The
Irsfeld / Engeln Branch
(page is being reworked at this time)
Irsfeld ~ Meaning- "
First Field"
The Irsfeld's lived for at least 3 generations in Schoenecken,
Germany, located in
Rhineland-Pfalz .Schoenecken is a village
of a few thousand people located four
miles southeast of Pruem; one mile south
of Schoenecken is the small village
of Wetteldorf, the
location of the Old Parish of Wetteldorf. Several of the Irsfeld's
ancestor's are buried here.. One mile to the east
is the Hamlet of Irsfelderhof,
a place that the early Irsfelds probably originated. Early church
records refer to it as
Irsfeld. The surname Engeln is also found in the town of Schoenecken
but as of yet
no connection with our Engeln line has been found
here.
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*Denotes
our direct line
Nicolaus
Irsfeld*:
Born 1737 at Wetteldorf , Prussia.
Married:
Catherine Henckes
(Hankes)*
on 1756 in Schoenecken.
Child:
Peter
Handels*:
Born 1757.
Married: Dorothy Gitzen*
(Born 1756-Died 1844. Buried at
Wetteldorf).
Children
of Peter and Dorothy:
Johann: 1790 - 1866 Married:
Walburga Kyndts
Susan Catherine: b. 1793
Joannes:
b.
1799
Marie
(Ersfeld):
b.
1801
Anna Catherine
(Ersfeld):
1804 Married:
Anton Hanengress
Nicolaus
Irsfeld*:
Born:
1783 and baptized at the Parish
of Wetteldorf. Died: 1863.
*First
Married: Christina
Brochen in Schoenecken, Germany.
Witnesses:
Christina Thome' & Hoos.
Hermes.
Nicolaus' second Marriage to
Maria Anna
Brand
(of
Seffern)
in Schoenecken in
1827.
Children Unknown. Maria's parents
were: Anton Brand and Anne Marie Henfen.
Nicolaus' occupations:
1804 - Merchant; 1806 - Farmer; 1813 - Innkeeper; 1823 -
Farmer
Children of Nicolaus
and Christina
Brochen:*
Susan
Clara:
1804 - ? Married:
1832
Peter
(Nicolaus):
1806 -
1806
Eva:
b. 1813 -
?
Lambert*:
b. 1810 -
1880
First Marriage on 5/15/1839
to Anna Maria
Minerath
(Of Killerheim.
Witnesses to the wedding:
John Irsfeld & Hubert
Brand).
Parents:
James Minerath & Cunigunda
Walerius.
Died from typhoid in 1847 and
was buried in Schoenecken.
Children of
Lambert & Anna Maria
Minerath:
Nicolaus: b.
1840- d. 1920 after a fall off of "Dolly", a run-a-way sorrel,
while
he was on his way to church.
Buried: St. Mary of Carmel cemetary
with
Rev. F. Britcher
officiating;
Married:
Ellen Farrell
+ Lambert
Irsfeld:
b.
1873
+ Anna
Johanna:
1875-
1885
+
Ella Nora:
b.
1875
+Johanna
Rose: 1877-
1877
+ Nicholas William:
b.
1879
+James
Balthasar: b.
1880
+Hermina:
b. 1885
Balthasar Lambert:
b. April 1, 1841- Witnesses at
birth:
Balthasar Lambertus
Bach
from Hillesheim;
Not
Married. Homesteaded in the frontier of Minnesota with his brother.
Died: 1897
due to "softening
of the brain".
Martinus:
1843 - 1912 from paralysis. Patient at
an institution for three years in
Midland, Jefferson County, Kansas; Occupation- Gardener;
Married:
Leanna (N. Sway?)
in 1875. She was from
Indiana.
Catherine:
8/23/1847.
Second
Marriage: Margaret (Mary)
Theisges*. Born in Badon, Germany. Parents:
Michael & Mary
(Becker) Theisges /
Theis?.
Arrived in New York aboard the passenger
ship
"J. Z."on Aug. 6, 1852 and settled in Mequon,
Wisconsin.
Children of
Lambert & Margaret Theisges:
Katrina
(Catherine)*:
b. Aug. 23, 1847 Married:
Wilhelm Engeln*
(More information
on Catherine and Wilhelm at bottom of Page)
Children
of
Wilhelm Engeln & Katrina
(Catherine) Irsfeld*:
William (Willie):
1869 - May 26,
1871
Joseph:
April 23, 1874 - May 26,
1881
John J.
