Carl and Dorothea PAGEL

Johann Charles Philipp "Carl" PAGEL was born 11 Feb 1828 in Pommern, Germany. His first marriage was to Caroline Friedricke Augustine REIMER on 24 Nov 1848, most likely in Pommern. Caroline was born 14 Dec 1826 and the couple had 2 children together: Wilhelmine Friedricke Caroline (b. 24 Sep 1849)1 and Johann Christian Carl (b. 30 Nov 1850  d. 22 Jul 1851). Caroline died 8 Mar 1851.

Carl's second marriage was to my ancestor Dorothea Caroline Friedricke Wilhelmina BATHKE. She was born 16 Feb 1830 in Pommern and went by Friedricke.

They were married 4 Oct 1852 and emigrated with their children from Hamburg 26 Mar 1873 on the British Queen to Liverpool. There they changed boats to the SS Minnesota and arrived in New York on 15 Apr 1873. After that, they settled in the Wausau, Marathon county, WI area.

Passenger list for the British Queen

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Page 2, the family is on the bottom half of the page

Carl became a citizen on 26 Mar 1873.

Carl and Friedricke had 10 children that I know of together: Johann Albert Christian Fiedrich "John"2 (b. 2 Dec 1853), August Johann Albert (b. 2 Nov 1856)3, Johann Friedrich Carl "Carl" (b. 8 Feb  1859)4, Carl Friedrich Albert "Fritz" (b. 2 Feb 1861)5, Johann August "Herman" (b. 18 Dec 1864)6, Augusta Wilhelmina Carolina (b. 30 Apr 1866)7, Wilhelm August Friederich (b. Sep 1867)8, Carl Henry Frierich "Henry" (b. 21 Oct 1869), Bertha Johanne Friedricke (b. 3 Aug 1871)9, and Wilhelm Friedrich August (b. 22 Aug 1873)10. All the children but Wilhelm were born in Germany (most likely Pommern) and Wilhelm was born in Wausau, Marathon county, WI.

Friedricke died 23 Dec 1893 in Wausau and Carl died 20 Dec 1895 in Wausau. Carl was buried in St. Peter's Cemetery in Wausau. I suspect that Friedricke was buried in the same cemetery. Here's Carl's findagrave memorial.

I have the family on the following census records:

• 1875 WI Census - (a tallied census)
• 1880 US Census page 10 for Wausau, Marathon, WI
• 1885 WI Census - (a tallied census)
• 1895 WI Census - (a tallied census)

1 Wilhelmine married August BORCHARDT, had 5 children, and died 5 Feb 1918.
2 John married Mathilde KRUGER and had 4 children.
3 August married Albertine, had 9 children, and died 14 Dec 1938 in Jamestown, Stutsman, ND
4 Carl married Augusta HOEFFNER, had 4 children, and died 25 Aug 1924.
5 Fritz married Caroline GLESE, had at least 1 child, and died 14 Aug 1947.
6 Herman married Bertha HOLZ, had 4 children, and died 7 Dec 1931.
7 Augusta married Julius SCHUBRING, had at least 1 child, and died 23 Jun 1900.
8 Wilhelm married Ida, had at least 3 children, and died in 1932 in Winthrop, Sibley, MN
9 Bertha died 29 Sep 1871 in Germany at a month old.
10 Wilhelm died 12 Dec 1873 in Wausau at 3 months old.

Pagel Immigration

I just today found the passenger list for my ggg grandma and grandpa Pagel (and my gg grandpa Pagel). They left Germany for England (I don't know the details on this part of their voyage) and, from Liverpool, sailed to New York on the SS Minnesota. They arrived at the port of New York on 15 April 1873. They then went to Wisconsin and settled in Marathon county near Wausau. Their son, my gg grandpa Carl "Henry" PAGEL, eventually went to Minnesota and settled in the area of McLeod, Renville, and Sibley counties. The family is on the second page of the ship's manifest.

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Page 2, The family is on the bottom half of the page

It shows the parents (Johann "Carl" and Dorothea "Fredericke" PAGEL) as 42 and 38 respectfully with Carl's occupation listed as "farmer." The children are listed in the manifest as John 19 (Johann), Augte 16 (August)1, Fernd? 14 (Carl "Fred")2, Carl 103, Augte 7 (Augusta), and Carl 3 (Carl "Henry").

Here is the link to the first page of the manifest at archives.org. From there, you can page through the rest of the manifest if you choose to.

1 For some reason August is listed as female. Maybe with all the kids the person writing the list got confused. It's also possible that August came over on his own and had a twin sister named Augusta I don't now about that came over with the rest of the family. That would also explain why the occupation is listed as "spinster."

2 I think they were trying to go for Friedrich here.

3 This may be a child I wasn't aware of, or could be Johann "Herman", whom I have as 8 at the time, but either this or the census records I got his age from could be a little off. I only have 1 middle name for him, while all his siblings have 2.

