The GERMANS of IOWA
And Their Achievements
(Die Deutschen von Iowa und deren Errungenschaften)
Extract of Biographical Sketches
by
Jim W. Faulkinbury, C.G.R.S.
Certified Genealogical Record Specialist
GoTo the Deutschen von Iowa web-base
Introduction and
Index
Based on the Book by Jospeh Eiboeck titled:
"Die Deutschen von Iowa und deren Errungenschaften"
(Des Moines, Iowa: des Iowa Staats-Anzeiger, 1900)
FHL Microfilm number for this book is #1036447 (Family History Library, Salt Lake
City)
Amend, Conrad - born 3 Jan 1849 Steinau in Kurhessen; married (1) Maria Kronig (died 30
Jun 1897) 25 Jan 1872; 12 children by 1st marr., 9 living: Wilhelm, Johann, Georg, Edward,
Gustav, Emma,
Hermann, Albert, and
Arthur; married (2) Adelheide Schlosser 14 Apr 1898; 1 child by 2nd marr.: Maria; resident
Des Moines, Iowa.
[p.621]
Andersen, H.H. - born 18 Dec 1826 in Dorfe Gulde, Angeln; immigrated 1851; married 1854
Maria A.
Thomsen; 5 children: Willie, Anna (Mrs. C.H. Klenze), Clara (Mrs. W.T. Klenze), Richard,
and Louise; resident
Davenport, Iowa. [p.422]
Appel, Wilhelm - born 4 Mar 1867 in Büdingen, Hessen-Darmstadt; immigrated 1887;
resident Des Moines,
Iowa. [p.649]
Arnemann, Alfred - born 15 Dec 1835 Elbingen, Hannover; resident Guttenberg, Iowa.
[p.206]
Arnold, Christoph - born 24 Feb 1822 in Niedernhall, Oberant Künzelsau, Württemberg;
resident Fort Dodge,
Iowa. [p.705]
Aulmann, William - born 29 Apr 1852 in Burlington, Iowa; son of Adam and Theodore
(Pulch) Aulmann who
immigrated 1849 [Adam was born 11 Dec 1821 in Mühlen, Nassau]; married 1881 Lucy
Welcome of Keokuk,
Iowa; 4 children: Bertha, Flora A., William Grover, and Hermann E., resident Des Moines,
Iowa. [p.648]
Bank, Henry - born 23 Oct 1843 in Adensen, Hannover; son of Heinrich and Julia (Gollmart)
Bank; married 1
May 1869 Maria Risser; 7 children: Louise, Marie, Hermann, Heinrich, Dorothea, Katharine,
and Elise; resident
Keokuk, Iowa. [p.319]
Baumann, John F. - born 10 Nov 1820 in Crailsheim, Württemberg; immigrated 1847;
married 1847 Philadelphia
PA Barbara Wolpert; 5 children, 2 living: George and John ; died 30 Nov 1893 in
Marshalltown, Iowa.
[p.670]
Bechtele, Peter - born 9 Jul 1827 in Kempten, Bavaria; immigrated Apr 1854; resident
Council Bluffs, Iowa.
[p.558]
Beck, Conrad - born 26 Nov 1835 in Hemmendorf, Amt Rottenburg, Württemberg;
immigrated 1854; resident
Des Moines, Iowa. [p.618]
Becker, Alois - born 9 Mar 1854 in Calcar, Kreis Cleve near Niederheim; married 19 Aug
1879 Sophie Louise
Viemann; 4 children: Karl, Ferdinand, Henrietta, and Wilhelmina; resident Council Bluffs,
Iowa. [p.250]
Becker, Gustav - born 8 Dec 1848 in Tschirnau, Kreis Guhrau; immigrated 1869; married 20
Jun 1872
Wilhelmine Ruehle; 5 children, 3 living: Oswald, Lina, and Alice; resident Davenport, Iowa.
[p.462]
Beiter, Nikolaus - born 21 Mar 1847 in Strassberg, Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen, Prussia;
immigrated Jul 1866;
resident Carroll Co., Iowa. [p.687]
Bergmann, Prof. Ignaz - born 9 Mar 1842 in Wormeln, Kreis Warburg, Westphalia; resident
Fort Madison, Iowa.
[p.329]
Bernhard, Eduard - immigrated 1854 at age 36; resident Fort Madison, Iowa. [p.329]
Berwald, John - born 28 Jul 1852 in Davenport, Iowa; married Sophie Brauch; 2 children:
Anna and Walther;
resident Davenport, Iowa. [p.461]
Bicklen, Gottlob H. - born 16 Mar 1830 in Württemberg; son of Ludwig Bicklen; immigrated
1853; married (1)
24 Jul 1853 Christine Hammer (died Mar 1868), dau John H. Hammer; 2 children by 1st
marr.: Christine (w.
James S. Klein) and William; married (2) fall of 1868 Christine Paule, dau Jacob Paule; 7
children by 2nd marr.
[*** the text indicates 6 children but lists 7 names]: Clara, Regina, Albert Ludwig, Oscar
Philipp, Martha Mary,
Alma, and Maria; resident Burlington, Iowa. [p.380]
Biermann, Gustav - born 2 Dec 1865 in Gross-Wanzleben, Provinz Sachsen, Prussia;
immigrated 16 Jan 1889;
married 19 Feb 1895 Carolina Dieterich, dau John F. Dieterich; 2 children: Elisabeth and
Carl; resident
Marshalltown, Iowa. [p.673]
Blohm, Georg A. - born 1850 in Schleswig; immigrated 1870; resident Madison Co., Iowa.
[p.661]
Boehler, Charles A. - born 31 Aug 1836 in Waldshut, Baden am Rhein; immigrated at age
17; married 12 Jun
1859 in New York to Louise Brutsche; 7 children, 5 living: Louise (w. Fred. Kuhlmann),
Albert, Anna (w. Dr.
Albert Anderson), Antoinette (w. Jacob O'Neil), and Andreas F.; resident Des Moines, Iowa.
[p.627]
Bohlander, Rev. George - born 6 Jun 1861 in Clinton Co., Illinois; resident Council Bluffs,
Iowa. [p.551]
Bormann, Christ. - born 6 Feb 1826 in Pirmasens in the Rheinprovinz; immigrated 1854 with
wife Friederika
Keller; died 13 Feb 1891; children: Lina (w. Wm. Hiles), Mina (w. Ed. C. Jandt), Eliza (w.
Carl Hecker),
Charles A.; resident Sioux City, Iowa. [p.726]
Carstens, J.H. - born 3 Jan 1844 in Schleswig-Holstein; immigrated 1866; married 19 Jun
1879 Anna C.
Hinrichsen; 2 children: the w. John J. Hoffmann and Laura; resident Davenport, Iowa.
[p.692]
Carstensen, Edlef H. - born 15 Oct 1846 in Stedesand, Schleswig; immigrated Sep 1871;
married 1874 Elsebe
Volkmann; 3 children: Emilie, Hermann, and Lilla; resident Clinton, Iowa. [p.497]
Claussen, Ernst - born 2 Mar 1833 in Heide, Holstein; son of Hans Reimer Claussen; 1st wife
died by 1875;
married 2) 1876; 3 children: Alfred, Hermann, and Elfrieda; resident Lyons, Iowa.
