Born in Münchweier to Gallus and Anna Marie (Trenkle) Höhn. He was tenth of eleven children. Ambrose married Maria Agatha Rieder on July 7, 1828.
Ambrose was a farmer and also had a threshing machine and did threshing for others. Crops of grain and potatoes were poor in Germany in 1842, 1845 and 1846. Things became desperate, soup kitchens opened in 1847.
Ambrose, his wife, Agatha and five children (four children died in Baden) left Germany and came to America in 1847. They came across the Atlantic Ocean in a sailboat, and it took five to six weeks to cross the ocean. They arrived in New Orleans, and came up the Mississippi River to St. Louis. Agatha and the children stayed in St. Louis and Ambrose walked to New Baden, Clinton County, Illinois to purchase a farm and have a home ready. After doing so, Agatha and the children joined him. He was the father of ten children.
Others from Germany also settled in this area. East and north of Mascoutah and New Memphis. These early arrivals broke the prairie sod with a special plow and yokes of oxen. These families had threshing machine partnerships in Germany which were renewed in America. Mathias Singler and Ambrose Hoehn were neighbors when they lived in Baden, Germany. Both were farmers and grew wheat. They were partners in the threshing business. When Mathias came to America in 1851, he settled south of New Baden, Illinois; close enough to Ambrose Hoehn that they continued the threshing business together.
Ambrose had 395 acres of land when he died on March 8, 1856 at age 50 after only living in America ten years.
Ambrose was a farmer and also had a threshing machine and did threshing for others. Crops of grain and potatoes were poor in Germany in 1842, 1845 and 1846. Things became desperate, soup kitchens opened in 1847.
Ambrose, his wife, Agatha and five children (four children died in Baden) left Germany and came to America in 1847. They came across the Atlantic Ocean in a sailboat, and it took five to six weeks to cross the ocean. They arrived in New Orleans, and came up the Mississippi River to St. Louis. Agatha and the children stayed in St. Louis and Ambrose walked to New Baden, Clinton County, Illinois to purchase a farm and have a home ready. After doing so, Agatha and the children joined him. He was the father of ten children.
Others from Germany also settled in this area. East and north of Mascoutah and New Memphis. These early arrivals broke the prairie sod with a special plow and yokes of oxen. These families had threshing machine partnerships in Germany which were renewed in America. Mathias Singler and Ambrose Hoehn were neighbors when they lived in Baden, Germany. Both were farmers and grew wheat. They were partners in the threshing business. When Mathias came to America in 1851, he settled south of New Baden, Illinois; close enough to Ambrose Hoehn that they continued the threshing business together.
Ambrose had 395 acres of land when he died on March 8, 1856 at age 50 after only living in America ten years.
Born in Münchweier to Gallus and Anna Marie (Trenkle) Höhn. He was tenth of eleven children. Ambrose married Maria Agatha Rieder on July 7, 1828.
Ambrose was a farmer and also had a threshing machine and did threshing for others. Crops of grain and potatoes were poor in Germany in 1842, 1845 and 1846. Things became desperate, soup kitchens opened in 1847.
Ambrose, his wife, Agatha and five children (four children died in Baden) left Germany and came to America in 1847. They came across the Atlantic Ocean in a sailboat, and it took five to six weeks to cross the ocean. They arrived in New Orleans, and came up the Mississippi River to St. Louis. Agatha and the children stayed in St. Louis and Ambrose walked to New Baden, Clinton County, Illinois to purchase a farm and have a home ready. After doing so, Agatha and the children joined him. He was the father of ten children.
Others from Germany also settled in this area. East and north of Mascoutah and New Memphis. These early arrivals broke the prairie sod with a special plow and yokes of oxen. These families had threshing machine partnerships in Germany which were renewed in America. Mathias Singler and Ambrose Hoehn were neighbors when they lived in Baden, Germany. Both were farmers and grew wheat. They were partners in the threshing business. When Mathias came to America in 1851, he settled south of New Baden, Illinois; close enough to Ambrose Hoehn that they continued the threshing business together.
Ambrose had 395 acres of land when he died on March 8, 1856 at age 50 after only living in America ten years.
Ambrose was a farmer and also had a threshing machine and did threshing for others. Crops of grain and potatoes were poor in Germany in 1842, 1845 and 1846. Things became desperate, soup kitchens opened in 1847.
Ambrose, his wife, Agatha and five children (four children died in Baden) left Germany and came to America in 1847. They came across the Atlantic Ocean in a sailboat, and it took five to six weeks to cross the ocean. They arrived in New Orleans, and came up the Mississippi River to St. Louis. Agatha and the children stayed in St. Louis and Ambrose walked to New Baden, Clinton County, Illinois to purchase a farm and have a home ready. After doing so, Agatha and the children joined him. He was the father of ten children.
Others from Germany also settled in this area. East and north of Mascoutah and New Memphis. These early arrivals broke the prairie sod with a special plow and yokes of oxen. These families had threshing machine partnerships in Germany which were renewed in America. Mathias Singler and Ambrose Hoehn were neighbors when they lived in Baden, Germany. Both were farmers and grew wheat. They were partners in the threshing business. When Mathias came to America in 1851, he settled south of New Baden, Illinois; close enough to Ambrose Hoehn that they continued the threshing business together.
Ambrose had 395 acres of land when he died on March 8, 1856 at age 50 after only living in America ten years.
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