Carl was born October 30, 1848 at Ober Werstritz, Germany and died April 16, 1926. He married Louise Hoffman on May 25, 1874 in the Evangelical Church at Ditruansdorf. Louise Hoffman was born 1852 in Berrengrund, Waldenburg, Germany and died here on September 20, 1935.
After living in Germany until 1880 they left for America, locating in Jorden, Minnesota and coming to North Dakota the following year and located on a farm until 1915. They moved to Valley City that year and purchased a house which is still being lived in by family members. Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Thiel bought this property in 1939 from the estate and later sold in December 1974 to Amy and Bruce Anderson. Amy is the granddaughter of Wm. Thiel and great granddaughter of the Carl Thiels.
The farm that Mr. and Mrs. Thiel homesteaded on was located in the area just above the Baldhill Dam. This farm was sold by the Thiels to the Wallace Lee family and when the dam was constructed the buildings had to be moved out to new locations.
They had five children - Mattie Leader Graham; Ida Strecker; William F.; Emil and Carl Thiel.
Carl and Louise Thiel are some of the founders and builders of the Zion Lutheran Church in Getchell where they are now buried.
Source: Barnes County History 1976 Page 245