May 2009
- THANK YOU for all the
work compiling so much significant
Clayton County history .... Carol in
Texas
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Contributors
in May 2009 were: Gary Sheffert, Arlene Merritt, Jane
Delger, Joyce Reilly, Melissa Mayhew Grandt, Dorothy
Gosse, John Radloff, David Beck, Judy Moyna, Helen
Jennings, Pam Craig, Ann Krumme, S. Ferrall &
Constance Diamond
BIOGRAPHIES - Misc
*Added the biography of Joackin & Willamina Koth
CEMETERY RECORDS - GRAVESTONE PHOTO PROJECT
*Gravestone photos from the Moody cemetery
CHURCH RECORDS
*A brief history of Salem's Evangelical Church,
Watson
DEATH RECORDS
*Register of Deaths Book I, added pages 80-89
DOCUMENTS - misc.
*Western Settlement Society in Guttenberg, 1849
*Mr. & Mrs. Herman Schute, 50th Anniversary, 1951
*The Drowning of Frank Kyte
MARRIAGE RECORDS
*Anniversary records: Mr. & Mrs. Herman Schute,
1951 (includes photo)
*Added to User-Contributed records: Carter-Turner
marriage, 1899
MILITARY RECORDS
*Fourth Iowa Cavalry Veteran Volunteers from Clayton
co.
OBITUARIES
*12 new obits were posted to the Obituary Board in
May
PHOTO ALBUM
*Boots & Vogt family albums
*Dunsmore family album was updated
*Guttenberg views, updated adding 2street scenes,
1900 & ca1950's
*Vintage Garber photos, updated adding Schrader
Service Station, ca1934
*Elkader photos updated, added Fair Day 1915
*Walters family album was updated
*1918 tornado (Garber/Elkport area), updated with
photo of Purman home
SCHOOL RECORDS
*Marquette HS graduates 1925-1951
*Luana school notes, 1931
SURNAME REGISTRY
*Newly registered surnames: Scully, Beckman, Dryer,
Fabert, Saylor, Wick, Radloff, Nipp &
Buechel/Buchel
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March & April 2009
- [The biography] ties
together some missing links from 1880 to
1900. It is sincerely appreciated!!
Thanks so very much...... Joyce
- Thank you so much for all
this extremely helpful information! I
would like to compliment you on your
Clayton Co. site. Due to your well
organized and well researched
information, I have been able to trace my
family as well as my husband's
family...Kim
- Love your site.....far
superior than any I've worked with, and
worked with many in PA, OH, MI, CO, WY,
and MN..... Peggy in Michigan
- Thanks for the great
website. I have passed it on to
everybody I know from Clayton county ...
Vince in Florida
- Thank you so much! This is
great information! A whole new avenue to
explore! We thought the Krasinskys' were
Polish ... Janet
- I so appreciate this info
... Marilyn
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Contributors in March
and April 2009 were: Ann Marie Rock, Janet Koozer,
Helen Jennings, Karen Jaster, Judy Moyna, Carrie
Robertson, Phyllis Peterson, Ken Wright, S. Ferrall,
Gary Sheffert, Dorothy Gosse, John Canning, Mary
Durr, David Beck, and Paul Moritz,
BIOGRAPHIES - 1894
*Added the bios of Arthur A. Schmidt, MD & John
Larson
BIOGRAPHIES - 1916
*Added the bios of Konzen, Krambier, Kramer &
Krasinsky
BIOGRAPHIES - Misc
*Added the bios of John Froelich, Daniel D. Murphy,
B.W. Newberry, Eliphalet Price, Elijah Odell, Lucy
Salmon, John T. Stoneman & Charles L. Reed
CEMETERY RECORDS - GRAVESTONE PHOTO PROJECT
*Gravestone photos from Communia cemetery, Asbury
cemetery, National & Old Garnavillo cemetery
CENSUS RECORDS
*1860 US census, Farmersburg twp.
CHURCH RECORDS
*Zion Evangelical Lutheran Church, Clayton Centre,
photos & history 1855-1955
DOCUMENTS - misc.
*Engelhardt family reunion, 1926 - updated
MARRIAGE RECORDS
*Added to Compiled Marriages: Cortis-Smith &
Flin-Gilbreth marriages 1854
*Added to Divorce records: Gould divorce petition,
1854
MILITARY RECORDS
*Off-site link added to the Kinyon Digital Library
website: 'Clayton co. List of Pensioners on the Roll
January 1, 1883'
OBITUARIES
*52 new obits were posted to the Obituary Board, some
with photos.
