Year Settled in Iowa: 1875

County where ancestor first settled: Sheboygan County, Wisconsin then to Jasper County, Iowa

Born: February 20, 1847

Birth Place: Kalldorf, Lippe, Detmold, German

Died: April 12, 1916

Burial Location: Bethany Cemetery (German Reformed Cemetery) Baxter, Iowa

Note: Henry's Jasper County biography shares additional details including his joint ownership with Hager of the Baxter Roller Mills. Henry was also an inventor and had at least three patents of which I found during research including: Rotary steam-engine patent# 793,216 (patented June 27, 1905), mold for making building blocks patent# 811,080 (patented 1/30/1906) and method and apparatus for making culverts of concrete patent# 929,694 (patented August 3, 1909).

Father: Johann Friedrich Ludwig Noah

Mother: Louise Charlotte (Straate) Noah

Married: May 13, 1870

Marriage Location: Herman, Sheboygan County, Wisconsin

Spouse: Friedericke Schnuelle

Born: February 25, 1849

Birth Location: Herman, Sheboygan County, Wisconsin

Died: May 29, 1913

Burial Location: Bethany Cemetery (German Reformed Cemetery) Baxter, Iowa

Father: Friedrich Wilhelm Schnuelle

Mother: Fredericke Henriette Bodeker (Schnuelle)

Note:Henry and Friederike Noah raised their family on the Noah farm located in the NW ¼ Section 30, Malaka Township, Jasper County, Iowa.

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1. Lydia Noah, 1870 - 1870 died in infancy Wisconsin

2. Clara Noah, October 14, 1871 Herman, Sheboygan County, Wisconsin - 1871 Portland Oregon

3. Anna Noah, September 17, 1873 Herman, Sheboygan County, Wisconsin - October 23,1875 died as a child Baxter, Iowa buried at Bethany Cemetery

4. Selma Noah, June 16, 1875 Independence, Jasper County, Iowa - January 3, 1967 Baxter, Jasper County, Iowa

5. Calvin Noah, March 31, 1877 Baxter, Jasper County, Iowa - October 1, 1949 lived in Baxter, Iowa died in Marshalltown, Iowa
Married Charlotte L. Wintermeier on March 29, 1910 Baxter, Jasper County, Iowa

6. Alma Noah, February 2, 1879 Baxter, Jasper County, Iowa - December 13, 1905 Baxter, Jasper County, Iowa died at 27-years of age

7. Ruth (Noah) Chollet, November 1880- December 7, 1943 Newton, Jasper County, Iowa
Married Fred Adolph Chollett on March 9, 1910 in Jasper County, Iowa

8. Johann Heinrich (John Henry), October 22, 1882 Baxter, Jasper County, Iowa - April 1967 Portland Oregon buried at Deschutes Memorial Gardens in Bend, Deschutes County, Oregon

9. Alvina (Noah) Fullen, September 1885 Baxter, Jasper County, Iowa - May 17, 1974 Baxter, Jasper County, Iowa

10. Rosa Monica Noah, April 15, 1887 Baxter, Jasper County, Iowa - February 14, 1981 Mitchellville, Polk County, Iowa
Attended the State Teachers College at Cedar Falls and taught in the public schools of Jasper County with residence in Baxter, Iowa

11. Marie Charlotte (Noah) Raridon, March 11, 1889 Baxter, Jasper County, Iowa - June 9, 1944 Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California buried at Glendale, Los Angeles County, California. Married Donald Roy Raridon

12. Meta Martha (Noah) Edler, December 1, 1890 Jasper County, Iowa - September 12, 1983 Kansas City, Platte, Missouri buried at Bethany Cemetery Baxter, Iowa
Married Paul Edwin Edler December 1, 1920 Baxter, Iowa buried at Bethany Cemetery Baxter, Iowa
Meta graduated from Baxter Community Schools in 1909. Meta taught in the rural schools of Jasper County, Iowa. Meta and Paul had three children, Arno, Eldon and Margaret and raised them on a family farm outside of Baxter in the SW ¼ of Malaka Township.

Proof of Jasper County Connection: Multiple sources including, Jasper County Biography, 1880 Federal Census, 1900 Federal Census, 1910 Federal Census, obituary

Name and e-mail address of submitter: Jennifer Ellison