Claus Hass a cottager (small farmer) in Steenseick, and Tepke Margaretha, maiden name of Ewald.

Marx was born the 19th** of February, 1836. (**Marriage record says the 18th) he was baptized February 28, 1836.

Marx's Godfathers were: Marx Hass of Holzbunge, and: Johann Ewald of Owschlag.

Marx's Godmother was: Trine Wulff of Holzbunge.

This information from Parish Register Nr. 19 - 1836 Steensieck.

Christina Margaretha Toelk was the daughter of:

Peter Toelk, a cottager in Cropp-Kathenausbau, and of Anna Maria, maiden name Uetermann.

Christina was born January 8, 1849.

She was baptised January 24, 1849.

Christina's Godfather was: Gerth Greve of Cropp-Kathenausbau Christina's Godmothers were: Catherina Margaretha Toelk of Cropp, And: Margaretha Greve of Cropp-Kathenausbau.

This information from Parish Register Nr. 14 - 1849 Kropp (Cropp)

The following is from the Marriage Register Nr. 6 -1869 Kropp Marx and Christina were married January 8, 1869.

Bride-Groom: Marx Hass, carpenter in Steensieck, son of the cottager Claus Hass in Steensieck, and of Tepke Margaretha, maiden name Ewald.

Bride: Christina Margaretha Toelk in Booklund, (Belonging also to the parish of Kropp) daughter of the 1/4- hide- farmer Peter Toelk in that place, and of Anna Maria, maiden name Uetermann.

At the day of their confirmation the two had proved to be vaccinated as per presented vaccination-certificate.

He was born February 18, 1836, and she was born January 8, 1849.

On the Advent Sundays 3 and 4 and on the Sunday after Christmas, they had been proclaimed in the Church of Kropp. This information was sent to my father, Harry Hass, in 1989, and he gave it to me Portia (Hass) Haynes.

Our ancestors Marx and Christina (Talk or Toelk) Hass came to America from Schleswig--Holstein, Germany.

Christina also had two sisters that came to America.

They were: Anna (Toelk) Frahm, (June 7, 1852 ?) who was married to Detlef Frahm.

And: Elsabe Catherina Toelk (1863 ?) (The question marks by the dates are because I am not sure these are the correct birth dates for them.)

Marx and Christina lived in Clinton, Iowa and then moved to a farm in Crawford County, Iowa.

I'm not sure where in America the sisters went, but I am searching for this information. A good guess would probably be the Clinton area, and whether or not they came to the Manning area also, is another question.

These dates and names may not be accurate or complete, and are open to correction and revision.

Also needed are the genealogies of each child's descendants.

Marx and Christina Hass had the following children, all born in Iowa:
Name Of Child -- Born
Married -- Died

1. Margaretha Christina Hass Aug-31-1869
Oct-01-1898 Mar-25-1957
Husband: Chris Fredrich Tank Jr. Feb-15-1864
Oct-01-1898 June-11-1946

2. Peter Hass ?-?-1870
Feb-17-1894 May-?-1949
Wife # 1: Johanna Kortum May-09-1876
Feb-17-1894 Feb-?-1965

Peter and Johanna were married by Jacob Kuehl, a Justice Of The Peace, and attended by Anna Hass and Bill Nulle.

Peter and Johanna (Hanna) Hass had three sons. When they separated in the early 1900s, he brought their 3 sons back to Iowa to raise.

In the 1920s the boys refused a request by their mother to see them, and they never knew where she had gone after that.

I found, in 1999, thanks in part to the Internet, that she had moved to Kalispell, Montana and bought a farm. There she lived out the rest of her life until her death in 1965.

Sometime after the divorce from Hanna, he remarried. Wife # 2: ? Rice
She died in the late 1950s or 1960s in Illinois.

3. Claus Johannes (Hannes) Hass Sept-26-1875
Wife: Ingelburg Cathrina Sonksen June -9-1880
Feb-22-1919

4. Albert Hass
Wife: Minnie Weidiman

5. Frank Hass
Wife: Paulina Anthony
They lived in the Manning community all their life, and had no children.

6. Edward Hass Sept-23-1923
Wife: Ella C. Sievertsen May-13-1957

7. Henry Alfred Hass Mar-25-1881
Sept-02-1914 Aug-26-1973
Wife: Mabel Martha Gunther Mar-04-1892
Sept-02-1914 Oct-18-1948

8. Anna Hass Feb-18-1895
Jan-12-1959
Husband: William Nulle Feb-18-1895 June-21-1950

9. Evalina Rosa Hass Feb-20-1883
Jan-30-1907 Aug-13-1966
Husband: Henry Paulsen Oct-29-1880
Jan-30-1907 Apr-10-1958

Evalina and Henry, and Emma and Albert, had a double wedding.

10. Emma Hulda Hass Jan-15-1888
Jan-30-1907 May-22-1924
Husband: Albert C. Stammer Feb-23-1879
Jan-30-1907 June-29-1958