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Margaretha <I>Hentges</I> Doetzel

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Margaretha Hentges Doetzel

Birth
Wollmerath, Landkreis Cochem-Zell, Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany
Death
1 Oct 1931 (aged 92)
Scott County, Minnesota, USA
Burial
Sand Creek Township, Scott County, Minnesota, USA Add to Map
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Margaretha Hentges was born on May 13, 1839 in Wollmerath (Koblenz) in the Rhineland. In 1853, at age 13, she emigrated to the United States with her parents Johann Heinrich (John Henry) and Anna Elizabeth (nee Fuellenz) Hentges and her four siblings, J. Nicholas ("Nick"), Elizabeth, Christina, and Katherine. They eventually settled in St. Joe in Scott County, Minnesota.

Four years later, on January 29, 1857, she married Jacob Doetzel. It was said that Margaret and Jacob were married in the morning and in the afternoon they were hauling bricks (at 25 cents a load) to build the large house (having between eight and ten bedrooms) still standing today. The large house would be needed for the couple's eventual 17 children.

Source: 1983 Hentges family history compiled by Juane C. (nee Theis) Wolf https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/47998471/juane-clara-wolf

Juane noted in her family history the problem of origins: although all the obituaries of the Hentges family say that they were born in Wollmerath, other sources state that the Hentges family came from Immerath. Both villages were in the Rhineland.
Margaretha Hentges was born on May 13, 1839 in Wollmerath (Koblenz) in the Rhineland. In 1853, at age 13, she emigrated to the United States with her parents Johann Heinrich (John Henry) and Anna Elizabeth (nee Fuellenz) Hentges and her four siblings, J. Nicholas ("Nick"), Elizabeth, Christina, and Katherine. They eventually settled in St. Joe in Scott County, Minnesota.

Four years later, on January 29, 1857, she married Jacob Doetzel. It was said that Margaret and Jacob were married in the morning and in the afternoon they were hauling bricks (at 25 cents a load) to build the large house (having between eight and ten bedrooms) still standing today. The large house would be needed for the couple's eventual 17 children.

Source: 1983 Hentges family history compiled by Juane C. (nee Theis) Wolf https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/47998471/juane-clara-wolf

Juane noted in her family history the problem of origins: although all the obituaries of the Hentges family say that they were born in Wollmerath, other sources state that the Hentges family came from Immerath. Both villages were in the Rhineland.

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  • Maintained by: Marystown
  • Originally Created by: Jeffrey C
  • Added: Aug 31, 2011
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/75769236/margaretha-doetzel: accessed ), memorial page for Margaretha Hentges Doetzel (13 May 1839–1 Oct 1931), Find a Grave Memorial ID 75769236, citing Saint Joseph Catholic Cemetery, Sand Creek Township, Scott County, Minnesota, USA; Maintained by Marystown (contributor 51216911).