1982

Hazel Wall died.  Hazel was a cousin of James X.  his mother Martha Jane Aleck Henderson and Hazel’s father John Aleck were sister and brother.

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Emma died on December 10 1982.  Emma was Tracie’s sister.

Tracie and Emma at their home place near Logan Iowa in 1964.

1974

Michael Wall died  on December 9 1974.  Michael was  Hazel Aleck Wall’s son.  Hazel was a cousin to James X Henderson.  Hazel’s father and James X’s mother were brother and sister.

1959

Joe and Ida Aleck’s Anniversary.  Joe was Martha Jane Aleck Henderson’s brother.

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April 5 1959  Anniversary get together with friends.

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Homecoming 1959

Grandma noted “Tom rolled out the carpet.”

1954

Anna Aleck died July 22, 1954

Anna was the wife of John Aleck.  John was a brother to Martha Jane Aleck Henderson. 

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Summer of 1954 Drowning

 

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Bert Gilpin retires.

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December 1954

1946

Archie was a Junior in High School in 1945-1946

 

February 14, 1946

Livestock Judging Champ

 

 

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Joe and Ida Aleck celebrated 50 years of marriage on February 6, 1946.  Joe was Martha Jane (Aleck) Henderson’s brother.  Joe was a son of Xaver and Christiane Aleck.

 

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On July 13 1946  Donna (Hawkins) Weeks died.  In the years after her death her son Billy was  raised by Emma and Rubert Hawkins

 

1944

Martha Jane (Aleck) Henderson died on April 28, 1944

Here is a old photo, most likely taken in Logan Iowa unknown year.

Martha Jane born  February 5, 1896 and died  April 28, 1944

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Margaret Chilton, Osage area resident died on June 21, 1944

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Clara Belle Sexton, Osage resident  died August 2, 1944

1903 Obituaries

The June 28 1903  newspaper obituary for Xaver Aleck

 

The December 03 1903 newspaper obituary for Christiane Geiger Aleck

Creszentia Aleck 1892

I have scanned everything in the Purple Book that Tracie Stuve Henderson used like a scrapbook.  I will present them all according to the year they happened.

A thin paper was folded in fourths.

Xaver Alecks  youngest sister Creszentia  was born  September 16, 1831  and died November 20, 1892 in Rigel, Baden Germany.  She was a nun.  She left Xaver Aleck a sum of 800 marks.  She  left the bulk of her estate for the establishment of a home for poor children.

This paper is a translation of her will.

1903 Xaver and Christiane Aleck

June 28, 1903 at 9 a.m. Xaver Aleck died.  He was 75 years old.

His obituary reads:
Xaver Aleck, the son of Lorenz and Agatha Aleck was born in the Grand Duchy of Baden, Germany on March 13, 1828.

He migrated to America in 1852 settling for a time in Philadelphia.  He came to Iowa in 1856 and served a home in Harrison County.  After a sojourn of two years he returned to Philadelphia and worked in his trade of tailoring.  In 1860 he entered upon his lifework occupation of farming in Harrison County.  He continued for 40 years to cultivate his farm and then removed to Logan, Iowa where he has since resided.

He died at 9 a. m. on June 28, 1903.  He was married to Christiane Geiger in Philadelphia on February 18, 1860.  To them were born twelve children.

He called no man “Master” and assumed no obligation he could not conscientiously fulfill.  He would not countenance double dealing or subterfuge, nor lend his influence for mercenary gain.  He united himself the best elements of the land of his birth and the land of his adoption.  He was successful in acquiring a competence.  In attaining his ideal of manhood and in all things he did well that which he was called upon to do.  His name shall be honored, his memory cherished, and his influence unimpaired.

His life was gentle and the elements so mixed in him that Nature might stand up and say to all the world. “THIS WAS A MAN!”

He is buried in the cemetery in Logan Iowa.


After Xaver’s death Christiane just fell apart—she just couldn’t cope by herself.  Xaver had always told her what to do.  She was taken to St. Bernard’s Hospital in Council Bluffs where she died 3 December 1903.

The epitath on Xaver’s tombstone reads:
“Man is an atom—it lives and dies but the life principal is eternal.”

John Xaver Aleck

This is Martha Jane’s older brother John. 