PHOTO ALBUM
*F. W. Seifert family album
*Jaster family album
*Nuehring family, siblings Ernest & Lucy
*Oelke family album
*Hartwick Residence, Giard, additional photos added
*Hauschen family album
*Farmersburg photos
*Elkader photos page, additional photos added
*Moyna family album
*Kramer family album
SCHOOL RECORDS
*Elkader High School Freshman Class 1923-24
*Farmersburg school children photos
*Clayton Center school & school children photos
SURNAME REGISTRY
*Updated email address for surnames: Fenstermann,
Hildebrandt, Hyde, Portwine, Rabe & Wessel
*Newly registered surnames: West, Kramsky and
Krasinsky
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February 2009
- Please pass along my
thanks to everyone. I found very helpful
obituaries and the discharge record of my
dad from WWI ... Myron
- I love the cemetery
pictures. Thank-you ... George
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Contributors in
February 2009 were Mary Durr, Sean Ryan, Gary
Sheffert, Ann Krumme, Kelly Schmall, Erin Wilker,
Sharyl Ferrall, Ken Wright, AdaMarie Kerndt, Ken
Johnson, Phyllis Peterson, Carrie Robertson,
Constance Diamond, Helen Jennings & an anonmous
gravestone photo contributor
BIOGRAPHIES - Misc
*Samuel Murdoch, Willis Drummond, Elias H. Williams,
L.O. Hatch & J.O. Crosby
CEMETERY RECORDS - GRAVESTONE PHOTO PROJECT
*Nearly 200 gravestone photos were submitted for
County Corners cemetery
*3 gravestone photos for Bethel cemetery were
submitted
*21 gravestone photos for National cemetery
*84 gravestone photos for Communia cemetery
*39 gravestone photos for Pleasant Grove cemetery
*3 gravestone photos for First Evangelical Lutheran
-aka Swedish cemetery
*9 gravestone photos for Monona City cemetery
*19 gravestone photos for Council Hill cemetery
*9 gravestone photos for Giard cemetery
CENSUS RECORDS
*1870 US census, Farmersburg twp.
DIRECTORIES & GAZETTEERS
*Misc. physicians, druggists, etc.
DOCUMENTS - misc.
*Grand Meadow Country Club 1916-2006
MILITARY RECORDS
*Clayton co. World War I Discharge Records (J-Z) have
been updated with many more names linked to the
records
*Civil War discharges updated with the record of
Louis Stoeffler
OBITUARIES
*63 new obits were posted to the Obituary Board in
January, some with photos.
PHOTO ALBUM
*Jennings family album (pg 2) was updated
SURNAME REGISTRY
*Joanne D. Fay has updated her email address for
surnames Wiltse & Lish
*Barry Buelow has registered surnames Barry &
Flynn. He is interested in the Michael Barry family
living near Estus Point in late 1800's - early
1900's, and some Flynns that lived with the Barry's.
*S. Todd Valle has registered surname Valle. His
gggg-gfather was Ole Halvorson Valle.
*John A. Andresen has registered surname 'Flack'.
Flack family from western Illinois > eastern Iowa.
*Gregory Stotts has registered surname Knickerbocker.
Clement Knickerbocker and his wife Matilda Mae
Sickles. He'd like to find an obituary for Clement
Knickerbocker (Died 15 Nov 1957).
*A researcher has registered surnames 'Ward' and
'Calligan'. Her great-grandparents were Margaret
Calligan & Cornelius Ward.
*Barbara Bartels has registered surnames Trescott,
Richardson, Granger, Trunkey, Row, Pier, Davis &
Chapman. Researching the families of Ira Trescott and
Josiah Richardson who moved to Clayton Co. about
1850.
*Donna Sahagian has registered surnames Becker,
Behrens, Berns & Betz. (Becker, John b.1821,
Becker; Elizabeth Behrens (Berns) b.1832; Becker,
Casper b. 1813; Betz, Anton b.1822; & Betz,
Magdalena (Mary) Becker b. 1826)
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January 2009
- Thank-you. I'm impressed.
My first visit to the site was rewarding.
A lot of work has gone into it .....
Dianne in Florida
- My granddaughter is typing
this on her computer. She comes by every
week or two with her computer and we see
what we can find about her (our) family.
She is already very interested in her
family history. We found 3 obituaries and
mention of an ancestor in the county
history book. I told her to put my
obituary up there when I'm gone....
unsigned email
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Contributors in
January 2009 were Ken Wright, Loras Gassman, Helen
Jennings, Ann Krumme, Sharyl Ferrall, Constance
Diamond, Mary Durr, Kelly Schmall, Sharon Pratt,
Maria Jean, Betty Palmer & Judy Holthaus
BIOGRAPHIES - Misc
*Reuben Noble & Thomas Updegraff
CEMETERY RECORDS
*Updated Immaculate Conception 2008 survey, adding
death of Matthew Hefel
CHURCH RECORDS
*Vintage birdseye photo showing the Elkport Lutheran
& Catholic churches
DEATH RECORDS
*Assignment of Dower to widow Mead, 1859
MARRIAGE RECORDS
*Added to Compiled Marriages: Olmstead-Allen 1859
& Wedo-Ralston 1929
*Added to Compiled Divorce Records: Thomson divorce
petition, 1859
MILITARY RECORDS
*Clayton co. World War I Discharge Records have been
updated with many more names linked to the records
*All new! Spanish-American war veterans
OBITUARIES
*22 new obits were posted to the Obituary Board in
January, some with photos.
PHOTO ALBUM
*Elkport / Garber vicinity, the great tornado of
1918, updated with new photos & text
SCHOOL RECORDS
*Guttenberg HS Centennial: school history, graduates
1888-1929
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