Otto, Christian

Male - Bef 1911


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  • Name Otto, Christian 
    Born USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    • Details of the birth are not known at this time. It is likely he was born in either Missouri or Iowa after his parents immigrated to the USA.
    Gender Male 
    Died Bef 1911  [1
    Person ID I6562  Fiegenbaum
    Last Modified 12 Oct 2008 

    Father Otto, Heinrich,   b. Kingdom of Hannover Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown 
    Mother Rolfe, Elizabeth Margueretha,   b. Kingdom of Hannover Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown 
    Married Kingdom of Hannover Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 3
    • They were the parents of nine children, one of whom is reported to have died in infancy. That child's identity and place in the birth order is not known at this time.
    Family ID F19  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Sources 
    1. [S202] Arthur Springer, History of Louisa County, Iowa, From its Earliest Settlement to 1911, 2 volumes (Chicago: S. J. Clarke Publishing Company, 1911), volume 2, page 280.
      Biographical sketch of John Henry Otto.
           "...Henry and Elizabeth (Rolfe) Otto, both of whom were natives of Hanover, Germany. ... In their family were nine children, one of whom died in infancy, the others being: ...Christian and William, both of whom are deceased...."

    2. [S175] Frances Gretchen (Klein) Leenerts, Descendants of Father Fiegenbaum (Chinook, Washington: F. Leenerts, 2002), page 29.
      Louisa Otto, daughter of Henry Otto and Margueretha Rolfe, was born on 13 August 1832 in Fenne [sic], Hanover, Germany.

    3. [S202] Arthur Springer, History of Louisa County, Iowa, From its Earliest Settlement to 1911, 2 volumes (Chicago: S. J. Clarke Publishing Company, 1911), volume 2, page 280.
      Biographical sketch of John Henry Otto.
           "...Henry and Elizabeth (Rolfe) Otto, both of whom were natives of Hanover, Germany. ... In their family were nine children, one of whom died in infancy, the others being: George, of Portland, Oregon; Louisa, the wife of F. Feigenbaum [sic], of Wauneta, Kansas; John Henry, the subject of this sketch; Hortense, who became the wife of Henry Droegemeyer, of Burlington; Christian and William, both of whom are deceased; Herman, who is now living in Wapello; and Mary, who married Henry Wagoner, of Ankeny, Iowa."