[p.414]
Claussen, Hans Reimer - born 23 Feb 1804 in Fedringer, Ditmarschen, Holstein-Schleswig;
married 10 May
1832 Anna Rahbeck, dau Claus D. Rahbeck; resident Davenport, Iowa. [p.409]
Conradi, Georg - born 26 Sep 1850 in Michelbach, Hessen-Nassau; immigrated 1868; married
8 Oct 1893 Katie
Stollberg, a sister of Mrs. Phillip Conradi; 3 children; resident Des Moines, Iowa. [p.630]
Dessel, H.A. - born 27 Jan 1861 in Fürstenthum, Waldeck; immigrated 1869; married 1884
Ottilie Witt of
Davenport, Iowa; 11 children; resident Ida Co., Iowa. [p.709]
Dietsch, Gustav - born 21 Aug 1865 in Treuen, Sachen; resident Potville, Iowa. [p. 266]
Dietz, Phillip - born 10 Jan 1838 in Echzell, Hessen; immigrated 1852; married 24 Dec 1859
Dorothea Rissen; 8
children, two living: Mrs. Luise Beh and Ferdinand; resident Scott Co., Iowa. [p.478]
Dippel, Louis - born 25 Dec 1853 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin; married 25 Feb 1892 Rica
Schuhmacher; 2
children: Robert and Elma; resident Des Moines, Iowa. [p.636]
Doerr, Charles - born 13 Jan 1831 in Sonnenberg, Hessen-Nassau; resident Fort Madison,
Iowa. [p.328]
Domann, Paul - born 1876 in Barwin, near Zellbrück, Pommern; resident Clinton, Iowa.
[p.266]
Dreher, W.F. - born 23 Mar 1860 in Krotoschin, Posen; son of Johann and Susanna Dreher;
resident Spirit Lake,
Iowa. [p.265]
Eberle, Phillip - born 27 Apr 1833 in Untermutschelbach, Oberamt Durlach, Baden;
immigrated 1851; married
1868 St. Louis, MO Katharina Mörlein; 4 children, 3 living: Phillip, Peter, and Charles;
resident Sioux City,
Iowa. [p.732]
Edens, John - born 22 Dec 1832 in Büsom, Dithmarschen; immigrated 1854; married 1863
Dora Heide; 3
children: John H., Lizzie, and Emma; resident Clinton, Iowa. [p.496]
Eiboeck, Joseph - born 23 Feb 1838 in Breitenbrunn (Szeluskut), Ungarn; immigrated 1849;
married 15 Jun 1862
Fannie Garrison; 6 children one of whom was Maria, w. S.C. McFarland, American Counsel
in Nottingham,
England; resident Des Moines, Iowa. [p.240]
Ende, Carl - born 29 Oct 1837 in Hessen; son of Ferd. von Ende; immigrated with family
1851; married 3 Oct
1869 Thusnelda Leopold; 4 children: Carl Leopold, Marie Louise, August Ferdinand, and
Heinrich Leopold
Waldemar; resident Mount Pleasant, Iowa. [p.382]
Fischer, Friedrich - born in Hessen; resident Maquoketa, Iowa. [p.254]
Frahm, Mathias - born 17 Jul 1821 in Gulyn, Schleswig; son of Jürgen Frahm; immigrated
1848; twin sons
Wilhelm and Carl; resident Davenport, Iowa. [p.436]
Frank, Franz Joseph - born 17 Jan 1827 in Waldsee, Württemberg; married 17 Sep 1850
Katharine Appell; 10
children, 9 living; resident Davenport, Iowa. [p.484]
Friday (Freitag), John - born 18 May 1819 in Württemberg; immigrated with family 1832; his
sister Caroline
(Mrs. Wright) was the first child born in Scott Co., Iowa (18 May 1836); married 6 May
1847 Elisabeth
Forgery; 8 children; died 10 Jan 1899; resident Scott Co., Iowa. [p.401]
Frudden, A.F. - born 16 Sep 1854 in the Dorfe Tuftum on the island of Föhr,
Schleswig-Holstein; immigrated
1871; married 1878 Clinton, Iowa Philine Johannsen; 7 children, 5 living; resident Dubuque,
Iowa. [p.521]
Gehrig, Joseph - born 26 Dec 1819 in Wallenstädt, Canton St. Gallen, Switzerland;
immigrated 1844; married 26
Sep 1851 Ursula Kiene, sister of Paul, Peter and Richard Kiene born in Switzerland (died
1879); died 13 Apr
1885; 6 children: Marie, Lena, Paul, Heinrich, Johann, and Joseph; resident Dubuque, Iowa.
[p.514]
Geise, Conrad - born 5 Nov 1842 in Kohlstädt, Lippe-Detmold; married 6 Oct 1864 Ludovika
Horn, dau of John
Horn (died 27 Nov 1887); 8 children, 6 living: Friedrich, Edwin H., Conrad jr., Philipp E.,
Ludovika, and
Louise; resident Council Bluffs, Iowa. [p.553]
Geisler, Emil N.J. - born 11 Apr 1828 in Dithmarschen, Schlewig-Holstein; immigrated 1852;
married 1855; dau
Mrs. Jac. C. Claussen; resident Davenport, Iowa. [p.439]
Glick, Dr. George - born 19 Mar 1827 in Otterberg, near Kaiserslautern, Rheinpfalz, Bavaria;
son of Johann
Georg and Katharina (Geier) Glick; immigrated with parents May 1840; married 1855 Jane
Ziegenfeller; 5
children, 4 living: Charles, Albert G., Alice (w. Th. J. Fletcher), and Fred. E.; resident
Marshalltown, Iowa.
[p.645]
Gniffke, Freidrich A. - born 21 Mar 1833 in Neufahrwasser dem Hafenort, Danzig, West
Prussia; immigrated
May 1850; married 1863 Alvine Laade; resident Dubuque, Iowa. [p.233]
Gonner, Nicklaus Sr. - born 8 Jan 1835 in the Unterstadt Pfaffenthal, Luxembourg; died 20
Dec 1892 in
Dubuque, Iowa. [p.210]
Graeser, Dr. Bernhard - born 13 Feb 1836 in Erfurt, Prussia; married 1870 Watseka, IL Mary
Heicks; 5 children:
Henry Bernhard, Charles Frederick, Elva, Mathilde, and George Walter; resident Battle Creek,
Iowa. [p.644]
Grefe, Albert A. - born 28 Oct 1822 in Niedersachswerter, Hannover; immigrated 1846;
married 1846 in
Neustadt near Nordhausen to Wilhelmine Appenrodt; 6 children: Augusta, Wilhelm, Albert,
Carl, Theodor, and
Ida (w. Hugo Umfrid); resident Des Moines, Iowa. [p.602]
Groneweg, William - born 24 Jul 1838 in Lemförde, Hannover; immigrated 1859; married
1864 Council Bluffs,
Iowa Kate Leutzinger; 7 children: George, Kate, Hattie, Nettie, Hermann, Richard, and
Sheldon; resident Council
Bluffs, Iowa. [p.551]
Groninger, August - born 24 Dec 1828 in Elsfleth, Oldenburg; immigrated 1849; married
1860 Caroline Reinke;
resident Sioux City, Iowa. [p.715] *** the given name is Hugo in the index ***
Grossmann, G.A. - born 25 May 1862 in St. Sebald, Clayton Co., Iowa; resident Waverly,
Iowa. [p.258]
Gülich, Theodor - son Paul; resident Burlington, Iowa. [p.357]
Haaren, Franz - born 6 Dec 1855 in Jünkersfeld, near Köln; married Frida Kegel; resident
Sioux City, Iowa.
