Rolfe, Elizabeth Margueretha

Female - Yes, date unknown


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  • Name Rolfe, Elizabeth Margueretha 
    Born Kingdom of Hannover Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    • Sources have identified her as Elizabeth Rolfe and as Margueretha Rolfe. Her exact name has not yet been confirmed.
    Gender Female 
    Immigration USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    • The family immigrated sometime between the birth of daughter, Louisa, born in the Kingdom of Hannover in 1832 and the birth of son, Johann Heinrich, born in Missouri in 1835. They settled first in Missouri and later relocated to Washington County, Iowa.
    Died Yes, date unknown 
    Person ID I50  Fiegenbaum
    Last Modified 12 Oct 2008 

    Family Otto, Heinrich,   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  [3, 4
    • 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.
    Children 
     1. Otto, George,   d. Yes, date unknown
    +2. Otto, Louisa,   b. 13 Aug 1832, Venne, Osnabrück, Kingdom of Hanover Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 30 Nov 1911, Wathena, Doniphan County, Kansas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 79 years)
    +3. Otto, Johann Heinrich,   b. Aug 1835, Marthasville, Warren County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 21 Feb 1910, Iowa, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 74 years)
     4. Otto, Hortense,   b. USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
     5. Otto, Christian,   b. USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Bef 1911
     6. Otto, Wilhelm,   b. USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Bef 1911
     7. Otto, Herman,   b. USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
     8. Otto, Mary,   b. USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
     9. Otto, [--?--],   d. Yes, date unknown
    Last Modified 6 Aug 2018 
    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.
           "He was born in Marthasville, Missouri, now called Hopewell, in August, 1835, a son of Henry and Elizabeth (Rolfe) Otto, both of whom were natives of Hanover, Germany."

    2. [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.
           John Henry Otto was a "son of Henry and Elizabeth (Rolfe) Otto, both of whom were natives of Hanover, Germany. The parents emigrated to America and made their home for a number of years in Missouri, later removing to Washington county, Iowa. They are both now deceased."

    3. [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.

    4. [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."