Johannes was the tenth of about 15 children of Joseph Anhorn (1807-1904) and Christine Künzler (1812-1859). Joseph, a blacksmith, had migrated from Blaubeuren, Germany, to Beresina, Bessarabia (South Russia) via Poland about 1823. In 1830 in Grünbach, Poland, he married Christine, who was born there. By 1835, the couple were in Beresina, where their children were born.
Johannes married twice. His first wife, Anna Maria Rothacker (1849-1880), bore seven children, only two of whom - Friedricke and Jakob - lived to adulthood. Johannes married Christine Stadel on 12 Feb. 1881 in Kloestitz, Bessarabia. Their first child, Johannes Joseph, was born nine months later. He was followed by seven siblings: Friedrich Henry, Matthäus, Gottlieb Johan, Christian, Christina Emma, Christ, and Ottilia. All but the last two were born in Beresina. Christ and Ottilia were born in North Dakota, to which the family migrated shortly after arriving in New York City (Ellis Island) on 12 April 1894 on the ship Spree from Bremen. Only Christian, who died young, was not among them.
Johannes homesteaded in Manfred Township, Wells county, North Dakota, and his farmlands are still in the Anhorn family today (2023). Under the Homestead Act, Johannes Anhorn and his family worked the land for the number of years required to claim ownership. Johannes had eight children with his wife Christina Stadel. Christ (called Chris), was the seventh child and was the first to be born in America, one year after his family arrived in the new country. He was born on the dirt floor of the homestead's sod house.
The family farm was subdivided and partially sold after the death of his father Johannes, but Chris worked hard to piece the farm back together, buying back the same land that his father had settled. He and his family, his wife Marion Johnson and their 8-year old daughter Crystal Audrey, sacrificed a comfortable life, as Chris left a position as the Director of the San Haven State Hospital (then known as the North Dakota State Tuberculosis Sanitorium) in order to return and rebuild the farm. Two years later, their son John was born and would spend his young life on the farm, memories of which have been handed down to every living generation. Chris continued to farm the land until he himself died in 1964, when the property was inherited by his wife Marion and their son John C. Anhorn. Marion died in 1978 and passed the farm to her son John.
Afte his wife died in 1918, Johannes resided with his children. He lived for his last two years with the family of his daughter Christina (Wagner) in Martin, ND but about three weeks before his death, he had gone to live in the home of his youngest son, Christ, in Ashley, ND, where he died.
Johannes married twice. His first wife, Anna Maria Rothacker (1849-1880), bore seven children, only two of whom - Friedricke and Jakob - lived to adulthood. Johannes married Christine Stadel on 12 Feb. 1881 in Kloestitz, Bessarabia. Their first child, Johannes Joseph, was born nine months later. He was followed by seven siblings: Friedrich Henry, Matthäus, Gottlieb Johan, Christian, Christina Emma, Christ, and Ottilia. All but the last two were born in Beresina. Christ and Ottilia were born in North Dakota, to which the family migrated shortly after arriving in New York City (Ellis Island) on 12 April 1894 on the ship Spree from Bremen. Only Christian, who died young, was not among them.
Johannes homesteaded in Manfred Township, Wells county, North Dakota, and his farmlands are still in the Anhorn family today (2023). Under the Homestead Act, Johannes Anhorn and his family worked the land for the number of years required to claim ownership. Johannes had eight children with his wife Christina Stadel. Christ (called Chris), was the seventh child and was the first to be born in America, one year after his family arrived in the new country. He was born on the dirt floor of the homestead's sod house.
The family farm was subdivided and partially sold after the death of his father Johannes, but Chris worked hard to piece the farm back together, buying back the same land that his father had settled. He and his family, his wife Marion Johnson and their 8-year old daughter Crystal Audrey, sacrificed a comfortable life, as Chris left a position as the Director of the San Haven State Hospital (then known as the North Dakota State Tuberculosis Sanitorium) in order to return and rebuild the farm. Two years later, their son John was born and would spend his young life on the farm, memories of which have been handed down to every living generation. Chris continued to farm the land until he himself died in 1964, when the property was inherited by his wife Marion and their son John C. Anhorn. Marion died in 1978 and passed the farm to her son John.
Afte his wife died in 1918, Johannes resided with his children. He lived for his last two years with the family of his daughter Christina (Wagner) in Martin, ND but about three weeks before his death, he had gone to live in the home of his youngest son, Christ, in Ashley, ND, where he died.
