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Augusta Maria Johanna (Barling) Pries
born: Schwerin, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany
spouse: Johann Friedrich Heinrich Pries
Birth: 21 Jul 1799 Viezen, Mecklenburg, Germany
Death: 29 Aug 1853 Berendshagen, Mecklenburg Germany
Baptism: 22 Jul 1799 Neukirchen Parish, Mecklenburg Germany
Burial: 1 Sep 1853 Berendshagen, Mecklenburg Germany
Father: Johann Jochen Pries
Mother: Louise Knack /Knaack
Married: 20 Oct 1781 Neukirchen, Mecklenburg, Germany
Additional children:
Anna Magareta Maria Pries
Born: Dec 1834 Dolglas-Mecklenburg Schwerin Germany
Died: 19 Dec 1835 Berendshagen Mecklenburg-Schwerin Germany
Heinrich Christian Friedrich Pries
Birth: 12 May 1840 Berendshagen, Mecklenburg, Schwerin Germany
Death: 3 Aug 1840 Berendshagen, Mecklenburg, Schwerin,...
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Augusta Maria Johanna (Barling) Pries
born: Schwerin, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany
spouse: Johann Friedrich Heinrich Pries
Birth: 21 Jul 1799 Viezen, Mecklenburg, Germany
Death: 29 Aug 1853 Berendshagen, Mecklenburg Germany
Baptism: 22 Jul 1799 Neukirchen Parish, Mecklenburg Germany
Burial: 1 Sep 1853 Berendshagen, Mecklenburg Germany
Father: Johann Jochen Pries
Mother: Louise Knack /Knaack
Married: 20 Oct 1781 Neukirchen, Mecklenburg, Germany
Additional children:
Anna Magareta Maria Pries
Born: Dec 1834 Dolglas-Mecklenburg Schwerin Germany
Died: 19 Dec 1835 Berendshagen Mecklenburg-Schwerin Germany
Heinrich Christian Friedrich Pries
Birth: 12 May 1840 Berendshagen, Mecklenburg, Schwerin Germany
Death: 3 Aug 1840 Berendshagen, Mecklenburg, Schwerin, Germany
Baptism: 12 Mar 1840 Berendshagen, Mecklenburg, Schwerin Germany
Friedrika Elisabeth Christiana Pries
Birth: 15 Jul 1841 Berendshagen, Mecklenburg, Schwerin, Germany
Baptism: 17 Jul 1841 Berendshagen, Mecklenburg, Schwerin, Germany
died 7 days after the birth of her son
Census 1880 Warren, Bremer, Iowa
Age: 78
Marital Status: Widowed
Race: White
Birthplace: Germany
Father's Birthplace: Germany
Mother's Birthplace: Germany
Jake Pries Self M 53 Germany
Sopia Pries Wife F 55 Germany
Henry Pries Son M 21 Illinois
Fridereka Pries Daughter F 13 Illinois
Augusta Pries Mother F 78 Germany
Augusta Pries is buried in the first row nearest to highway 63.
In the 1870 Bremer County Iowa census-Warren township, Maria, age 66, is living with her son, John and his family.
Hamburger Passagierlisten, 1850-1934 Hamburg Passenger Lists, 1850-1934 about Friedericke Priess
Name: Friedericke Priess
Departure Date: 1 Apr 1856
Destination: New Orleans
Birth Date: abt 1841
Age: 15
Gender: weiblich (Female)
Relationship: Tochter (Daughter)
Residence: Behrenshagen, Mecklenburg
Ship Name: Copernicus
Captain: Johannsen
Shipping line: Rob. M. Sloman
Shipping Clerk: Knorr & Holtermann
Ship Type: Segelschiff (sailing ship)
Accommodation: Zwischendeck (steerage - The steerage area of the ship was once used to accommodate passengers travelling on the cheapest class of ticket, and offered only the most basic amenities, typically with limited toilet use, no privacy, and poor food. Many immigrants to the United States in the late 18th and early 19th century travelled in this area of the ships.)
Ship Flag: Deutschland
Port of Departure: Hamburg
Port of Arrival: New Orleans; Galveston
Volume: 373-7 I, VIII A 1 Band 009
Household Members:
Name Age
Hanna Priess 54
Mina Priess 20 This is Christian Priess wife, Wilhelmine Bohnsack. I do not think they were married when they came over because there is a marriage record for January 1, 1857 DuPage County Illinois for Christian Pries and Wilhelmine Bohnsack.
