Magdalena Hafen

Brief Life History of Magdalena

Magdalena Hafen was born on 24 July 1856, in Scherzingen, Thurgau, Switzerland. She married John Fowles in 1873. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 1 daughter. She lived in Mount Pleasant Election Precinct, Sanpete, Utah, United States in 1900. She died on 15 July 1926, in Mount Pleasant, Sanpete, Utah, United States, at the age of 69, and was buried in Mount Pleasant, Sanpete, Utah, United States.

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Family Time Line

Hans Ulrich Winkler
1838–1904
Magdalena Hafen
1856–1926
Marriage: 9 November 1887
Wilford Winkler
1888–1978
Mary Magdalene Winkler
1891–1975
Anna Leah Winkler
1892–1981
Katherine Lucile Winkler
1894–1895
Raymond Montel Winkler
1897–1971

Sources (42)

  • Magdelena Winkler, "United States Census, 1900"
  • Legacy NFS Source: Magdelena Hafen - Individual or family possessions: Family genealogies: birth-name: Magdelena Hafen
  • M Keller Winkler im Eintrag für Montel Winkler und Blanche Andersen, „Utah, County Marriages, 1871-1941“

World Events (8)

1863

Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.

1863

Jean Henru Dunant founded the Red Cross in Geneva.

1875 · A Treaty with Hawaii

In the Mid 1870s, The United States sought out the Kingdom of Hawaii to make a free trade agreement. The Treaty gave the Hawaiians access to the United States agricultural markets and it gave the United States a part of land which later became Pearl Harbor.

Name Meaning

South German: metonymic occupational name for a potter, from Middle High German hafen ‘pot’.

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

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Magdalena Hafen - brief sketch of life

I received the above from Darlene Winkler Bybee in 2004. Many records have become available since that time. Someone has posted a marriage date for Magdalena's mother, Anna Katharina Hafen Fech …

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