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| Format | Book Whole |
|---|---|
| Title, Monographic | Grebel Family History |
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| Abstract | Johann Christian Grebel, his wife Martha Marie, and their six children (all born in Greussen, Principality of Schwarzburg-Sondershausen), emigrated to America in 1838; he bought 123.85 acres of government land in Grandville Township, Milwaukee County, Wisconsin. Some of the other surnames that appear in this genealogy are: Klugel / Kluegel, Hanf, Boldt, Papenhagen, Boose, Helbring, Beichl, Vetter, Herrmann, Weimer, Hahm, Steinhorst, Schellpfeffer, and Swantz. The actor Fred "Bud" MacMurray is one of the descendants of Johann Christian Grebel. Also includes information linking John (Jack) William Swantz to Abraham Lincoln, an entry from the "History of Dodge County" for Charles F. Grebel (1866-1938), and extensive information on Rev. Gottlieb Kluegel, an "Old Lutheran" pastor in Wisconsin, and his wife, Caroline Grebel. Gottlieb Kluegel was born in Paitzdorf, Duchy Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg, in 1804. He emigrated in November of 1838, arriving in New Orleans in January of 1839, settling first in Perry County, Missouri. By 1843 Kluegel had received an invitation to come to Wisconsin, which he accepted; he preached primarily at the First Lutheran Church (German) in the city of Milwaukee, and also in Germantown Township, Washington County, and in Mequon Township, Ozaukee County. Gottlieb Kluegel married Johanna Friederika Caroline Amelia Grebel in 1844 in Milwaukee County, Wisconsin Territory. |
| Notes | Donated by John W. Swantz, 2013. |
| Call Number | MKI P2013-4 |
| MKI Terms | 19th century/ Family history/ Genealogy/ German Americans -- Wisconsin/ Grebel/ Kluegel/ Lutherans |