DURR - Golden Wedding

DURR, SCHOLLER, MCELROY, CAMPBELL, TAYLOR, RANDALL, WANN, CREATH

Posted By: Joey Stark
Date: 2/6/2006 at 14:59:59

"Fairfield Tribune", Wed., Aug. 3, 1904, Pg. 5, Col. 4

GOLDEN WEDDING. At Batavia, on Thurs., July 28, 1904, Mr. and Mrs. Casper DURR. Natives of Switzerland and came to America in 1854. They were married at Burlington, Iowa, July 28, 1854. Resided for a time at Wapello, Louisa County, and then came to Batavia, where they have resided continuously for 49 years. Mr. DURR engaged in merchandising... Everybody in the community knew Casper DURR and his place of business and his family... Presbyterian Church, later Methodist Ch....

Mrs. DURR, whose maiden name was Salomea SCHOLLER, is a woman of culture and intelligence, born Dec. 3, 1834. Of their 11 children, the first two died in early infancy; nine survive, of whom seven are heads of families, as follows: Emma, wife of A. H. McELROY, of Ottumwa; Minnie, wife of Dr. Eugene CAMPBELL, of Los Angeles, Cal.; Herman P. DURR, of Burlington, Iowa, salesman for Arbuckle & Co.; Lena, wife of Fred M. TAYLOR, Batavia's postmaster; Bertha, widow of the late C. M. RANDALL, Kansas City; Anna, wife of N. L. WANN, Fairbury, Ill.; Lillie, wife of Dr. W. E. CREATH, Ottumwa; Carl, a soldier in the Cuban War; and Miss Nellie, who remains in the parental home.

.... Casper DURR was born at Aran, Switzerland, June 14, 1826, left home for Havre to take shipping for America Feb. 1, 1854, and reached Burlington three months later on the first day of May. Before this he had been a merchant and trader at various points on the Mediterranean, including the islands of Corfa and Beyront. Many who have some casual acquaintance with Mr. DURR may not suspect that this quiet, unassuming old gentleman is really a very fine linguist.... He reads, writes, and speaks the German, French, and the Italian languages, and has a working acquaintance with modern Greek and Arabic....

*Transcribed for genealogical purposes; I have no relation to the person(s).