GERMAN ANCESTORS

US-Emigrants from Stockstadt am Main





FRANZ ANSELM WOLF

(1878-1933)

Variant name Anselm Wolfe
3 May 1878 Anselm is born in Stockstadt am Main.

Father: Johann Wolf (1842-1922) 
Mother: Josepha Rückert (1844-1893)

Godfather: Anselm Scharf
EMIGRATION

1888
Anselm and his family emigrate to the U.S.

Ship: Steamer Eider
Port: Bremen
Arrival: New York
Date: 22 March 1888

Family members:

Wolf Johann, 45, laborer
Wolf Josefa, wife, 43 (= Josefa Rückert)
Wolf Dorothea, daughter, 22
Wolf Josefa, daughter, 16
Wolf Johann, son, 15
Wolf Katharina, daughter, 13
Wolf Anselm, son, 9

Passengers from Stockstadt am Main
on the same ship:

Scharf Wilhelm, 39, laborer
Scharf Thekla, wife, 40 (=Thekla Seitz)
Scharf Adam, son, 12
Scharf Magdalena, daughter, 8
Scharf Leonora, daughter 5

Source: New York Passenger Lists, 1820-1891
3 March 1893Anselm's mother Josefa Rückert dies in Crary, Ramsey, Dakota Territory and is buried in Saint Benedicts Cemetery, Crary.

Source: Findagrave
CENSUS

1900
Residence:
Bartlett, Minnewaukan, Odessa/Stevens, Ramsey, North Dakota

Anselm lives in the household of his father and second wife Frances.

Wolf John, head, 58
Wolf Franzisca, wife, 34 (= second wife)
Wolf Unsem, son, 21 (= Wolf Franz Anselm)
Wolf Fred J, son, 2

Source: United States Census 1900
1909 Anselm owns land in Hope Township, Ramsey, North Dakota.

Source: U.S. Indexed County Land Ownership Maps 1860-1918
Collection Number:
G&M_97; Roll Number: 97
8 September 1913Anselm returns from a visit in Germany.

Ship: Grosser Kurfuerst
Port: Bremen
Arrival: New York
Date: 8 September 1913

Source: New York Passenger Lists, 1820-1957
Year: 1913; Arrival: New York, New York; Microfilm Serial: T715, 1897-1957; Microfilm Roll: Roll 2170; Line: 11; Page Number: 18

(Ship list notes that father Johann lives in Brentanostraße 9, Aschaffenburg)
CENSUS

1915
Anselm lives in Minnewaukan, Ramsey, North Dakota in the household of his brother John B Wolf. Neighbours are Stockstadt families Seitz, Scharf and Kneisel.

Source: Census of North Dakota 1915, roll 6870
1920Anselm marries Elsie Elizabeth Leeson (born 1895 in Kansas).
 
Their children are: Anselm Thomas, Leland Henry, John Calvin, Bernard James.
CENSUS

1920
Residence:
Ontario, Ramsey, North Dakota

Family members:

Wolf Anselm, head, 41, cashier in bank
Wolf Elsie, 26

Source: United States Census 1920
CENSUS

1930
Residence:
Ontario, Ramsey, North Dakota

Family members:

Wolf Anselm, head, 52, rancher
Wolf Elsie E, 35, nurse, born in Kansas
Wolf Anselm F, son, 9, born in Minnesota
Wolf Lealand H, son,7, born in Minnesota
Wolf John, son, 2, born in Wyoming

Source: United States Census 1930
1933 At the age of 55, Franz Anselm dies in Hulett, Crook County, Wyoming, and is buried in Hulett Cemetery.

Source: Findagrave
1940Anselm's wife and children live in Crook, Wyoming.

Source: United States Census 1940
2 February 1988Anselm's wife Elsie Elizabeth Leeson (second married name Terhune) dies in Fort Meade, South Dakota. She is buried in Hulett Cemetery, Crook, Wyoming.

Source: Findagrave

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