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Charles Henry Abeling, [Carl Ebeling]  1807 - 1882

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• Suffix	[Carl Ebeling]
  Nickname	born as "Carl" August Ludwig Ebeling, according to St Markus Church records in Lauenforde
  Birth	05 Dec 1807	Lauenforde, Niedersachsen, Germany   [1, 2]
  Christened	13 Dec 1807	St. Markus Church, Lauenforde, Niedersachsen, Germany
  Gender	Male
  Buried	Sep 1882	Prospect Hill Cemetery, Canajoharie, Montgomery County, New York, USA   [3]
  Died	28 Sep 1882	Canajoharie, Montgomery County, New York   [3]
  Person ID	I134	Abeling Family Tree | Ancestors of Brian Abeling
  Last Modified	03 Dec 2008
  Father	Johannes Friedrich Ebeling,   b. Abt 1780, Lauenforde, Niedersachsen, Germany
  Mother	Hanne Louise Fischer,   b. Abt 1780
  Married	Abt 1810
  Family ID	F1894	Group Sheet
  Family	Sophia Carolina Scharff Abeling,   b. 09 Aug 1808, Hanover, Germany ,   d. 28 Nov 1879, 70yr-8mo-19days
  Children	> 1. William John Abeling,   b. 07 Aug 1833, New York ,   d. 18 Aug 1918, Canajoharie, New York > 2. Henry Charles Abeling,   b. 26 Oct 1834, New York ,   d. 13 Jun 1924 > 3. George Johann Abeling,   b. 2 Apr 1836, New York ,   d. 13 Nov 1908, Merced County, California > 4. Louisa S. Abeling Zwanck,   b. 19 Apr 1838, New York ,   d. 1922, Canajoharie, Montgomery County, New York   5. Charles E. Abeling,   b. 13 Nov 1840, New York ,   d. 14 Aug 1926, New York > 6. Harrison Abeling,   b. 13 Nov 1840, Canajoharie, Montgomery County, New York ,   d. 08 Sep 1905 > 7. Robert R. Abeling,   b. 05 Mar 1843, New York ,   d. 23 Feb 1925 > 8. John Lewis Abeling,   b. 6 Oct 1845, Canajoharie, New York ,   d. 1 Feb 1928 > 9. Orlando F. Abeling,   b. 11 Aug 1849, NY ,   d. 01 Nov 1908, Frankfort, New York > 10. Andrew D. Abeling,   b. 11 Aug 1849, New York ,   d. 25 Feb 1911, Gloversville, NY > 11. Louis Charles Abeling,   b. 03 Dec 1854, Canajoharie, New York ,   d. 15 Feb 1935, Ilion, New York
  Documents		1850 US Census: Canajoharie, Montgomery County, New York Status: Located. Taken on Aug 13th, 1850. Contains Charles and Sophia Abeling family... Charles, age 42, mason, born in Germany, value of real estated owned $300. Sophia age 36, born in Germany William age 17, Cigar Maker, born New York Henry age 15, Laborer, born New York, attended school George,son,age 13, attended school Louisa, daughter, age 11,…
  		1850 US Census: Canajoharie, Montgomery County, New York Status: Located. Continued from previous page... (members of Charles and Sophia Abeling's family: Robert, age 7, attended school John, age 4 Andrew, age 1 Landro, age 1 (also known as Orlando) Next family: Amos Klinkhart, father,age 33, real estate value $150, Mason, born in Germany Mary, mother, 33, born in Germany Augustus, son 11, born in…
  		1860 US Census: Canajoharie, Montgomery County, New York, Page 151 Status: Located. Taken on Sept 4, 1860 Charles Abenly (Abeling), age 52, master mason, born in Germany (Baden), real estate value $800, personal estate value $200 Sophia, age 51, born in Germany (Baden) George, age 23, laborer in furnance (?) Charles, age 20, mason Harrison, age 20, farm laborer Robert, Age 18, farm laborer John, age 15, Farm laborer,…
  		1868 map of Canajoharie, New York Status: Located. This 1868 map of Canajoharie, New York was obtained from the Canajoharie Public Library. It contains references to 4 Abeling families, including... C. Abeling - Front Street. This is believed to be Charles Henry Abeling(Carl Ebeling) who immigrated to the area around 1832. C. Abeling - Maple Ave, believed to be Charles E Abeling, born in…
  		Children of Charles and Sophia Abeling Status: Located. These notes were originally found in Edna VanVliet Abeling's bible and were later re-written into John Lewis Abeling's family records book. This page contains a list of John Lewis Abelings brothers and their birthdates.
  		Charles and Sophia Abeling's Children Status: Located. Although it was typed - the original information comes from Edna Abeling's bible. It is a record of Charles and Sophia's children, including their birthdates.
  		1870 US Census: Canajoharie, Montgomery County, New York Status: Located. Taken on Aug 9, 1870 Charles Abeling, age 62, male, Stone Mason, real estate value $1400, personal estate value $200, born in Hanover wife, Sophia, age 61, female, keeping home, born in Hanover Andrew, son, 20, Cigar Maker, born in NY Orlando, son, 20, Cigar Maker, born in NY also....... Daniel Herley, 35,Laborer, born in…
  Histories	1935 Centennial history of St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Church Canajoharie, N.Y. Status: Located. This was a German speaking church until the 1970's. Carl (Charles) and Sophie Ebeling (Abeling) and family members are mentioned mulitple time in the history. They were charter members of the church
  Last Modified	02 Oct 2006
  Family ID	F47	Group Sheet

