Jakob Friedrich Hassler (1833 - 1890)

Born 6 Feb 1833 in Graben, Baden, Germany

Ancestors

Husband of Christina (Zimmermann) Hassler — married 8 Dec 1859 in Graben, Baden, Germany

Husband of Jacobina (Zimmermann) Hassler — married 22 Aug 1867 in Graben, Baden, Germany

Descendants

Died Feb 1890 at about age 56 in Northfield, Rice County, Minnesota, United States

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Biography

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Jakob Hassler migrated from Baden, Germany to Minnesota.

Jakob Hassler has German Roots.

Fredrick Hassler was born in 1833 in Baden, Germany. He married Christina Zimmermann and had at least two children with her before she passed away in 1867. He then married Jacobina Zimmermann, who bore him at least five children.

Fredrick was listed as a weaver according to records from Graben.

In 1879, Fredrick, Jacobina, and seven of his children immigrated to the US aboard the ship S.S. Zeeland, departing from the port in Antwerp, and arriving in New York City. The Hasslers originally settled in Dakota County, Minnesota, and in time all the Hassler children spread out across Minnesota and the western US, forming families of their own.

Fredrick died 11 years after arriving in America and is buried in Rice County.

Research Notes

Need documentation for Christina Zimmermann (1838-1867) - first wife.

Sources

• "United States Germans to America Index, 1850-1897," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KD31-911 : 27 December 2014), Friedrich Hassler, 25 Feb 1879; citing Germans to America Passenger Data file, 1850-1897, Ship Zeeland, departed from Antwerp, arrived in New York, New York, New York, United States, NAID identifier 1746067, National Archives at College Park, Maryland.
• "Minnesota State Census, 1885," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MQXC-SJN : 4 August 2017), Fred Hortles, Eureka, Dakota, Minnesota; citing p. 10, volume Dakota, State Library and Records Service, St.Paul; FHL microfilm 565,737.
• "Minnesota Deaths and Burials, 1835-1990," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FD3S-FR4 : 10 March 2018), Fredrick Hassler in entry for Herman Hassler, 15 Feb 1920; citing Johnson, Big Stone, Minnesota, reference 1064; FHL microfilm 2,218,040.
• "Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVLC-LCPH : 13 December 2015), Fredrick Haszler, ; Burial, Northfield, Rice, Minnesota, United States of America, Northfield Cemetery; citing record ID 89016526, Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com.