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Carl “Charles” Backhaus

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Carl “Charles” Backhaus

Birth
Lower Saxony, Germany
Death
19 May 1888 (aged 74)
Sigourney, Keokuk County, Iowa, USA
Burial
Sigourney, Keokuk County, Iowa, USA Add to Map
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Heinrich Diedrich Friedrich Karl Backhaus aka Charles Bakehouse was the son of Johann Diedrich Conrad Backhaus (1770-1846) and Ilsa Dorothea Elisabeth Dohrmann (1778-1838). Charles was b. 9 Oct 1813, Landesbergen, Prussia, d. 19 May 1888, Sigourney, Keokuk, Iowa. He immigrated to America with his brother, Diedrich (1816-1866) in 1842 aboard the Bark Johanna. He m. Anna Marie Sophia Voltmer 20 Dec 1846 in Sigourney. Anna Marie was the sister of Sigourney pioneer David Voltmer (1814-1905) and the daughter of Heinrich Wilhelm Voltmer (1771-1833) and Catharina Magdalena Rodewald (1778-1822). She was b. 11 Mar 1817, Rodewald, Prussia and d. 19 Mar 1903, Sigourney, Iowa.
Heinrich Diedrich Friedrich Karl Backhaus aka Charles Bakehouse was the son of Johann Diedrich Conrad Backhaus (1770-1846) and Ilsa Dorothea Elisabeth Dohrmann (1778-1838). Charles was b. 9 Oct 1813, Landesbergen, Prussia, d. 19 May 1888, Sigourney, Keokuk, Iowa. He immigrated to America with his brother, Diedrich (1816-1866) in 1842 aboard the Bark Johanna. He m. Anna Marie Sophia Voltmer 20 Dec 1846 in Sigourney. Anna Marie was the sister of Sigourney pioneer David Voltmer (1814-1905) and the daughter of Heinrich Wilhelm Voltmer (1771-1833) and Catharina Magdalena Rodewald (1778-1822). She was b. 11 Mar 1817, Rodewald, Prussia and d. 19 Mar 1903, Sigourney, Iowa.


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