Peter Nicklaus (b. 1831)

NICKLAUS, SCHNIEDER

Posted By: Dorothy Gosse (email)
Date: 6/6/2005 at 00:50:47

Nicklaus, Peter, proprietor of saw-mill and stave factory, Lutra; PO Elgin; born in Switzerland, April 26, 1831; came to Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, in 1852; came to Clayton Co., Iowa, in 1856; removed to Clermont in April 1858; came to Lutra in May 1873, has been Township Trustee. Married Elizabeth Schnieder, Nov. 2, 1854; she was born in Switzerland, Sept. 17, 1833; they have had eleven children, lost three sons and two daughters -- Frank Henry, Ida May, Ada Augusta, Albert and George; the living are Mary Louisa, Julia, Charles W., Hulda Jane, Libbie and Edmund Montgomery.

Page 728, 1878 History of Fayette County, Iowa
Pleasant Valley township