Johannes was the tenth of about 15 children of Joseph Anhorn (1807-1904) and Christine Künzler (1812-1859). Joseph, a blacksmith, had migrated from Blaubeuren, Germany, to Beresina, Bessarabia (South Russia) via Poland about 1823. In 1830 in Grünbach, Poland, he married Christine, who was born there. By 1835, the couple were in Beresina, where their children were born.
Johannes married twice. His first wife, Anna Maria Rothacker (1849-1880), bore seven children, only two of whom - Friedricke and Jakob - lived to adulthood. Johannes married Christine Stadel on 12 Feb. 1881 in Kloestitz, Bessarabia. Their first child, Johannes Joseph, was born nine months later. He was followed by seven siblings: Friedrich Henry, Matthäus, Gottlieb Johan, Christian, Christina Emma, Christ, and Ottilia. All but the last two were born in Beresina. Christ and Ottilia were born in North Dakota, to which the family migrated shortly after arriving in New York City (Ellis Island) on 12 April 1894 on the ship Spree from Bremen. Only Christian, who died young, was not among them.
Johannes homesteaded in Manfred Township, Wells county, North Dakota, and his farmlands are still in the Anhorn family today (2023). Under the Homestead Act, Johannes Anhorn and his family worked the land for the number of years required to claim ownership. Johannes had eight children with his wife Christina Stadel. Christ (called Chris), was the seventh child and was the first to be born in America, one year after his family arrived in the new country. He was born on the dirt floor of the homestead's sod house.
The family farm was subdivided and partially sold after the death of his father Johannes, but Chris worked hard to piece the farm back together, buying back the same land that his father had settled. He and his family, his wife Marion Johnson and their 8-year old daughter Crystal Audrey, sacrificed a comfortable life, as Chris left a position as the Director of the San Haven State Hospital (then known as the North Dakota State Tuberculosis Sanitorium) in order to return and rebuild the farm. Two years later, their son John was born and would spend his young life on the farm, memories of which have been handed down to every living generation. Chris continued to farm the land until he himself died in 1964, when the property was inherited by his wife Marion and their son John C. Anhorn. Marion died in 1978 and passed the farm to her son John.
Afte his wife died in 1918, Johannes resided with his children. He lived for his last two years with the family of his daughter Christina (Wagner) in Martin, ND but about three weeks before his death, he had gone to live in the home of his youngest son, Christ, in Ashley, ND, where he died.
Johannes married twice. His first wife, Anna Maria Rothacker (1849-1880), bore seven children, only two of whom - Friedricke and Jakob - lived to adulthood. Johannes married Christine Stadel on 12 Feb. 1881 in Kloestitz, Bessarabia. Their first child, Johannes Joseph, was born nine months later. He was followed by seven siblings: Friedrich Henry, Matthäus, Gottlieb Johan, Christian, Christina Emma, Christ, and Ottilia. All but the last two were born in Beresina. Christ and Ottilia were born in North Dakota, to which the family migrated shortly after arriving in New York City (Ellis Island) on 12 April 1894 on the ship Spree from Bremen. Only Christian, who died young, was not among them.
Johannes homesteaded in Manfred Township, Wells county, North Dakota, and his farmlands are still in the Anhorn family today (2023). Under the Homestead Act, Johannes Anhorn and his family worked the land for the number of years required to claim ownership. Johannes had eight children with his wife Christina Stadel. Christ (called Chris), was the seventh child and was the first to be born in America, one year after his family arrived in the new country. He was born on the dirt floor of the homestead's sod house.
The family farm was subdivided and partially sold after the death of his father Johannes, but Chris worked hard to piece the farm back together, buying back the same land that his father had settled. He and his family, his wife Marion Johnson and their 8-year old daughter Crystal Audrey, sacrificed a comfortable life, as Chris left a position as the Director of the San Haven State Hospital (then known as the North Dakota State Tuberculosis Sanitorium) in order to return and rebuild the farm. Two years later, their son John was born and would spend his young life on the farm, memories of which have been handed down to every living generation. Chris continued to farm the land until he himself died in 1964, when the property was inherited by his wife Marion and their son John C. Anhorn. Marion died in 1978 and passed the farm to her son John.
Afte his wife died in 1918, Johannes resided with his children. He lived for his last two years with the family of his daughter Christina (Wagner) in Martin, ND but about three weeks before his death, he had gone to live in the home of his youngest son, Christ, in Ashley, ND, where he died.
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