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Henry Herman DORNHOFF
d.24 Aug 1923
- Henry Herman DORNHOFF1850 - 1923
Facts and Events
| Name |
Henry Herman DORNHOFF |
| Alt Name |
Henry DORNHOF |
| Alt Name[1] |
Henry DORNHOFF |
| Gender |
Male |
| Birth? |
20 Jan 1850 |
Hannover, Germany |
| Other[2] |
20 Jan 1852 |
GermanyAlt. Birth |
| Immigration[5] |
Abt 1870 |
Peru, Illinois, USAGermany |
| Marriage |
1 Mar 1878 |
Peru, Illinois, USAto Julie Anne KUEHN |
| Other[6] |
1885 |
Property |
| Other[7] |
8 Dec 1885 |
Eaton Township, Kearney, Nebraska, USALand |
| Residence[8] |
Bef 1895 |
Heartwell, Nebraska, USA |
| Baptism[4] |
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GermanyLutheran |
| Other[9] |
10 May 1898 |
Eaton Township, Kearney, Nebraska, USALand |
| Death? |
24 Aug 1923 |
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| Other[3] |
Sep 1923 |
Heartwell, Nebraska, USAAlt. Death |
It's not known when the second "f" was added to Dornhoff, but it was sometime after his marriage in Illinois.
References
- ↑ State of Nebraska Department of Health, Bureau of Vital Statistics. Certificate of Death. (Lincoln, Nebraska; April 28, 1980)
Death Certificate C-452.
- ↑ FamilySearch.org (database on-line). FamilySearch.org.
- ↑ FamilySearch.org (database on-line). FamilySearch.org.
- ↑ He was baptized as an infant.
- ↑ He made the trip by steamboat.
- ↑ The records show the following inventory: Rents for shares, 90 acres tilled, 70 acres unimproved; $2000 value of farm, $80 farm equipment, $250 livestock, $450 produce sold; 2 horses, 1 milch cow, 1 other; 80 lbs butter, 22 pigs, 20 poultry, 40 doz egs, 25 acres (800 bushels) indian corn, 10 acres (350 bushels) oats, 35 acres (500 bushels) wheat and 1 acre (50 bushels) potatoes.
- ↑ He purchased 120 acres from Union Pacific Railroad for $300. It was located in Section 7, Range 13. This is the land that Henry built the sod house.
- ↑ He moved from Illinois with a team of oxen and built a sod house for his family. He used the oxen to farm the land. He also had a broom machine and in the winter he made brooms from his own broom corn. In the spring he would load the brooms in a wagon and sell them in Kenesaw and Lowell, Nebraska.
- ↑ Henry bought 200 acres from private parties for $3500 in partnership with his brother-in-law, Frank August Kuehn. This purchase completed the entire south half of Section 7, Range 13. Frank later sold his shares to Henry.
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