[p.286]
Haerling, Gustav - born 14 Jun 1840 in Seitz, Sachsen; immigrated 1862; married 28 Mar
1867 Franziska
Karstner; 12 children, 10 living: Oscar, Anna (w. John Goebel), Frank, Louise, Emilie (w.
John Obermeyer),
Alma, Lena, Franziska, Hedwig, and Elsie; resident Le Mars, Iowa. [p.741]
Hafner, Adam - born 4 Nov 1837 in Kurhessen; son of Christoph and Elisabeth (Mai) Hafner;
immigrated with
parents 1852; married 1) 11 Mar 1861 Maria D. Montgomery (died 1863); 1 child: William;
married 2) 1865
Rebecca A. Burnett; 3 children by 2nd marr.: Theodor A.V., Charles A.D., and a dau; resident
Des Moines,
Iowa. [p.615]
Hagemann, Eduard - born 4 Jul 1830 in Kobach, Waldeck; son of Eduard and Charlotte
(Lehr) Hagemann;
immigrated at age 23; married 1) 1853 Katharine Bachmann (died 1886); 2 children; married
2) 1891 Mrs.
Emma (Knust) Meyer (died 1898); resident Burlington, Iowa. [p.349]
Hahnen, Henry - born 1841 in Württemberg; married Oct 1866 Maria Sophie Becker; 10
children, 9 living:
Rosina Sophia (w. Melville R. Davis), Anna Maria, Minnie Christine, Wilhelm Heinrich,
Clara Theresia, Ed.
Albert, Hermann Franke, Lillian Gertrude, and Josephine Leone; the oldest son August
Conrad died 10 Jul 1871;
resident Des Moines, Iowa. [p.629]
Haist, Adam - born 1848 in Württemberg; immigrated 1869; resident Anita, Iowa.
[p.664]
Harbach, Friedrich - born 1 Oct 1831 in Michelbach, Nassau; son of Wilhelm and Wilhemine
(Müller) Harbach;
married 20 Nov 1860 Maria Schneider (died 20 Nov 1894); 5 children: Anna, Frank, Agnes
(w. Emil Vollmer),
Minnie (w. Wm. J. Stolle), and George; resident Des Moines, Iowa. [p.595]
Hartenbauer, John J. - born 1843 in Hennepin, Illinois; married 27 Apr 1870 Hennepin, IL
Cinthia Durley;
resident Des Moines, Iowa. [p.641]
Heer, Joseph Fridolin - born 30 Jul 1834 in Wallenstaedt, Canton St. Gallen, Switzerland;
married 1860 Lisetta
Breitler; 3 children; immigrated 1865; resident Dubuque, Iowa. [p.518]
Heil, Caspar - born 7 Dec 1830 in Forchheim near Carlsruhe, Baden; immigrated 5 Jun 1852;
married 1) 1855
Julia Wunderlich (died 3 Jul 1856); married 2) 19 Mar 1861 Susanne Ziegenheim; 8 children
by 2nd marr., 6
living: William, Betty, Amalie, Nettie, Oscar, and Hermann C.; resident Des Moines, Iowa.
[p.369]
Heins, Henry -born 10 Mar 1856 in Davenport, Iowa; brother of Fred. Heins; resident
Muscatine, Iowa.
[p.262]
Hempel, J.G. - born 1860 in Girard, Iowa; married 1887 G.J. Bickel; 2 children: Iowa and
Kathleen; resident
Elkader, Iowa. [p.536]
Henningsen, Martin - born 2 Oct 1865 in Schleswig-Holstein, resident Clinton, Iowa.
[p.266]
Hermann, Adolph - born 8 Apr 1849 in Ulm on the Donau; immigrated 1870; married 1871
Lina Dehlmann;
resident Sioux City, Iowa. [p.285]
Hermann, John - born 31 Dec 1830 in Hengstfeld, O.A. Gerbrom; immigrated 1847 with
younger brother and his
uncle George Hermann; married 1861 Anna Spring; 6 children, 4 living: Henry, Otto, John,
and Emma; resident
Boone Co., Iowa. [p.676]
Hilmer, Aug. - born 14 May 1865 in Bargfeld, Kreis Oldenstadt, Hannover; son of Peter and
Katharina
(Schröder) Hilmer; immigrated 1880 with parents; married 20 Apr 1893 Plattvile, WI
Carolina Bevers, dau of
Nicklaus Bevers; resident New Hampton, Iowa. [p.263]
Hoffbauer, Friedrich and Hugo - Father and son; Friedrich born 10 Nov 1816 in Copenhagen,
Denmark; married
1835 Auleben (an der goldenen Aue) Mathilde Schneidewind; Hugo born 1836; the family
immigrated 1848;
Hugo married 1) 9 Jul 1859 Virginia Meyers (died 1883); married 2) 1888 Emily Mosler; 10
children: Willie,
Lulu (w. Louis Reinbrecht), May, and Louis living; resident Buffalo, Iowa. [p.481]
Hoffmann, Oscar B. - born 1858 in Sachsen; resident Sioux City, Iowa. [p.261]
Hoffmann, Rev. P. - born 1892? [*** he was ordained in 1888 thus the printed birth year is
in error ***] in St
Catharine, Iowa; resident Fort Madison, Iowa. [p.326]
Holst, B.P. - born 18 Sep 1861 in Iowa; resident Boone Co., Iowa. [p.677]
Huglin, George Jakob - born 11 Jul 1852 in Baden; son of Johann Georg and Anna Maria
(Stempf) Huglin;
immigrated with parents 1867; his father died in 1877 and his mother in Mar 1897; married
20 Jan 1877
Karoline Münzenmeier; 3 children, 2 living: William George Gottlieb and Lina; a dau Emma
died 1893 at age
13; resident Des Moines, Iowa. [p.639]
Hüne, August - born 10 Sep 1863 in Glen Haven, WI; resident Guttenberg, Iowa. [p.532]
Huttenlocher, John C. - born 18 Oct 1828 in Hegensberg, O.A. Esslingen, Württemberg; son
of Lorenz F.
Huttenlocher; immigrated with sister Friederike 1854 (she died RI the same year); 9 children:
Christ, Louise S.,
Hermann G.L., Fred L., Caroline, Ida R., Ernst A., Louis Otto and Frank C.W.; resident Des
Moines, Iowa.
[p.604]
Ihm, Hermann - born 1831 in Schwetzingen, Baden; married 1876 Karoline Kölitz; 3 sons
and 1 dau; resident
Garnavillo, Iowa. [p.533]
Ill, Lorenz - born 2 Aug 1854 in Friesenheim, Amt Lahr; son of Carl and Amalie
(Hugelmann) Ill; immigrated
with parents 1867; married 1) 28 May 1878 Euphemia Mühlhaupt (died 14 Apr 1896), dau of
S. Mühlhaupt; 4
children by 1st marr.: Charles, Edward, Joseph, and Harry; married 2) 19 Apr 1898 Mathilda
Roddewig, dau of
Ernst Roddewig of Davenport Iowa; resident Des Moines, Iowa. [p.633]
Jacobsen, Peter Nicolai - born 24 Mar 1834 in Eckernförde, Schleswig; immigrated 1857; he
lost his 1st wife
and married 2) in 1884 Wittwe Pöhlmann; children: Mrs. Dora Dengler, Charles, Mrs. Anna
Röschmann, Claus,
Henry, and Peter; resident Davenport, Iowa. [p.476]
Jäger, Edmund - born 22 Sep 1833 in Maudach in the Rheinpfalz, Bavaria; son of Simon and
Margarethe
(Büttner) Jäger; married 15 Nov 1866 Addie G. Ayres; son Edmund Jäger Jr.; resident
Keokuk Co., Iowa.
