BALTZER BORN

BORN, SEIGFRIED, NICHOLSON

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Date: 6/22/2011 at 14:23:05

BALTZER BORN, farmer, Sec. 20; P.O. Sherrill's Mount; born Aug. 14, 1825, in Germany; in 1835, he came to Somerset Co., Penn., with his parents; in the fall of 1844, he came to Dubuque Co., where he has since lived; he owns 129 acres of land. He has been Constable. Married Margaret Seigfreid in 1855; she was born in Pennsylvania in 1836, and died in 1872; has five children- Oscar W., Frank A., Edward E., George D. and Viola; lost Levi and Joseph in infancy. Second marriage was to Mrs.Amelia Nicholson, in 1874; she was born in Prussia; have two children- Henry and Effie; she has children by a former marriage- Parker W. and Mary. Presbyterian Church. pg.972-973

From – The History of Dubuque County Iowa – printed 1880