(Johann):
June 1876 -
?
Unknown
Child: All that is known is that the
child was one of the first 4 children and
died before 4 yrs. of
age.
Sister Mary
Aquila (Margaret/Margarette/Gertrude):
Mar. 30, 1879 - Dec. 21,
1947
Magdalen Johanna
(Lina)*: Mar. 13, 1881 - April 23, 1961
Married: John Joseph
Rice*
on Aug. 26,
1903
Frank
J.:
April 1882 - ? Married:
Mary ?
Anna:
July 1885 - ? Married:
Louis E. Mastropietro
(a tailor) on Aug. 7, 1917 by County
Judge. Louis was proportedly a tailor in California
for Bob Hope.
Catherine/Katherine:
April 1887 - ? Married:
Harry
Gabel
who managed the tabacco
concession in the Palmer House (Chicago).
She clerked at main Marshall Field store.
Johanna
Magdalena:
b. May 27, 1849 Married:
William Buellesbach/Billesbach;
Occupation: Cooper
(barrelmaker). Buellesbach-Germany
spelling;
from Beullesbach,
Germany (?)
**
Buellesbach
Family Web Site **
Third
Marriage:
Anna Maria
Theisges
(younger sister to
Margaret).
Children of
Lambert & Anna Maria
Theisges:
Anna b. 1856 in
Mequon, Wisconsin. Sponsors:
John Huhn & Anna Huebsch.
Baptized at St. James' Catholic Church in Mequon, WI.
- Died in Portland,
Oregon.
John b.
1868.
Anna (Marie)
Catherine: 1821
- 1874 Married: Franz (Franciscus)
Rosenweig on 4/21/1846.
+ Anne 1847 in Schoenecken
+ Margaret 1847 in Schoenecken
+ Clara 1852 in Wetteldorf
+Joannes 1855 in Wetteldorf
+ Lambertus 1858
in Wetteldorf
Margaret:
1823 - 1825. Married: Peter
Ewen in
Wetteldorf.
Father: Joannes
Ewen. Mother: Ursula
May.
Christina:
1825 - 1825
Wilhelm (William) Engeln
Born April 3, 1840 in ?,Germany.
Family possibly from the Eifel Region.
Immigrated in 1866;naturalized. Came on
the passenger ship
"The Hansa"from Bremen to
Southhampton to New York, Sept. 27, 1866.
Married approx. 1867 - 1868
Occupation: Clerk, then Dyer
Residence: 620 6th St. (for 50 years)
Owned home free of mortgage
Died from Myocarditis
Buried: Calvary Cemetery Block 10, Lot 62 E 1/2
Comments~
Supposedly, he left Germany because his parents
wanted him to enter a profession (doctor??)
that he did not want to do. He did not have any further communication
with his parents.
Katrina Irsfeld Engeln
aka Catherine/Catharine/Katherine
Born August 24, 1848 in Prussia, Germany
(Sister Aquila's obituary stated Milwaukee, but all other
documents state Germany ).
Immigrated 1852
Father: Lambert Irsfeld
Mother: Margaret Theisges Irsfeld
Baptized in Wetteldorf, Germany;
Witnesses: Goh.Theisges
of Prum
& Catherine Hahn
of
Wetteldorf.
The Irsfeld's came on the passenger ship "The
J.Z." (John Zerega)
leaving Antwerp and arriving in New York
on Aug. 6, 1852.
Mother: Margaret (Mary)Theisges m. Sept.20, 1847 - Second Marriage for
Lambert
Maternal Grandparents: Michael Theisges
Mary Becker Theisges (Bodem, Rheinland, Prussia)
Sister: Johanna Magdalena (Lena/Mary) b. 5/27/1849
Married William Buellesbach/Billesbach (Buellesbach-German spelling).
Half-Brothers Sisters: Nicolaus,Balthasar Lambert, Martin, Anna & John.
Residence at time of death: 1232 1st. St., Milwaukee, WI.
Died from valvular disease of heart
Buried: Calvary Cemetery Block 10, Lot 62 E
1/2
You are listening to, "Mein Hut der hat Drei Ecken"
"My Hat Has Three Corners".
