John Henry Graff b. 3 January 1835 Darmstadt, Hesse, Germany d. 5 March 1924 Galena, Cherokee, Kansas, USA: Our Family History

John Henry Graff

1835 - 1924 (89 years)

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Name	John Henry Graff [2, 3, 4, 5]
Birth	3 January 1835	Darmstadt, Hesse, Germany [2, 4, 5]
Gender	Male
Arrival	1858 [4]
Married	12 Feb 1865	Franklin, Dent, Missouri, USA [3]
Residence	1880	Franklin, Dent, Missouri, USA [2]
	Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head: Self
Residence	1910	Garden, Cherokee, Kansas, USA [4]
	Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head of House: Head
Death	5 March 1924	Galena, Cherokee, Kansas, USA [5]
Burial	Joplin, Jasper County, Missouri, United States of America [5]
Person ID	I292002168502	Alwin2025
Last Modified	23 Apr 2025

Father	Johannes Graf, b. 25 Jul 1792, Fuerstentuem, Waldeck, Germany d. 25 Jul 1872, Berndorf, Waldeck-Frankenberg, Hessen, Germany (Age 80 years)
Mother	Johannette Elisabeth Meier, b. 21 Sept. 1792, Dehringhausen, Waldeck-Frankenberg, Hessen, Germany d. 26 Nov. 1863 (Age 71 years)
Marriage	15 Aug 1819	germany
Family ID	F9553	Group Sheet \| Family Chart

Family Percey Roberts, b. 12 Mar 1846, Tennessee d. 27 Jul 1916, Joplin, Jasper, Missouri, USA (Age 70 years)

Children

	1. William Graff, b. Apr 1872, Missouri d. 3 May 1937 (Age 65 years)
	2. Drucilla Frances Graff, b. 26 Jan 1878, Salem, Dent, Missouri, USA d. 15 Apr 1967, Joplin, Jasper, Missouri, United States (Age 89 years)

Family ID F2394 Group Sheet | Family Chart

Last Modified 23 Apr 2025

[S965666108] Ancestry Family Tree.
[S965667446] Year: 1880; Census Place: Franklin, Dent, Missouri; Roll: 685; Page: 373A; Enumeration District: 061.
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[S965667059] Year: 1910; Census Place: Garden, Cherokee, Kansas; Roll: T624_434; Page: 2A; Enumeration District: 0026; FHL microfilm: 1374447.
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My earliest European ancestors in North America were probably Nicolas Marsolet and Louis Hébert. However, one of my 8th great-grandmothers, the wife of Philippe Mius d'Entremont, was a Native North American of the Mi'kmaq tribe. Unfortunately, there is uncertainty about her name. She may have been called Kjipuktuk. In modern times, the name Marie Coyote Blanc has been assigned to her, but there is no evidence that this was actually her name. Her ancestors would obviously been in North America long before Europeans arrived.

The French-Canadian lines of my family tree can be confirmed by literaly thousands of DNA links that support the family tree as mapped out. And, due to a couple of lucky DNA links to 3rd cousins in Sweden, with well-documented family trees of their own, I can extend my Swedish roots back several centuries. The German links have proved much more difficult, and in most cases, I have been unable to trace my German ancestors much further back in time than their arrival in North America.