• Documents		May 30, 1879 Utica Morning Herald Article on the Charles Abeling Family. Status: Located. A memorable family. Our special correspondence. CANAJOHARIE,May 29 - In 1829, Charles Abeling and wife arrived at this place from Germany, and being pleased with the surroundings, settled down. They have resided here since and have had eleven children, ten boys and one girl, all of who are living and prospering. Nine of the boys, the oldest…
  		Obituary for Louis Charles Abeling Status: Located. His youngest son, Lewis' obituary lists Charles middle name as Henry. "He was born in Canajoharie Dec 3, 1860, son of the late Charles Henry and Sophia Scharff Abeling"
  		Charles death announcement Canjoharie Radii Sept 28 1882. Status: Located.
  		1880 Census - Canajoharie, New York Page 28 Status: Located. This page of the 1880 Census contains: In one household: Lewis Abeling, 26 father, laborer Mary, 24, wife, keeps house Laurie, 1 daughter Charles (Lewis'father), age 70, stone mason Another household: Charles Abeling, age 39, stone mason Caroline Abeling, wife, age 37, keeps house Another household: Harrison Abeling, age 39, stone…
  		1832 List of passengers on ship Isabella - Possibly Charles and Sophia Abeling Status: Located. 1 Nov 1832 List of passengers on ship Isabella Constitution of the list of passengers of business ship Isabella Lungen Meyer Master from Bremen Lists: Carl Ebeling, 25, male, ?smith, Germany Sophia Ebeling 23, female
  		Carl Ebeling Ship Record information Status: Located. Obtained from Ancestry.com
  		Menna Lieber's Will Status: Located. Be in remembered that on the 27th day of September 1866 Charles Aberling (Abeling)appeared at open court before George Yost, County Judge, at the County of Montgomery and made application to have the last will and testament of Menna Lieber late of the town of Minden, County of Montgomery deceased proved and on such application said county judge…
  		Menna Lieber's Will, page 2 Status: Located.
  Headstones		Charles & Sophia Abeling Status: . Inscripted on the side: Yea, I have loved thee with an everlasting love: therefore with lovingkindness have I drawn thee. Jeremiah 31:3
  		Charles & Sophia Abeling Status: .
  		Charles Abeling Status: . Engraving which is located on east side of Charles/Sophia's monument, which reads... Charles Abeling BORN Dec 5, 1807 DIED Sept 28, 1882
  		Charles & Sophia Abeling Status: . View from the back side of Charles and Sophia's main headstone. The small stone on right is for Sophia, the small stone on the left is Charles.

