Joseph Hieser

Other Events and Attributes:

• Residence: Butler Co., OH
• Immigration: 17 Sep 1838, NY
• Residence: 1848, Dillon Twp., Tazewell Co., IL
• Census: 1850, Dillon Twp., Tazewell Co., IL
• Census: 1870, Elm Grove Twp., Tazewell Co., IL
• Census: 1880, Elm Grove Twp., Tazewell Co., IL

Notes:

Obit: Hof T Obit: Jan 1, 1893
HIESER - On the 8th of November, 1892, near Pekin, Tazewell Co., Ill., of the infirmities of old age and other complaints, Bro. Joseph Hieser, aged 74 years, 8 months and 8 days. He leaves an aged widow, three sons and four daughters to mourn his death. He begged his family not to weep for him, for he said he was going home to Jesus. His remains were laid to rest at Pleasant Grove on the 10th. Funeral services by David Augsburger of Washington, Pre. King of Mackinaw, P. Ropp of Pekin, and J. Burckey of Tiskilwa.

“Joseph went to Dillon in 1848 to work laying railroad tracks. He labored on the rails to Peoria until 1850, but came away with little savings.

Following his arrival in Tazewell County, Joseph Hieser worked [in 1850] on the first railroad built into Peoria, and on account of dishonesty he was never paid for his labor. Until his marriage the home of Joseph Hieser was cared for by his mother, who had subsequently joined her son. She is now deceased and lies in the cemetery of Elm Grove Township.”

Census:
Joseph 'Hiser', 30; 'Madaline', 62, and Jacob, 34.

Census:
Joseph Heiser, 50, farmer; Barbara, 40; Christian, 19, farm laborer; Joseph, 17; Andrew, 14; Barbara, 14; Magdalena, 10, Elizabeth, 8; and Maria, 5. They appear on the 1880 census of Elm Grove as 'Jos. Hiser', 62, farmer; Barbara, 52, keeping house; Andrew, 23; Barbara, 23; Mary, 15; and Elisabeth [Barbara's mother], 67.

Died:
At 71 yrs. 8 mo., 8 days.

Buried:
Pleasant Grove Mennonite Cemetery

Joseph married Barbara Schrag on 4 Feb 1851 in Tazewell Co., IL. Barbara (daughter of Christian Schrag and Elisabeth Bircki) was born on 17 Aug 1828 in Koesching, Bavaria, GR; died on 30 Oct 1911 in Tazewell Co., IL; was buried in Tremont, Tazewell Co., IL. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Married:
by Andrew Ropp. Page 188 Tazewell Marriage Index

1. Christian Hieser was born on 19 Oct 1851 in Elm Grove Twp., Tazewell Co., IL; died on 17 Feb 1938 in Minier, Tazewell Co., IL; was buried in Hopedale, Tazewell Co., IL.
2. Joseph S. Hieser was born on 4 Jan 1854 in Tremont, Tazewell Co., IL; died on 18 Aug 1932 in Tremont, Tazewell Co., IL; was buried in Tremont, Tazewell Co., IL.
3. Andrew Hieser was born on 27 Oct 1856 in Elm Grove Twp., Tazewell Co., IL; died on 16 May 1916 in Elm Grove Twp., Tazewell Co., IL; was buried in Tremont, Tazewell Co., IL.
4. Barbara Hieser was born on 27 Oct 1856; died on 27 Mar 1916 in Elm Grove Twp., Tazewell Co., IL; was buried in Elm Grove Twp., Tazewell Co., IL.
5. Magdalena Hieser was born on 22 May 1860 in Tremont, Tazewell Co., IL; died on 28 Dec 1938 in Tremont, Tazewell Co., IL; was buried in Tremont, Tazewell Co., IL.
6. Elizabeth Heiser was born on 15 Dec 1862; died on 20 Jun 1911.
7. Mary Hieser was born on 24 Feb 1865; died on 20 Apr 1941; was buried in Elm Grove Twp., Tazewell Co., IL.
8. Veronica Heiser was born on 17 Dec 1872; died on 11 Nov 1876.

Other Events and Attributes:

• EARL: Y
• Occupation: Medical Assistant or Care Giver {According To Helmut Funk Of Weierhof Working With Gary Waltner, and Joseph Staker}
• Residence: 1815-1818, Hanfeld, Bavaria, GR

Notes:

Residence:
lived on the grounds of the castle estate of major general Maximilian Graf von Spreti at Arzbach bei Dachau from 1815 to May 4, 1818.

Jacob married Magdalena Eyer on 25 Nov 1816 in Arzbach, Bavaria, GR. Magdalena (daughter of Jakob Eyer and Magdalena Birki) was born in 1788 in FR; died on 19 Oct 1851 in Tazewell Co., IL; was buried in Elm Grove Twp., Tazewell Co., IL. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Census: 1850, Dillon Twp., Tazewell Co., IL

Notes:

History of Illinois:
"Until his marriage the home of Joseph Hieser was cared for by his mother, who had subsequently joined her son. She is now deceased and lies in the cemetery of Elm Grove Township."

Birth:
Hatten in Lower Alsce?

Census:
Joseph Hiser, 30; Madaline, 62; and Jacob, 34.

Buried:
Magdalena is thought to be buried in one of the unmarked graved at Landes Mennonite Cemetery.

Notes:

Married:
Described the groom as Bauer Jakob Hiser, living in House No. 10, born in 1788, a son of Nicolaus Hiser and Katharina Hiser.

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: Cultivator

Notes:

Wife was his second cousin.

Nicolas + Anna Maria Goldschmidt. Anna (daughter of Hans Heinrich Goldschmidt and Anna Maria Neuhauser) was born on 16 May 1750 in Ste. Marie-Aux-Mines (Markirch), Haut-Rhin, Alsace, FR; died on 26 Sep 1831 in Uffing, Bavaria, GR. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Anna Maria and Noe went to live at Hanfeld, because Noe’s daughter by his first marriage was married to an Oesch there.

Died:
Thirty miles south of Hanfeld on the Streicherhof.

Notes:

Jakob was a farmer from Zweibrücken and leased the Prullhof of the cloister Scheiern in Bavaria, then the Stillerhof near Landsberg. He was also elder of the Mergenthau congregation near Friedberg (Augsburg), Bavaria.

Jakob + Magdalena Birki. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Nicolas + Anna Schmucker (Schumacher?). [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

From Grindelwald, Bern.

Hans + Anna Maria Neuhauser. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

In 1748 at the Steinichhof Langensteinbach.

Christian + Anna Brennemann. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]