Sixth Generation 
Sixth Generation 
32. Frederick YANKLE was born in 1829 in Germany, died on 8 Jul 1892 in New Haven Township, Shiawassee County, Michigan, at age 63, and was buried in West Haven Cemetery, Shiawassee County, Michigan.
These notes were compiled by David Scott Yankle in his genealogical research of the Yankle family.
There is a record from the early Wayne Co. Marriages, Vol. 5, listing a marriage between Frederick JENKEL, 24, and Jette BANTHIEN, 20, both of Springwells, on March 24, 1857, in Detroit, Michigan. (Springwells later became part of Dearborn) The marriage was performed by H. MUELLER, minister of the Gospel. The witnesses were John JENKEL and William HAUSER. I believe this is their marriage record. Henry was born in Dearborn in 1858. Most of the records show Frederick's and Henrietta's ages to be four years apart; Henrietta's death record indicates she was born in 1836. There are many variations of the spelling of the last name BANTHIEN, with no way to verify what the correct spelling was. However, there are many family trees with individuals of that surname.
The 1850 census notes a Frederick JENKEL, age 28, living in Dearborn Village with wife Judith and son Henry age 11/2. It also lists a John JENKEL, age 32, with wife Hannah, daughters Sophie, age 11/2, and Mary, age 1/12. Even though there are some inconsistencies, I believe Frederick and John to be brothers, as John JENKEL ** (see note) was the witness in the above mentioned marriage record. Henry J. W. YANKLE was born in Dearborn in 1858.
There is a Wayne Co. record of a land purchase, Vol. 50-51, 1833-1869, Vol. 100, pg. 130, for a purchase made by Frederick. It notes: YANKLE, Frederick of Dearborn Township, pur. fr. Robert INKSTER and w. Cordelia of Dearborn Township, July 24, 1863, the W. part of fract'l. lot 19 in Dearborn Village. Witnesses: Hiram WIGHTMAN and Charles HULL. Reg: E. N. Lacroix. Rec. Aug. 4, 1863.
In the 1870 census, Fred YINKEL, age 39, is listed in New Haven Township, Shiawassee Co., Michigan, with wife Esther, age 33, son Henry, age 12, Ettie, age 9, Julie, age 6, Lydia, age 3, and Henry BONTINE, who is Henrietta's father.
The 1880 census lists Frederick YANKLE, age 48; is listed with wife Henrietta and family in New Haven Township, Shiawassee Co., Michigan.
The 1900 and 1910 censuses lists Henry YANKLE in Flint, Michigan with his family and John E. YANKLE and his family in Ward 5 of Owosso, Michigan.
** While I have yet to definitely prove this point, I belive John JENKEL is Frederick's brother. He and his family moved to Ecorse, Wayne Co., Michigan and then to Dearborn, where some descendants live today under the spelling YENKEL. There seems to be a shift from John to Carl, which may be a middle name. It has been noted to me, frequently in the old world people had a given name and then a Christian name, which the family addressed the person by. I have attempted to work with these people to prove (or disprove) a connection, with no success. The evidence is highly circumstantial, but, generally consistent in the dates. - David Yankle **
From the Yankle Chronicle, August 2003:
Frederick Yankle is our foundation, the oldest relative for which we have any record, and the rock from which all succeeding generations would come. He was born in Prussia (Germany) in the year 1829. We don’t know where he was born, or what his childhood was like, but at some point he made the long and arduous journey across the Atlantic ocean.
Likewise, Henrietta (Banthien) Yankle’s birthplace was Prussia (Germany) too. Her father was Henry Banthien, who is buried in the West Haven Cemetery in Owosso, MI.. Born in 1836, she would later join the myriad of other German immigrants coming to seek a better life in America.
Although their point of entry into the country could have been either New York or Baltimore, or possibly through Canada, they moved farther west, finally settling in the Detroit area.
Whether they knew one another before coming to America we can only speculate, but on March 24, 1857 Frederick & Henrietta were married by H. Mueller, a minister of the gospel.
They were to move to Dearborn and within a year they had their first child, Henry J. W. Yankle. Little Henry was only three when his sister Henrietta was born, and two years later a second daughter, Julia joined the family in 1863. That was the year Frederick was finally able to purchase a plot of land in Dearborn. They resettled onto a farm in New Haven Township, (near Owosso), Shiawassee Co. Michigan between 1863 and 1867.
The family continued to grow, and in 1867 Lydia was born, followed by Frederick 5 years later. The baby, John Yankle, was finally born in 1876.
Frederick married Henrietta BONTEIN on 24 Mar 1857 in Springwells (Dearborn, Wayne County, Michigan.