[p.316]
Jungk, Christian - born 12 Feb 1821 in Heindorf near Reichenbach, Sachsen; immigrated
1844; married 22 Feb
1852 Henrietta Malz; 10 children, 8 living: Mrs. Lina Hermann, Mrs. Emma Dammann,
Robert, Hermann, Otto,
Mrs. Selma Weeda, and Mrs. Clara Wieland; resident Dubuque, Iowa. [p.525]
Kahrmann, Fr. S. - born 7 Jan 1810 in Neuss near Köln on the Rhein; immigrated 1854; dau
Mrs. Köchert;
resident Davenport, Iowa. [p.473]
Karberg, Capt. Peter - born 27 Aug 1840 in Apenrade, Schleswig; son of Lorenz Karberg;
immigrated with
brother Lorenz 1857; resident Clayton Co. Iowa, Lansing Iowa, Dubuque Iowa, and Lincoln
Nebraska; died 2 Jul
1884. [p.89]
Kater, Simon - born 1846 in Lippe-Detmold; immigrated 1885; married 1871 Wilhelmine
Schmidt; 2 children;
resident Council Bluffs, Iowa. [p.558]
Kempker, Rev. John F. - born 18 May 1848 in Lee Co., Iowa; son of Gerhard H. and Therese
(Achelwilm)
Kempker; resident Fort Madison, Iowa. [p.330]
Kern, Rev. P. - immigrated 1869; resident Fort Madison, Iowa. [p.327]
Kieffer, J.P. - born 14 Oct 1850 in Senningen, Luxembourg; immigrated 1870; resident Le
Mars, Iowa.
[p.257]
Kiel, William - born 1857; resident Fort Madison, Iowa. [p.744]
Kleis, Christian - born 11 May 1827 in Sitzenkirch, Baden; immigrated 1848; married 1862
Caroline Föll; they
had a large family; resident Dubuque, Iowa. [p.524]
Klinker, John - born 1868 in Schleswig-Holstein; married 27 Jun 1883 Denison, Iowa to
Marie Nessenbrink, dau
of J. Nessenbrink; resident Denison, Iowa. [p.692]
Klotzbach, Ed. - born 1865 in Girard, Iowa; resident Elkader, Iowa. [p.536]
Klug, Otto - born 1 Aug 1822 in Burg auf Fehmarn, Schleswig-Holstein; immigrated 1849;
married May 1852
Friederika Schricker, sister of Lorenzo Schricker; 7 children, 6 living: Clara (w. Henry F.
Petersen), Agnes (w.
Wm. Haase), Lillie, Thekla (w. Robert Wagner), Otto, and Frieda; died 24 May 1899, resident
Davenport, Iowa.
[p.441]
Klumb, Phillip - born 2 Nov 1845 in Laufenselden, Amt. Langenschwalbach, Nassau;
immigrated 1867; married
4 Jun 1872 Elisabeth Kurtz; 1 child: Lucia; resident Des Moines, Iowa. [p.597]
Knoll, Friedrich M. - born 8 Mar 1833 in Elsass-Lothringen; son of John M. Knoll and
grandson of Friedrich
and Flora Knoll; the family immigrated 1848; John M. Knoll married at age 32 Katharina
Dusenburger; 3
children: Friedrich M., Mrs. Appel of Los Angeles CA, and Louis of Howard Co. AR;
resident Dubuque Co.,
Iowa; Friedrich M. Knoll married 1) Kath. Deckert of Elsass, married 2) Agnes Stader of
Baden, and married 3)
Olga Heymisch of Berlin; 6 children: Eugenia, Josephine, Albert, Auguste, Minnie, and
Heinrich; resident
Dubuque, Iowa. [p.512]
Koch, Capt. Heinrich - born 27 Mar 1800 in Bayreuth; immigrated 1832 with wife and two
children; resident
Dubuque, Iowa. [p.198]
Koehler, Heinrich - born 25 May 1828 in Obersotzbach, Kreis Gelnhausen, Kursessen;
immigrated via England
1849; married dau of Mr. Schlapp; 10 children, 6 living: Oscar, Ida (w. Adolph Priester),
Henry, Hugo, Max,
and Paula (w. Dr. Carl Vollmer); resident Davenport, Iowa. [p.433]
Korn, William H. - born Davenport, Iowa; son of Henry Korn; brother of Harry, John, and
Otto Korn; married
Davenport, Iowa Susan Tanner; 2 children: Wilma and Thomas; resident Des Moines, Iowa.
[p.651]
Kraetsch, Paul J. - born 2 Dec 1850 in Colberg, Pommern; immigrated 1868; married 1882
Mrs. Anna (Kronig)
Graefe, sister of Mrs. Friedrich Schröder and the late Mrs. Conrad Amend; 4 children: Karl,
Georg, Lillie, and
Wilhelm; resident Des Moines, Iowa. [p.622]
Kraus, Berthold - born 1863 in German Bohemia; resident Manning, Iowa. [p.251]
Krause, Robert - born 13 Nov 1834 in Walkenried, Braunschweig; immigrated with parents
and three brothers
(Wilhelm named) 1848; his father died in Davenport, Iowa 5 Jul 1900; married 1 Jan 1860
Louise Steinhilber
oldest dau of Ezechiel Steinhilber; 2 daus: Mrs. Paul Karlowa and Mrs. Louis P. Best;
resident Davenport, Iowa.
[p.405]
Krejci, Dr. J.C. - born 27 Aug 1836 in Schlusselburg, Bohemia; immigrated 1866; married 15
Feb 1872
Charlotte Otte; resident Sioux City, Iowa. [p.717]
Kretschmer, Chas. G. - born 22 Jan 1822 near Breslau; immigrated 1849; resident Dubuque,
Iowa. [p.302]
Krommer, Prof. A.J. - born 11 May 1842 in Bennisch in Troppauer Bezirk, Schlesien,
Austria; son of Conrad
and Aloisia (Langer) Krommer; immigrated 1879; married 1 May 1872 Lina Mückstein in
Gersdorf, Schlesien; 8
children, 5 living: Max, Charles, Edward, Flora, and Otto; resident Des Moines, Iowa.
[p.635]
Kuhlemeier, August H. - born 10 Dec 1844; son of Friedrich and Sophie (Klöpping)
Kuhlemeier; immigrated
with parents 1853; married 4 Jun 1872 Lina Cramer of Charles City, Iowa; 3 children:
Frederick J., August R.,
and Henr F.; resident Burlington, Iowa. [p.370]
Kuhnen, Nicolaus - resident Davenport, Iowa. [p.477]
Lahrmann, Bernhard H. - born 5 Sep 1822 in Hilter near Iburg, in the Osnabrück district of
Hannover; he met
his future wife Wilhelmine Bergfeldt on board ship to the U.S.; they landed in New Orleans 6
Jan 1843; married
3 Mar 1843; 3 children: Julius of St. Louis MO, Otto, and Mrs. Ernst Otto; resident
Davenport, Iowa.
