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Joseph Fortmann

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Joseph Fortmann

Birth
Lohne, Landkreis Vechta, Lower Saxony, Germany
Death
11 Oct 1893 (aged 59)
Burial
Dyersville, Delaware County, Iowa, USA Add to Map
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Joseph & Josephine nee Rolfes came to this country as husband & wife from Oldenburg, Germany in 1865. On March 5, 1874 they purchased a farm two miles east of Worthington. That farm has been in the family for 118 yrs. First owned by Joseph, then his son Henry; then his son Edward; followed by his son Richard Fortmann and wife Marilyn. Children: Elizabeth; Henry J.; Frank; Anton; Emma; Rose; & Joseph Jr.
Joseph & Josephine nee Rolfes came to this country as husband & wife from Oldenburg, Germany in 1865. On March 5, 1874 they purchased a farm two miles east of Worthington. That farm has been in the family for 118 yrs. First owned by Joseph, then his son Henry; then his son Edward; followed by his son Richard Fortmann and wife Marilyn. Children: Elizabeth; Henry J.; Frank; Anton; Emma; Rose; & Joseph Jr.

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HIER
RUHET
JOSEPH FORTMANN
GEST. DEN
11. OCT. 1893
ALTER
59 JAHRE 11 Mo.
22 TAGE.



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