Carl & Alwina (KOLLATH) PAGEL

Carl Heinrich Frierich "Henry" PAGEL was born 21 Oct 1869 in Germany to Johann & Dorothea (BATHKE) PAGEL. From what I've gathered from the censuses, Henry left Germany for the US in the 1870s. The 1910 census says 1872, the 1900 census says 1879, & the 1920 census image I have isn't the greatest, but it looks like it says 1877. Judging the his age at the time, & the locations I have for the births of his 9 siblings, I'm guessing that 1872 is the correct year of immigration. I'll post an update when I have more information.

Alwina KOLLATH was born 11 Apr 1872 in Penn township, McLeod county, Minnesota to Herman & Wilhelmina KOLLATH. Alwina was the 2nd of 3 children.

Henry & Alwina were married about 1892. The couple had 7 children: Herman on 7 Jan 1893 (who sadly died just over  a week later on 20 Jan), Albert H R on 3 May 1894, Fred "Fritz" in Dec 1897, Anna W F on 14 Feb 1899, Bertha about 1903, August about 1905, & Edwin about 1913. Henry died 6 Dec 1922 in Grafton township, Sibley county, Minnesota, splitting up 2 prpperties between his 2 oldest sons Albert & Fred. Albert was given a farm in Renville county (with the request to care for Alwina, Anna, & August). Fritz was given a farm in Sibley county (with the request to help care for Alwina & care for Bertha & Edwin). Henry also left the household & property & clothing to Alwina (along with the property not named earlier in his will. (Source: his will)

Henry's death certificate

Alwina died 16 Sep 1929 in Grafton township, Sibley county, Minnesota. She left $25 to Anna, Bertha, August, & Edwin. She also left the remaing property to Albert & Fritz in equal shares. (Source: her will)

Alwina's death certificate

I have copies of both Henry & Alwina's wills from the probate book at the library in the Minnesota History Center along with transcriptions I typed out available upon request. Both Henry & Alwina also have memorial up on findagrave.

I have the following censuses for Henry and Alwina after their marriage:

1900 US Census for Grafton township, Sibley county, Minnesota on page 2A, lines 21 & 22.

1905 Minnesota census for Grafton township, Sibley county on page 8, lines 574 & 575

1910 US Census for Grafton township, Sibley county, Minnesota on page 6A, lines 8 & 9.

1920 US Census for Grafton township, Sibley county, Minnesota on page 2A, lines 14 & 15

Leonard and Anna (PAGEL) HAKES - update

I appear to have forgotten to put up the death certificates I have for Leonard and Anna HAKES, along with Leonard's second wife Erma. Here they are.

Anna's

Leonard's

Erma's

On the bright side, this gives me a chance to learn how I want to handle updates in the future. I've linked this post to the original post (like you may have noticed), but I'll also be adding a link to this post at the end of the original post. I want to make sure that will lead to all updates I make on the family.

Leonard and Anna (PAGEL) HAKES

Leonard James HAKES was born 27 Jan 1904 in Minnewaukan, Benson county, North Dakota to Jesse & Elizabeth "Bessie" (WELLS) HAKES. Leonard was the oldest of 3 boys. According to the memories written by his mother (I  have a PDF of a transcription by his daughter), his family moved around a fair amount when he was a child.

Leonard's birth certificate.

Anna Wilhelmina Fredericka PAGEL was born 14 Feb 1899 in Grafton township, Sibley county, Minnesota to Carl "Henry" and Alwina (KOLLATH) PAGEL. Anna was the 4th of 7 children.

Leonard and Anna in 1928.

Leonard and Anna were married 3 Nov 1928 in Buffalo Lake, Renvile county, Minnesota. They had 3 chilredn: Lenora in 1930, Ruth Elizabeth on 6 Apr 1932, and Stanley Leonard on 20 May 1934. I do have a PDF of Leonard and Anna's wedding registration.

This was taken shortly before Anna died in 1948.
Back row: Lenora, Ruth, and Stanley
Front row: Leonard and Anna

Anna died 15 May 1948 in Preston Lake township, Renville county, Minnesota of mitral regurgitation. After  her death, Leonard married Erma Lea (KOOPMAN) NELSON. Erma was herself a widow at that time with children. I haven't asked to get the names of her children at this point though. I'm unsure of exactly when Leonard and Erma were married. I just know that it was sometime before 1951. Leonard died 29 May 1984 in Mora, Kanabec county, Minnesota. Erma lived for a few more years and died 28 Apr 1990 in Renville county, Minnesota. I currently don't have obits for either Leonard, Anna, or Erma. All 3 do have memorial on findagrave though (Leonard, Anna, and Erma).

I have the following censuses for Leonard, Anna, and Erma after their respective marriages.
1930 US Census for Preston Lake township, Renville county, Minnesota.

Leonard and Anna are on lines 2 and 3. Leonard's parents are in the same household at this point.

1940 US Census for Preston Lake township, Renville county, Minnesota.

Leonard and Anna are on lines 54 and 55.

UPDATES
* 19 Jan 2014 - This update has the death certificates for Leonard, Anna, & Erma.