[p.456]
Lambach, Heinrich - born 7 Jul 1815 Nähe von Essen, Westphalia; married 1848 Hamm,
Westphalia to Mathilde
Schmidt; 4 children living: Lina (w. Julius Lehrkind of Bozeman, MT), Hugo of Le Claire
Iowa, Fritz, and
Tillie; died 19 Jan 1899 in Davenport, Iowa. [p.464]
Lambert, Peter - born 24 Aug 1835 in Trier, Prussia; son of Nickolas Lambert; immigrated 28
Nov 1853;
married Dec 1859 Summerville, Iowa Lucy Compton (born Hancock Co., Illinois), dau of
Samuel Compton; 7
children: Charles, William N., Oskar, George F., John D., Rudolph, Theresa, and Frank;
resident Des Moines,
Iowa. [p.637]
Lange, Paul - born 4 Aug 1828 in Laubau, Schlesien; son of Elias and Friedericka (Ullerich)
Lange; immigrated
1854; married 1853 Emilie Dupuis; 4 sons: Hermann, Otto, Carl, and Paul; resident
Burlington, Iowa.
[p.367]
Lehner, John - born 21 Sep 1845 in Teunz, Bavaria; son of Michael Lehner Sr. (died 1 Dec
1893 age 85);
immigrated at age 24; married Oct 1869 Anna Ostermeier; 1 child: Margareth (w. Ernst
Hornbostel); resident
Des Moines, Iowa. [p.619]
Lerch, William - born 28 Mar 1841 in Nierstein near Mainz on the Rhein; immigrated 1864;
married 1) 6 May
1876 Louise Blumer (died 1884); 2 children by 1st marr.: Dr. William H and Kate A.;
married 2) 1888 Clara
Hoese, dau of Wm. Hoese; 2 children by 2nd marr.: Frank and Herold; resident Sioux City,
Iowa. [p.732]
Lessenich, John J. - born 28 Nov 1826 in Münstereifel in the Rheinprovinz of Prussia;
immigrated 1854; married
Mar 1861 Geneseo, IL to Mary A. Kuhre; 5 children (a dau died age 14): John Friedrich,
Leonard C., Mrs.
Charles Selzer, and Mrs. Louis Selzer; resident Sioux City, Iowa. [p.719]
Lischer, Henry - born 10 Jul 1828 in Weingarten in the Pfalz; immigrated with parents 1835;
married 1855 Anna
Vollmer (born Bremen, died 1891); 4 children: Oskar, Edward, Fritz, and Julius; resident
Davenport, Iowa.
[p.227]
Lischer, Julius - born 1 Jul 1866 in Davenport, Iowa; resident Scott Co., Iowa. [p.475]
Lübbers, Paul - born 5 Mar 1858 in Lyons, Iowa; son of John (died 1885) and Johanna
(Fuhrmann) Lübbers;
married 3 Dec 1884 Carolina Hansen; 4 children, 1 was living: Albert; resident Clinton Co.,
Iowa. [p.502]
Lusch, Adolph T. - born 25 Jan 1841 in Reinbeck near Hamburg; married Feb 1865 Emma
M. Evans; 2
children: Harry B., and Eduard F.; resident Dubuque, Iowa. [p.520]
Lutze, A.C. - born 23 Apr 1862 in Einbeck, Hannover; immigrated with parents 1870;
married 1882 St. Joseph,
MO Helena Wirtz; 1 child: Lulu (born 1883); resident Sioux City, Iowa. [p.239]
Magnus, Christian - born 19 Mar 1834 in Giessen, Hesse-Darmstadt; immigrated 1857;
resident Cedar Rapids,
Iowa. [p.667]
Mahraun, H. - born 15 Jan 1851 in Allenstein, East Prussia; son of Otto Mahraun; immigrated
1879; resident
Iowa City, Iowa. [p.266]
Mandersheid, John - born 6 Jun 1849 in Neudorf, Luxembourg; immigrated 1856; married
1870 Jackson Co.,
Iowa Josephine Kies (born Alzingen, Luxembourg); 5 children: Heinrich, Katie, Lizzie, John
H., and Lilly;
resident Dubuque, Iowa. [p.734]
Mangold, Franz Xavier - born 4 Oct [1817/1818] in Seltz, Elsass; immigrated 1836; married
14 Nov 1840 Maria
Eva Berg (died 23 Apr 1899); 2 children; resident Dubuque Co., Iowa. [p.510]
Martens, August Detlef - born 17 Jun 1847 in Lunden in the Ditmarsch; brother of Martin
Martens; immigrated
17 Jul 1874; married 16 Jun 1874 Augusta Willner (born Mecklenburg); 6 children, 2 living:
Mamie and Elsie;
resident Sioux City, Iowa. [p.724]
Mast, Augustus F. - born 1 Oct 1819 in Grünenplan, Braunschweig; immigrated with parents
1833; married 1846
Johanna Witte; 8 children: Emilie (Mrs. Schomburg), Willie H., Clarence, Julia, Lee,
Ferdinand E., Chas. A.,
Franklin Pierce; resident Davenport, Iowa. [p.420]
Mathes, Christian - born 31 Aug 1833 in Ludwigshafen on the Bodensee, Baden; son of S.
and Julia
(Wiedenhorn) Mathes; immigrated after Rev. of 1848; married 5 May 1859 Rosa Seibel; 2
children: Hermann A.
and Ottilia; resident Burlington, Iowa. [p.353]
Mathies, Gen. Carl Leopold - born 31 May 1824 in Bromberg, Possen province, Prussia;
immigrated 1849;
resident Burlington, Iowa. [p.86]
Mattes, John Jr. - born 1859 in Nendingen, Württemberg; immigrated with uncle Paul Mattes
1879; married Des
Moines, Iowa Katie Schäfer (born Indiana); 1 dau: Nora Angeline (born 1 Dec 1883 in Des
Moines, Iowa);
resident Des Moines, Iowa. [p.654]
Mattes, Paul - born 13 Feb 1841 in Nendingen, Württemberg; immigrated with bros Alois,
John and Alexander
1864; married 1868 Des Moines, Iowa Ursula Allemann; 7 children: Frank P., Mrs. Mary
Whittie, Mrs. Pauline
Boelter, Mrs. Rosa Krämer, Mrs. Hoyt Trisler, Francis, and Lotte; died 10 Dec 1897 in Des
Moines, Iowa.
[p.612]
Matthey, Dr. Carl and Heinrich (twins) - born 20 Oct 1852 in Berleburg, Wittgenstein district
of Westphalia;
immigrated 1873 with their parents, sisters Emma and Anna, and brother Rudolph; residents
of Davenport, Iowa.
[p.450]
Matthey, H. Sr. - born 20 Feb 1825 in Mühlberg on the Elbe; immigrated with family 1873;
resident Davenport,
Iowa. [p.450]
Mauthe, C. - 4 children; resident Des Moines, Iowa. [p.657]
Menz, John - born 12 Jun 1829 in Albrechts near Suhl in Thüringer Wald; immigrated Oct
1853; married 1855
Christine Steiner; 6 children: Mrs. Louise Haines of Logansport IN, Mrs. Emma Kraft of
Burlington Iowa, Mrs.
Milda Kraft of Keokuk Iowa, Ella, Mrs F. Atwood of Keokuk, and Robert J.; resident Keokuk
and Lee Co.,
Iowa [p.320]
Metzger, George - born 13 Apr 1845 in Stetten in the Rheinpfalz, Bavaria; son of Anton and
Elisabeth (Richter)
Metzger; immigrated with family 1850; married 1 Aug 1864 Sarah E. Coon (Kuhn); 9
children, 5 living: George
Lincoln, Sarah E., Robert J., John H., and Mabel; resident Davenport, Iowa. [p.471]
Meyer, Carl - born 10 Nov 1863 in Hamburg; married 1893 Phoebe Schudell; resident Sioux
City, Iowa.
