Jacob Fink was born on November 15, 1842 in Gutenberg, Germany. His parents are unknown. He immigrated to the United States on April 13 1868.
Jacob Fink married Anna Maria Tisch on 26 December 1869 in Waterloo Township, Jackson CO., MI. She was born on 7 September 1851 in Kirchheim An Der Eck, Bavaria (now Rhineland-Palatinate), Germany. She is the daughter of Wilhelm "William" Tisch and Katharine Elisabethe "Catherine" Hanewald. Her family immigrated to Pennsylvania in 1852. About 1861, Anna moved to Waterloo Township, Jackson CO., MI.
In the 1916-1921 Rural Directory of Ingham County, Jacob Fink is listed as a farmer owning 270 acres of land, two horses, and five cattle. A 1922 topographic map shows the name of the lake as Fink Lake.
When Jacob Fink died on 6 February 1917 of lobar pnuemonia, he left the land he owned to his wife, Anna Maria "Mary" Fink. This included 270 acres more or less in Section 34 and Lot number three of Block number eight in the village of Stockbridge, MI. Six years later when Anna Maria Fink died on 21 June 1923, all the land passed to Jacob and Anna's children, William and Emma Marie Fink, Charles and Lyda Ella Fink, George and Phoebe Margaret Fink, and Minnie (George J.) Hurst. (Their son, Jacob Fink, died in 1895.) One year later, on 17 June 1924 all Jacob Fink's land passed to Charles and Lyda Ella Fink.
On 16 Jun 1939, Charles and Lyda Ella Fink received $385.12 for 3.095 acres more or less for a Highway Easement Release for the improvement of State Trunkline Highway M-106.
Charles and Lyda Ella Fink deeded 15 acres in Section 34 to Floyd Lady and his wife on 5 November 1941.
After Charles Fink died on 4 March 1945, Lyda Ella Fink granted 251 1/3 acres more or less to Eddie C. and Elizabeth N. Griffes on 18 May 1945.
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Source: S103 Text: Information from Mary Fink Schrock. March 2009.
Source: S255 Type: Census Title: 1910 Federal Census Place: MICHIGAN > INGHAM > STOCKBRIDGE TWP Date: 6 May 1910 Media: Series: T624 Roll: 651 Page: 233
Source: S256 Type: Census Title: 1880 Federal Census Place: MICHIGAN > INGHAM > STOCKBRIDGE Date: 15 Jun 1880 Media: Series: T9 Roll: 583 Page: 545
Source: S392 Type: Census Title: 1880 Federal Census Place: 1880 > MICHIGAN > INGHAM > STOCKBRIDGE SERS Series: T9 Roll: 583 Page: 545 Date: 15 Jun 1880
Source: S393 Type: Census Title: 1900 Federal Census Place: 1900 > MICHIGAN > INGHAM > STOCKBRIDGE TWP SERS Series: T623 Roll: 716 Page: 145 Date: 9 Jun 1900
Source: S399 Type: Vital Record Title: Marriage records 1833-1910; index to marriages 1867-1964 Place: Jackson County (Michigan). County Clerk FILM 0941634
Source: S425 Type: Vital Record Title: Certificate of Death-State of Michigan Date: 6 Feb 1917 Place: Stockbridge, Ingham Co., MI File Number: 190 Register: 1
Source: S50 Type: Census Title: 1900 US Federal Census Place: MISSOURI > ST LOUIS > 12-WD ST LOUIS Date: 6 Jun 1900 Media: digital Source Locality: Heritage Quest DATV Sep 2010 Object: Format: tif File: ~/Desktop/My Family/sources/FC1900.geo.r.plowman.tif Title: FC1900.geo.r.plowman Type: PHOTO DOCUMENT Primary or Preferred: N
Notes
Note N113
Jacob Fink may have been born in Edenkoben, Germany. At that time Edenkoben was in the state of Bavaria.
From Wikipedia: Edenkoben is a municipality in the Südliche Weinstraße district, in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. It lies approximately halfway between Landau and Neustadt an der Weinstraße. Edenkoben is one of the towns situated along the German Wine Route. Edenkoben is the seat of the Verbandsgemeinde ("collective municipality")
From familysearch.org:
JACOBUS FINK Pedigree
Male
Event(s):
Birth:
02 FEB 1842
Christening:
04 FEB 1842 Katholisch, Edenkoben, Pfalz, Bayern
Death:
Burial:
Parents:
Father: JOSEPHI FINK Family
Mother: BARBARAE VOEHLINGER
Messages:
Extracted birth or christening record for the locality listed in the record. The source records are usually arranged chronologically by the birth or christening date.
Possibly traveled to US on ship named New York, arriving 23 Jun 1860 from Bremen, Germany and Southampton, England. his place of origin listed as ?Schlitz?.
New York Passenger Lists, 1820-1957
about Jacob Fink
Name: Jacob Fink
Arrival Date: 26 Jun 1860
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1843
Age: 17
Gender: Male
Port of Departure: Bremen, Germany and Southampton, England
Destination: United States of America
Place of Origin: Schlitz
Ship Name: New York
Search Ship Database: View the New York in the 'Passenger Ships and Images' database
Port of Arrival: New York
Line: 37
Microfilm Serial: M237
Microfilm Roll: M237_202
List Number: 521
Port Arrival State: New York
Port Arrival Country: United States
Home in 1880 was Stockbridge, Ingham, Michigan.[15]
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Jacob by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA.
However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line.
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