New in July 2010
- This site is one of the best we've found.
Keep up the good work .... Al & Sue
in Ontario
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Allamakee co. researchers will be
pleased to find lots of new information and photos
added to the website in July. Todd Ehlers has been
transcribing like crazy and has finished another
Clayton co. township from the 1885 Iowa State census.
Thanks go out to all of our July contributors: Jon B.
Moellering, 'Gemni', S. Ferrall, Dana, Douglas
Whitney, Todd Ehlers, Paul Moritz, Joe Boland, Dee
Moran, Maria Jean and other volunteers.
BIOGRAPHIES
- 1882
*Annotation added to the bio of J.H. Moellering
BIOGRAPHIES
- 1940
*Dr. P.R.V. Hommel
BIOGRAPHIES
- misc
*Dr. Placido R.V. Hommel and photo
CEMETERY
RECORDS
*Photo of Council Hill cemetery added
GRAVESTONE PHOTO PROJECT
*Over 200 gravestone photos for Council Hill cemetery
were added
*Several gravestone photos & an entry photo for
Strawberry Point cemetery were added
*Gravestone photos for Monona cemetery were added
CENSUS
RECORDS
*1885 Iowa State Census, Highland Twp.
DIRECTORIES
& GAZETTEERS
*The 'General Assembly' directory was
updated
MARRIAGE
RECORDS
*Added to compiled marriage records: Jennings -
Mueller
*Added to compiled anniversary records: Mr. &
Mrs. H.L. Meyer, 50th
OBITUARIES
*46 new obits were posted to the Obituary Board in
June, some with photos
PHOTO
ALBUM
*Boland family album updated
*Sheppard/Shepperd album updated
*Hauschen family album updated
*Luana photo page updated
*Radach family album updated
SURNAME
REGISTRY
*Ann Marie Rock has updated her email address for
surname Smith, and has registered surnames Sabbann,
Moine, Kluth & Torrey.
OFF-SITE DATA
that will be of interest to Clayton co. researchers
(all links open in a new browser window)
*Be sure to check the Allamakee co. Obit board, the Delaware co. Obit board, the Dubuque co. Obit board and Fayette co. Obit board Lots of people in these neighboring
counties had connections to Clayton county.
~*~*~
June 2010
- I'm impressed by all of the work that has
gone into this website. The courthouse
death records are wonderful! Thanks
...... born in Waukon, transplanted to
Wyoming
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The June contributors gave up many
hours of their springtime to transcribe, share and
help researchers from all over the world find
information about their ancestors! Thank-you!
The June contributors were: Todd Ehlers, Steve &
Neva Nelson, Constance Diamond, Helen Jennings, S.
Ferrall, Yvonne Ellwood, Joe Boland, Dee Moran, Paul
Moritz, Mary Durr, Judy Moyna, 'Gemni' and several
anonymous contributors.
BIOGRAPHIES
- 1882
*Added a photo (modern) of the Peter Flaherty home to
his biography
BIOGRAPHIES
- misc
*Joseph 'Diamond Joe' Reynolds (photo)
CEMETERY
RECORDS
*Gooding cemetery was updated
*Gooding Cemetery Association history
GRAVESTONE PHOTO PROJECT
*Mayhew gravestone photos in National cemetery were
contributed
*Several gravestone photos & a photo of the
cemetery entry for Council Hill cemetery were
contributed
CENSUS
RECORDS
*1885 Iowa State Census, Grand Meadow Twp.
CHURCH
RECORDS
*Brief history of the North McGregor (Marquette) ME
church
*Brief history of the McGregor Christian Science
church
*Brief history of St. John's Evangelical &
Reformed Church, Garber
*Photos & history of the German Lutheran
churches, St. Sebald & Emanuel church, Strawberry
Point
DEATH
RECORDS
*Register of Deaths Volume A, 1897-1913, adding pages
41-50
MARRIAGE
RECORDS
*Added to compiled marriage records: Boland-Korrect,
1913 (photo)
OBITUARIES
*83 new obits were posted to the Obituary Board in
June, some with photos
PHOTO
ALBUM
*Boland family album updated
*Sheppard/Shepperd album updated
*A street view was added to the St. Olaf photo page
*Photo of the train depot added to the Farmersburg
photo page
*Photo of Motor Mill to the Landmark, Motor Mill page
*Oelke family album updated
SURNAME
REGISTRY
*Betty has updated her email address for surnames
Crowley, Degnan, Delaney, DeLong, McNamara, Mullarkey
& Saddler. She added Traversy / Traversey to the
registry.
