NODING - Originally spelled NOEDING - Pronounced NATING. (The "oe" is pronounced "a" and the "d" has the "t" sound.)
NATING is a German word meaning sewing -- so, apparently, when this name was derived, the family was in the "Tailoring" profession.
Louis Noding, Sr., was born May 5, 1853 in Lichtenhagen, in the province of Hanover, Germany.
Coming to Beavercreek in Nebraska, he met his bride and was married in 1882. A year later, with his family, he moved to Ellendale, North Dakota to homestead, staying eight years. In 1891, they came to Minnesota to the Westbrook area. (Westbrook was then only prairie land and the nearest town was Fulda.) It was that same year that he bought the 160 acres of land that became his home, for life, for the sum of $1440.00. After his death, his son, Otto, and family lived on the farm and Otto's son, Vern, eventually became owner of it and lived on it for a number of years.
In 1921, Louis August Noding, Sr. took a load of grain to Great Bend, North Dakota. He also made the trip to help with the farm work at his daughter's, Minnie Arnold, farm. When the team was found without a driver, a search was made for him. He was found on the road, dead, the wheels had crossed his chest, crushing it. The cause of his death was never determined. There was speculation as to whether the team became frightened and he had a run away, throwing him off the wagon, or, if he had suffered a heart attack and fell forward off the wagon.
He was buried in Rosehill Cemetery in Rosehill Township, Cottonwood County, Minnesota. He died at the age of 68 years.
In 1974, this farm was purchased from Vern Noding by Gene D. Lindman.
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Albrecht von Roon
Louis August Noding, Sr., father of L.H.R. Noding was born May 5 1853 in Lichtenhagen, Germany, Province of Hanover. His father was an officer in the Prussian Army and his mother was the doaughter of Albrecht von Roon, Minister of War, appointed by King William I in 1860.
Von Roon was a close confidante of King William and persuaded him to appoint Otto von Bismark as Prime Minister in 1862. Bismark was a clever manipulator who believed King William of the House of Hohenzollern was appointed by God and was deeply loyal to him.
Under Albrecht von Roon, the Prussian Army became the most efficient Army in Europe. Bismark used this power to initiate the Austria-Prussian war of 1866 in which he created a united Germany. Von Roon used the needle gun for the first time which could be fired four times to the Austrian muzzle loader. Also, he used an open formation of soldiers which enabled them to move freely and take advantage of terrain, bushes, and fences. Railroads and the telegraph were used for the first time in warfare. The war with Austria eventually led to war with France. After the defeat of France, King William I of Prussia was declared Emperor in the palace of Louis XIV at Versailles, France, in January 1871.
King William I (Emperor Wilhem) died in 1888 at the age of 91 and his grandson, William II was crowned King. He was the Kaiser of Germany at the time of World War I. He fled to Holland on November 9, 1918 and Germany became a republic under Hitler. This ended the rule of the family of Hohenzollerns.
What I relate now are the things my father, L.H.R. Noding, told me concerning his Grandfather and Grandmother vo Roon.
The father of Louis August Noding, Sr. was a high ranking officer in the Prussian army, (Germany was not yet united). This man, a commoner, fell in love and married the daughter of Albrecht von Roon. This girl was titled, called "Lady", but because she married a commoner, lost her title and was disinherited. Therefore, they lived on her husband's income from the army and their son, Louis August Noding, Sr., born in 1853 grew up in army life. When this lad grew to manhood he joined the artillery division of the German Army and served as bodyguard to the Emperor King William I. In 1880, when he was 26 years, he came to America settling in Beavercreek, Nebraska.
A brother also immigrated to America and was last heard of in Texas on a large plantation with negro slave labor.
Pearl Noding Buyck