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Theodore Henrich Schwartzhoff

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Theodore Henrich Schwartzhoff

Birth
Germany
Death
3 Apr 1892 (aged 56)
Iowa, USA
Burial
Waterloo Township, Allamakee County, Iowa, USA Add to Map
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Immigration records show a New York port arrival year of 1854. He was accompanied by his mother and two brothers, Christian and Joseph. Church records from Germany (via LDS microfilms) show "Henrich" as a second name and his exact birthdate.
(from the Allamakee Hist Soc.)
Theodore Schwarzhoff, farmer, P.O. Dorchester; owns about 600 acres of land on sec. 23, valued at $12 per acre; was born Feb. 28, 1836, in Germany. His father came to Dubuque, Iowa, in 1853, the family following in the spring of 1854, and in the spring of 1855 they came to the farm where he resides. His father died in 1866, his mother in 1874. He married Elizabeth Konig, October 12, 1866. She is a native of Illinois. They have nine children, Bernard, Elizabeth, James, Caroline, Adolph, Lena, William, Christine and Theodore. Mr. S. has served as assessor, trustee and justice of the peace. He is a member of the Catholic Church and is a greenbacker in politics. -source: Past & Present of Allamakee County; by Ellery M. Hancock; S. J. Clarke Pub. Co.; 1913

Immigration records show a New York port arrival year of 1854. He was accompanied by his mother and two brothers, Christian and Joseph. Church records from Germany (via LDS microfilms) show "Henrich" as a second name and his exact birthdate.
(from the Allamakee Hist Soc.)
Theodore Schwarzhoff, farmer, P.O. Dorchester; owns about 600 acres of land on sec. 23, valued at $12 per acre; was born Feb. 28, 1836, in Germany. His father came to Dubuque, Iowa, in 1853, the family following in the spring of 1854, and in the spring of 1855 they came to the farm where he resides. His father died in 1866, his mother in 1874. He married Elizabeth Konig, October 12, 1866. She is a native of Illinois. They have nine children, Bernard, Elizabeth, James, Caroline, Adolph, Lena, William, Christine and Theodore. Mr. S. has served as assessor, trustee and justice of the peace. He is a member of the Catholic Church and is a greenbacker in politics. -source: Past & Present of Allamakee County; by Ellery M. Hancock; S. J. Clarke Pub. Co.; 1913



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