Johann Joseph Fuchs (1819 - 1891)

Born 6 Sep 1819 in Langenfeld, Dist. Mayen, Rhineland, Prussia (Germany)

Ancestors

Husband of Anna Catharina (Stumpf) Fuchs — married 7 Jan 1850 in St John the Baptist Catholic Church, Johnsburg, Fond du Lac County, Wisconsin

Descendants

Died 3 Nov 1891 at age 72 in Vermillion, Dakota County, Minnesota

Problems/Questions Profile manager: Robin Rainford [send private message]

Biography

When John Joseph Fuchs was born on September 6, 1819, his father, Anton, was 38 and his mother, Maria, was 34. He came to the United States in 1841. He married Anna Catharina Stumpf on January 7, 1850 at St. John the Baptist Catholic Church, Johnsburg, Fond du Lac County, Wisconsin. They traveled to south of St Paul, MInnesota to an area near Vermillion called New Trier. He cleared 160 acres and helped found the Catholic parish in the area. He died on November 3, 1891, in Vermillion, Minnesota, at the age of 72, and was buried in New Trier, Minnesota.

"J J Fuchs of Hampton died after a brief illness, aged seventy-two years. He was a prominent farmer of Dakota county." Courtesy of: New Ulm weekly review., November 11, 1891

Children

1. Michael Martin Fox 1851–1926
2. John Baptist Fox 1853–1924
3. Joseph Fox 1856–1884
4. Maria Fox 1858–1907
5. Nicholas Joseph Fox 1860–1939
6. Elisabeth Fox 1861–1937
7. Appolonia Fox 1863–1949
8. Karl John Fox 1866–1878
9. Ferdinand Nicholas Fox 1871–1964
10. August Fox 1874–1918
11. Minnie Stedfeldt 1875– adopted

Sources

• Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 27 October 2018), memorial page for Johann Joseph Fuchs (6 Sep 1819–3 Nov 1891), Find A Grave Memorial no. 43921021, citing Saint Marys Catholic Church Cemetery, New Trier, Dakota County, Minnesota, USA ; Maintained by C Melton (contributor 47057822) .

• Fuchs, Johann Joseph, born 06.09.1819 Langenfeld (Nr. 96 /1819 StA Virneburg) Parents: Anton Fuchs u. Katharina Langenfeld. Auswanderung mit Familie Anton Fuchs. In der Geburtsurkunde wurde nur der Vorname Johann angegeben

Research of Uwe Kruse

• Neill, Rev. Edward D. "History of Dakota County", "John J. Fox was one of many Germans who made a claim in Hampton township in March, 1855.Others mentioned were Conrad, Peter, and Nicholas Doffing (all natives of Luxembourg), Joseph Stumpf (A. Catharina's brother) and Nicholas Kranz (another Luxembourg).In October of that year, J. J. Fox filed his application at the Land Office in Red Wing.The Minnesota Territorial census of 1857, J. J. Fox's land was 160 acres located in Town 113 and Range 18.

In that year, the newly organized parish of St. Mary's agreed to swap 10 acres of J. J.'s standing wood acres for 30 acres of open land.Years later, the family moved into the same log shanty where the first mass was said and where they lived until 1864 when they built the stone house that his son Ferdinand, and then his daughter Mrs. Kieffer owned. August Langenfeld, a first cousin of J. J. Fox, and Nicholaus Fuchs his brother, both originally being from Langenfeld, Germany also emigrated and became part of this community. "