Emigration-North of
Iowa- Extract of a letter, dated Lansing, Iowa,
May 6th 1854:
"At this time there is a large emigration
coming in here of farmers, mostly eastern men, who
are buying improved farms, at from $800 to $4000.
These men generally were well to do at the east, and
bringing with them considerable money and much to the
advancement and improvement of the county. I do think
that Allamakee and Winnesheik counties will nearly,
if not quite, double their population this season.
The rush into northern Iowa and Minnesota is
unparalleled in the history of the settlement of any
part of the west.
One great thing is, that the great majority who
come are intelligent, industrious and public spirited
men, who at once set to open fine farms, make them
comfortable houses, &c. So you can at a glance
see, that the day is not far distant, when our
country will have the appearance of an old settled
region. As to the interests of this town, they are
being and are to be, largely benefited by this rapid
improvement of this country interior. Also, it has
now become a settled thing, that Lansing is the home
of northern Iowa. Trade here has opened this season
about four-fold larger than last year at the
corresponding time. So you can judge, that the growth
of the town is a permanent one."
~source: The Mirror, Lyons, Iowa, May 23,
1854
~contributed by Kenneth Wright
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William R. Sullivan
Wexford, Iowa; signed a letter of intent to
become a citizen in Utica, NY on Jan 20,1855. He
arrived in New York from Liverpool on Jan 6,
1851 on the ship Joseph Walker. He became a
citizen in Allamakee County on Jan 22, 1862
~contributed by Mary Kay G.
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Hans R. Hanson
Nativity: Norway, first filed in Allamakee Co.,
IA; final papers filed in Wright co. IA on September
17, 1879
~source: Final papers, 1862-1879 Wright Co., IA;
Iowa Genealogical Society, Des Moines, Iowa
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Albert K. Kehrberg
Nativity: Germany, filed declaration of intent in
Allamakee Co., IA; final papers filed in Plymouth co.
IA on October 13, 1879
~source: Second papers, 1872-1886, Volume I,
Plymouth Co., IA; Iowa Genealogical Society, Des
Moines, Iowa
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Naturalization papers were issued to the following
named persons during the recent session of the circuit
court:
Gotleib Schurle
John Stockman
John Schmidt
Wal. Stockman
Henry Jacobs
Hans P. Peterson
Chas Amman
Edward A. Schlueter
Rev. Jacob Gass
Chas. Meyer
Geo. Fritz
K.O. Sagensand
Severt Nelson
John Mullen
Chas. Poeler
O.P. Kalstad
J.A. Laughlin
Michael A. Onsager
~Postville Post, March 14, 1884
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Rartels family
Ship Australia, departed from Hamburg,
Germany; arrived Port of New York May 12, 1884
Passengers #200-204:
Heinrick Rartels, age 31, workman,
Mecklenburg to Postville, Iowa,
Caroline, age 21, wife
Minna, age 7, daughter
Emma, age 1, daughter
Heinrich, age 5 mo., son
~source: New York. Passenger Lists of Vessels
Arriving at New York, New York, 1820-1897.
Micropublication M237. Rolls # 1-675. National
Archives, Washington, D.C.
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William Schultz
Nativity Prussia, filed declaration of intent in
Allamakee Co., IA; final papers filed in Plymouth co.
IA on October 19, 1885
~source: Second papers, 1872-1886, Volume I,
Plymouth Co., IA; Iowa Genealogical Society, Des
Moines, Iowa
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Gottlieb Brandt
Male, age 56; farmer; US citizen; paid own
passage; going home; departure from Bremen, Germany
on ship Stuttgart; arrived at port
Baltimore, Maryland, Nov 1894; destination -
Postville, IA; last residence - Postville, IA; other
notations: 27 yrs.in prison or almshouse, senality
Wilhelm Fredericks (or Frederickson)
Male, age ?, single, laborer; German citizen;
departure from Bremen, Germany on ship Stuttgart;
arrived at port Baltimore, Maryland, November 10,
1894; paid own passage; destination - friends in
Postville, IA; last residence - Beckstedt; has $70.00
in possession
Fritz Koenig
Male, age 27, married; occupation: smith; German
citizen; departure from Bremen, Germany on ship Stuttgart;
arrived at port Baltimore, Maryland, November 10,
1894; last residence - ?elle, Hann; destination -
Potsville, IA; relatives in IA; paid own passage; has
$5 in his possession; first time in U.S.A.
