook, Tama County, Iowa. A 1955 article writes: "An Evangelical church had existed in Gladbrook, Iowa, for several years. To the north lay the little village of Lincoln, then known as Berlin, and before then as Spencer, named after its first resident. The town was almost completely a German settlement, and the Germans were largely those coming from the Schleswig-Holstein province of Germany." This article goes on to write that one of the founding members of the Gladbrook Evangelical Church in 1903-1904 was Wm. F. Hoppe. (That William F. Hoppe can still be found in Lincoln, Tama, Iowa in 1916.) We know that Wilhelm and family were in Woodbury county as of 1985, so it is unlikely the same Hoppe, but may be a distant relative. Furthermore, this article may give a clue as to where Wilhelm, Louise, and Lena lived in Germany (the Schleswig-Holstein province).

(Interestingly, another Hoppe lived in Tama in the 1880s. Louisa Caroline Hoppe was born 20 miles away from Weldeck, Germany (where Wilhelm's daughter was born in 1881); has similar family names (Louise, Caroline, Frederich, Wilhelm); and emigrated around the same time.)

Hoppe, Volkert, and Benedix Relations

Two of the Hoppe children married Volkerts: Rosa Volkert married Henry Hoppe and Bertha Sophia Volkert married Fred Wilhelm Hoppe. The other two Hoppe children married Benedixes: William Hoppe married Elsie I Benedix and Carolina Louise Hoppe married Fred W Benedix.

Photos

Wilhelm frederick hoppe.jpeg Wilhelm louise carolyn henry and willie hoppe.jpeg Fred's family.jpg
Wilhelm, as a young man (?) Carolyn, Wilhelm, Henry, Louise, and Willie Hoppe (c. 1888) Back row (left-to-right): Henry, Willie, Lena, Fred
Front row: Wilhelm, Louise
Hoppes2.jpeg Grandma and grandpa hoppe.jpeg Grandpa hoppe.jpeg
From left (guessing): Wilhelm Hoppe, unknown #1, Fred W Benedix (?) & Dorothy Benedix (?), unknown #2, unknown #3, Fred L. Benedix (?) Back (From left): Lena Hoppe (Benedix), ?, ?, Elsie Benedix Hoppe, Louise, ?, Fred W. Benedix, Wilhelm Hoppe, Fred L Benedix (?), ?
Front (From left):Dorothy (?), ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?		 Wilhelm in a wheelbarrow

Historical Records

Notes

  1. ↑ Volkert Family Tree
  2. ↑ Ancestry tree
  3. ↑ Volkert Family Tree
  4. ↑ http://iowagravestones.org/gs_view.php?id=59155
  5. ↑ Volkert Family Tree
  6. ↑ Volkert Family Tree
  7. ↑ Volkert Family Tree
  8. ↑ 1900 Iowa Census
  9. ↑ Ancestry: New York, Passenger Lists, 1820-1957
  10. ↑ Email from Ancestry.com user rreinhardtjr on 4/10/13.
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