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Martin
GUTKE, of Drachhausen, b. 22 March 1827, immigrated 1857-58
Martin’s birth record and Brandenberg Emmigration Papers show that he went
to
By September 28, 1857 he is in
He later marries a WEND from
DRACHHAUSEN, Caroline
HALBASCH, who came to
On 18 Dec 1863, their first and infant daughter, Anna Maria’s death, was
recorded in
On the 26th of March, 1864, just four months later, they had
another daughter, and in the Wendish custom, named her Anna Maria, after
her dead sister. This is
also recorded in church records. The Godparents were listed as Martin
and Maria MUSCHICK. These
were companions who mother Caroline
HALBASCH had traveled to
The 1870 Federal Census for Iowa shows them in the 4th Ward of
FORT MADISON, IOWA; Martin is
listed as a farmer, and they have five children; Christian, 16; John,
13; Henry, 11, & Lizzie, 6, Mary, 2; all using the
GUTKE name. Note the 2nd
Anna Marie is not there, so she presumably also died as an infant.
When Caroline marries Martin GUTKE;
her two
HALBASCH sons took the GUTKE
name, so the HALBASCH name
from this family line does not survive in the
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