Johannes (Gabel) Happel (abt. 1768)

Born about 1768 in Grimm, Saratov, Russia

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Johannes (Gabel) Happel was a Volga German.

Johannes (Gabel) Happel has German Roots.

Family #139 in the 1775 Grimm census.
Family #104 in the 1798 Grimm census.
Family #126 in the 1834 Grimm census.

Johannes Gabel/Gapel/Happel was born in 1768 in Grimm, Russia, to parents Johannes Gabel and Anna Katharina (Unknown) Gabel. He is first listed in the 1775 Grimm census.

1775 Grimm Census ^[1]

Family # 139

Head of the Household Johann Gapel [Happel?] [sic], age 42

Wife Anna Katharina Gapel/Gable, age 28

Child #1 Johannes Gapel/Gable, age 6 years 6 months

Child #2 Georg Christophel [sic] Gapel/Gable, age 3

Child #3 Johann Georg Gapel/Gable, age 9 months

He married Maria Barbara (Jaeger) Happel by 1790 and son Johann Georg Happel was born the following year.

1798 Grimm Census ^[2]

Family # 104

Head of the Household Johannes Gapel [Happel?], age 66

Wife Johanna Schultz Gapel [Happel?] from Sarepta, age 40, second wife

Child #1 Louisa Gabel/Gapel/Happel, age 5, daughter of Johanna Schultz, born out of wedlock

Child #2 Johannes Gapel [Happel?], age 29

Wife of Child #2 Maria Barbara Jäger Gapel [Happel?], age 29, from Dietel

Grandchild #1 Georg Gapel [Happel?], age 7

Child #3 Johann Georg Gapel [Happel?], age 25

Wife of Child #2 Elizabeta [sic] Felde Gapel [Happel?], age 24

Grandchild #2 Katharina Gapel [Happel?], age 6 months

By 1834, he was married to a second wife, Anna Barbara. This indicates that his first Maria Barbara Jäger was deceased. Not only was Anna Barbara his second wife, but she was likely a widow. Her identity can be narrowed down to one of these two individuals from Grimm.

• Family #64 Anna Barbara Waller Schmidt 1767 Johannes Schmidt
• Family #147 Anna Barbara Maier Reizenstein 1768 Johann Michael Reizenstein

Anna Barbara Waller Schmidt, #64 in the 1798 census, was still alive in 1834 and is listed as the head of her household #87. She can be ruled out as his second wife. Anna Barbara Maiser Reizenstein's name does not appear with her husband's family in the 1834 census, and her husband has a different wife. Typically this means that the first wife passed away. It is possible, however, that the couple divorced. All their children were grown. Although divorce was unusual, it can't be ruled out as a possibility. It's also possible Anna Barbara was from another village.

1834 Grimm Census ^[3]

Family # 126

Head of the Household Johannes Happel, age 66

Wife Anna Barbara Happel, age 68

Child #1 Johann Georg Happel, age 43

Grandchild #1 Johannes Happel, age 19

Grandchild #2 Elisabeth Happel, age 17

Grandchild #3 Christina Elisabeth Happel, age 16

Grandchild #4 Johann Jakob Happel, age 13

Grandchild #5 Johann Christoph Happel, age 11

Grandchild #6 Johann Philipp Happel, age 10

Grandchild #7 Johann Georg Happel, age 8

Grandchild #8 Johann Heinrich Happel, age 7

Grandchild #9 Katharina Elisabeth Happel, age 4

Nephew Johann Adam Happel, age 12 in 1816, to household #297

Note Johann Adam was the son of an unnamed brother

Johannes Happel is not listed in the 1857 Grimm census; he most likely had passed away. ^[4] If he were still living that year, he would have been 89 years old.

Sources

1. ↑ The 1775 and 1798 Census of the German Colony on the Volga, Lesnoy Karamysh, also known as Grimm; Published by the American Historical Society of Germans from Russia, Lincoln, Nebraska, USA; Published date: 1995; family #139 in the 1775 census.
2. ↑ The 1775 and 1798 Census of the German Colony on the Volga, Lesnoy Karamysh, also known as Grimm; Published by the American Historical Society of Germans from Russia, Lincoln, Nebraska, USA; Published date: 1995; family #104 in the 1798 census.
3. ↑ 1834 Census of Grimm in the District of Saratov, Russia, dated 2 February 1835; Translated by Brent Mai, Concordia University, Portland, Oregon; Published by Dynasty Publishing, Beaverton, OR, USA; Published 2011; page 39, family #126.
4. ↑ 1857 Census of Grimm in the District of Saratov, Russia, dated 5 November 1857; Translated by Brent Mai, Concordia University, Portland, Oregon; Published by Dynasty Publishing, Beaverton, OR, USA; Published 2005; page 54, family #144, and page 13, family #31.