John married Mary Ann Birkes in Logan Iowa on 14 March 1894.
They would have five children.
Hazel Kathryn born 13 December 1894
Clifford Carl born 15 April 1899
Donald born 15 April 1901
Rolo born 23 August 1902
Floyd born 23 October 1903

They moved to Park Rapids Minnesota in 1912  and he became a farmer.

He was instrumental in Tracie and Jim and Rubert and Emma and  the rest of the Stuves coming to Minnesota.  John located land for his relatives.  He died 17 November 1935 and is buried in Park Rapids.

Hazel his oldest daughter married  James Henry Wall in Park Rapids Minnesota.   ( Hazel was a favorite relative of Marvin and Evelyns.  She would often babysit for Eugene and take care of him and his sister in the Fall of the year.)

Martha Jane Aleck

There are two single photos marked in the photo album.

This one is marked “Jim’s Mother”

This one is marked Martha Jane Aleck Henderson

She may be showing off her engagement/wedding ring as it is prominently displayed.

Xaver and Christiane Aleck Family Photo 1887

Xaver and Christiane had twelve children.

Agatha Magdalena born 26 March 1861

Fredrick Laurence born 3 August 1862 Died 12 October 1949 in Evans Colorado. Buried in Logan Iowa. He never married.

John Xaver born 9 March 1864

Theresa Marie born 13 January 1866

Martha Jane born 5 February 1868

Joseph Adolphus born 12 February 1870

Crezentia born 7 December 1871 Died 16 September 1872

Charles Henry born 17 September 1873

Amelia Julia born 21 April 1876

Ida Emma born 30 March 1978 died 8 August 1878

Anna Eliza born 11 December 1879

Rosa Belle born 21 August 1883. Died 28 April 1908. Suicide. Buried in Logan Iowa.

Aleck Photos

There were several tintypes in the photograph album.

 

This one is marked Aleck girls.  Which ones?? No idea..if I had to guess I would say Martha Jane is on the left.

 

 

This one is marked Aunt Carrie Meyer and Martha Jane Aleck.

This appears to be a photo of Martha Jane when she was a teenager.

