Carl Ludwig Thom (1821 - 1915)

Born 21 Aug 1821 in Grumsdorf, Neustettin, Pommern, Germany

Husband of Fredericka Caroline Wilhelmine (Huebner) Thom — married 5 Nov 1852 in Gramenz, Neustettin, Pomerania, Germany

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Died 1 Apr 1915 at age 93 in Piper City, Ford, Illinois

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Biography

Birth

Carl was born in 1821 in Grumsdorf, Germany. He died in 1922 according to his obituary. ^[1]

Life

Carl married Fredericka Huebner, daughter of Johann Huebner on 05 Nov 1852 in Gramenz, Neustettin, Pommern, Germany.^[2]

They had three daughters together - Hanne W. (Thom) Kieper who died at age 25 in Germany, Auguste Emelia (Thom) Eberhart, and Henrietta (Thom) Keiper. Both Emilia and Henrietta emigrated to the US, settling in Illinois.

Carl and Fredericka emigrated to the US in April of 1879 arriving on 11 Apr 1879 in New York on the ship Suevia.^[3] Carl and Fredericka were listed as "between deck passengers." Between deck was another term referring to steerage. The ship Suevia was a large passenger ship that was assigned to Hamburg, Germany to New York runs starting in 1874.^[4]

In 1880, Carl, wife Fredericka, daughter Henrietta Thom and grandson Carl Thom (probably Charles Keiper, son of Henrietta's husband William Keiper) were on the Pella township, Ford county, Illinois census.^[5] After he was widowed, he was on the 1900 and 1910 censuses in Pella township, living in the household of son-in-law William Keiper and daughter Henrietta (Thom) Keiper.^[6][7]

Death

Carl died on 01 Apr 1915 at his daughter's home in Pella township^[8] He was buried in Brenton cemetery near Piper City in Ford county, Illinois.

Obituary of Carl Thom:

Death of Carl Thom Carl Thom died at the home of his daughter, Mrs. William Keiper, in Pella township, on Thursday, April 1, 1915, his death resulting from injuries received in an fall a few days previous to his death, and mention of which was made in this paper last week. Funeral services were held at the Keiper home on Saturday afternoon, conducted by Rev. Louis J. Albert and were largely attended. Burial was in Brenton cemetery.

Carl Ludwig Thom was born in Grumsdorf, Germany, on August 21st, 1821. In the fall of 1852, he was married to Mrs. Fredricka Huebner. To them were born three daughters, one of whom died in Germany at the age of 25 years. The others Mrs. Albert Eberheart of 2934 Herndon St, Chicago, and Mrs. William Keiper of this place.

Mr. Thom came from Germany to America in the year 1879 coming at once to Piper City, where he has since made his home with his daughters on the farm. He was a quiet and unassuming gentleman, and while of late years, owing to his advanced age he had not mingled with the public, yet was well known and esteemed in the home community. Besides the two daughters, eight grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren are left. to mourn his death.

Card of Thanks We desire to extend our sincere thanks to the neighbors and friends who were so kindly helpful to us during the illness and death of our beloved father, Carl Thom. Mr. and Mrs. William Keiper and family

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Sources

1. ↑ Obituary for Carl Thom, Piper City (Illinois) Journal, unknown date in April 1915.
2. ↑ "Deutschland, Preußen, Pommern, Kirchenbücher 1544-1945," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-1-18352-45132-8?cc=1874205 : accessed 20 December 2014), Pommern > Neustettin > Evangelische Kirche Gramenz > Taufen, Heiraten, Tote 1849-1855 > image 198 of 344; Landesarchiv Greifswald, Greifswald [Greifswald Provincial Archives, Greifswald].
3. ↑ Source Citation: Year: 1879; Arrival: New York, New York; Microfilm Serial: M237, 1820-1897; Microfilm Roll: Roll 417; Line: 3; List Number: 336; Source Information Ancestry.com. New York, Passenger Lists, 1820-1957 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010.
4. ↑ Wikipedia, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suevia_%28ship%29, Accessed 26 Apr 2015.
5. ↑ "United States Census, 1880," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MXJF-CH9 : accessed 28 April 2015), Charles Thorn, Piper City, Ford, Illinois, United States; citing enumeration district 107, sheet 281B, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 0206; FHL microfilm 1,254,206.
6. ↑ "United States Census, 1900," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MS71-B8L : accessed 28 April 2015), Carl Thorn in household of William Keeper, Pella Township, Ford, Illinois, United States; citing sheet 6A, family 102, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 1,240,301.
7. ↑ "United States Census, 1910," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MKHZ-66N : accessed 28 April 2015), Carl L Thom in household of William Kuper, Pella, Ford, Illinois, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 12, sheet 2A, family 31, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 1,374,248.
8. ↑ See obituary.

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