When Johannes Theodor Nabbefeld was born on 6 April 1818, in Menzelen, Moers, Rhineland, Prussia, his father, Gerhard Nabbefeld, was 27 and his mother, Adelgundae Van Nahl, was 24. He married Johanna Moelders on 11 April 1836, in Büderich, Moers, Rhineland, Prussia. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 6 daughters. He lived in Wisconsin, United States in 1870. He died on 29 November 1898, in Freedom, Outagamie, Wisconsin, United States, at the age of 80, and was buried in Freedom, Outagamie, Wisconsin, United States.
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