Joseph Macke

Name: Johann Herman “Joseph” A. MACKE

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Birth: 1 Dec 1817 Haude, Damme, Oldenburg [Now Germany]
Death: 16 Nov 1891 Oldenburg, IN
Burial: Holy Family Cemetery, Oldenburg, IN
Occupation: Farmer
Religion: Roman Catholic
Father: Johann Bernard MACKE
Mother: Maria Angela SCHMISING
Other spouses: Anna Maria Theresia MYERWEASSEL

Misc. Notes
Joseph Macke emigrated 1836 together with his brother Heinrich to the USA.1

On 10 Jul 1846, John Henry Macke and John Joseph Macke purchased 80 acres together for
$72.50. And on 17 Dec 1846, John Henry Macke purchased another 40 acres for $128. Both
properties are in the nortwest quarter of Section 33 in Township 11 of Range 12 East of the
second principle meridian in the district of land for sale at Cincinnati. John Henry bought the
northwest quarter of the nortwest quarter. The rest of the land is in the east half of the
nortwest quarter. The property lines are visible on the 1882 Franklin County, IN map. These
properties are just north of the town of Oldenburg.

Holy Family Church records in Oldenburg, IN, show Joseph A. Macke, widowed, marrying
Maria Theresia Meyerwissel, daughter of Bernard Meyerwissel, on 29 May 1849 at an 8 AM
ceremony. Two bands played, and the witnesses were Henry Macke and M. Agnes
Schmiesing.

1850 Census, Ray Township, Indiana, December 5

Joseph Macke, 33, Male, Farmer, Germany

Theresa Macke, 30, Female, Germany
Henry Macke, 6, Male, Virginia
Mary Macke, 2, Female, Indiana
Agnes Macke, 6 mos, Female, Indiana
John Macke, 36, Male, (?), Germany
Henry (?), 46, Male, (?), Germany

1860 Ray Township, Franklin County, Indiana Census, Roll 259, Book 1, page 394 and 395
Joseph Macay, 39, Farmer, value of property: 1800, value of personal effects: 130, born
Germany
,Tracy, 40
,Henry, 16, Laborer
,Mary, 11
,Agnes, 10
,Tracy, 8
,John, 6
,Barney, 4

1870 Ray Township, Franklin County, Indiana Census, Roll 315, Book 1, page 421b
Macky, Joseph, 53, Farmer, value of real estate: 2000, value of Person effects: 800, born
Oldenburg, Germany, (There is a check by "Citizen of US)

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,Theresia, 50, b. Oldenburg, Germany

,Theresia, 19, b. Indiana
,John, 16, b. Indiana
,Barney, 14, b. Indiana
,Joseph, 4, b. Indiana

1880 Ray Township, Franklin County, Indiana Census

Joseph Macke, 63, Oldenburg, Farmer, Oldenburg, Oldenburg
,Theresia, 59, Oldenburg, Keeping House, Oldenburg, Oldenburg
,Bernard, 23, at home, Indiana
,Joseph, 14, at home, Indiana

Obiturary

Blessed are the dead, who died in the Lord's name, says the Holy Spirit, they can rest from
their efforts (troubles), because their good deeds will follow them.
Oh Holy Cross!
under your shadow shall I rest!
In your prayers remember the soul of the deceased.
JOSEPH MACKE,
Who died in Oldenburg, IN, November 16, 1891, after long suffering and having received the
Holy Sacrament of the Last Rites, at the age of 73 years, 11 months, and 15 days.
Prayer.
God of the eternal Love and Pity, we beseech (implore) you to take your servants soul whom
you called from this world, forgive him the sins he committed out of human weakness;
accept him into the Land of Everlasting Peace and make him part of the community of
chosen ones, through Jesus Christ our Lord,
Amen

Holy Family Church records show that Joseph Macke died 16 Nove 1891 age 73 years 11
months and 15 days, husband of Theresia [Myer] Meyer, and had the last sacraments. He is
buried in Holy Family Cemetery lot #83.

[In the Holy Family Cemetery in Oldenburg, IN, there are these unaccounted for inscriptions
indexed:
Agnes Make 7-23-1862,
Catherine Macke 12-17-1861 & ~ 10-9-1954,
infans Make 6-7-1865,
T. Eleanora Macke 11-18-1921, and
Joseph H. Macke 3-13-1945.]