• Notes

  Timeline of Charles Abeling [Carl Ebeling] artifacts.... 1807: Dec 5th at 10am, Born in Lauenforde, Niedersachsen, Germany. Churchs records from St. Markus in Lauenforde, recorded that "Carl" August Ludwig Ebeling was born in Lauenforde on Dec 5th, 1807 at 10am. 1807: Dec 13th, christened at St Markus Church in Lauenforde, Germany. 1827 to 1831: Probable time range for marriage to Sophia Scherff (later changed to Scharff). No records of the marriage were found in the St Markus records in Lauenforde, indicating that Sophia was probably born in a different town. 1832: Nov 1, Probable arrival of Charles Abeling [Carl Ebeling] with wife Sophia in New York City aboard the ship Isabella. 1833: Aug 7th, birth of first child, William John Abeling, most likely in Canajoharie. 1834: Oct 26th, birth of 2nd child, Henry Charles in Canajoharie. 1836: April 12th, birth of 3rd child, George J Abeling in Canajoharie. 1836: April 19th, Easter Sunday, listed as a charter member who attended the founding meeting that formed St. John's Church in Canajoharie, New York. 1838: April 19th, birth of 4th child, 1st and only daughter, Louisa S. Abeling. 1840: Despite earlier records indicating the Abeling family was in Canajoharie, there is no record of Charles & Sophia in Canajoharie in the 1840 US Census. 1840: Nov 13th, birth of 1st set of twins, their 5th and 6th children: Charles Elias Abeling and Harrison Abeling. 1843: March 5th, birth of 7th child: Robert R Abeling. 1844: Jan, Charles is listed as a member of the church's building committee, which was charges with buildings the first stone building for the church. 1844: Feb 20th, Charles became one of the deacons at the church, which officially dropped the "St. John's" title and became "German Evangelical Lutheran Church", as interest in English only services were dropped. 1845: Oct 6th, birth of 8th child: John Lewis Abeling. 1846: July 2nd, recorded as witness to Augustus and Joanna Witneben's wedding at Stone Arabia Lutheran Church. 1849: August 11th, birth of 2nd set of twins, their 9th and 10th children: Orlando F Abeling and Andrew D Abeling. 1850: Feb 10th, recorded as witness to wedding of John Householder of St Johnsville and Barbara Greiner of St Johnsville, at Stone Arabia Lutheran Church. 1850: Aug 13th listed in US Census with family living in Canajoharie, New York. Worked as Mason, owned land worth $300 1854: December 3rd, birth of their 11th child, Louis Charles Abeling. 1855: Jun 27th, New York State Census, Charles listed as 47 years old, born in Germany, owned land and lived in village for 24 years - indicating that he may have come to the US with his wife around 1831. 1860: Sept 4, 1860, US Census: Living in Canajoharie, New York, works as master mason, land worth $800, personal estate worth $200. 1868: Lived on Front Street in Canajoharie as indicated on an 1868 map of the community. 1870: August 9th, US Census shows he lived in Canajoharie, working as a stone mason with land valued at $1,400 and $200 in personal estate. 1879: May 29th, the entire family was featured in a newspaper article in the Utica Morning Herald, indicating that his wife's and his own health were in good shape. 1882: Sept 28, 1882 died at the age of 74, according to the Canjoharie Radii Newspaper

• Sources

  [S18] 1850 Census of the United States, 475, 383. [S82] 1880 Cencus, 1880 Cencus. [S86] Cemetery Prospect Hill Canajoharie New York, Cemetery Prospect Hill Canajoharie New York.