His name recorded on the church baptism record is "Franz Heinrich Jochen Hermann".
His name recorded on his marriage record is also "Franz Heinrich Joachim Hermann".
He went by simply "Henry Hagen" for his life in Iowa county.
His obituary gives the Americanized version of his full name "Henry William Frank Herman Hagen". (Somewhere along the line Jochem/Joachim was replaced with William!)
Jochem is the German short name for Joachim which is Hebrew in origin. It means "established by God" and refers to the father of the virgin Mary.
His name recorded on the church baptism record is "Franz Heinrich Jochen Hermann".
His name recorded on his marriage record is also "Franz Heinrich Joachim Hermann".
He went by simply "Henry Hagen" for his life in Iowa county.
His obituary gives the Americanized version of his full name "Henry William Frank Herman Hagen". (Somewhere along the line Jochem/Joachim was replaced with William!)
Jochem is the German short name for Joachim which is Hebrew in origin. It means "established by God" and refers to the father of the virgin Mary.
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