Person:Jacob Hildenbrand (1)

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Jacob Hildenbrand
b.30 Apr 1825 "Bavaria"
d.5 Nov 1897
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m. 1851
  1. Elisabeth Hildenbrand1851 - 1931
  2. _____ HildenbrandAft 1851 -
  3. Christina Hildenbrand1854 - 1854
  4. Catherine Hildenbrand1857 - 1944
  5. Barbara Hildenbrand1860 - 1937
  6. Rachel HildenbrandEst 1861 -
  7. Mary HildenbrandEst 1864 -
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Name[2] Jacob Hildenbrand
Gender Male
Birth[2] 30 Apr 1825 "Bavaria"
Emigration[2] 1851 United StatesAge 24
Residence[2] 1851 New York City, New York, United States
Marriage 1851 Germanyto Elisabeth Geibel
Census[3] 1860 Wabash, Wabash, Indiana, United StatesAge 34
Occupation[2][4] 1868 Wabash, Wabash, Indiana, United StatesFormed a partnership with John B. Latchem
Census[5] 1870 Wabash, Wabash, Indiana, United StatesAge 45
Occupation? 1870 Wabash, Indiana, United States"Lime Burner"
Death[2] 5 Nov 1897
Burial? Wabash, IndianaFalls Cemetery

"In the older generation of Wabash county citizens, a place of conspicuous industry, business success and honor was held by the late Jacob Hiledrand. With a humble start he acquired prosperity and founded one of the best known families of the county." - From the History of Wabash County (1914).

Some documents say JACOB was born in "Bavaria", but most of the Wabash County pioneers who were shown to be from "Bavaria", were really from the Palatinate. We know Jacob's wife was from Waldgrehweiler, in the Palatinate. Note that the tombstone picture shows a birth in 1823. He was 14 years old when his parents died.

Jacob and his wife may have married in Waldgrehweiler, but the data is silent on that. Jacob migrated in 1851, and sent for his wife, ELIZABETH GEIBEL, a year later. There is a Passenger List 29 Dec 1851 which shows a 28 year old Elisabeth on the ship "St. Nicholas" from La Havre to New York City. Next entry to her is Elisabeth age 3/4 (months?). Next listings were: Anne HILDEBRANT, age 38, and Catharine HILDEBRANDT, age 21. Could Anne and Catharine have been Jacob's sisters!? "White Creek" has no other data on Jacob's parents or siblings.

Jacob was one of the founders of St. Matthew's Church in Wabash, Indiana, along with his brother-in-law (Philip) Henry Geibel, and the Hipskind brothers.

Four of Jacob and Elisabeth's children, married into the SUNDHEIMER Family.

--White Creek 16:53, 23 August 2012 (EDT)

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JACOB HILDENBRAND stone at Falls Cemetery
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JACOB HILDENBRAND stone at Falls Cemetery
References
  1.   Wabash County Historical Society (Indiana); Linda Robertson; and North Manchester Historical Society (Indiana). Wabash County history, bicentennial edition, 1976, Wabash, Indiana. (Marceline, Missouri: Walsworth Publishing Company, c1976).

    The book spells his name: HILDEBRANDT

  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 History of Wabash County, Indiana: a narrative account of its historical progress, its people, and its principal interests. (Chicago: Lewis Pub. Co., 1914).
  3. ↑ 1860 Census shows Jacob was a "day laborer". Next enumeration was the Adam Hipskind family, who also have WeRelate pages. The Hipskinds were also among a number of Palatine families who migrated to Wabash County.
  4. ↑ The business was known as: Treaty Creek Stone & Lime Company. In time, Hildebrand & Latchem acquired all the stock in the company.
  5. ↑ The next 1870 census entry was W. G. Sayre, then the mayor of Wabash.
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