cod: tuberculosis
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Was listed as a Steinmetzmeister in 1852 Germany before departure for US. In less than two years he married in Chillicothe, OH where he had met up with his cousin Franz Brofft who was also a practicing Master Stone Cutter. His marriage to Johanna Louise Melusine Jahns resulted in 11 children with 2 dying after childbirth. Note Jahns is a correction from the recorded name Jones at emigration where they could neither read nor write their names.
cod: tuberculosis
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Was listed as a Steinmetzmeister in 1852 Germany before departure for US. In less than two years he married in Chillicothe, OH where he had met up with his cousin Franz Brofft who was also a practicing Master Stone Cutter. His marriage to Johanna Louise Melusine Jahns resulted in 11 children with 2 dying after childbirth. Note Jahns is a correction from the recorded name Jones at emigration where they could neither read nor write their names.
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