*Kent Gebhard has registered surname Stacy. His
ggg-grandparents, Edward J.Stacy & Mary Ann
Manning Stacy are in Eastside cemetery, Elkader.
*Suzanne Hess has registered surnames Hess &
McDonald. Samuel L. Hess (b. 1820, PA & d. 1876,
Elkader) Married, 1853, Frances J. McDonald in
Clayton co. She is especially interested in finding
Samuel's burial place.
~*~*~
May 2010
- Thank you all, for your hard work putting
information on the internet for Clayton
County.... Iris
- Thanks for all the work you do with the
web site. I've referred to it many
times.... Paula
- This is so great! I have been
looking for when and where my great great
grandfather died - I knew it was around
1850's and in Iowa - this site is
fabulous! This Iowa site is incredible -
have found a wealth of information
in just one day and have been researching
my family for 5 1/2 years! Thanks
sooo much for all the great
work..... Dody
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WOW!
and THANK-YOU! to our May contributors: Mary Durr, Ken
Johnson, S. Ferrall, Ken Wright, Yvonne Ellwood,
Terry Sargent, Judy Moyna, Steve & Neva Nelson,
Constance Diamond, Paula O'Donnell, Joseph Boland,
Bill Nelson, Dee Moran & Paul Moritz
BIOGRAPHIES - misc
*The miscellaneous biographies have been broken into
two index pages: A-J and K-Z
*George W. Roe, Henry Fredelake, Frederick W.
Schoellerman, Peter D. McKellar, Washington Irving
Maurer (photo), C.M. Forbes (photo)
GRAVESTONE PHOTO
PROJECT
*Gooding cemetery gravestone photos were contributed
CHURCH
RECORDS
*Pioneer Rock church, Ceres, added news article:
Oldest Standing Church North of Dubuque
*County Corners Church, news articles & a photo
of the church
*St. John's Lutheran Church, Farmersburg, photo added
*Methodist Episcopal Church, Farmersburg
*The current Clayton Co. Churches page was updated
DEATH
RECORDS
*Register of Deaths Volume A, 1897-1913, adding pages
22-40
DIRECTORIES
& GAZETTEERS
*Photographer Directory, updating info. for George W.
Roe; and adding photographers Jake Accola, A.G.
Gosting (photos), J.B. Hughes and Hunt & Baker
DOCUMENTS
- misc.
*Murder of John L. Boland, 1906
MARRIAGE
RECORDS
*Added to compiled marriage records: Beyer-Andregg,
1915
*Added to compiled anniversary records: 50th
Anniversary of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Dunsmoor (includes a
photo)
MILITARY & OTHER SERVICE RECORDS
*WWII casualties page, added another photo &
additional information for Robert V. Fry
*WWI 'Our Heroes' page, added Pvt Stanley T. Sargent
photos & service records
OBITUARIES
*92 new obits were posted to the Obituary Board in
May, some with photos
PHOTO
ALBUM
*Boland family album
*Bohonek family album
*Sheppard/Shepperd album updated
*Tracy family album updated with a photo of the Tracy
homestead ca1900
*Farmersburg photos, several new pictures added
*St. Olaf photo page started with a picture of the
train depot
SCHOOL RECORDS
*Farmersburg school, 2 photos of the school added
*Farmersburg Athletic teams - all new
SURNAME REGISTRY
*Jim Ehrhardt has registered surnames Mahnke, Rohn
& Stade
*D. Engelhardt has registered surname Engelhardt
*Gary Sheffert has updated his email address for
surnames Abel, Heilmann, Henkes, Koth, Meder, Reidel,
Sautter and Scheffert
~*~*~
April 2010
- Please add our thank-you for all that is
being done for family historians ... Alma
& Ed in Phoenix
- Great information, thank-you. .... Mandy,
teaching in South Africa
- Thanks for your help in showing me how to
use the website and for all of the
veterans information you have .... Albert
B., Sioux City
- I've used this site before. It's getting
even better. The obituaries are
especially useful .... Scoot
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A simple thank-you doesn't seem like
enough, but that's all the compensation our
volunteers receive for sharing .... we appreciate
their generosity! Thank-you's go out to our April
contributors: Loras Gassman, Terry
Sargent, Constance Diamond, Mary Durr, S. Ferrall,
Paul Moritz, Bill Nelson, Dee Moran &
‘Curtis’
BIOGRAPHIES - misc
*Adam Larrabee & photo
CEMETERY RECORDS
*Updated the Immaculate Conception cemetery survey,
adding the burial of Michael Hefel & correcting
the death date of Lucy Kloser
GRAVESTONE PHOTO PROJECT
*Gravestone of the E.H. Sargent family Strawberry
Point cemetery
DIRECTORIES
& GAZETTEERS
*Memorial Messenger, a publication of the
Northeastern Iowa Memorial Co., Monona containing
interesting articles and a list of over 2,500 names
of their customers from 1890-1926
LAND
RECORDS
*1852 land patent, Adam Larrabee
LOCAL
RESOURCES & REFERENCES PAGE
*Page updated with a link to the genealogy resources
of Clayton co. libraries
MARRIAGE
RECORDS
*Compiled marriage records: Adams-Carpenter, 1906
OBITUARIES
*21 new obits were posted to the Obituary Board in
April, some with photos
PERSONAL
WEBSITES
*Page updated & all sites checked for current
URL's. If you've registered a personal website and
have moved it, please contact the Clayton co.