The child from this marriage was:
33. Henrietta BONTEIN, daughter of Henry BONTEIN and Unknown , was born in Oct 1836 in Germany, died on 9 Dec 1887 in New Haven Township, Michigan, at age 51, and was buried in West Haven Cemetery, Shiawassee County, Michigan.
Henrietta married Frederick YANKLE on 24 Mar 1857 in Springwells (Dearborn, Wayne County, Michigan.
34. Rudolph GOOD, son of Henry GOOD and Unknown , was born on 1 Jun 1815 in Zurich, Switzerland, died on 1 Jun 1869 in Rush Township, Shiawassee Co., Michigan, at age 54, and was buried in West Haven Cemetery, Shiawassee County, Michigan.
b. Jun. 1, 1815; d. Jun. 1, 1869. Husband of Margaret (HUBER) GOOD; place of birth is listed as Zurich, Switzerland. His father's name was Henry GOOD and his mother's name is listed as unknown. He was the father of Susanna GOOD. It has been noted he came from a wealthy family and studied veterinary medicine until ill health intervened. His family lost their money, so he brought his family to Canada, and thence to the United States in 1854. He was a religious man and his occupation is listed as "Farmer". His cause of death is listed as "Consumption" per Shiawassee Co. ledger page #223; date of record is May 27, 1879. He died in Rush Township and is buried in West Haven Cemetery in Section 1, next to Margaret.
Rudolph married Margaret HUBER .
The child from this marriage was:
17 i. Susanna GOOD (born on 10 Jan 1861 in Ontario, Canada - died on 7 Jul 1940 in Owosso, Michigan)
35. Margaret HUBER was born on 18 Apr 1822 in Zurich, Switzerland, died on 27 Sep 1907 in Flint, Michigan, at age 85, and was buried in West Haven Cemetery, Shiawassee County, Michigan.
b. Apr. 18, 1822; d. Sep. 27, 1907. Wife of Rudolph GOOD, place of birth listed as Zurich, Switzerland. She was considered to be a beautiful woman with black, curly hair. She was married to Rudolph GOOD and the mother of Susanna (GOOD) YANKLE. She and Rudolph had nine children. She died in Flint, Michigan and is buried in West Haven Cemetery in Section 1.
Margaret married Rudolph GOOD .
36. Vitson (Vincent) PALMER was born about 1819 in Ledyard Township, Cayuga Co., New York and died on 14 Jan 1873 in Muir, Ionia County, Michigan, about age 54.
The 1850 census has the family living in Ledyard Township, Cayuga Co., New York. Vincent is listed as age 31, (b. 1819?), born in New York and Eliza as 26 (b. 1824?), born in Massachussets. His occupation is listed as blacksmith. In a book on the history of Ionia Co., it's noted that Vincent came to Muir in the fall of 1856 and opened a blacksmith shop with William Smith. The 1860 and 1970 censuses have the family living in Lyon Township, Ionia Co., Michigan. Vincent's occupation is again listed as blacksmith. A directory for Ionia Co. lists Vitson in Lyons, Muir as a blacksmith and William A. PALMER as a clerk. In 1873 there is a death record noted for Vitson who died Jan 14, 1873 in Muir, Ionia Co. of "Congestion of the lungs" at the age of 54. His place of birth was listed as New York.
Vitson married Eliza DERRICK .
The child from this marriage was:
37. Eliza DERRICK, daughter of Richard S. DERRICK and Eunice [--?--] , was born about 1824 in Massachussets.
Eliza married Vitson (Vincent) PALMER .
38. Charles W. SMITH was born in 1820 in New York.
The 1840 Michigan census has a Charles W. SMITH listed in Parma Township, Jackson County, with a family makeup listed that is consistent with his, at that time. Charles and family is listed with his family in Columbia Township, Jackson County, Michigna in 1850. It notes he was born in New York in 1820 (?). His occupation is listed as a "Pumpmaker". In the 1860 and 1870 censuses the family is listed in Grass Lake, Jackson Co., Michigan
Charles married Eliza CADY .
The child from this marriage was:
39. Eliza CADY was born on 13 Nov 1823 in New York, died on 24 Jan 1887 in Carson City, Michigan, at age 63, and was buried in Bloomer Township Cemetery, Carson City, Michigan.
b.Nov.13, 1823 (?) (New York), d. Jan. 24, 1887 (Carson City). Cause of death is noted as "heart disease". In the 1880 census she is noted as living with William and Lida (SMITH) PALMER, with her sons Frank, age 25 and George, age 18, in Carson City, MI.
Eliza married Charles W. SMITH .
40. John Wesley HOLLER, son of Israel Zachariah HOLLER and Susan MILLER , was born on 8 Jul 1839 in Wilkes, North Carolina, died on 4 Mar 1874 in Brown Township, Washington County, Indiana, at age 34, and was buried in Saltillo Cemetery, Indiana.
