Harm Frieling Tebben

Brief Life History of Harm

When Harm Frieling Tebben was born in October 1861, in Boen, Leer, Lower Saxony, Germany, his father, Korand "Conrad" S Tebben, was 26 and his mother, Elisabeth Harms Frieling, was 27. He married Geeske Haken on 11 December 1890, in Chippewa, Minnesota, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 2 daughters. He lived in Lone Tree Township, Chippewa, Minnesota, United States in 1900 and Rheiderland Township, Chippewa, Minnesota, United States for about 15 years. He died on 21 August 1932, in Clara City, Chippewa, Minnesota, United States, at the age of 70, and was buried in Clara City, Chippewa, Minnesota, United States.

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Family Time Line

Harm Frieling Tebben
1861–1932
Geeske Haken
1868–1958
Marriage: 11 December 1890
Dirk Tebben
1894–1898
Conrad H. Tebben
1896–1985
Elizabeth Tebben Grussing
1898–1971
Annie Tebben
1900–1999
Derk "Dick" Tebben
1908–1965
Herman Tebben
1910–1974

Sources (20)

  • Harm Tebben, "Minnesota State Census, 1905"
  • Harm Frieling Tebben, "Germany, Lutheran Baptisms, Marriages, and Burials, 1500-1971"
  • Harm Tebben, "United States, World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918"

World Events (8)

1862

Historical Boundaries: 1862: Chippewa, Minnesota, United States

1864

War: Prussia and Austria vs. Denmark.

1887

Historical Boundaries: 1887: Chippewa, Minnesota, United States

Name Meaning

Some characteristic forenames: German Gerhardt.

German and Dutch: from a status name meaning ‘freed man’ (as opposed to bondsman in the medieval feudal system), from Middle High German vrīling, Middle Dutch vrilinc. Compare Fryling and Vrieling .

German: habitational name from any of several places called Frieling.

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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