Nieland Family History and Genealogy

Nieland Homepage Updates - 2009

2009-05-22T16:17:00.000-07:00

These updates/additions were made to the Nieland Homepage in 2009:

June 26: Obituaries: Patrick Henry Hannasch 1958-1978.
June 25: Called to the Faith: added Father Christopher Reising.
June 25: History-Stories: added Pat and Julia (Nieland) Poeppe stories.
June 25: Obituaries: updated Elizabeth Nieland 1854-1962.
June 08; Burials: Updated List of Grave Locations on History page.
June 08: Obituaries: Alvin Leo Eden 1932-2008; Barbara Jo Kraus, 1961-2009; Irma Steinkamp 1929-1997.
May 28: Obituaries: Helen Rose Sander (Nieland) 1912-2009; Mary Joan Buelt (Haller) 1948-1996; Vernon Peter Brincks 1942-2009; Lawrence Henry Louis 1939-2009; Isabelle A Langel (Reising) 1926-2009; Laura Engel (Boes) 1911 2009
May 27: Ancestry: Maria Anna Nieland Tree, Rev 17, 33 new names. Anna branch 4,254. Total 8,553.
May 26: Ancestry: John Gerhard Nieland Tree, Rev 13, 4 new names. Gerhard branch 1,110.
May 22: Ancestry: John Henry Nieland Tree, Rev 9 and 10, 21 new names. Henry branch 1,972.
May 20: Ancestry: Maria Angela Nieland Tree, Rev 13, 14 new names. Angela branch 915.
May 07: Ancestry: Maria Angela Nieland Tree, Rev 12, 17 new names. Angela branch 901.
April 25: Obituary: Ardys Ann Boes (Collins) 1932-2009. Total 318.
Recount all branches. Total names 8,464.

Nieland Homepage Updates - 2008

2008-10-12T14:23:00.000-07:00

These updates/additions were made to the Nieland Homepage in 2008:

