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Louis Frederick Stoecker Sr.

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Louis Frederick Stoecker Sr.

Birth
Fackenburg, Kreis Ostholstein, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany
Death
13 Jul 1905 (aged 74)
Lowden, Cedar County, Iowa, USA
Burial
Lowden, Cedar County, Iowa, USA Add to Map
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Born Dec. 26, 1830 in Fackenburg, Holstein, Germany. Wed Anna Bessmann 3/4/1857. 8 children born, 6 survived to adults: Henry, Louis, John, Wilhelmina, Sophia, August, Anna died 4/3/73. He remarried to Dorothea Griesbach 8/24/73. She was a widow with 1 son, Henry. They had 18 children but only 10 survived to adults. Herman, Charlotte, Alma, Rudolph, Adolph, Amanda, Hilda, Otto, Mathias, and Albertina. He retired from his trade as a shoemaker in 1900, at age of 70 having worked since he was 15 years old. He died 7/13/1905 and the next day the 12 day old baby girl of Mr. & Mrs. Rudolph Stoecker also died and was buried in the same casket with her grandfather. She weighed only 1.5 lbs.

Born Dec. 26, 1830 in Fackenburg, Holstein, Germany. Wed Anna Bessmann 3/4/1857. 8 children born, 6 survived to adults: Henry, Louis, John, Wilhelmina, Sophia, August, Anna died 4/3/73. He remarried to Dorothea Griesbach 8/24/73. She was a widow with 1 son, Henry. They had 18 children but only 10 survived to adults. Herman, Charlotte, Alma, Rudolph, Adolph, Amanda, Hilda, Otto, Mathias, and Albertina. He retired from his trade as a shoemaker in 1900, at age of 70 having worked since he was 15 years old. He died 7/13/1905 and the next day the 12 day old baby girl of Mr. & Mrs. Rudolph Stoecker also died and was buried in the same casket with her grandfather. She weighed only 1.5 lbs.



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