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Funeral Notice · primary-source record

Nicholas Abel

abt 1842 – October 2, 1893

Died 2 October 1893 · Henry, Illinois

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At-a-glance facts

Record type

Funeral Notice

Date of death

October 2, 1893

Date of birth

abt 1842

Age at death

51 years

Place of death

Henry, Illinois, United States

The funeral notice

From the funeral card

Died in this City in the —— House on Monday October 2, 1893 at 4 p.m. of paralysis, Nicholas Abel, 51 years.

Verbatim from the printed funeral notice; the name of the house is illegible on the original.

Brian's research

The 1880 census of Kewanee, Henry County, Illinois places Nicholas Abel, age 38, a cigar manufacturer born in Bavaria, boarding in the household of Peter Schipper, also a cigar manufacturer, born in Prussia. The household enumerated:

  • Peter Schipper (37, self)
  • Anna Schipper (36, wife, born Illinois)
  • Charles Frommel (step-son, 17, cigar maker)
  • Earnest Frommel (step-son, 15, at school)
  • Carrie Frommel (step-daughter, 13, at school)
  • August Mespelt (boarder, 20, cigar maker, born Iowa)
  • Frank Kampef (boarder, 20, cigar maker, born Michigan)

The 1880 age of 38 implies a birth year near 1842, consistent with the funeral notice's age of 51 at death in 1893.

— Brian, Ancestors at Rest

Sources consulted

  • 1880 U.S. census, Kewanee, Henry County, Illinois — Family History Library film 1254213, NA film T9-0213, page 378C

People named in this record

  • Nicholas AbelSubject
  • Peter SchipperMentioned
  • Anna SchipperMentioned
  • Charles FrommelMentioned
  • Earnest FrommelMentioned
  • Carrie FrommelMentioned
  • August MespeltMentioned
  • Frank KampefMentioned

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Source & citation

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Provenance
From the Ancestors at Rest archive — founded 2004 by Brian and substantially built out across two decades by Lorine McGinnis Schulze of Olive Tree Genealogy.
Transcribed by
Ancestors at Rest archive — original contributor not recorded.
Last verified
2026-06-12
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Both — photograph of the printed notice and a transcription on this page

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