1900 Federal Census
Name: John Cordes
Age: 6
Birth Date: Jul 1893
Birthplace: Illinois
Home in 1900: German, Kossuth, Iowa
[Kossuth]
Race: White
Gender: Male
Relation to Head of House: Son
Marital Status: Single
Father's Birthplace: Illinois
Mother's Name: Bena Cordes
Mother's Birthplace: New York
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Household Members: Name Age
Bena Cordes 35
Mary Cordes 10
Ida Cordes 8
John Cordes 6

1920 Federal Census:
John A Cordes
Age: 26
Birth Year: abt 1894
Birthplace: Illinois
Home in 1920: Ledyard, Kossuth, Iowa
Race: White
Gender: Male
Relation to Head of House: Head
Marital Status: Married
Spouse's Name: Reha Cordes
Father's Birthplace: Illinois
Mother's Birthplace: Illinois
Home Owned: Rent
Able to Read: Yes
Able to Write: Yes
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Household Members: Name Age
John A Cordes 26
Reha Cordes 23
John G Cordes 1
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Margreta Cordes 0
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1910 Federal Census:
Name: John Cordes
Age in 1910: 16
Birth Year: 1894
Birthplace: Illinois
Home in 1910: German, Kossuth, Iowa
Race: White
Gender: Male
Relation to Head of House: Stepson
[Step Son]
Marital Status: Single
Father's Birthplace: Illinois
Mother's Name: Bina G Spear
Mother's Birthplace: New York
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Household Members: Name Age
John Spear 39
Bina G Spear 45
Dick Spear 15
Hans Spear 12
Mary Cordes 20
Ida Cordes 18
John Cordes 16

All known (to me) records give his name as John Albert Cordes. It is likely, however, that his baptismal name was Albert Cordes---derived from this step-father Albert Snap (His biological father, Lambert Cordes died when he was 2 years old.) and then became John after his father Jan Eukes "John" Cordes died when he was only 1 month old. On Jan Eukes probate records his surviving wife Bena Amelsberg Cordes lists her children as Mary Cordes, Ida Cordes and Albert Cordes. I have never before seen my grandfather's name listed as "Johann." I have not been able to find his birth or baptismal records in Stephenson County, Illinois. Local church (Sabin) records for that era have long been lost and no official birth record can be found in Freeport offices. provided by john a. cordes