Xaver Aleck History

 Some history.

Xavers name was Xaver not Xavier, it is correct on his tombstone. 

Obituaries 1998 to 2000

Mike Lester died February 19. 1998.  He was  Sally (Sarah) Wall Lester’s husband.  Son in law of Hazel Aleck Wall  (Cousin of the Henderson’s)

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Jay Mickelson died  October 8, 2000.  He was Beryl Gilpin Henderson Mickelson’s husband.

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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

1953

April 6, 1953 Anna Hyde died.  Anna was Martha Jane Aleck Henderson’s sister, and  an Aunt to James X Henderson.

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July 26 1953 there was a  Stuve reunion.

 

I believe this is a photo from that reunion.

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There was an accident on  July 19, 1953

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Charles Aleck died September 1, 1953.  He was a brother of Martha Jane Aleck Henderson and an Uncle to James X. Henderson.

 

 

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Trip to South Dakota

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October 16 1953  The Nissens were called to Grandin North Dakota

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Edwin Henderson died November 25, 1953 he was a cousin.

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Accidents in Osage

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On December 25, 1953 Tracie and James X Henderson were married 40 years.

Lizzie, Tracie’s best friend wrote this for them.

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

1938

Wyman Dow died June 14 1938   I am unsure who he was but Grandma kept his obituary.

 

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Lawrence Wilson died on September 6 1938.

He was a son of Amelia, who was one of Xaver Aleck’s daughters and sister to Martha Jane Aleck Henderson.  So Lawrence would have been Martha Janes Nephew.. so the Wilsons are cousins!   The Wilsons especially Esta and Ruth appeared in Tracie’s diary entries, they were good friends.   The Wilsons also came to Park Rapids in 1914.

1935

John Xaver Aleck died he was a brother to Martha Jane (Aleck) Henderson

He was born March 9 1864 and died November 16 1935

 

                                           

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.”