[p.287]
Mohme, H.J. - born 24 Oct 1847 near Minden, Westphalia; immigrated 1863; resident
Sigourney, Iowa.
[p.253]
Müller, Christian - born 1 Mar 1823 in Heiligenhafen, Holstein; immigrated 3 Mar 1852; wife
died 29 Oct 1883;
8 children, 5 living: Frank, Eduard, Wilhelm; Hilda (w. Dr. Heinrich Matthey), and Alfred;
resident Davenport,
Iowa. [p.424]
Müller, Ernst - born 21 Nov 1832 in Dahl, Westphalia; immigrated 1851; 7 children: Mrs.
Lena Zabel, Mrs.
Mathilde Ott, Mrs. Meta Randolph, Fred., Mrs. Alwine Wolf, Mrs. Annie Smith, and Miss
Th.; died 18 Apr
1899; resident Scott Co., Iowa. [p.431]
Münzenmeyer, Wilhelm August - born 5 Nov 1855 in Rothenberg, Amt. Cannstadt,
Württemberg; brother of
Otto; immigrated 1872; married 1875 Marie Schröder; 7 chilren, 4 living: Carl, Ernst, Louis,
and Oscar; resident
Des Moines Co., Iowa. [p.372]
Murer, John - born 1 Aug 1827 in Erlendorf, Bavaria; immigrated 22 May 1854; married Nov
1854 Christine
Kuhn; 1 son: John Murer Jr.; resident Buffalo, Iowa. [p.485]
Neumayer, Jacob - born 23 Jul 1843 in Schnellingen, Amt Wolfach, Baden; married 1873
Franziska Baumeister;
8 children, 3 living: Therese, Lucas, and Louise; resident Council Bluffs, Iowa. [p.556]
Ochs, Francis - born 12 Oct 1815 in Saaz, Bohemia; married a dau of Johann Schütt (she died
11 Aug 1855);
dau Emma; died 15 Jul 1890 in Davenport, Iowa. [p.444]
Perczel, Col. Nicklaus - born 1813 in Ungarn; died 1862. [p.88]
Petersen, Adolph and Gerhard - born Strurdorf-Angeln, Schleswig-Holstein; son of P.J.
Petersen; brothers;
immigrated with mother and 3 sisters 1872; residents of Davenport, Iowa. [p.258]
Pfeiffer, F.G. - died 16 Jul 1899 in Council Bluffs, Iowa. [p.248]
Pitschner, Carl - born 19 Nov 1828 in Hagenow, Mecklenburg-Schwerin; immigrated 1850;
resident Dubuque,
Iowa. [p.522]
Plumer, Heinrich Ferdinand - born 5 Sep 1827 in Hannover; immigrated 1840; married 1849
Sophie Kinnink; 14
children; resident Council Bluffs, Iowa. [p.558]
Poppe, Prof. Ewald - born Laubau in Schlesien; resident Burlington, Iowa. [p.377]
Poppe, M.A. - born 22 Jan 1858 in Burlington, Iowa; resident Burlington, Iowa. [p.384]
Priebe, William - born 4 Mar 1863 in Danzig, West Prussia; resident Des Moines, Iowa.
[p.652]
Puck, Joachim - born 21 Apr 1835 in Holstein; immigrated 1853; married 1871 Sarah Jane
Wilkins; 5 children:
Albert Friedrich, Leonore, Ada, Georg, and Mable; resident Sioux City, Iowa. [p.736]
Reinecke, Chas. - born 25 Jan 1840 in Calbe on the Saale, Sachsen; immigrated 1866;
married 21 Jun 1870
Friederike Wagner, dau of Wilhelm Wagner of Freeport, IL; 5 sons: Wm. F., Max C., Alex
C., Richard C., and
Carl; resident Elkader, Iowa. [p.237]
Reinking Conrad Daniel - born 2 May 1820 in Westphalia; immigrated at age 16; married 8
Jul 1852 Eleanor
Schaver; 4 children: Veva (w. W.A. Jones), Ella (w. Rev. Towle), George F., Daniel P;
resident Des Moines,
Iowa. [p.582]
Richter, Adolph Herm. - born 19 Feb 1844 in Rehden, West Prussia; son of Friedrich Otto
Richter; immigrated
1870; married Dec 1870 Lydia Bauer (died Mar 1897); 13 children, 7 living: Marie, Johanne,
Friedrich, Adolph,
George, Rudolph, and Enoch; resident Burlington, Iowa. [p.378]
Richter, Dr. Aug. Paul - born 25 Jan 1844 in Märkish-Friedland, West Prussia; resident
Davenport, Iowa.
[p.226]
Roddewig, Ferdinand - born 26 Jun 1828 in Bielefeld, Westphalia; immigrated Nov 1848;
married 26 Nov 1853
Sheboygan, WI to Meta Köhler (died 2 Sep 1875); children: Lina, Paul, Peter, and Ferdinand;
died 6 Dec 1885
in Davenport, Iowa. [p.448]
Rogge, Lorenz - born 1 Nov 1838 in Beberstedt near Mühlhausen, Thüringen; son of Gottfried
and Genoveva
(Breitenstein) Rogge; immigrated with parents 28 May 1849; married 27 Sep 1864 Anna
Dorothea Meinhardt; 4
children: Philipp L., Mrs. Dorothea Freund, Mrs. Genoveva Freund, Mrs. Louise Kunigunde
Freund; resident
Davenport, Iowa. [p.446]
Rohlfs, Mathias J. - born 19 Apr 1816 in Tondern, Schleswig-Holstein; immigrated 1847;
married 1840 Elise
Rode; 6 children: August, Theodor, Meta (w. Charles Hetzel), Emil, Emma (w. George
Meyer), and Rudolph;
resident Davenport, Iowa. [p.428]
Ruete, T.W. - born Hannover; immigrated 1861; 1 son: Otto M.; resident Dubuque, Iowa.
[p.520]
Rügnitz, Charles - born 12 Jan 1849 in Waren, Mecklenburg-Schwerin; immigrated with
parents 1864; married
1872 Emma Venns; 3 children: Emma, Fritz, and Luis; reseident of Elkader, Iowa.
[p.536]
Rusch, Nickolas J. - born 16 Feb 1822 in Marne, Holstein; married 1852 Mrs. Kaack; 3
children: Emilie E.D.
(Mrs. J.C. Emeis of Davenport, Iowa), Gustav, and Minnie (Mrs. Joseph Keck of Washington,
Iowa); died 22
Sep 1864 in Vicksburg, Mississippi; resident Davenport, Iowa. [p.417]
Scharfenberg, H.G. - born 13 Feb 1820 in Pansdorf near the free state of Lübeck; married in
Germany;
immigrated 1855 with wife and dau; resident Davenport, Iowa. [p.480]
Schlapp, August L. - born 28 Jul 1837 in Darmstadt; son of H.L. Schlapp; immigrated 1857;
married 13 Oct
1866 Lina Knust; 4 children, 2 living: Carl H.L., and Anna; resident Burlington, Iowa.
[p.355]
Schmidt, Barney - born 17 Oct 1845 in Homberg, Hessen-Kassel; immigrated 1865; resident
Muscatine Co.,
Iowa. [p.490]
Schmidt, Rev. F. Winfried - born 31 Mar 1851 in Siedlinghausen, Westphalia; resident Des
Moines, Iowa.
