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Johann Daniel Anderson

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Johann Daniel Anderson

Birth
Germany
Death
8 Mar 1891 (aged 71)
Clinton County, Iowa, USA
Burial
DeWitt, Clinton County, Iowa, USA GPS-Latitude: 41.8354927, Longitude: -90.5382935
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Daniel and his young family immigrated from Oldenburg, Holstein, where he was born. There he had married with Johanna (Hannah) Rathje. Their first child, Adolph (Otto), was born in what would become Germany.

In 1852 they boarded the U.S. ship Realm in Hamburg for a four-week, two-day trip to the Port of New York. In 1953 they were joined in New York by Daniel's father, Hinrich Friedrich (Henny) Andersen of Kloetzin, b. 13 Feb 1787 in the parish Curau, Holstein. His mother Anna Margaretha nee Bedey, died in 1850 in Oldenburg.

1854 saw the birth of a son in Monroe County, NY. This child did not live past age six and never appeared on Iowa censuses with the rest of the family.

Their next two children were born in Iowa: In 1857 Bertha, and Edward in 1859. The 1860 and 1870 U.S. Census have the family living in Clinton County, Iowa.


Siblings, all born in Oldenburg:
Hans Hinrich b. 18 Mar 1815
Peter b. 15 May 1817; immigrated to Iowa 1854 with his wife Anna Catharina Marie nee Matz b. 6 Mar 1814
Heinrich b. 20 Oct 1822
Anna Margaretha Dorothea b. 25 Feb 1825

Daniel and his young family immigrated from Oldenburg, Holstein, where he was born. There he had married with Johanna (Hannah) Rathje. Their first child, Adolph (Otto), was born in what would become Germany.

In 1852 they boarded the U.S. ship Realm in Hamburg for a four-week, two-day trip to the Port of New York. In 1953 they were joined in New York by Daniel's father, Hinrich Friedrich (Henny) Andersen of Kloetzin, b. 13 Feb 1787 in the parish Curau, Holstein. His mother Anna Margaretha nee Bedey, died in 1850 in Oldenburg.

1854 saw the birth of a son in Monroe County, NY. This child did not live past age six and never appeared on Iowa censuses with the rest of the family.

Their next two children were born in Iowa: In 1857 Bertha, and Edward in 1859. The 1860 and 1870 U.S. Census have the family living in Clinton County, Iowa.


Siblings, all born in Oldenburg:
Hans Hinrich b. 18 Mar 1815
Peter b. 15 May 1817; immigrated to Iowa 1854 with his wife Anna Catharina Marie nee Matz b. 6 Mar 1814
Heinrich b. 20 Oct 1822
Anna Margaretha Dorothea b. 25 Feb 1825



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