Abraham Koop, Jr

In 1874 he emigrated with his family to Peabody (Gnadenau) Kansas. They sailed from Hamburg, Germany on the ship "City of Chester" and arrived in New York, USA, in August of 1874. The ship carried over 1100 passengers. Abraham Koop's name and family were listed 109. They passed through Ellis Island.

Taken from "Early Millers of Marion County" (Kansas)

Koop, Abraham was born 22 October 1845 in Muensterberg, South Russia. On 8 October 1868 he married Cornelia Klippenstein. Abraham Koop emigrated in 1874, settling near Hillsboro, Kansas, where they were both baptized at Gnadenau, joining the Krimmer Mennonite Brethren. Koop was a miller in the village of hoffnungstal, operating a windmill. In 1891 Koop moved his family to Texas where his wife died 30 October 1902. On 2 June 1903 he married widow Maria Reimer from Jansen, Nebraska. Koop had ten children from the first marriage. Abraham Koop died 3 October 1928, at Corn, Oklahoma, having reached the age of 82 years, 11 months and 10 days.

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Birth: 22 Oct 1845, Muensterberg, Molotschna, South Russia Death: 3 Oct 1928, Corn, Oklahoma Burial: Corn, Oklahoma Migration: 3 Sep 1874, S. S. Teutonia; arrived New York, New York Father: Koop, Abraham, Abt 1821, #10427 Mother: Reimer, _?_, , #56475 Last update: 6/13/2019 Family 1: Family 16442 Spouse: Klippenstein, Cornelia, 1848, #34633 Married: 8 Oct 1868; Hierschau, Molotschna, South Russia Last update: 6/27/2011 1 -- Koop, Abraham, 21 Dec 1869, #34641 2 -- + Koop, Anna, 11 Jul 1871, #34634 3 -- Koop, Peter, 19 Feb 1873, #34642 4 -- + Koop, Katharina, 17 Mar 1875, #34635 5 -- + Koop, Maria, 31 Mar 1877, #32554 6 -- + Koop, Johann K., 1 Aug 1879, #34636 7 -- + Koop, Cornelia, 17 Dec 1881, #34637 8 -- + Koop, Heinrich, 4 Jan 1883, #34638 9 -- + Koop, Susanna, 18 Feb 1888, #34640 10 -- + Koop, Thomas K., 18 Jun 1891, #34639 Family 2: Family 17531 Spouse: Enns, Maria, 27 Jun 1869, #3979 Married: 2 Jun 1903; Last update: 6/27/2011 1 -- + Koop, Helena, 29 Jul 1904, #38336 2 -- + Koop, Isaac E., 5 Dec 1906, #38337 Notes: Note: The Gnadenau church records indicate that his family moved to Texas. The diary of his daughter, Cornelia, describes the many moves of the family. He moved to Jansen, Nebraska, in 1906, but he is buried in Corn, Oklahoma, where it is said he attended the K.M.B. Church. JMH says that he died in Weatherford, Oklahoma. Death Source: Der Wahrheitsfreund, page 24 Oct 1928, p. 13 Burial Source: Find a Grave, FindAGrave.com/memorial/41460038 Immigration Source: Brothers in Deed to Brothers in Need : a Scrapbook about Mennonite Immigrants from Russia, 1870-1885; Hiebert, Clarence, ed.; Newton, Kan.: Faith & Life Press, 1974., page 178 Family 1: Marriage Source: Alan Peters' Compiled Family Histories; Peters, Alan

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