Caroline, age 24; Heinrich,
age 3; Friedrich, age 6 mo.
(traveling with Fritz Koenig)
Wilhelm Koenig
Age 19, laborer, single, German citizen, last
residence - [Jiesshule ?]; has $25 in possession.
[He may not have made the trip - is listed on same
page of the manifest, next line under the Fritz
Koenig family, his entry is crossed through-see also
entry below, on pg 80 same ship]
F--ieds Schuiss ?
Age 18, single, German citizen, last residence -
[Lefern ?]; has $10 in possession; other notations:
last minute arrested [Apparently he didn't make the
trip - listed on same page of the manifest a few
lines down, but crossed through: ]
~source of this group: National Archives and Records
Administration (NARA) microfilm, M844, Roll Number 6,
page 78 & 79
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Traveling together: Wilhelm
Koenig
Male, age 49, farmer; U.S. citizen; departure from
Bremen, Germany on ship Stuttgart; arrived
at port Baltimore, Maryland, November 30, 1894; paid
own passage; destination - Postville, IA; last
residence - Postville, Iowa; has $33.00 in possession
Henry Dahms
Male, age 57, farmer; U.S. citizen; departure from
Bremen, Germany on ship Stuttgart; arrived at port
Baltimore, Maryland, November 30, 1894; paid own
passage; destination - Postville, IA; last residence
- Postville, Iowa; has $33.00 in possession
~source: National Archives and Records
Administration (NARA) microfilm, M844, Roll Number 6,
page 80
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Johann Buchsteiner
Age 27, single, labourer; departure from Hamburg,
Germany on steamship Canadia; arrived at
port Boston, Mass., January 19, 1895; nationality:
German; last residence: Hamburg; father paid passage,
destination - Carl Buchsteiner, father, Postville,
Iowa; has $17.05 in possession; [he is listed twice
on the manifest, line 13 & again on line 50, see
below]
Franz Martens
Age 39, farmer; nationality: German; departure
from Hamburg, Germany on steamship Canadia;
arrived at port Boston, Mass., January 19, 1895;
destination - Postville, IA; has 4 pieces of baggage
[line 18]
Auguste Martens
Age 27; nationality: Prussia; departure from
Hamburg, Germany on steamship Canadia;
arrived at port Boston, Mass., January 19, 1895; last
residence: Floetenau; destination - Postville, Iowa
[line 25]
Maria Ewald
Age 18, maid servant; nationality: Prussia; last
residence: Floetenau; departure from Hamburg, Germany
on steamship Canadia; arrived at port
Boston, Mass., January 19, 1895; destination -
Postville, Iowa [line 26]
Johann Buchsteiner
Age 27, labourer; last residence: Hamburg;
departure from Hamburg, Germany on steamship Canadia;
arrived at port Boston, Mass., January 19, 1895;
destination - Postville, Iowa; has 2 pieces of
baggage [he is listed twice on the manifest, line 50
and also line 13, above]
~source of group: National Archives and Records
Administration (NARA) microfilm, T843, Roll Number 14
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Fred Heismann
Age 30, single, farmer; U.S. Citizen; departure
from Bremen, Germany on ship Stuttgart;
arrived at port Baltimore, Maryland, March 3, 1895;
paid own passage; destination: home, Postville, IA;
last residence - Postville, Iowa; 4 1/2 yrs. U.S.
