Anna Catharina (Griep) Hillmer (1868 - 1952)

Born 8 Nov 1868 in Holte, Osnabrück, Niedersachsen, Germany

Ancestors

Daughter of Johann Heinrich Griep Jr. and Anna Gertrud (Brüggen) Griep

Wife of Joseph Hillmer Jr. — married 26 May 1903 in Long Prairie, Todd, Minnesota, United States

Died 4 Dec 1952 at age 84 in Bruce Township, Todd, Minnesota, United States

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Biography

Anna Catharina (Griep) Hillmer was born on 8 Nov 1868 in Holte, Osnabrück, Niedersachsen, Germany, daughter of Johann Heinrich Griep Jr. (1839 - 1913) and Anna Gertrud (Brüggen) Griep (1832 - 1895).

Her siblings were:

1. Maria Catharina Griep (1866 - )
2. Bernhard Heinrich Griep Sr. (1866 - 1955)
3. Heinrich Joseph Griep (1873 - 1949)

In 1879, at age 11, she immigrated to the US where they settled in Minnesota.

Anna (34) married Joseph Hillmer (26) (1876 - 1951) on 26 May 1903 in Long Prairie, Todd, Minnesota, United States. They had four children, all born in Bruce Township.

Their children were:

1. Herman Heinrich Hillmer (1904 - 1984)
2. Maria Gertrude (Hillmer) Eberle (1905 - 1960)
3. Frank Joseph Hillmer (1906 - 1975)
4. Edward Ludwig Hillmer (1910 - 1964).

Anna died on 4 Dec 1952 in Bruce Township, Todd, Minnesota, United States aged 84. She is buried in Saint Mary's Cemetery, Long Prairie.

1879 New York Passenger and Crew Lists departed from Bremen on the Mosel:

• Heinrich Grieb 40 Farmer born Germany
• wife Gertrude 47 born Germany
• child Bernhard 10 born Germany
• child Anna 8 born Germany
• child Heinrich 6 born Germany

1885 Minnesota Census in Burnhamville:

• Henry Griep 45 born Germany
• Gertrude 53 born Germany
• Barney 18 born Germany
• Anna 17 born Germany
• Henry 12 born Germany

1895 Minnesota Census in Burnhamville:

• Henry Griep 56 Farmer born Germany
• Kitrudes 64 born Germany
• Annie 25 born Germany
• Henry Griep Jr 22 born Germany

1900 Federal Census in Burnhamsville & Bruce Townships:

• Henry Griep 61 widowed Farmer
• son Bernard 33 Farm Laborer
• daughter Anna 32
• son Henry 28 Farm Laborer

1910 Federal Census in Bruce Township:

• Joseph Hillmer 33 farmer
• wife Anna C 40
• son Herman H 6
• daughter Maria G 4
• son Frank J 3
• son Edward L 0
• father-in-law Henry Greep [Griep] 72 own income

1930 Federal Census in Bruce Township:

• Joseph Hilmar 53 farmer dairy farm
• wife Anna 59
• son Herman 26 labor
• son Frank 25 labor
• son Edward 20 labor

1940 Federal Census in Bruce Township:

• Joseph Hillmer 63 farmer dairy farm
• wife Anna G 70
• son Herman H 36 labor
• son Edward L 30 labor
• nephew Lawrence H Hillmer 19

Long Prairie Leader, Thursday, December 11, 1952

Aged Resident Is Called Thursday

Mrs. Hillmer Rites Conducted Tuesday

Mrs. Anna Catherine Hillmer, since 1879 a resident of this county, died Thursday, Dec. 4. For the past 11 years she had been in failing health and she had been bedfast for the past year. Death was due to the infirmities attendant upon old age.

Funeral services were conducted Tuesday morning at 9:30 o’clock at St. Mary’s Catholic church. Msgr. George Rauch officiated and interment was made in the church cemetery. Mrs. John Carstenson was crossbearer and the following were pallbearers: Roger Eberle, R. J. Borgert, Al Roman, Otto Griep, Louis Griep and Albert Bense.

Mrs. Hillmer was the former Anna Catherine Griep, daughter of J. Henry and Gertrude (Briggen) Griep. She was born Nov. 9, 1868, in Holte, Germany. Eleven years later she came to this country and the remainder of her life was spent in Bruce and Long Prairie townships.

On May 26, 1903, she was married in this village to Joseph Hillmer and to them four children were born. They engaged in farming in Bruce and Long Prairie. Mr. Hillmer died March 25, 1951.

Mrs. Hillmer was a member of St. Mary’s Catholic church and of the Christian Mothers society.

Surviving her death are three sons and a daughter, Herman Hillmer and Mrs. George (Marie) Eberle of Long Prairie, Frank Hillmer of Carlos and Edward Hillmer on the home farm. Also surviving is a brother, Ben Griep, Sr., of Long Prairie. There are eight grandchildren.

Sources

• 1879 US Germans to America Index Heinrich Grieb 40 Gutrude Grieb 47Bernard Grieb 10 Anna Grieb 8 Heinrich Grieb 6
• 1885 Minnesota Census [1]
• 1895 Minnesota Census [2]
• 1900 Federal Census [3]
• 1910 Federal Census [4]
• 1930 Federal Census [5]
• 1940 Federal Census [6]
• Long Prairie Leader, December 11, 1952
• Findagrave [7]

Genetic Genealogy

• Paternal and maternal relationships are confirmed by a 23andMe test match between Mark Griep and L.H., third cousins. Their most-recent common ancestors are Johann Griep and Gertrude Brüggen, the 2Xgreat grandparents of Mark Griep and L.H. Predicted relationship from 23andMe: Third Cousins, based on sharing 64 cM (0.85%) across 3 segments.