HANS HENRY was born to the Bauernvogt of Klein Flintbek, S-H (Kiel area), JOCHIM HINRICH SCHLOTFELDT and CATHARINA DOR. nee DIBBERN. The youngest of 6 Children. On 15 Oct 1826, at St. Johannes Luthern Church in Brugge (which still stands) he married CATHERINE STOLTENBERG of Schoenhorst. A few years thereafter they purchased a farm named "Scholensegen" near Klein Barkau, S-H. (Which is still on Kiel area maps.) He was an Elderman or "Kirchenjurat" of the church in Kl. Barkau. There, he was a successful farmer, dairyman, cattle and horse dealer. There they gave birth to 10 children, 8 who would survive to make the trip to America and their new farm in McCausland, Scott County Iowa. Taking the youngest, they arrived there in January of 1852, after selling Scholensegen. The eldest son, Detlef and young family arrived later after serving his Army tour, in 1856.
He and some of his sons successfully farmed in the Butler Township area and were close friends and neighbors of the McCausland family and the Tiedje family after whom this cemetery was originally named. Daughters married and their families were also into farming and horse raising. (One is prominantly named in the History of the Morgan Horse in America.)
Another son, Jochim was trained as a stonemason in Germany and built stone homes in
Moline, Illinois and the parents home near Mt. Joy as well as what is now the Cody museum down the road, and others. The original stone home still exists and has been lovingly updated by the current owner. (Who has also discovered the stone quarry from whence young Jochim and family cut their building materials.
Although successful, all was not perfect in the move to America. One son, Claus, who was reportedly a Master violinist, died of cholera after playing a concert in New York just days after arrival. A daughter, Lena, married shortly after arrival and died of Typhoid shortly after. We, the current descendants, do not even know where they are buried.
The family that didn't stay in the Davenport, DeWitt, Princeton and Clinton area have spread mostly to the west and north in Iowa, to the Dakotas and Minnesota as well as to Washington, Oregon and Pioneer Alaska. Hans died 31 August 1890 in McCausland and was buried with his wife, and later his Eldest son Detlef and wife Anna, in Tiedjes, now Fairview. Their photos and markers will also be posted by Hans' Gt.Gt. Grandson, Fay Ernest Schlotfeldt.
He and some of his sons successfully farmed in the Butler Township area and were close friends and neighbors of the McCausland family and the Tiedje family after whom this cemetery was originally named. Daughters married and their families were also into farming and horse raising. (One is prominantly named in the History of the Morgan Horse in America.)
Another son, Jochim was trained as a stonemason in Germany and built stone homes in
Moline, Illinois and the parents home near Mt. Joy as well as what is now the Cody museum down the road, and others. The original stone home still exists and has been lovingly updated by the current owner. (Who has also discovered the stone quarry from whence young Jochim and family cut their building materials.
Although successful, all was not perfect in the move to America. One son, Claus, who was reportedly a Master violinist, died of cholera after playing a concert in New York just days after arrival. A daughter, Lena, married shortly after arrival and died of Typhoid shortly after. We, the current descendants, do not even know where they are buried.
The family that didn't stay in the Davenport, DeWitt, Princeton and Clinton area have spread mostly to the west and north in Iowa, to the Dakotas and Minnesota as well as to Washington, Oregon and Pioneer Alaska. Hans died 31 August 1890 in McCausland and was buried with his wife, and later his Eldest son Detlef and wife Anna, in Tiedjes, now Fairview. Their photos and markers will also be posted by Hans' Gt.Gt. Grandson, Fay Ernest Schlotfeldt.
HANS HENRY was born to the Bauernvogt of Klein Flintbek, S-H (Kiel area), JOCHIM HINRICH SCHLOTFELDT and CATHARINA DOR. nee DIBBERN. The youngest of 6 Children. On 15 Oct 1826, at St. Johannes Luthern Church in Brugge (which still stands) he married CATHERINE STOLTENBERG of Schoenhorst. A few years thereafter they purchased a farm named "Scholensegen" near Klein Barkau, S-H. (Which is still on Kiel area maps.) He was an Elderman or "Kirchenjurat" of the church in Kl. Barkau. There, he was a successful farmer, dairyman, cattle and horse dealer. There they gave birth to 10 children, 8 who would survive to make the trip to America and their new farm in McCausland, Scott County Iowa. Taking the youngest, they arrived there in January of 1852, after selling Scholensegen. The eldest son, Detlef and young family arrived later after serving his Army tour, in 1856.
He and some of his sons successfully farmed in the Butler Township area and were close friends and neighbors of the McCausland family and the Tiedje family after whom this cemetery was originally named. Daughters married and their families were also into farming and horse raising. (One is prominantly named in the History of the Morgan Horse in America.)
Another son, Jochim was trained as a stonemason in Germany and built stone homes in
Moline, Illinois and the parents home near Mt. Joy as well as what is now the Cody museum down the road, and others. The original stone home still exists and has been lovingly updated by the current owner. (Who has also discovered the stone quarry from whence young Jochim and family cut their building materials.
Although successful, all was not perfect in the move to America. One son, Claus, who was reportedly a Master violinist, died of cholera after playing a concert in New York just days after arrival. A daughter, Lena, married shortly after arrival and died of Typhoid shortly after. We, the current descendants, do not even know where they are buried.
The family that didn't stay in the Davenport, DeWitt, Princeton and Clinton area have spread mostly to the west and north in Iowa, to the Dakotas and Minnesota as well as to Washington, Oregon and Pioneer Alaska. Hans died 31 August 1890 in McCausland and was buried with his wife, and later his Eldest son Detlef and wife Anna, in Tiedjes, now Fairview. Their photos and markers will also be posted by Hans' Gt.Gt. Grandson, Fay Ernest Schlotfeldt.
He and some of his sons successfully farmed in the Butler Township area and were close friends and neighbors of the McCausland family and the Tiedje family after whom this cemetery was originally named. Daughters married and their families were also into farming and horse raising. (One is prominantly named in the History of the Morgan Horse in America.)
Another son, Jochim was trained as a stonemason in Germany and built stone homes in
Moline, Illinois and the parents home near Mt. Joy as well as what is now the Cody museum down the road, and others. The original stone home still exists and has been lovingly updated by the current owner. (Who has also discovered the stone quarry from whence young Jochim and family cut their building materials.
Although successful, all was not perfect in the move to America. One son, Claus, who was reportedly a Master violinist, died of cholera after playing a concert in New York just days after arrival. A daughter, Lena, married shortly after arrival and died of Typhoid shortly after. We, the current descendants, do not even know where they are buried.
The family that didn't stay in the Davenport, DeWitt, Princeton and Clinton area have spread mostly to the west and north in Iowa, to the Dakotas and Minnesota as well as to Washington, Oregon and Pioneer Alaska. Hans died 31 August 1890 in McCausland and was buried with his wife, and later his Eldest son Detlef and wife Anna, in Tiedjes, now Fairview. Their photos and markers will also be posted by Hans' Gt.Gt. Grandson, Fay Ernest Schlotfeldt.
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