ERNST, THEODORE

ERNST, RETTER

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Date: 4/19/2019 at 14:50:52

MADISON TOWNSHIP.
P. O. FORT MADISON

ERNST, THEODORE, jeweler; was born in Saxony, Germany, Aug. 7, 1835 ; he learned the jewelry business ; emigrated to the United States in 1858; came to Iowa and located in Fort Madison in 1861, and since then he has been engaged in his present business and has the largest trade in his line in the city. He married Miss Alvina Retter, from Germany, in 1861 ; they have five children—Clara, Hugo, Lena, Flora and Freda.

Source: BIOGRAPHICAL DIRECTORY
HISTORY OF LEE COUNTY IOWA
CHICAGO: WESTERN HISTORICAL COMPANY, 1879

Transcription typed/proofed as article was originally published in 1879