[Referenced in Ger-Amer. Gen Res. Monograph #12, Emigrants from the former Amt Damme,
Oldenburg (now Niedersachen), Germany, mainly to U.S., 1830-1848, by Clifford Neal Smith,
by Westal Pub., 1981 were the following:
There was a Joseph Macke, age 21 M farmer with a German mother and father, who arrived
at the port of Baltimore, MD on 1 Jul 1839 on the vessel Baltimore 43?, p. 84 or 8595--only
circumstantial connection, but the age and dates fit;
Borringhausen Farming Community
Macke, Bernard, hand laborer, destination Baltimore, 1/1847;
~, Heinrich, hired hand, destination Cincinnati, 1/1848;
~, Elizabeth, maid, destination Baltimore, 1/849;

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There were some Mackes from Duemmerlohausen Farming Community

Macke, dom. Lamping farm, 1/1838;
also from the Osterdamme Farming Community;
Osterfeine Farming Community
Macke, Agnes, don. Burdick, farm, 1/1844;
Rueschendorf Farming Community
Macke, Johann Heinrich, dom. Meyer farm, 1/1845.]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Wappen_Hude.png

http://www.hude.de/

http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/s/c/h/Hugo-W-Schroeder/FILE/0002page.html

Spouse: Hannah TAYLOR

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Birth: Boxwood?, VA2
Death: 31 Oct 1848 Oldenburg, IN
Religion: Not Catholic (probably Methodist)

Misc. Notes
Thought to be from a prominent Virginia family.

Copy of 1st page of Bible:

Hannah Taylor Macke

Born: (Blank)
Died: October 31, 1848
Mother of: Mary Jansen
Born: October 18, 1848
Died: October 23, 1928

Death record of Mary Macke Jansen showed that her mother as Hanna Taylor born in Virginia.

Hanna Taylor was from a plantation in or near Boxwood, Virginia and died in 1848 about two
weeks after childbirth. Boxwood is in Henry County (Marinsville is the county seat) on the
North Carolina border not far fom the Smith River.2

Children
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1 M: Henry MACKE
Birth: 1846 VA

Misc. Notes
Holy Family Parish records of Oldenburg, IN, show Henry Macke’s first Communion on 3 May
1857 at age twelve and one-half.

Left farm at around age 16, worked on railroads, ended up in Texas probably around San
Antonio.

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Cousin Henry Vogelsang left home young and went to San Antonio, Texas. Henry and Leila
Vogelsang lived in San Antonio, had no children but did write letters to relatives in
Indiana/Ohio. There is some speculation that Henry “Ben” Macke choose San Antonio since
he had relations there, according to a letter from Aunt Jin, daughter of Theresa Vogelsang
Hammerle who references Edna Hammerle Bedel (age 82, 29 May 1818, tel. 812-34-5098 as
a source).3

From Aunts Kate and Hannah, we have a picture of a Sarah Macke in Ingleside, TX (which is
near the Gulf Coast near San Antonio). The black and white picure appears to be early
1900s.

[Listed in the History of Franklin County, Indiana (p. 301), there was a Henry Macke 9 month
private in Company D of Eighty-third(Infantry) Regiment organized in Lawrenceburg in
September, 1862, with Benjanmin J. Spooner as colonel. This company went to Memphis,
Tenn (1862) on the way to Vicksburg. NB we do not think this was “our” Henry Macke but
possibly a relative.]

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2 F: Mary Elizabeth MACKE
Birth: 18 Oct 1848 Oldenburg, IN
Death: 23 Oct 1928 Cincinnati, OH

Misc. Notes
The records from Holy Family Parish in Oldenburg, IN (written in Latin with Old German
script) show a Maria Elizabeth Macke with the father John Herman Joseph Macke and mother
Anna Tailor (listed as “not Catholic”) born on 18 October 1848 and baptized 23 October
1848. The sponsors were Bernard Henry Lüsche (Luchte?) and Maria Elizabeth Burdick with
Fr. Franz Joseph Rudolf as the baptizer.

Moved to Cincinnati (St. Bernard, Price Hill) while in her teens from Oldenburg, IN.

Attended St. Anthony’s Roman Catholic Church.