December 27: Stammbaum der Familie Nieland (The Nieland Family Tree), Jan 2008 ed., revised caption bottom page 9.
December 27: Obituary: Kenneth J. Stork 1959-2008. Total 316.
December 15: Ancestry: Maria Anna Nieland Tree, Rev 16, 14 new names, Anna branch 4,143. Total 8,460.
December 15: Site info: Updated Surname list. Total 1866 surnames in Nieland ancestry tree.
December 15: Obituary: Lynette Schultes (Steinkamp) 1921-2008. Total 315.
December 15: Obituary: Diane Frischmeyer (Ross) 1956-1999. Total 314.
December 01: Ancestry: Maria Angela Nieland Tree, Rev 11, 9 new names. Angela branch 884. Total 8,446.
November 28: Obituary: Sean Michael Beisch 1992-2000. Total 313.
November 22: Obituary: Wilma Jean Boes (Pudenz) 1935-2008. Total 312.
November 22: Ancestry: John Gerhard Nieland Tree, Rev 12, 21 new names and verify/recount. Gerhard branch 1,105. Total 8,437.
October 12: Ancestry: John Gerhard Nieland Tree, Rev 11, 7 new names. Gerhard branch 1,088. Total 8,420.
August 24: Ancestry: Maria Anna Nieland Tree, Rev 15, 22 new names. Anna branch 4,129. Total 8,413.
August 23: Photos: Added Henry Joseph Nieland family photos to Photos page
August 15 Ancestry: John Gerhard Nieland Tree, minor corrections.
August 14 Photos: Added Mildred Wittrock photo album to Photos page.
August 10 History: Added new category "Over the Ocean" to History page. Added 6 postcards and 5 letters from German Nielands to American relatives, in both original German and English translations.
August 01 Obituary: Baylee Dane Tews 1989-2006. Total 311.
July 29 Obituary: Nola M. Weitl (Kohorst) 1933-2008. Total 310.
July 29 History: Added clipping "Cory Johnson - Trumpeter"
July 14 History: Added clipping "Rosina O'Tool 90th B-Day"
July 14 Ancestry: John Gerhard Nieland Tree, Rev 10, 16 new names. Gerhard branch 1,081. Total 8,391.
July 14 Photo Gallery (Franz Josef Nieland Family Photos). Added photo of Maria (Nieland) Vierhaus 1912-2003.
July 03 Ancestry: Maria Anna Nieland Tree, Rev 14, 112 new names. Anna branch 4,107. Total 8,375.
June 30 Ancestry: John Henry Nieland Tree, Rev 7, 14 new names. Henry branch 1,945. Total 8,263.
June 28 Ancestry: John Gerhard Nieland Tree, Rev 9, 58 new names. Gerhard Branch 1.065. Total 8,249.
June 25 Ancestry: Maria Angela Nieland Tree, Rev 10, 8 new names. Angela Branch 875. Total 8,191.
June 24 Obituary: Leona Mary Reising (Eischeid) 1920 - 2000. Total 309
June 24 Obituary: Gervase John “Gerry” Eischeid 1919 - 1997. Total 308.
June 24 Obituary: Elenora Victoria Steffes (Mueggenborg) 1920-2008. Total 307.
June 22 Obituary: Heinrich Greimann 1924-1998. Total 306.
June 22 Ancestry: Maria Anna Nieland Tree Rev 13, 27 new names. Anna branch 4,065. Total 8,183.
June 22 Obituary: Walter William Pudenz 1923-1995. Total 305
June 22 Ancestry: Maria Angela Nieland Tree Rev 9, 12 new names. Angela branch 867. Total 8,156.
June 21Obituary: Benjamin John Ludwig 1974 – 2001. Total 304.
June 21Obituary: Karen M Heithoff (Boes) 1942 - 1996. Total 303.
June 21Obituary: Bret Allan. Boes 1966 - 1986. Total 302.
June 20 Obituary William E Galloway 1943-2008. Total 301.
June 20 Obituary Bernhardine Albertine Nieland (aka Tepper) 1912-2008. Total 300.
June 20 Ancestry – Maria Anna Nieland Tree, minor edits
March 15 Obituary: Lawrence B Huegerich 1909-2008. Total 299.
March 01 Clipping: 1965 Fr. Clair Boes First Mass in Germany (German and English)
March 01 Ancestry: Maria Anna Nieland Tree, Rev 12, 69 new names. Anna branch 4,038. Total 8,144.
Feb 20 Obituary: Hendrina A (Seuntjens) Boes 1913-2008. Total 298.
Feb 20 Ancestry: John Gerhard Nieland Tree, Rev 8, minor edits. Gerhard branch 1,007. Total 8075.
Feb 15 Site info: Updated Surname list. Total 1788 surnames in Nieland ancestry tree.
Feb 13 Obituary: Maria (Finke) Klapsing 1925-2008. Total 297.
Feb 13 Obituary: Shane Michael Ludwig 1976-2008. Total 296.
Feb 13 Ancestry: Maria Anna Nieland Tree, Rev 11, 42 new names. Anna branch 3,969. Total 8,075.
Feb 13 Ancestry: Maria Angela Nieland Tree, Rev 8, 6 new names. Angela branch 855. Total 8033.
Jan 14 Book: Stammbaum der Familie Nieland, January 2008 Edition. 8,000+ names in tree.
Jan 12 Obituary: Kathleen E (Boes) Underberg1949-2008. Total 295
Jan 12 Ancestry: Maria Anna Nieland Tree, Rev 10, 49 new names. Anna branch 3,927. Total 8,027.

Updates Always Welcome

2008-03-14T08:57:00.000-07:00

Is your branch of the family tree up to date? Is someone missing? We count on family members to send us new information. If you or someone in your family can help us fill in the gaps, please let us know. Family group sheet can be downloaded from the web site for a handy way to make sure you are gathering all the needed information. Information can then be sent by email or snail mail to Kay Davis at the address on the web site.

