Sieben Genealogy Research

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Below you will find links to researchers of various Sieben lines as well as miscellaneous information and links which may pertain to, or assist you, in your Sieben line research.

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Various SIEBEN Lines

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Chicago, IL
from Ebersheim, Rheinhessen
to US in 1860

This line, traced back to 1742 in Ebersheim, Hesse-Darmstadt contains the ancestry of the Michael SIEBEN Family of Chicago. Surnames in Ebersheim include ZIMMERMANN, SCHAEFFER, DARMSTADT, KNUSSMANN, ECKERT, WEBER, THART, MACHOL as well as a large number of Sieben relations. In 1860 Michael Sieben left Germany and came to America, wandering to areas from Chicago to Boston for five years before taking a wife and settling down in Chicago in 1865.

Mike Maxfield

Chicago, IL
from Sörgenloch, Rheinhessen
to US before 1860

This family is based upon a marriage entry found in the St. Michael Catholic Church, Chicago chuirch records for 1865. (The same church of the above Michael Sieben family after 1876). On September 14, 1865 an Adam WAGNER, age 35, born in Ebersheim, Hesse-Darmstadt married a Margaret SIEBEN, age 21, born August 19, 1849 in Sörgenloch, Hesse-Darmstadt

Phillip was the son of Nicholas Wagner and Anna Marie Hartmann of Ebersheim. Margaret was the daughter of Phillip SIEBEN and Margarethe MANN of Sörgenlogh. Phillip Sieben and Margaret Mann were married in Sörgenloch November 10, 1837. (FHL microfilm #954771 Sörgenloch)

No Contacts

Chicago IL
from Sörgenloch & Abenheim, Rheinhessen
to US about 1852
settled in
- Geneseo, IL
- Helena, MT

Joseph SIEBEN and Apollonia GABEL/GOBEL was a citizen of Abenheim, Hesse-Darmstadt and a farmer in Sörgenloch, Hesse-Darmstadt. The names of some of their children were: John, Theresa, Valentin, Margaret, Leonard, Henry and Jacob.

Henry Sieben was born and baptized February 1, 1846 in Sörgenloch. Jacob Sieben was born December 20, 1849 and baptized December 22, 1849 in Sörgenloch. The baptism records report the following on the parents:

Henry: Joseph Sieben, citizen of Abenheim, farmer in Sörgenloch, and Apolloniae nat. Gab. Witness Henry Gobel.
Jacob: Joseph Sieben, citizen in Abbenheim and farmer in Soergenloch, and Apoloniae nat. Gabel.

According to Montana: The Magazine of Western History winter 1979, (which says Henry was born in 1847) the family came to the US when Henry was five. Three brothers, Henry, Jacob and Leonard traveled and worked between Illinois and Montana doing a variety of jobs including operating their own freight company. Henry eventually settled down near Helena, Montana where he started the Sieben Ranch which is still in existence today. Leonard settled down in Geneseo, IL where his descendents operate the Sieben Hybrids company today. Jacob took ill around 1895 and returned to Illinois where he died in 1904.

John Sieben, possibly the eldest son of Joseph and Appolonia, apparently came to the US separate of his parents and family.

No Contacts

New York
from Mainz and Nackenheim, Rheinhessen
to US abt 1840

Brazil, So.America
from Nackenheim, Rheinhessen
to Brazil 1825

Heinrich SIEBEN and Anna Maria KEIM lived in or near Nackenheim, Hesse-Darmstadt. Henry was the son of George Peter SIEBEN believed to be of Zornheim, Hesse-Darmstadt, and Barbara LENZ. George Peter and Barbara were married in Nackenheim in 1765.

Two of Heinrich and Anna Marie's children were Sebastian and Peter. Sebastian married Clara ZOELLER in Mainz and sometime after1838 they emmigrated to America. Peter emmigrated to Brazil in 1825.