In the 1870 US Census for Cincinnati, OH (South 1/2 Ward 15) dated June 30, Mary Macke is
listed as a 22 year old white female, working as a domestic servant, born Indiana, whose
father and mother were both listed as foreign born [at this point she did not know that her
step mother was not her biological mother].

Death record information:

Mary Macke of 1230 Gest St
DOB 18 Oct 1848 birthplace Indiana
Father Joseph Macke of Germany
Mother Hanna Taylor of Virginia
Died 23 Oct 1928 2 am age 80 years
(sick 1 Jan 1927-22 Oct 1928 duration two years)
Died of arterial sclerosis
Doctor FJ Erdhaus
Buried Old St. Joseph 26 Oct 1928
Body was embalmed by Busse & Borgman
Informant: Katherine Jansen

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Cemetery record shows parents as Jos-Anna Macke

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My Paternal Grandmother4

Mary Macke born 1848-1928

Father ?Bernard Macke Mother Johanna Taylor

Grandmother was born in Oldenberg, Ind. on a farm where she and my grandfather settled
after coming down the Ohio on a raft. Her mother who died when she was very young was
said to be from a well to do Virginian family. My aunts who spent some of their younger
years on the farm after my great grandfather remarried told of an old trunk and a side
saddle that had belonged to her. The trunk was filled with fine clothes, not the type the
staid Germans of that time would wear. She was not accepted by the community for since
they were all German and she was not they considered her an outsider.
She came to Cincinnati when in her teens and did housework until she married my
grandfather.
Grandma always remembered the grand-children at Christmas and one of my earliest
recollections is of a mule mounted on wheels that she gave me. I can remember how much I
cherished that toy. I was about four or five at the time.
At home you always found her sitting in the kitchen with a pot of coffee on the back of the
stove, and the first offering when you came in was a cup filled to the brim.
Grandmother had 9 children, Mame (Kroger), Theresa (Schneider), Jo seph, my father,
Katherine and Hannah who never married, Rose (Kathman), Clara (Vandervische), Bernard
and Philomena who died at about 21 had a cerebral hemorrage.
My Recollections - She was a very sweet little old lady, on the stout side and always dressed
in black. When she went out, which was not often, except to go to St. Anthony's Church she
wore a lace close fitting black bonnet. She was very quiet but always had a smile and a
hand on the top of the head for the grandchildren.
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Mary Macke Jansen

Her Lost Inheritance:5

Mary Macke Jansen was born in 1848 on a small farmhouse on the Old Peppertown Road
three miles from Oldenburg, Indiana. She was the second child of Bernard (?) Macke and
Hannah Taylor Macke. Her brother Ben was two years old when she was born. Several days
after Mary was born her mother developed child bed fever and died.
Her father found Katherine (?), a single young woman of good disposition and reputation,
who came to care for the two children and keep house for the bereaved man. Two years
later the man and woman married and had several more children. Together, they were a
close-knit family unit, and, together, they had a productive farm. Macke also ran a
cooperage in a small outbuilding on the edge of the farm.
Young Ben was fifteen when he became bored with the unending labor of farm work, and he
tired of the meager monetary return for all his toil. So he solved his own problem by leaving
home in secret. The saddened parents waited for word from their wandering son in vain.
Many years later came word from San Antonio, Texas, that he was well and working for a
railroad.
When Mary was a young woman of eighteen or so, she came to Cincinnati to work and here
she met Joseph Jansen. After a courtship of several years they married and became the