Nieland Homepage Updates - 2007

2007-12-28T17:03:00.001-08:00

These updates/additions were made to the Nieland Homepage in 2007:

Dec 28 Obituray: James Anthony Roberts 1933-2007. Total 294
Dec 28 Obituary: Maxwell Joseph Kies 2006-2007. Total 293
Dec 13 Ancestry: Maria Angela Nieland Tree, Rev 7, 1 new name. Total 849/7,978
Dec 13 Ancestry: Maria Anna Nieland Tree, Rev 9, 16 new names. Total 3,878/7,977
Dec 13 Obituary: Harold A Eich 1925-2007. Total 292
Nov 30 Ancestry: John Gerhard Nieland Tree, Rev 6, 17 new names. Total 1007/7,961.
Nov 16 Obituary Cyril Joseph Boes 1918-2007 Total 291
Nov 03 Obituary Dean C Feld 1945 - 2007
Oct 19 Obituary: John Francis Schafer 1926-2007
Oct 16 Obituary: Ray and Marylou (Kremeier) Mueggenborg 1942/52-2007
Oct 15 Clipping: 2007 - German Mueggenborgs visit Okarche, OK
Oct 9 Ancestry: John Henry Nieland Tree, Rev 6, 1 new name. Total 1931/7,944.
Oct 9 Ancestry: Maria Anna Nieland Tree, Rev 6, 16 new names. Total 3878.
Sept 25 Ancestry: John Henry Nieland, Rev 5, 22 new names. Total 1930.
Sep 25 Obituary: PatriciaAnn Tigges_1962-2007
Sep 25 Obituary: Robert Allen Craiger 1952 -2007
Sept4 Obituary: Donald O Willis 1946-2007
Sep 3 Obituary: Victor H Tigges 1925-2007
Sep 3 Clipping: 2007 - Russian boys adopted by John and Anne Nieland
Sep 3 Clipping: 2007 - Bernd & Verena (Nieland) Sinnhuber visit to US.
Sep 3 Ancestry: Maria Anna Nieland tree. Rev 7, 18 new names. Total 3862
Aug 4 Ancestry: John Gerhard Nieland tree. Total 995
Jul 18 Obituary: Eberhard Felgenhauer 1940-2007.
Jul 17 Clipping: "Nielands adopt Russian Boys"
Jul 17 Ancestry: Maria Anna Nieland page. Total 3,874

Passenger Lists for Gerhard Böes and Maria Anna (Nieland) Böes

2007-07-16T14:46:00.000-07:00

Gerhard Heinrich Böes, called Gerhard Boes when he lived in Iowa, was born about September, 1837 in Ramsdorf, Prussia. Family stories say that he served as a Prussian soldier in both the Danish War (1864) and Austrian War (1866), and that he was wounded while he served. Gerhard was said to have put salt into his wound, so it would not heal and he could get out of the army. This didn’t work, so he deserted and fled to America. He is said to have been a stowaway. Census records list his date of arrival as 1867. He became a naturalized citizen on April 3, 1877 in Sac County, Iowa.

Maria Anna Nieland was born January 16, 1843 in Eschlohn, Prussia. Family stories tell of Ann earning passage for herself and Gerhard Boes by working as a hired girl for the Jasper family for two years. She may have traveled with the Henry Jasper family, which had five children and settled in Dyersville, Dubuque County, Iowa. They arrived in 1866. Anna and Gerhard Boes married on February 1, 1870 in Dyersville, Dubuque County, Iowa. They soon moved to Sac County, Iowa, where they purchased land and raised a family of nine children. Census records list Anna’a date of arrival as 1867.

We are looking for any information about the immigration of Gerhard and Maria Anna (Nieland) Boes. We would especially like to find passenger lists.

Nieland Homepage Blog Launched!

2007-07-15T21:18:00.000-07:00

We've just launched this blog for the Nieland Homepage. We will keep you apprised of what's going on with our research and updates to our homepage. We'll also ask for your help in filling in some of the gaps in our data. Please feel free to comment on our posts or to Contact us via our homepage.