[p.601]
Schmidt, William O. - born 9 Jun 1856 in Davenport, Iowa; son of Johann Schmidt and
Margarethe (Schricker)
Schmidt; his father was born 1810 in Oldenburg and immigrated 1834; his mother was born
in Bavaria; his
parents married 1848 St. Louis, MO; resident Davenport, Iowa. [p.466]
Scholz, Hermann - born 1850 in Schlesien, Prussia; immigrated 1867; married 1872 Julia
Brüner; 6 children;
resident Guttenberg, Iowa. [p.533]
Schramm, Johann Sigmund - born 31 Mar 1818 in Plech, Bavaria; son of Johann Christopher
(died 1849) and
Margareth Barbara (Kressling) Schramm; immigrated Sep 1837; married 1) 15 Mar 1843
Harriet Morgan (died
1850), dau of Jonathan Morgan; 1 child by 1st marriage; married 2) 24 Mar 1852 Amelia P.
Williams, dau of
Silas Williams; children: Henry, Frank, Herbert, Charles, Walter, Ralph, Mrs. T.G. Foster,
Mrs. Edwin Doane of
Chicago, Miss Jessie; 4 siblings: Chas. F. Schramm of Burlington Iowa, Mrs. F. Schmieg of
Burlington Iowa,
Mrs. Louis Teuscher of Burlington Iowa, and George Schramm of Des Moines Iowa; resident
Burlington, Iowa.
[p.358]
Schröder, Franz N. - born 16 Jul 1849 in Diekirch, Luxembourg; immigrated 1854 with
parents; resident
Dubuque, Iowa. [p.526]
Schröder, Friedrich - born 15 Aug 1849 in Gross-Mething, Mecklenburg-Schwerin;
immigrated 1868; married 24
May 1873 Christine Kronig (born Holstein); 3 children: Siegfried, Bertha, and Sophie;
resident Des Moines,
Iowa. [p.600]
Schröder, James - born 13 Jan 1832 in Steinsel, Luxembourg; immigrated 1852; married 1)
1855 Anna Esser
(died 1861); married 2) 1867 Jennie McDonald; 13 children by 2nd marr., 8 living; resident
Guttenberg, Iowa.
[p.531]
Schrup, Nicolaus J. - born 1853 in Roth, Luxembourg; immigrated with parents when 6 mos.;
married 1884
Marie Kranz of Chicago; 4 children; resident Dubuque Co., Iowa. [p.522]
Schultz, Johann Heinrich - born 1838 in Schleswig; immigrated 1858; married 1859 Maria
Dora Hansen; 2 daus
and 5 sons; resident Pottawattamie Co., Iowa. [p.557]
Schuster, John B. - born 5 Nov 1850 Dorf Ehrenstein in Blauthal near Ulm; son of Joseph
and Franziska
Schuster; 2 siblings: Louis Schuster and Waldburga Schuster (w. Joseph Reiner); immigrated
with family 1869;
married 28 Nov 1876 Margaretha Geneser, dau of Jakob Geneser (and niece of Francis
Geneser); 5 children:
Francis, Joseph, Louis, Mattie, and Annie; resident Des Moines, Iowa. [p.607]
Schwind, Dr. Peter - born 28 May 1839 in Siemen, Canton Kapellen, Luxembourg;
immigrated 13 Apr 1864;
married 4 May 1863 Katharine Pietz; resident Le Mars, Iowa. [p.739]
Seeberger, John D. - born 4 Nov 1836 in New York City; son of John D. and Dorothea
(Goeth) Seeberger (both
of Wetzlar, Prussia); his parents immigrated 1834; he was the youngest of 5 children:
Alexander of Monmouth
IL and Anthony F. of Chicago IL (2 sisters died young); John D. Sr. died Feb 1886 in Des
Moines, Iowa at age
93, Dorothea died 1858; married 13 Nov 1866 Chicago, IL Mariette Cooper, dau of Hugh
Cooper of Mt.
Vernon, Ohio; resident Des Moines, Iowa. [p.588]
Seeburger, R. - born 29 Dec 1833 in Schramberg, Württemberg; immigrated 1854; married
1857 Fannie Rock of
Erie PA; 4 sons: Raymund, Albert, Walter C., and Francis; resident Des Moines, Iowa.
[p.594]
Seibert, Johann Adam - born 11 Dec 1839 in Frebershausen, Waldeck; immigrated 1867;
married 8 Nov 1883
Margarethe Güttelbauer (born Bavaria); 5 children: Johann, Georg, Carl Friedrich, Heinrich
Walter, Albert, and
Pauline; resident Des Moines, Iowa. [p.653]
Seibert, Johann Heinrich - born 3 Apr 1845 in Frebershausen, Waldeck; married 1883 Anna
Rothfuss of Avon,
Iowa; 6 children: Regine Johannette (born 31 Dec 1884), Anna Holda, Maria Justine, Emma
Katharina, Maria
Louise, and Edna Christine; resident Polk Co., Iowa. [p.650]
Selzer, Rudolph - born 28 Sep 1828 in Giessen, Oberhessen; immigrated with wife 1853;
married 2 May 1853
Therese Vasser; 5 children: Charles, Emma (w. William Knittler), Otto, Louis (died 2 May
1897), and Fritz;
resident Sioux City, Iowa. [p.728]
Sindt, This - born 19 Nov 1824 in Holstein; son of Hans and Anna (Lang) Sindt; immigrated
with father (died
1858) 1854; his mother was born in the parish of Schönberg and died in Germany; married
1850 Abel
Stoltenberg (died 1872), dau of Hans Stoltenberg; 8 children, 7 living; resident Davenport,
Iowa. [p.458]
Sonneschein, Dr. S.H. - age 61 [in 1900]; immigrated 1868. [p.304]
Starker, Carl Heinrich Wilhelm - born 11 Mar 1826 in Stuttgart, Württemberg; immigrated
1849; married 9 Oct
1852 Marie Runge; 7 children; resident Burlington, Iowa. [p.351]
Starzinger, Frank - born 23 Jan 1847 in Gmunden, Austria; immigrated at age 21; married
1875 Parsons, KA
Mrs. Anna Eigensatz; 6 children: Frank, Beatrice, Adolph, Pauline, Leonte, and Vincente;
resident Des Moines,
Iowa. [p.626]
Starzl, Johann - born 9 Apr 1866 in Bischofs-Leinitz, Bohemia; immigrated with parents at
age 10; resident Le
Mars, Iowa. [p.256]
Steffen, August Sr. - born 24 Oct 1824 in Herford, Westphalia; immigrated 1848; married
1856 Margaretha
Gehrlicher (born Coburg, Germany, half sister of E.S. Carl); 4 children: Meta (w. Dr. Carl
Matthey), Alfred,
Adela (Mrs. Aufderhaide), and August Jr.; died 8 Oct 1899 in Davenport, Iowa. [p.453]
Stegemann, Gustav - lived for 30 years in Iowa, resident Manning, Iowa. [p.689]
Steinhilber, Ezekiel - born 10 Jan 1819 in Meissingen, Württemberg; immigrated with parents
1832; married
1840 Wheeling, WV Minnie Mast; 7 children; lived in Davenport, Iowa; died 10 Apr 1886 in
Stockton,
California. [p.403]
Strasser, Jakob - immigrated 1846; resident Davenport, Iowa. [p.470]
Studer, Major A.G. - lived in Des Moines, Iowa. [p.91]
Suksdorf, Carl L. - born 28 Sep 1845 in Drensau, Holstein; immigrated with parents 1858;
married 1875 Emma
Hahn, dau of W. Hahn; resident Davenport, Iowa. [p.391]
Thurmann, Carl - born 1842 in Magdeburg; immigrated 1867; resident Atlantic, Iowa.
