[Frank & Nelda Hastings]
ZABEL's in Minnesota
My Mother, Edna Viola, was a Zabel. Her father, 1.5 Gustav Ferdinand ZABEL,
came to America at age 16; an orphan. Lived with ?family? in MN. He told his
kids he was a stowaway (not so) but no one had any information about what he
did from age 16 until he married in MN in 1890. We presume he was a
farmhand. My mother said they had Zabel relatives in Wisconsin.
Gustav used his baptism certificate as proof of age when leaving Germany.
He was baptized in the Lutheran church. Using this record, we had a
genealogist help us get a lot of the information below. The films she used
in her research are: LDS library Film #0245544, & #0245546. Perhaps other
Zabels came from this area.
Gustav and family moved to Balfour, McHenry Cty, North Dakota in the early
1900's. There are land records in McHenry Cty for other Zabels.
Please contact me if you think we link in any way. N Hastings @
hastnf(a)interisland.net
Nelda Hastings
1 Wilhelm Friederich ZABEL
Birth: 24 Jan 1835, Prussia, Germany
Death: 12 Feb 1882, Nicholasdorf, Bukowitz, Prussia
Burial: 15 Feb 1882, Nicholasdorf, Bukowitz, Prussia
Father: ZABEL
Weaver
Spouse: Wilhelmine WELLLNITZ
Birth: 6 Aug 1835, Bukowitz, Prussia. Germany
Death: 28 Mar 1872, Nicholasdorf, Bukowitz, Prussia
Father: David WELLNITZ
Marr: 6 Apr 1860, Nicholasdorf, Bukwitz, Posen, Prussia
Children: Ottilie Rosalie (1861-1861)
Auguste Wilhelmine (1862-1862)
Wilhelmine Marie Ernestine (1863-1957)
Reinhold August (1864-1867)
Gustav Ferdinand (1866-1951)
Emilie Marie (1869-1961)
Other spouses: Petronelle LAWRENS, Auguste Justine Witt
1.1 Ottilie Rosalie ZABEL
Birth: 11 Mar 1861, Nicholasdorf, Bukowitz, Prussia
Death: 18 Aug 1861, Nicholasdorf, Bukowitz, Prussia
Burial: 21 Aug 1861, Nicholasdorf, Bukowitz, Prussia
1.2 Auguste Wilhelmine ZABEL
Birth: 2 Mar 1862, Bagniews, Bukowitz, Prussia
Death: 14 May 1862, Nicholasdorf, Bukowitz, Prussia
Burial: 17 May 1862, Nicholasdorf, Bukowitz, Prussia
1.3 Wilhelmine Marie Ernestine ZABEL
Birth: 21 Mar 1863, Nicholasdorf, Bukowitz, Prussia
Death: 5 Apr 1957, Blue Earth, Faribault Co. MN
Burial: 9 Apr 1957, Blue Earth, Faribault Co. MN
Reli: Lutheran
Was 9 years old when her mother died. Her father remarried again in two
years time. Maternal grandmother took care of the children-- no name known.
Came to US in March 1890 to Blue Earth, MN.
Spouse: Ludwig John MARTIN
Birth: 28 Oct 1858, Lapeschewo, Near Ritschenwalde, Posen
Death: 4 May 1935, Blue Earth, Faribault Co. MN
Father: Christopher John MARTIN (1824-1900)
Mother: Sophia Caroline KOEPKE (1827-1911)
Marr: 29 May 1890, Blue Earth, Faribault Co. MN
Children: Augusta Matilda (1891-1975)
Frieda Minnie (1893-1983)
Erich William (1895-1972)
Frederick Ludwig (1897-1971)
Alma Clara (1899-1981)
Carl Henry (1901-1943)
Leonard Robert (1907-1967)
1.4 Reinhold August ZABEL
Birth: 1 Aug 1864, Bukowitz, Prussia, Germany
Death: 21 Jul 1867, Bagniews, Bukowitz, Prussia
Burial: 24 Jul 1967, Bagniews, Bukowitz, Prussia
1.5 Gustav Ferdinand ZABEL
Birth: 18 Nov 1866, Nicholasdorf, Bukowitz, Prussia
Death: 31 Oct 1951, Havre, Hill Co. MT
Burial: 3 Nov 1951, Highland Cem., Havre, Hill Co. MT
Occ: Farmer, RR Man.
Reli: Lutheran
Passenger 147 on the ship, "Australia", bound for New York. Left Hamburg 11
October 1883. Capt. Franck was skipper. There was only one other family
(Schutz) from the same village as Gustav. No evidence of any relationship.
Spouse: Augusta Louise MARTIN
Birth: 23 Aug 1868, Lupeschewo, Posen
Death: 14 Jul 1942, Havre, Hill Co. MT
Father: Christopher John MARTIN (1824-1900)
Mother: Sophia Caroline KOEPKE (1827-1911)
Marr: 9 Nov 1890, Elmore, Faribault Co. MN
Children: George Frederick (1891-1975)
Alice Louise (1893-1982)
Meta Esther (1895-1979)
Edward Paul Ludwig (1897-1975)
Alma Albertina (1898-1983)
Lulu Wilhelmina (1900-1991)
Caroline Emma (1902-1927)
Clara Greta (1903-2000)
Edna Viola (1905-1983)
Helen Mabel (1906-)
Gustav Christopher (1907-1999)
Violet Eleanora (1912-1981)
1.6 Emilie Marie ZABEL
Birth: 25 Nov 1869, Nicholasdorf, Bukowitz, Prussia
Death: 9 Apr 1961, Balfour, McHenry Co. ND
Burial: 13 Apr 1961, Balfour Cem., McHenry Co. ND
Came from Province of Posen, Prussia, Germany 1891.
Lived in Elmore, MN 1891-1896.
Lived in Pilot Grove, MN 1896-1904.
Spouse: Gustav Franz PANKRATZ
Birth: 8 Mar 1858, Prussia
Death: 16 Jun 1934, Balfour, McHenry Co. ND
Father: Gustav Franz PANKRATZ (-1861)
Marr: 19 Aug 1888, Prussia
Children: Minnie Martha (1890-1967)
Anna Bertha (1893-1977)
Ida Alma (1895-1954)
Henry Wilhelm (1898-1966)
Elfrieda Augusta (1901-1976)
Louis Frank LANDª (Adopted) (1903-1977)
Arthur Robert (1909-1968)