DETLEF HANS was the oldest son of Kiel area Farmer Hans Henry (Hinrich) Schlotfeldt of Klein Flintbek and Mother, Catherine Stoltenberg of Schoenhorst he married in Nortorf Parish on 19 Dec 1852 to Anna Christina Reese, who was born in that parish in 1824
Father Hans and younger children had sold their farm and moved to Iowa in 1851 and '52. Detlef had to serve out his military service before taking his young family on the ship Hammonia out of Hamburg in 1856. They spent their first winter with his parents in thier stone home in McCausland, Iowa.
Detlef was a successful farmer and he and his wife brought 9 children into the world, losing 2 as infants.
FREDERICK "Fritz" stayed in the DeWitt area where descendants were involved in business and one operated a tavern with the "Longest Bar in Iowa".
KATHERINE (BRODERIUS)settled in Calamus, Clinton county.
ALFRED, the youngest, stayed in the DAVENPORT area.
Other Children answered the "Go West" call:
ANNA (KUHL) Was part of the family that founded the brewery and butcher shop in the mining town of Roslyn,Wash.
She is buried in Tacoma, WA.
HERMAN and JOHN were founders of the Brewery at ROSLYN, Wash.then went on to farm and and found the Schlotfeldt brothers Meat Market in the Toppenish and Yakima area.
Youngest son HANS DETLAF, a butcher in Clinton, went to Roslyn later (mid-1890) with his wife, ANNA STAHL, and young daughter, Mayme. Hans was also later involved in the Meat Business in Yakima with brothers Herman and John.
Anna died soon after arriving in Washington and he remarried ELLA DONOVAN. Their descendants pioneered Alaska in the 1920s or, with Hans, stayed to farm in the Yakima area,where Hans died and is buried.
Father Hans and younger children had sold their farm and moved to Iowa in 1851 and '52. Detlef had to serve out his military service before taking his young family on the ship Hammonia out of Hamburg in 1856. They spent their first winter with his parents in thier stone home in McCausland, Iowa.
Detlef was a successful farmer and he and his wife brought 9 children into the world, losing 2 as infants.
FREDERICK "Fritz" stayed in the DeWitt area where descendants were involved in business and one operated a tavern with the "Longest Bar in Iowa".
KATHERINE (BRODERIUS)settled in Calamus, Clinton county.
ALFRED, the youngest, stayed in the DAVENPORT area.
Other Children answered the "Go West" call:
ANNA (KUHL) Was part of the family that founded the brewery and butcher shop in the mining town of Roslyn,Wash.
She is buried in Tacoma, WA.
HERMAN and JOHN were founders of the Brewery at ROSLYN, Wash.then went on to farm and and found the Schlotfeldt brothers Meat Market in the Toppenish and Yakima area.
Youngest son HANS DETLAF, a butcher in Clinton, went to Roslyn later (mid-1890) with his wife, ANNA STAHL, and young daughter, Mayme. Hans was also later involved in the Meat Business in Yakima with brothers Herman and John.
Anna died soon after arriving in Washington and he remarried ELLA DONOVAN. Their descendants pioneered Alaska in the 1920s or, with Hans, stayed to farm in the Yakima area,where Hans died and is buried.
DETLEF HANS was the oldest son of Kiel area Farmer Hans Henry (Hinrich) Schlotfeldt of Klein Flintbek and Mother, Catherine Stoltenberg of Schoenhorst he married in Nortorf Parish on 19 Dec 1852 to Anna Christina Reese, who was born in that parish in 1824
Father Hans and younger children had sold their farm and moved to Iowa in 1851 and '52. Detlef had to serve out his military service before taking his young family on the ship Hammonia out of Hamburg in 1856. They spent their first winter with his parents in thier stone home in McCausland, Iowa.
Detlef was a successful farmer and he and his wife brought 9 children into the world, losing 2 as infants.
FREDERICK "Fritz" stayed in the DeWitt area where descendants were involved in business and one operated a tavern with the "Longest Bar in Iowa".
KATHERINE (BRODERIUS)settled in Calamus, Clinton county.
ALFRED, the youngest, stayed in the DAVENPORT area.
Other Children answered the "Go West" call:
ANNA (KUHL) Was part of the family that founded the brewery and butcher shop in the mining town of Roslyn,Wash.
She is buried in Tacoma, WA.
HERMAN and JOHN were founders of the Brewery at ROSLYN, Wash.then went on to farm and and found the Schlotfeldt brothers Meat Market in the Toppenish and Yakima area.
Youngest son HANS DETLAF, a butcher in Clinton, went to Roslyn later (mid-1890) with his wife, ANNA STAHL, and young daughter, Mayme. Hans was also later involved in the Meat Business in Yakima with brothers Herman and John.
Anna died soon after arriving in Washington and he remarried ELLA DONOVAN. Their descendants pioneered Alaska in the 1920s or, with Hans, stayed to farm in the Yakima area,where Hans died and is buried.
Father Hans and younger children had sold their farm and moved to Iowa in 1851 and '52. Detlef had to serve out his military service before taking his young family on the ship Hammonia out of Hamburg in 1856. They spent their first winter with his parents in thier stone home in McCausland, Iowa.
Detlef was a successful farmer and he and his wife brought 9 children into the world, losing 2 as infants.
FREDERICK "Fritz" stayed in the DeWitt area where descendants were involved in business and one operated a tavern with the "Longest Bar in Iowa".
KATHERINE (BRODERIUS)settled in Calamus, Clinton county.
ALFRED, the youngest, stayed in the DAVENPORT area.
Other Children answered the "Go West" call:
ANNA (KUHL) Was part of the family that founded the brewery and butcher shop in the mining town of Roslyn,Wash.
She is buried in Tacoma, WA.
HERMAN and JOHN were founders of the Brewery at ROSLYN, Wash.then went on to farm and and found the Schlotfeldt brothers Meat Market in the Toppenish and Yakima area.
Youngest son HANS DETLAF, a butcher in Clinton, went to Roslyn later (mid-1890) with his wife, ANNA STAHL, and young daughter, Mayme. Hans was also later involved in the Meat Business in Yakima with brothers Herman and John.
Anna died soon after arriving in Washington and he remarried ELLA DONOVAN. Their descendants pioneered Alaska in the 1920s or, with Hans, stayed to farm in the Yakima area,where Hans died and is buried.
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