John Victor Ockenfels was born 29 September 1819 in Neiderbreisig, Westphalia, Germany to Johann Michael Ockenfels (1792-1869) and Anna Margaretha Jasper (1795-1866) and died 29 December 1894 Norway, Iowa, United States of unspecified causes. He married Anna Maria Schidt (1831-1907) 1852 in Germany.
Children
| Name | Birth | Death | Joined with |
| Margaret Ockenfels (1854-1932) | October 1854 Trier, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany | 1932 Norway, Iowa, United States | Henry Behle (1842-1898) |
| John Julius Ockenfels (1857-1938) | 8 May 1857 Germany | 2 May 1938 Norway, Iowa, United States | Regina Voss (1866-1919) |
| Gertrude Ockenfels (1859-1950) | 4 April 1859 Prussia, Germany | 24 June 1950 Germany | |
| Heinrich Joseph Ockenfels (1863-) | |||
| Peter Paul Ockenfels (1868-1938) | 24 June 1868 Niederbreisig, Prussia, Germany | 3 November 1938 Currie, Minnesota, United States | Adelheid Brecht (1879-1964) |
| Anna Ockenfels (1875-1954) | 14 April 1875 Westphalia, Germany | 13 May 1954 Norway, Iowa, United States | Joseph Reinhart Brecht (1867-1944) |
| Catherine Ockenfels (-) | |||
Residences
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