Person:Anna Gude (1)

NUMB: 816

Martha left Niedermollrich, Hessen-Kassel, Germany and immigrated to Muscatine Co., Iowa in 1853 with three sons John, Jacob and Henry. She settled near Moscow, Muscatine Co.

(Note 5-7-2014 Records from Evangelische Kirche Landeskirchliches Archiv, Kassel, Germany. Research by Peter Heidtmann-Unglaube (23 Jun 2013) to James Bachelor, Wilton Jct, Iowa spouse of Pearl and brother-in-law to Glenn Weiss (Hucke) decendants of Johanness Konrad Georg Hucke and Anna Katharine Elizabeth Clobes now indicate that Martha was welcomed by a brother when she came to America and later the two of them welcomed another brother. The Hucke’s from near Wilton Jct, Iowa and buried in the Klein Cemetery are all relatives. 

[Anna Martha’s family name was Hucke and not Gude as initially indicated in the family genealogical record. The error was the result of misreading the old German script in which the H and G are similar as are the ck and d.)] Correction by Steve Schomberg 1.21.2021.

The obituary of John and Death Certificate of Henry refer to her as Anna Martha Hucke [alt spelling Hocke] which corroborates the information from the Records from Evangelische Kirche Landeskirchliches Archiv, Kassel, Germany.

Land deeds indicate that Martha bought two parcels of land near Moscow in October1853. One parcel is just south of Moscow, IA, (north of Muscatine and west of Wilton Jct.) on what is now Hw 6 but in 1854 was in an area without a road as the main road turned north before the ferry crossed the Cedar River. It is located in the bottomland (flood plain) between the Cedar River and Sugar Creek. It was in beans in the year 2000 and the Cedar River must not have flooded because the crop looked good.

The second small plot was about one mile east of the first. It too was in a wooded area along a "ravine." Perhaps it was the "wood lot" that many early immigrants owned as a source of fire wood.

It is interesting to compare the land to Niedermollrich from where Martha came. Niedermollrich sits on the River Eder and the best farm land is by the river. The further from the river the more volcanic the soil becomes and more wood lots appear on land that cannot be farmed.

Oral tradition has it that one of the brothers came first on a cattle boat in 1851. It would not have been one of Martha's sons as John was 16, Jacob would have been only 12 and Henry only 5. Given the knowledge that Anna Martha was a Hucke, the brother referred to was likely her brother and the boys uncle that came on the cattle boat if the oral record is correct in anyway.

1. ↑ Steve Schomberg, in Source.

   (Note 5-7-2014 Records from Evangelische Kirche Landeskirchliches Archiv, Kassel, Germany. Research by Peter Heidtmann-Unglaube (23 Jun 2013) to James Bachelor, Wilton Jct, Iowa spouse of Pearl and brother-in-law to Glenn Weiss (Hucke) decendants of Johanness Konrad Georg Hucke and Anna Katharine Elizabeth Clobes now indicate that Martha was welcomed by a brother when she came to America and later the two of them welcomed another brother. The Hucke’s from near Wilton Jct, Iowa and buried in the Klein Cemetery are all relatives. 

2. ↑ ^2.0 2.1 Steve Schomberg, in Birth and Marriage Records.
3. ↑ Steve Schomberg, in Source (2).
4.   Steve Schomberg, in Source (4).
5. ↑ Steve Schomberg, in Source (9).
6.   Steve Schomberg, in Source (15).
7. ↑ Home Maker/Farmer