Joseph Irlmeier, 1899 Biography

IRLMEIER, STOECKL, BIERL

Posted By: David Reineke (email)
Date: 5/1/2004 at 17:00:41

I translated the following biography from Der Carroll Demokrat, a German-language newspaper published in Carroll, Iowa, between about 1874 and 1920. It was originally published in a special 25th Anniversary Edition of the paper on Friday, 20 September 1899. I have not changed the place or name spellings, but I have added some notes at the end. It reads as follows:

Joseph Irlmeier

This gentleman, an industrious and capable farmer, was born in Auerbach, Niederbayern, Germany, on 11 March 1861. After completing school, he devoted himself to agriculture and assisted his father on a farm. At age 19, he immigrated to America and settled first in Roselle Township, Carroll County, Iowa, where he found work with Mr. Geo. Bierl. He remained there for one year and then had his parents come over from Bavaria, at which time they bought themselves a farm of 200 acres in Roselle Township. On 15 May 1887, Mr. Irlmeier married Miss Magdalena Stoeckl, a respectable young woman. The young couple lived with their parents for four years, and then they bought themselves a pretty farm of 160 acres in Eden Township. The farm is especially notable for its good location, and just last spring, he built a fine large barn. The Irlmeier family enjoys a large circle of friends and, something very gratifying, an excellent reputation. This happy marriage has produced two children whose names are Franz and Joseph.

NOTES: There are a few towns in Germany called Auerbach. I think the correct one is Auerbach in Niederbayern, which is just east of Deggendorf and near the Czech Republic. Niederbayern means “lower Bavaria.”