No Contacts

Minnesota
from Zornheim and Sörgenloch,
Rheinhessen
to US in 1854

George SIEBEN was born in Zornheim on September 2, 1809. He married Anna Marie Helmericht on October 21, 1841 in Sörgenloch. Anna Marie was born January 9, 1819 in Sörgenloch. In 1853 they emmigrated to Minnesota.
Some associated surnames: KUHN, THILL, SPILLMAN, FEYLER, SCHOEPF

Jackie

An interesting item about the above lines is that they all originate from the same area of Germany. Using Zornheim as a reference point, the following are distances/directions from Zornheim.

Abenheim	14 miles S
Sörgenloch	1 mile SW
Ebersheim	2 miles NE
Nackenheim	5 miles NE
Mainz	7 miles N

[Today, Mainz extends as far south as Ebersheim.]

Misc. Data of unknown connections

St. Boniface Cemetery, Chicago, IL These SIEBEN gravesites were found at St. Boniface Cemetery by Guy Miller during a visit to locate graves of the Michael Sieben families.	Section L, Block 1, Lot 22 Gertrude Sieben (name not on marker) Margaret Sieben 1869-1941 William H. Sieben 1869-1919 Mamie Williams nee Sieben 1894-1973 (back of Margaret & William monument) Section A, Block 7, North 1/2 Lot 27 Johanna Sieben Oct 10, 1875 - Jun 13, 1926 John Sieben May 8, 1870 - Feb 6, 1990 ?? Age of 119 ?? Johanna M. Sieben (Died Aug 6, 1902, no record on marker) Section RA, South 1/2 Lot 146 (no marker) Elizabeth M. Sieben Feb 13, 1895 Anna Sieben July 4, 1915 Christina Sieben August 7, 1915 Peter S. Sieben March 8, 1952 Section AR, Grave 96 "1st class grave" No marker found George Sieben April 28, 1897 Section H, Block 9, North 1/2 Lot 10 (no marker found for north 1/2) Amanda Sieben Oct 22, 1919

Orphans in Chicago? 1880,.Lakeview Township, Cook County, IL from Prussia	The 1880 US Census as transcribed by the LDS on their census CD set shows four SEIBEN youth aged 11 to 19 recorded among a list of many other children with several nuns topping the list. What may or may not be relevant is that this facility, boarding school or orphanage is spaced two households away from the Michael Weber family whose mother, a SIEBEN, was the aunt of Michael Sieben of the Sieben Brewery in Chicago. NO connection can be found for these four children in Ebersheim however. This dwelling may be the Angel Guardian Orphanage which was located on Ridge Blvd. at Devon Avenue. (suggested by Joe Weber, a descendant of a brother of Michael Weber.) Henry SEIBEN Other M S W 19 PRUSSIA Occ: Farm Laborer Fa: PRUSSIA Mo: PRUSSIA Jacob SEIBEN Other M S W 15 PRUSSIA Occ: Farm Laborer Fa: PRUSSIA Mo: PRUSSIA Helena SEIBEN Other F S W 13 PRUSSIA Fa: PRUSSIA Mo: PRUSSIA Joseph SEIBEN Other M S W 11 PRUSSIA Fa: PRUSSIA Mo: PRUSSIA UPDATE: Jan 31, 2003 The following information is from the 1965 publication *"A History of Angel Guardian Orphanage - One Hundred Years Of Service - 1865-1965"* In the final pages of the publication, there is a listing of "Priests, Brothers and Sisters, who at one time in their childhood, spent at least a few years at Angel Guardian." Within the listing appear: Brothers Of Mary: Brother Henry, Henry Sieben Brother Jacob, Jacob Sieben Brother Joseph, Joseph Sieben Poor Handmaids Of Jesus Christ Helen Sieben, Sr. Winifreda

Researcher: Michael Maxfield [email protected]
Researching the Michael Sieben family which arrived in Chicago in 1860 from Ebersheim near Mainz in Hesse-Darmstadt.
Associated surnames: Zimmermann, Darmstadt, Eckert, Schaeffer, Thart, Weber, Knussmann, Machol, Baer.

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