My maternal 2nd. Luxembourger Great Grandfather, Dominique Leopold Palen, husband of Mary "May" (Haupert) Palen. Both of them from Bachlieden, Luxembourg. The Palen Pedigree charts show Leopold Frank Palen as his name. His birth certificate shows Dominique Leopold Palen and Luxroots.com, 2022 shows his first name as Dominique.
Leo emigrated in 1862 to New York then Caledonia, Houston County, Minnesota. Ann Maria Haupert emigrated in 1845 with her father, Frank Haupert.
Leo and May married on 29 March 1864 in Dubuque, Dubuque County, Iowa.
Leo was a farmer, and May was a Homemaker.
Parents of (14) children:
Frank Joseph Palen 1864–1953 • LDNC-V5Z​​
Anna Palen 1865–1945 • KCTS-96J​​
Mary A "May" Palen 1869–1954 • LVS3-6W3​​
Charles Palen 1871–1871 • LVYY-CXL​​
Nicholas Frank Palen 1873–1952 • L4PW-ZSC​​
Franziska "Frances" Palen 1875–1959 • GCVG-BMM​​
Johanna Jennie Palen 1875–1932 • 27LP-WVQ​​
Henry Palen 1877–1959 • 9HRC-2XK​​
Anna Catherine Palen 1878–1879 • M8MC-152​​
John Palen 1880–1880 • LVS3-65Z
Emil Francis Palen 1881–1967 • KLTN-8BS
Josephine "Jossie" Gertrude Palen 1883–1954 • LVYY-CC3​​
Lucille "Lucy" N. Palen 1885–1942 • KLF1-GFN​​
Joseph Frank Palen 1888–1942 • LV3M-W75
Leopold's parents were Josephus Palen & Anne Catherine (Pletschette) Palen both of Bachlieden, Luxembourg. Both were Catholic. They are buried in the Calvary Cemetery in Caledonia, Houston County, Minnesota.
My maternal Grandmother, Phylis Eugenia Adele (Palen) Linderman, was the daughter of Frank Joseph Palen and Emma Elsie (Clausen) Palen.
According to the U.S.Census for Caledonia, Houston County, Minnesota for 1880, May's father, Frank Haupert (Hupert), resided with "Leo" and "May" Palen in 1880. He was listed as age 72, retired farmer from Luxembourg. So far, I have not been able to find a death date or place for him (2015). All were raised as Catholic.
Many thanks to Vernon Walser Palen for much of the information on the Palen Family history, and his Palen Family Pedigree Chart from 1962, received from Virginia Palen Long.
Thanks to Leonard Greenwood, I now have a photo of Leopold & Mary (Haupert) Palen's headstone. Thanks so much, Leonard.