| Parents:
Vocation: Marriage: |
Katharina Speck Carter Farmer [Source: NA Film No. T9-0615, p. 170D] Town clerk Caroline Ann Balder December 28, 1871 St. Lawrence Catholic Church Duelm, Benton, Minnesota by Father Joseph Buh Witnesses were Charles Balder and Magdalena Megis Caroline Ann Balder December 28, 1871 Witnesses were Charles Balder and Ann Kremer |
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| Children: | Joseph Charles | Oct. 30, 1872 | † Feb. 2, 1949 |
| Charles Joseph | Dec. 19, 1874 | † May 11, 1945 | |
| Albert F. | Sept. 17, 1877 | † Aug. 20, 1915 | |
| Adolph Robert | July 10, 1880 | † May 3, 1957 | |
| Clara Theresa | Apr. 19, 1883 | † May 7, 1964 | |
| William Joseph | Jan. 19, 1886 | † Nov. 2, 1959 | |
| Alma Mary | June 27, 1892 | † Dec. 24, 1968 |
| Notes: | Barbie Herbst talks about her great-great-great grandfather Martin: "His father died at an early age and his mother |
| remarried.
The step father didn't like Martin and made him sleep in the stable.
Martin Herbst came to America with his maternal uncle 1853 at the
age of nine years. Settled in Indiana where they farmed until 1865.
Martin went north to St. Cloud, Mn. There he was employed by the
freight company for almost five years. Because of the independence
he had found in farming, it induced him to take a homestead in
St. George Township in Benton Co. in 1869."
Martin Herbst was born Nov. 3, 1838, an illegitimate son of Katharina Speck. He immigrated to America on Feb. 15, 1853 at the age of 15 with his uncle, Michael Speck. "Martin Herbst, a native of Baden, Germany, was born on the 1st of November, 1844. At the age of nine years, he came with his uncle to America. Was engaged in farming St. Cloud. Here he was employed by the Freight Company, in drawing supplies for the frontier forts, until 1871, when he came to Glendorado Township, Benton County, and took a claim. The year following, he purchased the farm on which he now lives. Since 1875, he has been Town Clerk. Was married on the 28th of December, 1871, to Miss Caroline Balder. They have four children: Joseph C., Charles J., Albert F., and Adolphus R." -- from "History of the Upper Mississippi Valley," St. George Township (1881), p. 366 At the time of the 1880 federal census, Martin was 36 years old and living with his wife Caroline and their children Joseph C. (age 8), Charles J. (age 5) and Albert F. (age 2) on the family farm in St. George, Benton county, Minnesota. [Source: NA Film No. T9-0615, p. 170D] At the time of the June 1, 1900 federal census, Martin was 55 years old and living with his wife Caroline, and their children Charley J. (age 25), Albert F. (age 23), Adolphus (age 19), William (age 13), Clara (age 17) and Alma (age 7) on the family farm in St. George, Benton county, Minnesota. Martin and Caroline had been married for 28 years and were the parents of seven children. He was a farmer and a naturalized citizen who had been living in the United States for 46 years. [Source: NA Film No. T623-757, p. 1B, E.D. 318] At the time of the April 18, 1910 federal census, Martin was 65 years old and living with his wife Caroline, son William (age 24) and daughter Alma (age 17) on the family farm in St. George, Benton county, Minnesota. Martin and Caroline had been married for 39 years and were the parents of seven children. At that time Martin had his own income and his son William was working the farm in general farming. [Source: NA Film No. T624-690, p. 103A, E.D. 10, Part 2, line 9] |
| Ancestry: | The Balder Line [through marriage] |
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