Some Aleck History

A long time ago in Switzerland there were some Alig’s  Hans 1499, Martin 1503, Gaudenz 1568, Johann 1630 and Leonard 1665. 
During 1618 to 1648 the 30 years war was going on in Germany. After that war Germany was repopulated with our Switzerland relatives.
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Joannes Marting Allique (Alig) was born about 1670.  He lived in Riegel, Baden, Germany He married Verna Ziegler born 22 September 1669.  They had  six children.  Joannes was a shoemaker.
Joh. Martinno born 13 July 1700  died 30 April 1703
Anna Catherine born 6 February 1702  died 15 May 1707
Margaritha born 23 April 1705
Mathias  born 24 February 1706
Josephus born 31 January 1710
Johannes Martinus born 2 August 1712 died 2 March 1715.
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Josephus Allig (Allique) born 31 January 1710 in Riegel, Baden Germany  died 21 January 1778 in Riegel, Baden, Germany.  He was a shoemaker.
Josephus married Magdalene Muntschi (Muntchin) on 25 January 1740.   Magdalene was born 8 September 1716  died 24 September 1785.  They had  six children.
Judith  born 5 Sept 1740  died 6 January 1805
Elizabeth born November 1742
Georgius  born 12 March 1745  died 28 September 1800
Maria Anna born 18 June 1747
Michael  born 22 August 1751  died 7  February 1817
Rosa born 21 August 1755
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Michael Aleck Born 22 August 1751 in Riegel, Baden,  Germany He died 7 February 1817 in Riegel, Baden, Germany.  He was a “drechsler” a turner and machinist one who worked with wood on a lathe.
He was married twice.
Michael married Franziska Steiger on 23 July 1781.  She was born 23 February 1756 and died 10 July 1798.  They had six children
Martinus Coelestinus  born 13 October 1782
Laurentius (Lorenz) born 10 August 1785
Stephen born 24 December 1788   died 9 July 1792
Maria Anna Julia (Twin) born 14 February 1792   died 22 August 1792
Franziska  (Twin) born 14 February 1792   died 20 May 1793
Johann Adam born 24 December 1794  died 13 February 1802
Michael married again 3 June 1799 to Maria Rosa Hoog (Hock) born 1 September 1767.  They had four children.
Marie Anna born 24 July 1800
Leonard born 10 August 1803
Franziska born 13 January 1806
Fridolin born 6 May 1810
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Laurentius (Lorenz) Aleck was born 10 August 1785 in Riegel, Baden, Germany.  Died 6 January 1842 in Riegel, Baden, Germany.  Lorenz  was a “drechsler”, a turner and machinist, one who works with wood on a lathe.  He made spinning wheels and did iron work.  He lived in Riegel, Baden, Germany all his life.
Lorenz married on 9 April 1818 Agatha Schill.  Agatha was born 13 January 1796 in Kohlenbach bei Kollnau, Germany.  She died 20 January 1865 in Riegel, Baden, Germany.
Lorenz and Agatha had eight children.
Marie Ann (Nani) born 12 January 1819  died 16 November 1874  Never married.
Joseph born 18 February 1821
Franz George born 20 March 1823
Therese born 21 October 1824  died 8 October 1874.  Never married.
Franziska born 24 January 1826
Xaver ( Twin) born 13 March 1828
Karl (Twin) born 13 March 1828  died 6 April 1828
Crezentia born 16 September 1831 died 20 November 1892.  She was a nun.  Established a institute for the poor in Riegel.
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Xaver  Aleck
Born 13 March 1828 in Riegel, Baden, Germany  He died 28 June 1903 in Logan, Harrison County Iowa.  He is buried in the Cemetery in Logan Iowa.
Xaver was 14 when his father died.  He was sent to live with his older brother Josef in Switzerland.  He did not like his strict brother.  When he was fifteen years old he became a tailors apprentice.  In 1845  he began working for master tailors working throughout the country.
America held promise of a better life.  His brother Franz Georg had emigrated in 1849.
Xaver set sail for America on 9 September 1852 from LaHavre, France on the ship “Olivia” arriving in New York on 7 October 1852.
Three days after landing he was in Williamsburg, King County, New York where he worked as a tailor.  At Christmas he joined his brother Franz Georg in Philadelphia Pennsylvania.  He resumed his trade as a tailor there.
On 11 July 1854 he applied for his United States Citizenship.
In 1855 he headed west..the lure of land  with good soil.  He headed to Chicago by train, he worked there three weeks and then headed for St Paul Minnesota..but it was spring  (April) and lakes were still frozen..he thought Minnesota was too cold a country to live in.  He went by boat to St. Louis, from there he went to Weston, Iowa and then to Council Bluffs Iowa arriving in July.   He and five others started with an ox team into Nebraska.  They returned  after repairing a linch pin ( No wood could be found in Nebraska) and they forgot their axel grease.  They returned to Council Bluffs where he worked in a brick yard.  In 1855-56 he worked as a cook for a gang of men who were erecting a sawmill.
The next spring  a young Senator, Senator Logan asked him to make his wedding clothes.  He went home with the Senator to Harrison County Iowa.  He made a land claim in Cass Township in Harrison County on the Pigeon Creek.  He build a “house” and cleared land.
He eventually built a very nice home.



Off he went to Philadelphia , he became a citizen on 27 September 1859.  He married Christiane Geiger on 18 February 1860.  She was born  9 July 1839 in Cannstatt, Wuerttemberg, Germany  She died  3 December 1903 in Council Bluffs, Iowa.
He went back to Iowa with Christiane and her family.  ( He had promised her that he would take them all west.)
Xaver and Christiane had twelve children.
Agatha Magdalena born 26 March 1861
Fredrick Laurence born 3 August 1862   Died 12 October 1949 in Evans Colorado.  Buried in Logan Iowa.  He never married.
John Xaver born 9 March 1864
Theresa Marie  born 13 January 1866
Martha Jane born 5 February 1868
Joseph Adolphus born 12 February 1870
Crezentia born 7 December 1871  Died 16 September 1872
Charles Henry born 17 September 1873
Amelia Julia born 21 April 1876
Ida Emma born 30 March 1878 died 8 August 1878
Anna Eliza born 11 December 1879
Rosa Belle born 21 August 1883.  Died 28 April 1908.  Suicide. Buried in Logan Iowa.
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Information taken from The Smart Aleck Ancestors and Descendants of Xaver Aleck by Eileen Aleck Albert and Vivetta Aleck Emmer