Noted events in his life were:
• Birth: 8 Jul 1839. Saltillo, IN
• Death: 4 Mar 1874. Saltillo, IN
• Burial: Saltillo, IN
John married Margaret Marshall (Cornwell) ROBERTS on 14 Mar 1871 in Washington County, Indiana.
The child from this marriage was:
41. Margaret Marshall (Cornwell) ROBERTS, daughter of James Q. ROBERTS and Mary MARSHALL , was born on 8 Jul 1836, died on 30 Jan 1892 in Brown Twp. Washington Co., Indiana, at age 55, and was buried in Saltillo Cemetery, Brown Twp. Washington Co., Indiana.
Margaret married John Wesley HOLLER on 14 Mar 1871 in Washington County, Indiana.
42. Isaac Jacob JOHNSON, son of Luke JOHNSON and Susan STINES , was born on 8 Apr 1815 in Lincoln County, Kentucky and died on 22 Jun 1900 in Orange County, Northeast Township, Indiana, at age 85.
Isaac Jacob Johnson, a native of Lincoln County, Kentucky, is the eighth in a family of seventeen children, born to Luke and Susan (Stines) Johnson. The Stines family were among the first to brave Indian perils and settle in Kentucky, and Luke Johnson, who was a native of Maryland, also went there at an early age and was there married. He died at sixty-eight years of age, and his wife at ninety-seven.
Jacob Johnson was born April 8, 1815; immigrated to Orange County, Indiana, in 1838, where he began working as a farm hand for a mere pittance. By close economy and industry he has secured a farm of 320 acres of good land.
The four children born to this marriage with Elizabeth Clements in 1840 are: Eliza A., James L., Martha S., and John D. The mother died in 1850, and for his second wife, Mr. Johnson selected Catherine Freed, by whom he is the father of these children: Mary E., William M., Henry H., Amanda E., Thomas N., Laura E., Oliver L., Allie M., Lola D., Joseph F., and Louis M. Altogether, Mr. Johnson is the father of fifteen living children. He is one of the highly respected men of his township and an enterprising citizen.
Isaac married Catherine FREED on 1 Jul 1851 in Orange County, Indiana.
The child from this marriage was:
43. Catherine FREED, daughter of John FREED and Catherine Elizabeth CUTSINGER , was born on 25 Sep 1830 in Orange County, North East Township, Indiana and died on 13 Jul 1886 in Washington County, Indiana, at age 55.
Catherine married Isaac Jacob JOHNSON on 1 Jul 1851 in Orange County, Indiana.
44. Carsten ASMUSSEN, son of Nis RASMUSSEN and Syster FRANZEN , was born on 8 Nov 1801 in Monkebull, Schleswig Holstein, Germany and died on 14 Sep 1873 in West Bargum, Schleswig Holstein, Germany, at age 71.
Noted events in his life were:
• Residence: was born in what became the family house in Monkebull.
• Occupation: Farmer
• Role: He was married first to Ingeburg Johannsen. She bore him 2 children, Christine and Peter. She died in childbirth with Peter in 1839.
• Religion: Lutheran, Langenhorn church
Carsten married Lena Catharina JURGENSEN in 1843.
The child from this marriage was:
Carsten next married Lena Catharina JURGENSEN on 15 Apr 1843 in Langenhorn, Schleswig Holstein, Germany.
45. Lena Catharina JURGENSEN, daughter of Jens JURGENSEN and Margaretha Dorothea JANSEN , was born on 1 Feb 1819 in East Langenhorn, Germany and died in 1917 in Fulton, Illinois, USA, at age 98.
Noted events in her life were:
• Immigration: 11 May 1881. She immigrated to USA with her daughter Sophie and son in law, Peter Lorenzen.
• Parents (Facts Page): parents were Jens Jurgensen and Maria Dorothea Jansen
• Religion: Lutheran, Langenhorn church
• Remarried: She remarried to a Mr. Drew in Fulton, Ill.
• Residence: In USA she first lived in Lyons, Iowa, then Fulton, Ill.
• Residence: In Germany before she married, she lived in Loheide.
Lena married Carsten ASMUSSEN in 1843.
Lena next married Carsten ASMUSSEN on 15 Apr 1843 in Langenhorn, Schleswig Holstein, Germany.
46. Jacob JACOBSEN, son of Jacob JACOBSEN and Karen Jorgensdaughter aka Catharina JURGENSEN , was born on 21 Jun 1824 in Arhus, Denmark and died on 16 Feb 1879 in Drelsdorf, Schleswig Holstein, Germany, at age 54.
