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- Andrew Ostermeyer1856 - 1940
Facts and Events
| Name |
Andrew Ostermeyer |
| Alt Name |
Andreas _____ |
| Gender |
Male |
| Birth[1] |
14 Mar 1856 |
Damhousen, Upper Bavaria, Germany |
| Immigration? |
Nov 1884 |
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| Marriage |
25 Nov 1884 |
St. Boniface Roman Catholic Church, Harlan, Shelby County, Iowato Theresia Meier |
| Other? |
4 Nov 1889 |
Council Bluffs, Pottawattamie, IowaCitizenship |
| Census? |
1900 |
Washington, Shelby, Iowa |
| Census? |
1905 |
Grove, Shelby, Iowa |
| Census? |
1910 |
Lincoln, Harrison, Iowa |
| Census? |
1915 |
Lincoln, Harrison, Iowa |
| Census? |
1920 |
Lincoln, Harrison, Iowa |
| Census? |
1925 |
Lincoln, Harrison, Iowa |
| Census? |
1930 |
Magnolia, Harrison, Iowa |
| Death? |
28 Sep 1940 |
Albia, Iowa |
References
- ↑ Research notes 21 July 2007:
Part 1
Attempted to locate information on Damhousen, Upper Bavaria, Germany.
Could not locate Damhousen. Also searched for possible variants.
Also looked for something that might be similar phonetically and still located in Upper Bavaria.
One possible (and quite plausible) location is a town called Dannhausen that is located in Upper Bavaria.
In one of the books, there are two Dannhausens listed. Each is listed below for reference.
1. (not a possibility) Dannhausen--located in Northeim Kreis (Kreis=County), Braunschwieg Bezirk (Bezirk=District), Niedersachsen Land (Land=Province)
2. (plausible) Dannhausen--located in Weissenburg-Gungenhausen Kreis, Mittelfranken Bezirk, Bayern Land
Part 2: Catholic research
One online source indicated that upwards of 70 percent of Germany was Catholic with most of the remaining 30 percent either Lutheran or Evangelical.
As the Ostermeyers were members of Catholic churches in Iowa, it would be possible that they were Catholic prior to their immigration to the United States.
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