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Peter S Huber (abt. 1837 - abt. 1905)

Peter S Huber
Born about in Possan, Bavaria, Germanymap [uncertain]
Husband of — married 9 Jan 1865 in Prairie du Chien, Crawford, Wisconsin, USAmap
Descendants descendants
Died about at about age 68 in Yankton, Yankton, South Dakota, United Statesmap
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Biography

Peter was born at Passou, a leading city in the kingdom of Bavaria, Germany. Reared on a farm, he received his education in the common schools of the district in which he lived. In 1864, he and his mother emigrated to America on a steerage vessel, which took 3-4 weeks. They settled first in McGregor, Clayton Co., Iowa. He worked as a farm hand for a year or so and saved enough money to buy 20 acres of timberland. With the help of the family, they cleared and cultivated the land. After 3 years, he exchanged this land for a yoke of oxen, a cow, and a wagon. With these, their household goods, tools, and food, he took the family to South Dakota in 1869. The pioneer couple settled on the homestead in Yankton County on the James River near Jamesville, 15 miles north and approximately 1-1/2 miles west of Yankton. The county was largely unsettled; consequently, they had many experiences with Sioux Indians, prairie fires, grasshopper plagues, sod houses, and the blizzard of 1888 (which took many lives). There was ample wild game such as rabbits, prairie chickens, ducks, geese, and fish from the James River. The rich soil, which they were the first to till, yielded bountiful crops.

Peter and his wife pre-empted six claims of 160 acres each. Four of these were timber claims. After a house was built, they erected more buildings, cleared trees, and farmed more ground as fast as their limited resources permitted. It was during these years that they were often visited by curious, friendly Indians, who followed the James River to the Missouri and back again. They traded their furs and animal skins for food, trinkets, beads, etc. Many years later when they were farming on the prairie, the family was visited by gypsies, medicine men, and strangers walking through the country looking for work, food, and a place to sleep. They tried to be good to these people.

Peter moved to Yankton in 1900 and lived at 412 Douglas.

Buried at Sacred Heart Cemetery, Yankton, South Dakota, USA.

Name

Peter S Huber

Birth

Date: 29 JUN 1837
Place: Possan, Bavaria, Germany[1]
Date; Jun 1837
Place: Germany[2]
Date: 1838
Place: Germany[3]

Death

Date: 21 NOV 1905
Place: Yankton, Yankton County, South Dakota, USA
Burial Place: Sacred Heart Cemetery, Yankton, Yankton County, South Dakota, USA.[1]
Burial Date: 24 Nov 1905
Cause of death: Pulmonary edema, secondary to enlargement & fatty degeneration of heart[4]

Residence

Date: 1880
Place: Township 96 North Range 56 West, Yankton, Dakota Territory, USA
Household:
  • Peter Huber Self Male 42 Germany
  • Theresia Huber Wife Female 38 Germany
  • Franz Huber Son Male 17 Germany
  • Carolina Huber Daughter Female 14 Iowa, United States
  • Joseph Huber Son Male 13 Dakota Territories
  • Peter Huber Son Male 12 Dakota Territories
  • Maria Huber Daughter Female 11 Dakota Territories
  • Katharina Huber Daughter Female 9 Dakota Territories
  • Charles Huber Son Male 7 Dakota Territories
  • Theresa Huber Daughter Female 4 Dakota Territories
  • Bertha Huber Daughter Female 0 Dakota Territories[3]
Date: 1900
Place: Township 96-Range 55-56, Yankton, South Dakota, USA
Household:
  • Peter Huber Head Male 63 Germany
  • Theresa Huber Wife Female 58 Germany
  • Bertha Huber Daughter Female 21 South Dakota
  • Cicilia Huber Daughter Female 19 South Dakota
  • Josephine Huber Daughter Female 15 South Dakota
  • Louisa Huber Daughter Female 13 South Dakota
  • Solotis French Servant Male 20 Iowa
  • Joseph Grojesky Servant Male 17 Illinois[2]

Immigration to the USA

Date: 1864 [2]

Marriage

Date: 09 JAN 1865
Place: Prairie du Chien, Crawford, Wisconsin, USA
Spouse: Therese Reisinger, daughter of Louis and Magdalena Reisinger[5][6]

Sources

  1. 1.0 1.1 Find A Grave: Memorial #68207905
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MMRF-TS1 : accessed 13 June 2021), Peter Huber, T.96-R.55-56, Yankton, South Dakota, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 356, sheet 10B, family 163, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,241,555.
  3. 3.0 3.1 "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MCVH-7F4 : 19 February 2021), Peter Huber, Township 96 North Range 56 West, Yankton, Dakota Territory, United States; citing enumeration district ED 110, sheet 515A, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm 1,254,115.
  4. "Peter Huber Death Certificate 1905," South Dakota Dept. of History, Bureau of Census and Vital Statistics, Certificate and Record of Death. Register #64, Yankton County, Yankton, SD. Dated November 21, 1905, signed by James Roane, MD.
  5. "Wisconsin Marriages, 1836-1930", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XRL4-7ZK : 30 January 2020), Peter Huber, 1865.
  6. Crawford County Register of Deeds, Crawford Co., Wisconsin; #603 dated 22 Feb 1865; Certified Marriage Record of Peter Huber and Thersa Reisinger, Vol 4 - Marriages - page 204.

See also (a subscription is required to view these records):

  • Ancestry.com, record for Peter Huber
  • Public Member Trees at www.ancestry.com
  • "Iowa State Census Collection, 1836-1925," Ancestry.com

Acknowledgments

  • This profile was created through the import of Lanctot Modified 1-11-11.ged on 12 January 2011.




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Huber-299 and Huber-2425 appear to represent the same person because: appears to be the same person
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