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parents of ten children--seven girls and three boys. Mary, Clara, Joseph, Theresa, Katherine,
Hannah, Rose, Philomena--died aged 21, Bernard, and Edward--died in early infancy.
Mary kept up a close relationship with her parents. She wrote often and visited the farm as
often as her busy life permitted. Her children all spent a part of their summer vacations on
the farm, thus getting to know well all their uncles, aunts, and cousins who remained in the
vicinity of Oldenburg.
Bernard Macke died (date unknown) and was mourned by his loving family. His wife stayed
in the little house. The farm, at her death, was to go to their son Joe and his wife Kate, and
they came with their children, to make their home with their mother. One day Mary received
a letter from her brother, Joe. He urged her to come at once. Her mother was dying. There
was something on the dying woman's mind and she needed to see Mary at once.
Mary left for Oldenburg on the early train the next morning and hurried to the bedside of
the woman she knew as Mama. The old woman was failing but held a lucid conversation
with her daughter.
She told Mary that she, Katherine, was really the stepmother and she told Mary the details
of Bernard's first marriage. It seems that when Bernard arrived in America from Germany,
he found work in Richmond, Virginia, as a gardener for the Taylor family. The Taylors were
Methodists and anti-Catholic. When Bernard fell in love with their daughter, Hannah, they
refused to consider the match for two reasons--he was beneath Hannah's station in life and,
worse, he was a Catholic. The two young people, desperately in love, made plans to elope
and Bernard applied to the government for a free homestead in Indiana. When his land
grant was approved, they moved in 1845, and left Richmond for Oldenburg, Indiana.
Hannah knew she was disinherited.
"Your mother was a fine horsewoman," said the old woman. "She loved horses and riding
and she had a beautiful riding habit which she brought with her when she married your
Papa. She rose almost every day except when she was expecting the two babies. When I
came here to care for your Papa and his two children I gathered together all her belongings
and packed them in her little trunk. I cleaned her riding habit and packed it away carefully.
She owned a beautiful riding crop with a handle of real silver. I packed that away. I also
found some personal papers belonging to her. Those papers are in the trunk which has been
in the loft all these years. If you read through those papers I'm sure you can reach your
relatives in Richmond. Since your brother, Ben, has turned his back on us and has ignored
us all these years, I want you tho have your mother's possessions."
The dying woman fell into sleep and Mary was left with her world falling down around her
ears. She had such love and respect for her parents, she had enjoyed such a secure home
life here on the farm, that she could scarcely believe this was not actually her mother. In the
vernacular of the times the word, stepmother, held a connotation of cruelty, hate, contempt.
Yet here was a stepmother who had filled her life and the lives of her family with honesty,
kindness, love.
They buried their mother in the Oldenburg cemetery and Mary went back to Cincinnati. She
felt doubly bereaved. She had lost the actual presence of her Mama and at the same time
she had lost he physical relationship. For some time, Mary grieved and then slowly began to
realize the importance of the little trunk. In her mourning she had completely forgotten her
inheritance, lying neglected in the loft of the little farmhouse.
She sent word to her brother, Joe, and his wife, Kate, that she was coming for her trunk.
When she arrived at her girlhood home her brother seemed uneasy and her sister-in-law
seemed defiant.
The little trunk was brought into the kitchen and with trembling hands Mary lifted the lid.
She turned a questioning look upon her relatives. The trunk was empty. Her brother looked
at the floor but Kate took over the conversation, keeping on her face the same defiant look
she had been wearing.

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"What were you expecting?" she asked.

"For one thing, I was told my mother left me a riding habit of very good material? Where is
it?"
"My children were cold so I cut it up to make warm clothing for them," answered Kate.
"What about the riding crop with the silver handle? Mama thought it was valuable," was
Mary's next question.
"You're not the oldest. Your brother, Ben, should inherit anything of value because he is
older than you. I sent it to him in San Antonio."
"You've given away things of value that really belonged to me. I'll forgive you that. maybe
you didn't quite know how I felt. So, now, if you will give me the papers that were in this
trunk I'll be on my way and not bother you any more," said Mary.
"The papers?" asked Kate. "They were all yellow and faded and raggedy. I didn't think they
were worth keeping so I threw them into the fire."
The two women stared at each other. Mary's face registered utter disbelief. Kate's face was
a study in hostility. Was she so envious of Mary's place in Mama's affection that she used
this method as a means of "getting even?" Mary realized the futility of argument. Her
things were gone--forever. Deeply hurt, she put on her bonnet and took the next train back
to Cincinnati. She never returned to the home of her childhood. It was not here nature to
harbor a grudge or to nurture bitterness, but the close affection she felt for her brother was
gone. He had stood by and watched while his jealous young wife had destroyed Mary's
inheritance.
In later years Mary confessed that she had considered the idea that she should employ a
private detective to find any possible relatives who might still reside in Richmond. But
realizing all the needs of her large brood she felt she could not spend money on such a
venture. She resigned herself to the fact that she had been cheated and tried to forget
about it. She turned her thoughts instead to the loving care she had received from her
parents. When she died in 1928 she was still praying daily for the souls of her parents. An
extra prayer of thanks went every day to the Good Lord who had sent her such an
affectionate substitute mother.
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Spouse: Joseph J. JANSEN

