Goebel Family
Generation 1
Friedrich Goebel, son of Philipp Goebel and Wilhelmine Knuettel, died before
1857. He is presumed to have lived his entire life in Germany and
was a blacksmith. He married Margaretha Knoblauch 26 May 1844 at
Unterreichenbach, Germany. She was born in 1821 at Germany and died after
1906 probably in Clark Co., WA. She immigrated to the US c1874-1875, lived
in Philadelphia and removed to Washougal, Clark Co., WA in 1876. For information
on her parents see the Knoblauch Family.
They had the following children:
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Conrad Goebel
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b. prob. Germany
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d. "killed in the war"
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Kate Goebel
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b. prob. Germany
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m. Jake Smith
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immigrated to the US and cooked for a "wealthy" family
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Wilhelmina "Minnie" Goebel
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b. March 1849 at Germany
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m. c1882 to Bathaser Acker at Philadelphia, PA
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immigrated to the US c1874-1875, lived in Philadelphia, PA and worked for
the Diston family
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removed with husband to Washougal, Clark Co., WA 1876
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William Goebel
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b. Germany
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m. bef 1882 to unknown and had at least one son, name unknown
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immigrated to the US and bought land at Mt. Norway, Washougal, Clark Co.,
WA c1876 and then sent for his wife and son
Illegitimate child of Margaret Knoblauch Goebel, father unknown:
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Margaret Goebel
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b. 26 February 1857 at Hettersroth, Oberhessen, Hessen, Germany
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d. 1936 at Portland, Multnomah Co., OR
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m. 17 December 1876 to Martin Jacob Campen at Mt. Norway, Washougal,
Clark Co., WA
Generation 2
Margaret Goebel was born 26 February 1857 in house Number 5 at Hettersroth,
Oberhessen, Hessen, Germany and died 1936 at Portland, Multnomah Co., OR.
She was baptised 4 March 1857 at Hettersroth with the name Margaretha
Knoblauch because she was illegitimate. The date of her immigration
to the US is unknown but she worked in the home of the Diston family of
Philadelphia, PA with her sister Minnie. This sister and her husband brought
Margaret to Washougal, Clark Co., WA with them in 1876. She married Martin
Jacob Campen 17 December 1876 at Mt. Norway, Washougal, Clark Co.,
WA. He was born 15 January 1854 at Norden, Hannover Province, Prussia which
is now Lower Saxony (Niedersachsen), Germany and died 2 February 1929 at
Vancouver, Clark Co., WA. For further information see the Kampen/Campen
Family. They had the following children:
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Antone B. J. Campen
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b. 13 September 1877 at Washougal, Clark Co., WA
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d. 18 October 1899
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Wilhelmina Emanzia Campen
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b. 2 November 1879 at Rushville, Schuyler Co., IL
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d. 3 November 1974 at Camas, Clark Co., WA
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m. 22 March 1897 to Heinrich Peter Scherpf at Washougal, Clark Co.,
WA
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for further information see the Scherpf Family
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Benjamin F. Campen
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b. 8 March 1882 at Rushville, Schuyler Co., IL
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d. 14 June 1978 at Vancouver, Clark Co., WA
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m. Zetta
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Folena or Paulina "Lena" Campen
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b. May 1884 at Washougal, Clark Co., WA
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d. 8 August 1968
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m. _____ Shaw
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George Campen
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b. 23 November 1885 at Washougal, Clark Co., WA
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d. 27 May 1967
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Annie Campen
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b. 23 October 1887 at Washougal, Clark Co., WA
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d. 12 July 1889
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Carl Campen
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b. 7 December 1888 at Washougal, Clark Co., WA
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d. 6 April 1966
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August Campen
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b. 8 October 1891 at Washougal, Clark Co., WA
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d. 24 January 1975
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m. Dorothy
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Henry Campen
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b. c1893 at Washougal, Clark Co., WA
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d. c1918-1920
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Ernest Campen
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b. 13 April 1895 at Washougal, Clark Co., WA
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d. 9 April 1966
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m. Ruby (11 June 1900-July 1981)
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Flora Campen
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b. 1 February 1897 at Washougal, Clark Co., WA
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d. 2 August 1963
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m. _____ Heuer
Sources
1880 Census Soundex, Illinois
Correspondence with Dolores Hawkins
Correspondence from Ardelle Binder to Ava Marcy, March 1989
"Woman Who Shod Horses at the Age of 80", a newspaper article from 1905,
Ardelle Binder had original, Carlene Clore copied it by hand
1900 Census, Clark Co., Washington
Obituary of Benjamin F. Campen
Obituary of Minnie Scherpf
Information provided by Britton Weaver
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17 February 1998