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Tebbe |
Hinrichs Eimen |
| Birth Date: |
March 10, 1862 |
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| Birth Location: |
Westochtersum, Ostfriesland, Germany |
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| Death Date: |
February 3, 1940 |
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| Death Location: |
Danforth, Illinois |
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Burial: |
St. John's Lutheran Church
Cemetery Danforth, Illinois |
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Father Hei Jacobs Eimen (1838-1863) |
Mother Lucke Tebben Harms (1838-1922) |
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| Two Full Siblings | |||
| 1 Anna Eimen 1860-1862 |
2 Tebbe Eimen 1862-1940 |
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| Eight Half Siblings | |||
| 1 Tomke Willms 1867-? |
2 Heik Willms 1870-1947 |
3 Harm Willms 1872-1961 |
4 Jabo Willms 1872-1958 |
| 5 Tomma Willms 1873-1909 |
6 Eilt Willms 1874-? |
7 Anna Willms 1877-1969 |
8 Jacob Willms 1882-1951 |
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Tebbe Eimen married Minnie Schroeder on June 9, 1884 in Iroquois County, Illinois. Minnie and Tebbe as they appeared in the 1920s.
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| Children (in birth order) | ||||
| 1 Hye Eimen 1885-1902 |
2 Tobe Eimen 1886-1961 |
3 Luke Eimen 1889-1984 |
4 Florence Eimen 1892-1985 |
5 Alt Fredrick Eimen 1893-1894 |
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Died in infancy. |
| 6 Alvah Eimen 1896-1954 |
7 Eunice Eimen 1899-1975 |
8 Alice Eimen 1903-1992 |
9 Wilbur Eimen 1908-1999 |
10 Vera Eimen 1909-1994 |
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Tebbe came to America with his grandparents Melchoir and Anna Eimen in 1867. They were aboard the Johanne Wilhelmine and landed in Baltimore, Maryland on May 27, 1867. |
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This biography of Tebbe was taken from the 1893 Portrait and Biographical Record of Iroquois County.
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Tebbe ran a tavern in Danforth until 1938. |
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Below: Tebbe's obituary.
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| Myths about Tebbe Eimen | |||
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Fact: Tebbe's obituary and ship records indicate that he came to America in 1867 with his paternal grandparents; other ship records show that his mother, Lucke Willms, came to America in 1889 with her husband Heink Willms and the Willms children. The Willms family settled in Iowa. Myth: Lucy Willms sent her son Tebbe to live with the Klattenburg family. Fact: Tebbe is listed on the 1880 census as living with the George Klattenburg family in Danforth, Illinois (written on the census record as "Tabbe Iman"). The Klattenburgs were from the same area of Germany that Tebbe came from. It is believed that he went to live with them after his grandparents died. Lucy may have been involved in this decision -- but she was still in Germany at the time. Myth: Step-father Heink Willms hated Tebbe and tried to kill the boy by drowning him in a well. Fact: This one might be true, but we don't really know. If true, it helps explain why Lucy sent her son with his grandparents to live in America . |
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