coordinator!
PHOTO
ALBUM
*Dohrer family album updated
*Section Gang at Beulah, ca1910
*Froelich photos
*Monona photos updated with Center St. Monona, IA,
1909
*Pike's Peak photo
*Photos added to the Thiese Family Album
*Sheppard family album
*Kostal family album
SCHOOL RECORDS
*1899 Beulah school picnic, school children
*Northwestern University students with a Clayton co.
connection
SURNAME REGISTRY
*Bill Nelson has registered surnames Bohonek,
Burlingame, Kostal & Thiese
*Joe Boland has registered surnames Boland &
Donlon
*Dee Moran has registered surnames Henkes, Marfilius
& Sheppard/Shepperd. She is a descendent of
Elizabeth Henkes and John Sheppard of Clayton County.
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March 2010
- Thank-you. I've found several obituaries
that helped me a lot.... Amy in Alberta,
Canada
- I'm a frequent visitor to the Clayton
county site. Keep up the good work ....
John
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Mega
Kudos and a Drum
Roll for our March contributors!!!
Thank-you to Karen Manchester, Kathy Krieg, Francis
Behrend, Joye Kohl, Paul Moritz, D.C. Rambow, Helen
Jennings, Judy Moyna, Judy Holthaus, Mary Durr, S.
Ferrall, Gloria Payne, N. Wagner, Ken Wright &
Constance Diamond
BIOGRAPHIES - misc
*Bios & photos of Marion Murdoch [Murdock] and
Eugenie S. Birkholz
*Bios of John Foster Thompson and Mary E. Clark Hines
*Linked to the bio & photo of Mr. & Mrs. Knut
E. Knutson Grunhuvd
CEMETERY
RECORDS
*Strawberry Point cemetery, correction notation for
Tryphena and William M. 'Manahester' should be
'Manchester'
*Interment list for Friedlein cemetery was updated
with additional burials
*History of Friedlein cemetery written by Francis
Behrend
GRAVESTONE PHOTO PROJECT
*Gravestone photo from Pleasant Grove cemetery (Zahn)
- from Joye Kohl
*Gravestone photo from Monona City cemetery (Oelke) -
from Paul Moritz
*Gravestone photos from the Old Garnavillo cemetery
(Cooley, Fritz, Heiller, Scott)
*70+ gravestone photos from Friedlein cemetery
CHURCH
RECORDS
*Photo of a ca1940's Wood Center Methodist
confirmation class was added to the Wood Center
church page
DEATH
RECORDS
*Register of Deaths Book I, adding pages 90-99
DIRECTORIES
& GAZETTEERS
*Strawberry Point: Masons, Dau of Rebecca, I.O.O.F.,
A.O.U.W. & Woodman officers for 1903
*Directory of Clayton county photographers (compiled)
DOCUMENTS
- misc. .