Christian Priess 19
Friedericke Priess 15
Fritz Priess 12
The following was typed into this program July 1998. It was typed exactly how it was received with all the indentations. As you will find, it is not all accurate. Names are missing in some families. Perhaps names are added in others. Hopefully further research on the Pries family will piece the family together correctly. --
Official Historical records of the Pries Family - written by Dr. E.L. Theiss, Urbana, Illinois-January 1933
Edited and typed by Clarence W. Pries-Newton, Iowa 1975
Part I. Early History of The Pries Family
The Pries family assembled in reunion at the city park in Readlyn, Iowa on June 19, 1932. At this time Dr. E.L. Theiss, Associate Professor of Accounting at the University of Illinois, was authorized to begin collecting all existing data and information available on the origin and early migration of the Pries ancestors. From a study of this data a permanent and authentic history of the Pries family would be completed.
The writer, who was present at the 1932 reunion, began immediately to collect and record information. This information was obtained from the older members of the family, living in or near Bremer County, Iowa. Fortunately a family record, which had been maintained by Mr. Harvey Pries of Tripoli, Iowa since the first family reunion in 1928, was made available. This family record was used freely by the writer in the preparation of this permanent history.
Several of the older members of the family told the writer interesting stories of events that transpired, when the earliest settlers came to the area in Bremer County. From these interviews it was learned that the grandmother of the pioneer family, which came originally to Iowa, is now buried in a country church yard near Tripoli, Iowa-Bremer County. The writer made an investigation and was soon able to locate her grave, authentically, and from the old records of the church, discovered the name of "Mother Pries" to be Augusta Maria Johanna Pries.
"Mother Pries", the first of the line of Pries's in the United States, is buried in the cemetery, located next to the St. Paul's Lutheran Church (Missouri Synod), Warren Township, Bremer County, Iowa. (The cemetery is called St Paul's Lutheran-Artesian-Warren Township-Section #26). The pastor of the church, Pastor Ernest F. Melcher (1933), offered his assistance most generously in providing the official church records, and in helping to identify the grave of "Mother Pries".
The church record states that Mother Pries' maiden name was Barling, that she was born December 14, 1802 in Schwerin, Mecklenburg, Germany. She died during the afternoon of January 29, 1882. The church record also states that she was buried by a Pastor Martin Stephan, whose ministry in this church extended from 1874-1885. The original church building from which Mother Pries was buried is still standing. It was erected in 1871, but now (1933) is being used as a school house.
The church record aided considerably in locating Mother Pries' grave, because deaths of members of the congregation have been recorded in a chronological order, and their graves were placed in the same order in the cemetery.
After the grave had been identified by Pastor Melcher and the writer, it was learned that Mrs. Henry Pries (Minnie) had been taking care of the grave of her husband's grandmother for fifty years. Mrs. Henry Pries was then asked to point out the grave of Mother Pries. She pointed to the same one that previously was identified by means of the church records. Proof therefore is adequate, and at present arrangements are under way for placing a marker on the grave. (In 1996 there was a stone marking Mother Pries' grave) It is gratifying to younger members of the family to have the grave of Mother Pries definitely and authentically identified. Many had been unaware that the body of their grandmother, or great-grandmother lies buried in Bremer County.
This grave of Mother Pries has significance for all members of the Pries family because it is the only remaining link that connects the more recent history of the Pries's in the United States with the earlier history of the family in Europe.
LIFE IN EUROPE. Interesting facts have been obtained from the older members of the family on events that took place before the Pries's came to America. This information was handed down by word-of-mouth from Mother Pries herself to her own children and their families, and from them to the writer directly. For example, Mrs. Minnie Pries, wife of Henry Pries, grandson of Mother Pries, told the writer some of Mother Pries' own stories, many of which related to the family's home life in Europe. It so happened that when Mother Pries came to Iowa, she lived with her grandson, Henry and his wife Minnie, until she died in 1882. From this source and from interviews with other members of the family, we are told that Mother Pries was a kindly old woman, of medium height, and dark hair. As she grew older she was accustomed to sit by the kitchen stove in the Henry Pries home, and there would while away the hours with her grandchildren when they came to see her. She usually provided in advance, for some little gifts of sweets or cookies whenever her grandchildren came. She was cheerful and generous, and her many little gifts were accompanied with a motherly smile. It was on these occasions, visiting grandmother, that Mother Pries told her sons and their children about what had happened in Europe. She related the story of the family's trip to the United States. No one as far as the writer can learn, knows the name of Grandfather Pries. Some say that Mother Pries on several occasions spoke of her husband John, but she usually referred to him as "Grossvater or Grandfather." She told how her husband worked in Germany as a roofer, or roof tiler, and one day he fell from a roof and died. Although the name of her husband is not definitely known, it has been discovered that he had a twin brother. Some of these descendants are now located in Romeo, Michigan.
With the passing of her husband, Mother Pries had to assume the heavier duties of directing and providing for her family of five boys-Louis, Carl, Christ, John, and, Fred; and one daughter, Recca. It may be that some of these children were married before Father Pries died, and thus her burden may have been somewhat lightened. The details of these facts were not available to the writer. It is known, however, that two of the children, Fred and Recca, were not married in Europe. No doubt Mother Pries had many of the same problems that confronted other German families during the years of 1850-1860, in caring for her children.
