The Moeckly Family

First Family

After Konrad and Johannes Ulrich Möckli arrived in Polk County, Iowa in 1854, they began to work the land that they purchased near Crocker, Iowa. Land records indicate that their holding grew and they were having some success. Konrad had left his wife Elisabeth Wipf Möckli behind when they emigrated in 1852. It appears from old letters from Konrad back to family in Marthalen, that at some point his wife Elisabeth also emigrated but passed away some time later.

Johannes married Frederica Huglin in April, 1856. From this union, five children survived and are depicted in this photo taken about 1880. This is the beginning of the five main branches of our family in the United States.

Pictured in the back row from left to right are Mary Elizabeth Moeckly (1864-1945), John Ulrich Moeckly (1859-1940), Jacob Frederick Moeckly (1857-1943) and front row from left to right Jefferson Douglas Moeckly (1862-1939) and my great grandfather George Washington Moeckly (1868-1916).

Over 350 direct descendants of Johannes Ulrich Moeckly are entered in my genealogy data base as of this time and there are more to be entered and more being born each day.