*Experiences of the early Clayton co. settlers with
the Winnebagos
*Mrs. J.A. Henry, 1915 recipe contest
MARRIAGE
RECORDS
*Compiled marriage records: Sherman-Neubauer, 1920;
Orr-Kane, 1920
MILITARY
& OTHER SERVICE RECORDS
*1872 reunion of 21st Iowa Infantry veterans
OBITUARIES
*70 new obits were posted to the Obituary Board in
March, some with photos
PHOTO
ALBUM
*Dohrer family album
*Zahn family album updated with more photos
*Monona area, added a photo of the train depot, 1912
*Directory of Clayton county photographers (compiled)
*Poull family album
SCHOOL
RECORDS
*Guttenberg HS misc photos, added 1925 debate team,
1929-30 girls basketball team & 1938 baseball
team
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February 2010
- Thank you and everybody else that works
to put together these free
genealogy-related websites, as they're
invaluable resources. I came across your
Clayton Co. site by accident, trying to
confirm some cemetery information for my
grandmother, and ended up seeing upon
several things on the site that I believe
she might find useful...... Craig
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A round
of applause for our February
contributors!!! Thank-you to Keith Schrader, Carolyn
Gutzmer, Lisa Woiwood, Mary Durr, Mary Cameron, S.
Ferrall, A. LeRoy Atkins, Paul Moritz, Joye Kohl and
a 'volunteer'
BIOGRAPHIES
- 1916
*Gerhardt H.W. Niemann
BIOGRAPHIES
- misc..
*Edward Deacon & photo
CEMETERY
RECORDS
*Borcherding cemetery updated, adding notes possibly
identifying the burials of Henry & Barbara Horsch
CHURCH
RECORDS
*St. John's (Guttenberg) marriage records, pg 91,
1862 & 1863
MARRIAGE
RECORDS
*St. John's (Guttenberg) marriage records, pg 91,
1862 & 1863
*Compiled marriage records: Enders-Knoebel, 1913
& Harrington-Knoebel, 1927; both include scans of
the marriage certificates
*Compiled marriage records: Lutke-Stuhr, 1908
MILITARY
& OTHER SERVICE RECORDS
*E.E. Harrington WWII records were updated with 2
photos & additional documents
OBITUARIES
*40 new obits were posted to the Obituary Board in
February, some with photos
PHOTO
ALBUM
*Knoebel family, Oelke family and Zahn family albums
were updated with more photos
SURNAME
REGISTRY
*William J. Henderson has updated his email address
for surnames Henderson & McGowen
*Connie Schaefers has registered surname Schaefers
~*~*~
January 2010
- Amazing website! Thanks so much! ....
researcher in southern Cal.
- You and your volunteers are to be
congratulated, I've just started making
my way through the information and am
very impressed ..... Audrey in New Jersey
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A huge Thank-you to our January contributors: Mary
Durr, Bill Griesinger, Terry Sargent, Joye Kohl, Glen
Stevenson, Paul Moritz, Mary
Cameron, Judy Holthaus, Connie, Schaefers, Joyce
Reilly and a 'volunteer'
BIOGRAPHIES - 1894
*Reuben S. Huntington, F.H. Bruns, Christian
S. Maxon, Gregor McGregor, Thomas H. Studebaker,
Frederick Aulwes & Jacob Clark
BIOGRAPHIES - misc.
*Jerome Yearous
CEMETERY RECORDS & GRAVESTONE
PHOTO PROJECT
*Updated the cemetery index, Mt. Olivet
cemetery & St. Mary's Guttenberg pages to clarify
the relationship & locations of these cemeteries
*Updated the Griesinger information for Illyria
cemetery
*Gravestone photos from Illyria cemetery
DOCUMENTS
- misc.
*Luana buffalo herd sold, 1905
MILITARY & OTHER SERVICE RECORDS
*WWII casualties page updated with photos &
additional information about Robert V. Fry
OBITUARIES
*94 new obits were posted to the Obituary Board in
January, some with photos
PHOTO
ALBUM
*Zahn family album
*Kohl family album
*Guttenberg views album, added photo of the Lakeside
Ballroom
*William Brown family album
*Oelke family album was updated, added photo of the
Henry & Elsabea Heesch family
*Schafer/Schaefers album was
updated - this 'mystery' photo has been positively
identified!
SCHOOL RECORDS
*Heddleson school, District #5, Cass twp., photos of
school children
SURNAME REGISTRY
*Ferol McQuarrie has registered surname Chilson /
Chillson. Sumner Chester Chilson was his grandfather
(wife was Mary McCrae). He's trying to find the names
of all their children.
*A researcher has registered surname Gutheil.
Rearching Gutheil's in and around Clayton County
*Elizabeth Stack has updated her email address for
surname Moser
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