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BIOGRAPHY: IMMIGRATION:
Name: Xavier Mellecker
Year: 1851
Place: New York, New York
Source Publication Code: 8123.10
Primary Immigrant: Mellecker, Xavier
Annotation: Date of emigration with intended destination. Author used several sources; although most of the entries were extracted from the Alsace Emigration index, a microfilmed card file which is among the holdings of the Family History Library in Salt Lake City. Year and place of birth and occupation are also provided.
Source Bibliography: SCHRADER-MUGGENTHALER, CORNELIA. The Alsace Emigration Book. Vol. 1. Apollo, PA: Closson Press, 1989. 277p.
Page: 163

BIOGRAPHY: http://www.rootsweb.com/~iajohnso/MelleckerFamily.htm
The Mellecker family followed a similar path in America. Francis Xavier Mellecker, also known as F.X., was a distiller, a carpenter and a farmer when he brought his family to Johnson County in 1853. In fact, F.X. carved the altar in St. Stanislaus Church outside of Hills using just a steel blade knife.

Francois married Maria Anna Gross on 8 May 1822 in Guevenatten, Haut-Rhin, Alsace, France. Maria was born in 1796 in Soppe-Le-Bas, Bas-Rhin, Alsace, France; died on 10 Jan 1839 in Soppe-Le-Bas, Bas-Rhin, Alsace, France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Franz Xavier Mellecker was born on 7 May 1823 in Guevenatten, Haut-Rhin, Alsace, France; died on 14 Sep 1860 in Johnson County, Iowa, USA.
2. Joseph Mellecker was born on 11 Sep 1824 in Soppe-Le-Bas, Bas-Rhin, Alsace, France; died in 1898 in Kansas, USA.
3. Vincent Mellecker was born on 18 Mar 1827 in Guevenatten, Haut-Rhin, Alsace, France; died on 12 Aug 1904 in Colorado, USA.
4. Johannes Mellecker was born on 23 Apr 1829 in Guevenatten, Haut-Rhin, Alsace, France; died on 4 Oct 1907 in Johnson County, Iowa, USA; was buried in St. Stanislaus Cemetery, Iowa City, Johnson County, Iowa, USA.
5. Maria Anna Mellecker was born on 22 Aug 1835 in Guevenatten, Haut-Rhin, Alsace, France; died on 28 Apr 1864 in Johnson County, Iowa, USA.
6. Jacob Mellecker was born on 13 Mar 1837 in Soppe-Le-Bas, Bas-Rhin, Alsace, France; died on 17 Mar 1837 in Soppe-Le-Bas, Bas-Rhin, Alsace, France.

Francois married Maria Anna Bury on 29 Oct 1840. Maria was born on 22 Aug 1807 in Soppe-le-Bas, Haut-Rhin, Alsace, France; died on 13 Mar 1866 in Johnson County, Iowa, USA; was buried in St. Stanislaus Cemetery, Hills, Johnson County, Iowa, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Maria Josephine Mellecker was born on 7 Sep 1841 in Soppe-le-Bas, Haut-Rhin, Alsace, France; died on 9 Feb 1882 in New Mexico, USA.

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Jean married Catherine Gütmann on 24 Apr 1797 in Guevenatten, Haut-Rhin, Alsace, France. Catherine was born on 25 Jan 1775 in Guevenatten, Haut-Rhin, Alsace, France; died in 1860 in Gildwiller, Haut-Rhin, Alsace, France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Johannes married Maria Magdalena Burger about 1754 in Bischwiller, Bas-Rhin, Alsace, France. Maria was born in 1728; died on 4 Dec 1787 in Goldbach-Altenbach, Haut-Rhin, Alsace, France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]