[p.665]
Tiedemann, Nickolaus - born 29 Oct 1842 in Wilster, Holstein; immigrated 1866; married
1874 Anna Bremer; 3
children, 2 living: John Albert and Edmund Henry; resident Sioux City, Iowa. [p.723]
Timpe, August - born 23 Mar 1830 in Braunschweig; immigrated 1853; resident Davenport,
Iowa. [p.477]
Tritschler, Philipp - born 1 May 1828 in Schomberg, Württemberg; immigrated 1848; married
1858 Caroline
Littig, dau of August Littig of Davenport, Iowa; August Littig was born 24 Nov 1818 in
Spichern, Elsass,
immigrated 1836, married 14 Jun 1840 Maria E. Killing (born Prussia); Caroline Littig was
born 1841 and died
28 Aug 1896; 1 dau - Julie (w. Henry Frahm, son of Matthias Frahm of Davenport, Iowa);
Philip Tritschler died
20 Apr 1890 in Lyons, Iowa. [p.498]
Trostel, John - born 15 Jun 1843 in Festung Schorndorf, Remsthal; immigrated 1863; married
Oct 1878 Marie
Bowman, dau of John Bowman; resident Des Moines, Iowa. [p.605]
Tschirgi, Mathias - born Oct 1824 in Canton, St. Gallen, Switzerland; immigrated 1845;
resident Dubuque, Iowa.
[p.517]
Van Staden, John - born 1828 in "Hanover, Clayton County, Iowa" [this must be a typo];
immigrated 1845;
resident North McGregor, Iowa. [p.540]
Vollmer, Henry - born 28 Jul 1867 in Davenport, Iowa; son of Henry and Dorothea
(Plambeck) Vollmer; the
father was born in Bremen and the mother born in Holstein; resident Davenport, Iowa.
[p.469]
Wachsmuth, Carl - born 13 Sep 1829 in Hannover; immigrated 1852; married 1855
Bernhardina Lorenz (born
Hannover); died 7 Feb 1896 in Burlington, Iowa. [p.362]
Wagner, John Sr. - born 13 Nov 1827 in Kirchvers, Marburg, Kurhessen; immigrated 1856;
married 9 Jul 1856
Agency City, Iowa Elisabeth Loder; 6 children, 5 living: son A., dau Marie, dau Elizabeth (w.
John R. Burgess),
dau Caoline (w. Henry Foelscher), and dau Katharine; resident Ottumwa, Iowa. [p.544]
Wagner, John A. Jr. - born 7 Sep 1861 in Agency, Iowa; resident Ottumwa, Iowa.
[p.246]
Walzer, C.W. - resident Elkader, Iowa. [p.238]
Weber, John Sr. - born 7 Sep 1837 near Esslingen, Württemberg; immigrated 1854; married
1858 Louise Weber
(her maiden name); 6 children: Louise (w. Fred. Potthoff), Wilhelmine (w. N. Wyatt), Helene,
John, Wilhelm,
and Caroline; resident Des Moines, Iowa. [p.613]
Weippiert, Joh. Wilhelm - born 11 Jun 1822 [birthplace not given]; lived in Ulm; immigrated
1872; married 23
Sep 1850 Anna Maria Magdalena (-----); 12 children, 4 living: Mrs. Emma Normann of
Havanna Cuba, Gustaf,
Mrs. Clara Pierson, and Mrs. Marie Fox; resident Des Moines, Iowa. [p.242]
Weis, Gustav - born 1 Oct 1870 in Freiburg; came with parents to Muscatine, Iowa in 1883;
resident Musacatine,
Iowa. [p.247]
Weisbrod, William - born 1856 in Agency, Iowa; his father was Conrad Weisbrod (born
Hesse-Darmstadt) who
immigrated 1854 and had 12 children; married 1882 Maria Rose of Bevington, Iowa; 3
children: Maria
Katharina, Harry William, and John Chester; resident Des Moines, Iowa. [p.624]
Weitz, Charles Sr. - born 4 May 1826 in Schotten near Frankfurt; 1 of 4 children of Heinrich
Weitz; immigrated
with brother Christian; married 1854 Helena Kimmel, dau of Adam Kimmel; 7 children:
Lizzie, Charles, Amelia
(w. John McPherrin), Rosa, Fritz W., Emma (w. Geo. Mahnke), and Eddie R.; resident Des
Moines, Iowa.
[p.591]
Werthmüller, Alfred V. - born 22 Sep 1835 in Fulda, Hessen; immigrated 1851; married 1864
Charlotte von
Ende; 2 children: Nanny and Dorothea; resident Mount Pleasant, Iowa. - [p.382]
Widl, F.S. - born 9 Feb 1849 in Amt Mühldorf, Bavaria; immigrated 1873; married twice;
married 2) 27 Aug
1892 Mrs. Christina (Brucklacher) Gerst; resident Marshalltown, Iowa. [p.254]
Wiest, G.F. - born 1825 in Ludwigsburg, Württemberg; immigrated 1848; married 1850
Philippine Class; resident
Garnavillo, Iowa. [p.533]
Wohlgemuth, Richard - born 11 May 1838 in Untergempen, Amt Neckarbischofsheim, Baden;
immigrated 1864;
married 1867 Rosina Stutz (died 30 Apr 1868), sister of Louis Stutz; married 2) 9 Aug 1870
Karoline Plantz
(born Battenberg, Canton Grünstadt, Rheinbaiern; 5 children: Katharine (w. Frank Seiberlich),
Elisabeth (w.
Alvin Loeppe), Karoline (w. Frank Schlampp), John, and Magdalena; resident Des Moines,
Iowa. [p.643]
Youngerman, Conrad - born 15 Dec 1833 in Wichdorf, Hessen; son of Heinrich and Elisabeth
(Sonnenschein)
Jungermann; grandson of another Heinrich Youngerman; immigrated with mother; married 1
Sep 1856 Minna
Stark, dau of Louis and Minna Stark; 7 children: [the named were] Minna (w. Frank P.
Mattes), Louis, Wilhelm
A., Georg H. and Carl; resident Des Moines, Iowa. [p.585]
Youngerman, F.W. - born 8 Jul 1845 in Wichdorf, Kurhessen; married 25 Jun 1874 Julia
Lehmann; 3 children:
Harry B., Rosa, and Helen; resident Des Moines, Iowa. [p.610]
Zaiser, Rev. Arthur - born in Illinois; resident Fort Madison, Iowa. [p.327]
Zepter, Prof. Gerhard John - born 2 Aug 1845 in Emmerich am Rhein, Prussia; immigrated
1876; married 28
Nov 1878 Helene Hensen; 3 children: Gerhard Carl, Helene, and Martha; resident Des
Moines, Iowa.
[p.645]
Zimbelmann, John - born 1817 in Basel, Switzerland; son of Peter Zimbelmann; immigrated
1832; married 1837
Zanesville, OH Magdalena Stenger; 7 children: Jacob L., Lafayette, Miss Louise, Geo. H.,
Mrs. Rovina
Patterson, Charles A., and Alpha; died 16 Dec 1890 in Boone Co., Iowa. [p.677]
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