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Jacob Jacobsen was a Danish horse soldier, a dragoon with the 3rd Regiment. He wore a special uniform and special fancy helmet. He carried a sword with scabbard and a rifle. He was stationed in Arhus from 1819-1826. If he was there from 1819 and at least 19 by then, he must have been born around 1800. Somehow he met the teenage girl, Karen (Jorgensdatter, Danish spelling) Jorgensdaughter. The investigator I hired, John Jensen, could not find any record for her or her family so she must have lived outside of Arhus, but somewhere in the area. She became pregnant by the dragoon Jacob Jacobsen and her parents disowned her. They made her leave with only her clothes which included some expensive shawls. She apparently went to Arhus where she lived in a apartment on a street called Badstuegade. Arhus was a pretty large city, 2nd largest in Denmark, and a harbor town toward the northeast part of Denmark. The street runs parallel to the harbor only a few blocks from the water. Karen had her baby on June 21, 1824. She named the baby boy Jacob Jacobsen, same as his father. He was baptized at home June 24th and at the large Arhus church on January 16, 1825. At the baptism were two friends of the dragoon, two soldiers: quartermaster Moller and corporal Lith. Also there were two friends of the young mother, Ane Pedersen and Ane Jensdaughter. Two other people were there, a butcher Hansen and a P. Nielsen. The butcher could have had a market on the street.
No other record is found of them in Arhus. Jacob Jacobsen and Karen Jorgensdaughter with their little boy must have left for Germany when his tour or obligation was up, probably in 1826. Most likely they sailed to Kiel or Lubeck and from there found their way South to the moorland where the heath or heather grew. The best flowers for bees was just South of Luneberg so maybe this is where they ended up. This was not far southeast of Hamburg. Jacob became a well known beekeeper. Farmers came from miles around to buy his honey and have him to keep their hives during the flowering season. He also sold dried heather stocks formed into bricks, which were used to burn for cooking. He also sold the harder turf or peat like stocks made into bricks used in the winter for heating. They had a little girl born while there. They could have married in Denmark or in Germany but we have not found a record of a marriage. Jacobsen died young, probably in the mid 1830s leaving the young widow about 30 years old with two young children. By now her name was apparently Catharina Jurgensen. She remarried a Diedrich Andresen and somehow moved North 100 miles or so ending up in Drelsdorf or Bohmstedt in Schleswig-Holstein. She had two more children. Jacob the boy, grew up to become a tailor. He worked from his home and in the homes of his customers. Jacob married Anna Marie Hansen in Drelsdorf and they had eight children. The little Danish girl who never went home to Denmark, lost her 2nd husband and her other 3 children died as well. Only she and Jacob were left. He died on Feb. 16, 1879 in Drelsdorf. She outlived him as well, maybe died around 1880. We have not found a record of her death.
Noted events in his life were:
• Baptism: 16 Jan 1825. from churchbook for Arhus Domsogn 1825
• Occupation: He was a tailor who made clothes.
Jacob married Anna Maria HANSEN on 26 Feb 1852 in Drelsdorf, Germany.
The child from this marriage was:
47. Anna Maria HANSEN, daughter of Jacob Erich HANSEN and Anna PETERSEN , was born on 21 Jun 1828 in Drelsdorf, Schleswig Holstein, Germany, died on 25 May 1918 in Fulton, Illinois, USA, at age 89, and was buried in Fulton Cemetery Fulton, Illinois.
Noted events in her life were:
• Nickname: Little Grossmutter because so short in height.
• Emigration: Came to America in about 1890 with Carsten her son and possibly other children.
• Residence: In America she lived with various of her children helping to raise grandchildren
• Religion: Religion was Lutheran, member of Drelsdorf Lutheran Church in Drelsdorf, Germany.
• Employment: After her husband died in 1879, she made her living nursing or taking care of sick or elderly people.
Anna married Jacob JACOBSEN on 26 Feb 1852 in Drelsdorf, Germany.
50. Washington Allen KILE was born about 1821 in Georgia and died on 26 Mar 1865 in Indiana, about age 44.
Washington married Tabitah Elizabeth GREEN on 2 Mar 1848 in Henry County, Georgia.
The child from this marriage was:
25 i. Sarah Jane KILE (born about 1859 in Georgia - died in Dec 1896 in Cullman, Alabama)
51. Tabitah Elizabeth GREEN was born on 25 May 1828 in Georgia and died on 2 Jun 1903 in Warrier, Alabama, at age 75.
Tabitah married Washington Allen KILE on 2 Mar 1848 in Henry County, Georgia.
60. Warren SMITH .
Warren married Caroline BRIDGES .
The child from this marriage was:
61. Caroline BRIDGES .
Caroline married Warren SMITH .