Those were also the days when many Germans emigrated to America, the land of promise and opportunity; most of them with the purpose of securing a better livelihood, and for some it was to liberate their sons from rigid and compulsory military service. Naturally those who came over to America wrote back to their relatives and friends in Germany. They wrote about the unexplored and untouched resources of America. So, soon others followed them. Such was the experience of many German families during the middle of the nineteenth century. Their faces were directed Westward across the Atlantic, and towards the New World.
And, so it was that Mother Pries and her family heard from friends who had come to America, and settled near Downers Grove, Illinois (about 20 miles west of Chicago). Their accounts of the New America were most attractive and alluring to the Pries's in Germany. It was so attractive that two of the boys, Carl and John Pries, with their families decided to leave Germany and go to America. It was natural for them to settle near their friends in Downers Grove, Illinois. This took place probably in the year 1857. In the year 1858 Mother Pries also came to America, with her two single children, Recca and Fred; and her two married sons, Christ and Louis with their families.
Those were the days of hardship. Trees had to be cut, streams had to be forded, native Indians had to be negotiated with. Yes, even the wild animals thwarted the advance of these pioneers. Food was scarce, winters were cold and money was not to be had. In those early days each family struggled for food and shelter, and consequently there was little time and money available for education of the children. Never-the-less those early settlers brought with them religious ideals, seeking an opportunity to worship God in their own way. This resulted in the establishment of primitive churches. It was not long after that and the school houses were also built; and the children were given the fundamentals of education.
It may be difficulty for the younger members of the Pries family to understand fully the experiences of their pioneer ancestors in America, but it is obvious that out of such adventurous experiences there was born a spirit of "camaraderie". Also, a spirit of mutual interest and helpfulness, and quite naturally this same spirit of hospitality has survived as the outstanding characteristics of the Pries Clan. Neighbor helped neighbor, children worked side by side with parents, and thus family loyalty was fostered. The same kind of family loyalty that even now warms the heart of every Pries, as he remembers the hardships suffered by his ancestors, and relives those early experiences that called for courage and endurance.
Louis and Christ did not remain long near Downers Grove, Illinois. In the fall of 1858, they moved still farther westward with their families. When they came to Bremer County, Iowa they bought farms with their money they had saved from their hard work. In the spring of 1859 Carl and John followed, driving all the way by team from Downers Grove, Illinois to Bremer County, Iowa. That was a long and tire-some journey. The difficulty of travel, and the perils of an unexplored country no doubt, offered many hardships, but they finally reached Bremer County safely. They too began farming by purchasing farms with their accumulated savings. Their two families followed later by train from Downers Grove.
Mother Pries, however, remained in Illinois with her children, Fred and Recca. She no doubt did this because she felt they still needed her protection and help. Recca was soon married to Jacob Hofert, who later enlisted as a soldier in the Union Army and served in the Civil War. It was during the first year of his service that Recca gave birth to her first and only child, Charles L. Hofert. He is now living in Naperville, Illinois. Unfortunately Recca passed away seven days after her son Charles was born. Mother Pries then took care of her daughter's baby, and moved to her son's in Bremer County, Iowa. She established her home then with her son John and his family. She lived with them until her death in 1882. Her son Fred remained in Illinois, and served with the Union Forces in the Civil War. Fred died in 1912, and was buried in Beecher, Illinois, about 35 miles south of Chicago.
This account of the early movements of Mother Pries and her six children from their home life in Europe-their emigration to the United States - their early settlement near Downers Grove, Illinois - and the final settlement in Bremer County, Iowa is most interesting. It is so very interesting, because of the thrilling adventures of American Pioneers incident to those movements. It also is inspiring to every surviving member of this family, the Pries family. There is a rich heritage handed down to every Pries, not merely in the form of material wealth, even though the amount is considerable, but also a three-fold heritage of family ideals. These family ideals are INDUSTRY, THRIFTINESS, and HOSPITALITY, and the greatest of these is HOSPITALITY. Such ideals, when conserved and cherished, will insure the success and happiness of the future generations that follow.
It is for those who follow to read well, and having read, to live well in the faith and industry of their forefathers.
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Part II. Genealogical Record of Pries Descendants
In Part I, of this record one is given an authentic account of the early history of the Pries family, centering mainly on Mother Pries and her family of six children. None of these children are living today. However, their descendants respect their memory, and as members of one united family seek to maintain the heritage received, and enrich it for their children and the children of the future.
The record presented in Part II, begins with the six children of Mother Pries and includes the names of all of their children and children's children, up to the present date of January 1933. It is of course, very desirable to keep this part of the history up to date, by adding the births and recording the deaths. This should be done at least once a year, and preferably soon after the annual reunion.
The revisions will then be made authentically, and the future readers may be assured of having a complete record of the Pries family.
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