Anna Biebel was born near Forst, Bad Durkheim, Germany, the daughter of Johannis Biebel and Catharina Spindler. She immigrated to the United States in 21 Jan 1870 and married Jacob Gaylor Koehler on 26 Feb 1870 in St. Louis, MO. Family had passed down the story that they married on the ship on their way to the U.S., but it's believed that they may have met on their way to America. There is record of their marriage in St. Louis. They lived for several years in the St. Louis area before completing their journey to a predominately German settlement in Doniphan, Kansas.
Anna and Jacob had at least five children: Anna, who died a few weeks after birth, and Jacob, Fred "Uncle Fritz", Mary Anna, and Anton, who all lived to adulthood.
note: in the 1900 Federal Census, Anna indicated that she had seven children total, but that only four were alive at the time of the census. Family records and other public records only show information about the infant Anna, who died a few weeks after her birth.
Anna Biebel was born near Forst, Bad Durkheim, Germany, the daughter of Johannis Biebel and Catharina Spindler. She immigrated to the United States in 21 Jan 1870 and married Jacob Gaylor Koehler on 26 Feb 1870 in St. Louis, MO. Family had passed down the story that they married on the ship on their way to the U.S., but it's believed that they may have met on their way to America. There is record of their marriage in St. Louis. They lived for several years in the St. Louis area before completing their journey to a predominately German settlement in Doniphan, Kansas.
Anna and Jacob had at least five children: Anna, who died a few weeks after birth, and Jacob, Fred "Uncle Fritz", Mary Anna, and Anton, who all lived to adulthood.
note: in the 1900 Federal Census, Anna indicated that she had seven children total, but that only four were alive at the time of the census. Family records and other public records only show information about the infant Anna, who died a few weeks after her birth.
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