residence; has $100 in possession
~source: National Archives and Records
Administration (NARA) microfilm, M844, Roll Number 6,
page 24
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Traveling together: Sophie
Buckman
Female, age 22, single; departure from Bremen,
Germany on ship H H Meier; arrived at port
Baltimore, Maryland, Sep 1896; U.S. citizen; going
home; paid own passage; resident of U.S. for 6 yrs.;
destination - Postville, IA; last residence -
Postville, Iowa; has $50 in possession
Sophie Buckman
Female, age 61, married; departure from Bremen,
Germany on ship H H Meier; arrived at port
Baltimore, Maryland, Sep 1896; German citizen; paid
own passage; going to daughter in IA; first visit to
U.S.A.; destination - Postville, IA; last residence -
[Hirhstelt, Kenya ?]; has $50 in possession; other
notation: senility
~source: National Archives and Records
Administration (NARA) microfilm, M844, Roll Number 8,
page 37
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Wilhelm Meyer
Age 22, single; carpenter; German citizen; last
residence Husmun, Han.; has never been in U.S.
before; departure from Bremen, Germany on ship Hannover;
arrived at port Baltimore, Maryland, May 26, 1904;
destination - William Meyer, Postville, IA; passage
paid by uncle; has $18 in possession
~source: National Archives and Records
Administration (NARA) microfilm, M844, Roll Number
41, page 181
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Wm. Voltmer
Wm. Voltmer, a German, was admitted to American
citizenship by Judge Taylor in district court
Saturday, says the Waukon Journal. He served
in the German army during the World War and came to
this country and county shortly after its close. For
several years he has been working on the Lou Shattuck
farm just west of town.
~source: Postville Herald, September 25,
1930
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Kurt Schalk
Agnes Withee
Lansing, Ia. - The Rev. Kurt Schalk of Lansing and
Miss Agnes Withee of Church, received their final
naturalization papers on Thursday.
~source: Telegraph-Herald and Times-Journal,
Dubuque, Iowa, Friday evening edition, January 22,
1932
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Henry Miene
Henry Miene of this locality was on Wednesday
granted his final citizenship papers by Judge H.E.
Taylor in district court at Waukon. John L. Gregg and
Wm. J. Klingbeil accompanying him as character
witnesses. Mr. Meine came to America when 16 years of
age and is now 45. He had supposed for many years
that he was an American citizen, and did not know
otherwise until after the death of his father, when
it was disclosed that his forebear had failed to take
out his final papers, and hence Henry lost no time in
becoming a citizen.
~source: Postville Herald, September 15,
1932
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Mrs. Ernest Wullner
Mrs. William Buerger
Paul Greinus
Among the five persons obtaining final
naturalization papers in district court at Waukon
last week were Mrs. Ernest Wullner, Mrs. William
Buerger and Paul Greinus. All three were born in
Germany.
~source: Postville Herald, September 17,
1941
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Mrs. Wilbur Inger
Mr. and Mrs. Wilbur Inger drove to Dubuque last
Wednesday where Mrs. Inger, a former English girl,
took her oral test in preparation for receiving her
citizenship papers for this country. Libby Schultz
and Lucille Wickham accompanied the couple to Dubuque
and acted as witnesses. Mrs. Inger reports that she
passed her oral examination but must wait for a
period of six weeks to receive her final papers.
~source: Postville Herald, January 31,
1951
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Lindsey Tanner
Lindsey Audrey Lee Tanner is now an American
citizen. Lindsey, The three-year-old daughter of Kent
and Linda Tanner of New Albin, proudly held up her
citizenship papers and the American flag as she sat
for this photo recently at the Federal Court House in
Cedar Rapids. Pictured with her are her brother
Christopher, age 7, and the Honorable David R.
Hansen. Judge Hansen is the same judge that presided
when Christopher became a citizen three years ago.
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~source: Allamakee Journal, September 19,
1990
~contributed by Errin Wilker
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