Marriage: 13 Sep 1870 Oldenburg, IN
Marr Memo: in Franklin County, IN

Marriage: 29 May 1849 Oldenburg, IN

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Spouse: Anna Maria Theresia MYERWEASSEL
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Birth: 5 Nov 1820 Duemmerlohausen, Damme, Oldenburg [now Germany]
Death: 21 Jan 1897 Oldenburg, IN
Father: Bernard MYERWEASSEL
Mother: Agnes ROBKE

Misc. Notes
Holy Family Church records, Oldenburg, IN, show her date of death as 21 Jan 1897, widow, at
age 45 yesars and had the last rites.

Will of Theresa Myerweassel Macke, dated 8 Jan 1897, Received 8 Feb 1897, Book 4, pages
497-499

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"Theresa Macke, wife of deceased Joseph Macke Sr., bequeath all to son Joseph Macke upon
conditions of paying $100.00 to each Mary Janson [sic], wife of Joseph Jansen, and John
Macke and Bernard Macke and to my dother [sic] Theresa, daughter, wife of Bernard
Vogelsang, the sum of $175.00.”
Exec.: Joseph Macke
Witnesses: August Lamping
Frederick Sellmeyer.

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Children
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1 F: Maria Agnes MACKE
Birth: 27 Mar 1850 Oldenburg, IN
Death: 2 Feb 1861 Oldenburg, IN

Misc. Notes
In the Holy Family parish records in Oldenburg, Maria Agnes Macke, daughter of John
Herman Joseph Macke and Theresia Meyerwessel, was born on 27 Mar 1850 and baptized on
30 Mar 1850. The sponsors were Herman Henry Burdick and Agnes Schmeising (married to
Lüstche).

In the Holy Family parish records in Oldenburg, Agnes Macke, daughter of Joseph Macke and
Theresia Meyer [sic], was buried on 2 Feb 1861 and had the last rites.

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2 F: Maria Theresa MACKE
Birth: 19 Feb 1852 Oldenburg, IN

Misc. Notes
Holy Family Church records in Oldenburg, IN, list Maria Theresia Macke as born on 19 Feb
1852 and baptized on 20 Feb 1852. Her parents are listed as Joseph Macke and Theresia
Meierwessel and the godparents were Henry Braueuer and Agnes, widow of Brinkhoff.

1880 cenus, Ray, Franklin, Indiana

Family History Library Flim: 1254278
NA Film Number: T9-0278
Page Number 386D

Bernard Vogelsang, Self, Married, Male, White, 32, Prussia, Farmer, Prussia, Prussia
Theresia Vogelsang, Wife, Married, Female, White, 27, Indiana, Keeping House, Oldenberg,
Oldenberg
Henry Vogelsang, Son, Single, male, White 3, Indiana, Prussia, IN
Theresia Vogelsang, Daughter, Single, Female, White, 1, IN, Prussia, IN

1900 Ray Township, Franklin County, Indiana census

Vogelsang, Thressa, 2/1852, 48, 5 children born, 3 living
,Joseph, 6/1884, 15
Theresa is living next to her brother Joseph Macke

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Spouse: Bernard VOGELSANG

Marriage: 23 Nov 1875

Misc. Notes
In the Holy Family parish records in Oldenburg, IN, Theresia Macke of Oldenburg married
Bernard Vogelsang of Oldenburg on 23 Nov 1875; the witnesses were John Macke, Catherin
Hoelker, August Hackmann and Anna Hoelker.

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3 M: John Henry MACKE
Birth: 14 Jul 1854 Oldenburg, IN
Death: 25 Jan 1918 Dayton, TX

Misc. Notes
Holy Family Church records in Oldenburg, IN, show his birth on 14 Jul 1854 and baptism on
15 Jul 1854 with Joseph Macke and Theresia Meyer as parents and Henry Sellmeyer and
Mary Haverkamp as godparents.

