Wilhelm Franz Nolte
Wilhelm Nolte; his wife, Friederike Maria (Feldman) Nolte; and his two oldest children, Heinrich Frederick Wilhelm Nolte and Friederike Wilhelmine Nolte; his brother, Carl Nolte; and his father, Frederick Nolte, emigrated from Germany to the USA about 1867 or 1870 (current research has not been able to confirm the date exactly). The Noltes were accompanied by brothers Herman and Heinrich Rabius, and Heinrich Rabius' wife, Friederieke (Nolte) Rabius (sister to Wilhelm Franz Nolte). By 1871, the Noltes had settled on farms in the area of Higginsville, Lafayette County, Missouri, USA.
It should be noted that Gustav H. Rabius, son of Heinrich and Friederieke (Nolte) Rabius, was born in Louisville, Jefferson County, Kentucky on 31 May 1868. If it is true that the Rabius and Nolte families immigrated together, then Gustav's birth would be a clue to the correct date for this event. The birth, in this context, would also indicate that the families very well may have landed on the east coast rather than, say, New Orleans. To date, I have not been able to document any of this speculation.
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