Greb, Conrad

1822 - 1899  (76 years)    Has no ancestors but 10 descendants in this family tree.

• Name	Greb, Conrad
  Born	12 Oct 1822	, , , Germany
  Gender	Male
  Immigration	Abt Aug 1843
  Possibly this record in 1848; Name:Conr Greb Arrival Date:13 Jun 1848 Age:26 Gender:M (Male) Port of Arrival:New York Port of Departure:Bremen Place of Origin:Deutschland Ship:Richard Cobden? Family Identification:1025779 Microfilm Serial Number:M237 Microfilm Roll Number:73
  Immigration	Between 1863 and 1865
  Son Louis born in Canada and son Henry born in Wisconsin.
  Moved	Abt Nov 1865	Freedom, Outagamie, Wisconsin, USA
  1870 Census	1870	Freedom, Outagamie, Wisconsin, USA
  Page 27
  Conrad Grabe - 48 Gertrude Grabe - 47 John Grabe - 20 Littaa Grabe - 18 George Grabe - 15 Elisabeth Grabe - 13 Wilhelm Grabe - 11 Louis Grabe - 7 Henry Grabe - 5
  1880 Census	1880	Freedom, Outagamie, Wisconsin, USA
  Conrad Grape58 Gertrude Grape57 Elizabeth Grape23 Louis Grape18 Henry Grape16
  Biography	1895  [1]
  Commemorative Biographical Record of the Fox River Valley Page 0721
  Conrad Greb was born October 12, 1822, in Germany, son of Conrad, a weaver, who died in his native Fatherland, the father of eleven children (five of whom two sons and three daughters--lived to maturity. Conrad being the second son and the fourth child in order of birth. He attended school up to the age of fourteen, when he commenced to do farm work, and continued same in Germany until reaching his majority. At this time Conrad Shepherd (for whom Mr. Greb was named) was about to bring his family to America, and he agreed to pay Mr. Greb's passage on condition that the latter would work for him two years. They sailed from Bremen, and, after a passage of forty days, landed at New York, proceeding from there to Albany, thence via the Erie canal to Rochester, and thence to Hamilton, Ontario, where they arrived in August, 1843. Mr. Shepherd located on a farm in Lower Canada, and after working the two years for him, according to their agreement, Mr. Greb hired out to other farmers in Canada, and commenced life on his own account. On April 24, 1849, he was married in Canada to Gertrude Brown, who was born October 19, 1823, in Germany, daughter of Conrad Philip Brown, a carpenter; she came to Canada in 1841 with her eldest brother, George, and, until her marriage, worked as a domestic in various families. Up to the time of his marriage Mr. Greb had worked for others, receiving generally six dollars per month, out of which he had been able to save but little. He then rented a farm from a former employer, and after living there four years invested in one hundred acres of government land. It was wild and uncleared, and here he worked hard for ten years, at the end of which time, having made numerous improvements, he was able to sell at a good profit, and in February, 1864, he came to Wisconsin, where he has ever since had his home. For about eighteen months he lived at Young's Corners, in Dale township, Outagamie county, meanwhile working for neighboring farmers; in November, 1865. he removed to Freedom township, and bought eighty acres of unimproved land in Section 30; a log house, 18 X 22, was erected in the midst of the forest, and this was their only home for over ten years, when a substantial brick residence was built. When Mr. Greb commenced life in the New World he had no capital save a strong, willing pair of hands; but he has succeeded far beyond his early expectations. After coming to Wisconsin he took a farm from the dense forest, improved and beautified it, and continued there, actively engaged in farm labor, until 1889, when he rented his farm to his son Louis, and has since lived retired, enjoying his prosperity as only an industrious, self-made man can. Until May 1, 1894, he lived in the village of Seymour, but since then he has made his home in Appleton, having bought property on Atlantic street. He is highly respected by all who know him as an honest, industrious man, who has made a success in life by hard work and upright methods. In religious faith he is a member of the German Methodist Church at Appleton, and politically he affiliates with the Republican party. To Mr. and Mrs. Greb were born children as follows: John, a farmer of Seymour; Lydia, of Chicago, unmarried; George, a farmer of Greenville; Elizabeth, unmarried, who lives with her brother Louis on the farm; William, a harness maker of Greenville; Louis; and Henry, a cheese maker, of Osborn township, all born in Canada with the exception of Henry, who was born in Dale township.
  Death Record - Civil	30 Mar 1899
  Name:Conrad Greb Death Date:30 Mar 1899 County:Outagamie Volume:02 Page #:0325 Reel:104 Image:0704 ImageNum:101798 Sequence #:130667 Level Info:Wisconsin Vital Records Death Index.
  Died	30 Mar 1899	Appleton, Outagamie, Wisconsin, USA
  Buried	Riverside Cemetery, Appleton, Wisconsin, USA
  	Greb, Konrad Riverside Cemetery, Appleton, Wisconsin, USA
  	Greb, Konrad Family Riverside Cemetery, Appleton, Wisconsin, USA
  Person ID	I192265	1FamilyTree
  Last Modified	5 Mar 2017

  
  

  Family	Brown, Gertrude,   b. 19 Oct 1823,   d. 6 Jun 1910  (Age 86 years)
  Married	24 Apr 1849	Grey, Ontario, Canada
  Children	1. Greb, John,   b. Abt 1850, , , , Canada ,   d. Abt 1927  (Age ~ 77 years)   2. Greb, Lydia,   b. 4 Jan 1853, , , , Canada ,   d. 20 Aug 1948  (Age 95 years) + 3. Greb, George,   b. 15 Mar 1856, , , , Canada ,   d. Abt 1930, Appleton, Outagamie, Wisconsin, USA  (Age 73 years)   4. Greb, Elizabeth,   b. 23 Mar 1857, , , , Canada ,   d. 23 Sep 1949  (Age 92 years)   5. Greb, William,   b. 15 Jan 1860, , , , Canada ,   d. 6 Aug 1937  (Age 77 years)   6. Greb, Louis,   b. 28 Mar 1862, , , , Canada ,   d. 22 Sep 1944  (Age 82 years) + 7. Greb, Henry,   b. Abt 1865, Dale, Outagamie, Wisconsin, USA ,   d. Abt Dec 1932, Dodgeville, Iowa, Wisconsin, USA  (Age ~ 67 years)
  Last Modified	8 Oct 2014
  Family ID	F64805	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map	Load the map	Born - 12 Oct 1822 - , , , Germany Married - 24 Apr 1849 - Grey, Ontario, Canada Moved - Abt Nov 1865 - Freedom, Outagamie, Wisconsin, USA 1870 Census - Page 27 - 1870 - Freedom, Outagamie, Wisconsin, USA 1880 Census - 1880 - Freedom, Outagamie, Wisconsin, USA Died - 30 Mar 1899 - Appleton, Outagamie, Wisconsin, USA Buried - - Riverside Cemetery, Appleton, Wisconsin, USA  = Link to Google Earth
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• Sources

  [S1011] Commemorative Biographical Record of the Fox River Valley, J.H. Beers & Co., (Commemorative Biographical Record of the Fox River Valley Counties of Brown, Outagamie and Winnebago, J.H. Beers & Co. 1895 containing biographical sketches of prominent and representative citizens, and of many of the early settled families. Read at Wisconsin History.org web site Or ), Page 722.