1900 Harris County, Houston, Texas Census

Macke, John, 7/1854, 45, married 17 years, IN, GER, GER, Locomotive Engineer
,Sarah E., 9/1862, 37, 5 children born, 3 living, TX, FL, TX
,Theresa E., 12/1891, 8
,John H., 8/1893, 6
,Louella J., 12/1899, 5/12

1910 Liberty County, Dayton, Texas Census, Living in sawmill section of town
Macke, John, 56, Fireman, sawmill
,Sarah E., 47, 5 children born, 2 children living
,Theresa, 18
,John H., 16, Laborer, sawmill

Spouse: Sarah Elizabeth MEARS

Marriage: 25 Feb 1883 Orange, TX
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4 M: John Bernard MACKE
Birth: 15 Nov 1856 Oldenburg, IN
Death: 26 Aug 1907 Oldenburg, IN

Misc. Notes
Holy Family Parish records from Oldenburg list John Bernard Macke’s birth as 13 Nov 1856
and baptism on 15 Nov 1856, and his confirmation as 5 May 1867.

Spouse: Elizabeth VOSKOTTER

Marriage: 7 Sep 1880
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5 M: Joseph Henry MACKE
Birth: 14 May 1866 Oldenburg, IN

Misc. Notes
In the Holy Family Parish records in Oldenburg, Joseph Henry Macke was born 14 May 1866
and baptized 15 May 1866. His parents were Joseph Macke and Theresia Meyer [sic] and the

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sponsors were Henry Haverkamp and Agnes Himmekamp.

In the Holy Family Parish records in Oldenburg, Joseph Macke married Catherine Haverkos,
both of Oldenburg, on 30 Oct 1894. She was the daughter of Joseph Haverkos and Maria
Drees. The witnesses were Joseph Haverkos, Clara Jansen, Ben Macke and Frances Leising.

1900 Ray Township, Franklin County, Indiana Census

Macke, Joseph, 5/1866, 34, married 5 years, IN, GER, GER, farmer, can read and write
,Katie, 10/1874, 25, IN, GER, IA, 3 children born, 3 children living
,Loretta, 10/1895, 4,
,Evaline, 11/1897, 2
,Ellenora, 12/1899, 6/12

1910 Ray Township, Franklin County, Indiana, Census, Living on Main Street
Macke, Joseph, 43, married 15 years
,Katherine, 35, 7 born, 7 living
,Loretta, 14
,Evaline, 12,
,Ellenora, 10
,Joseph A.. 7
,Beatrice, 6
,Philip B., 3
,Carl, 3/12

Spouse: Catherine HAVERKOS

Marriage: 30 Oct 1894 Oldenburg, IN

Sources
1. Heinrich Kessing, “Joseph Macke,” February 27, 2003.
From: Alampkin@aflcio.org
Subject: Joseph Macke
Date: February 27, 2003 9:53:22 AM EST
To: jjansen@gmu.edu

I got the following e-mail this morning. Read on.......

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Hi Amy Lampkin,

I found your query about Joseph Macke on the Macke family genealogy
forum.
You are asking for a Johann Hermann Joseph Macke born about 1817. I
think I can help you.

In the birth records of Damme/Oldenburg/Germany I found a Joan Herm

Joseph Macke who was born Dec. 1, 1817 as the son of Joan Bernd Macke and his
Wife Maria Angela nee Schmising. They are Koetter in Huede. Huede is a small
Village in the near of Damme.

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Joseph Macke emigrated 1836 together with his brother Heinrich to the
USA.
This information I have from the following web-page:
www.konkomp.de/damme-auswanderung/rueschdo.htm
http://www.honkomp.de/damme-auswanderung/rueschdo.htm
It shows : Macke, Josef und Heinrich, S?hne des K?tters Macke zu Huede
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1836 Rueschendorf

Joseph Macke's second wife you call Theresa "Myerweassel". I also

found her in the church records of Damme. She was born as Anna Maria Theresia
Meyer-Wessel at November 05, 1820. Her parents are Bernard Meyer-Wessel
and Agnes nee Robke. They are farmer in Duemmerlohausen. Duemmerlohausen is also a
small village near Damme. I grow up in this village.

I think these informations are helpful for you.

Greetings from Germany

Heinrich Kessing

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Last Modified: 12 Jan 2009
Created: 28 Jan 2009
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J. Bradley Jansen
PO Box 2658
Washington, DC 20013
lbrty4all (at) gmail-dot-com

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