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Klaus, Johan D.

Male 1813 - 1878  (65 years)


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  • Name Klaus, Johan D. 
    Born 2 Feb 1813  Kingdom of Hannover Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2] 
    Gender Male 
    Immigration 1837  Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [3, 4, 5] 
    Moved To Aug 1842  Colony Township, Delaware County, Iowa, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [5, 6] 
    Died 7 Jul 1878  Delaware County, Iowa, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [7, 8, 9] 
    Buried Colesburg, Delaware County, Iowa, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [8, 9] 
    • John was buried in Zion Cemetery, outside Colesburg.
    Person ID I4409  Fiegenbaum
    Last Modified 2 Mar 2009 

    Family Hartbecken, Elizabeth,   b. 28 May 1821, Kingdom of Hannover Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 4 Dec 1888, Delaware County, Iowa, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 67 years) 
    Married 23 Apr 1848  St. Louis, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14] 
    • Philip Kuhl, pastor of the German Methodist Episcopal Church on Wash Street in St. Louis, recorded that he had married "On the 23rd day of April in the year of our Lord 1848 Mr. John Klaus from Delaware County, Iowa with Miss Elizabeth Hartbecken of St. Louis, Mo."
    Children 
     1. Klaus, John H.,   d. Delaware County, Iowa, USA Find all individuals with events at this location
     2. Klaus, Margaret Adelaide,   d. Bef 1914
    +3. Klaus, Mary Malvina,   b. 28 Jan 1853, Colesburg, Delaware County, Iowa, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 29 Mar 1930, Charles City, Floyd County, Iowa, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 77 years)
     4. Klaus, Elizabeth,   d. Yes, date unknown
     5. Klaus, Rev. William H.,   b. 1856,   d. 1931  (Age 75 years)
     6. Klaus, Rev. John H.,   d. Yes, date unknown
    +7. Klaus, Samuel Wesley,   b. 12 Jan 1861, Delaware County, Iowa, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
    Last Modified 6 Aug 2018 
    Family ID F1459  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsMarried - 23 Apr 1848 - St. Louis, Missouri, USA Link to Google Earth
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  • Sources 
    1. [S206] History of Delaware County, Iowa and its People, edited by John F. Merry; 2 volumes (Chicago: S. J. Clarke Publishing Company, 1914), volume 2, page 121.
      Biographical sketch of Samuel Wesley Klaus. Samuel Wesley Klaus "was born in Delaware county on the 12th of January, 1861, a son of John D. and Elizabeth (Hartbeck) Klaus, both of whom were natives of Hanover, Germany...."

    2. [S207] The History of Delaware County, Iowa; Containing a History of the County, its Cities, Towns, etc., a Biographical Directory of its Citizens, War Record of its Volunteers in the Late Rebellion, General and Local Statistics, Portraits of Early Settlers and Prominent Men, History of the Northwest, History of Iowa, Map of Delaware County, Constitution of the United States, Miscellaneous Matters, etc., (Chicago, Illinois: Western Historical Company, 1878), pages 611-612.
      Biographical sketch of John D. Klaus. "...born in Hanover, Germany, Feb., 2, 1813;...."

    3. [S206] History of Delaware County, Iowa and its People, edited by John F. Merry; 2 volumes (Chicago: S. J. Clarke Publishing Company, 1914), volume 1, page 236.
      "John D. Klaus immigrated from Germany in 1837...."

    4. [S206] History of Delaware County, Iowa and its People, edited by John F. Merry; 2 volumes (Chicago: S. J. Clarke Publishing Company, 1914), volume 2, page 121.
      Biographical sketch of Samuel Wesley Klaus. Samuel Wesley Klaus "was born in Delaware county on the 12th of January, 1861, a son of John D. and Elizabeth (Hartbeck) Klaus, both of whom were natives of Hanover, Germany, but came to America about 1840. They first located in Missouri, but after 2 years came to this county, where they bought government land, which they improved from year to year."

    5. [S207] The History of Delaware County, Iowa; Containing a History of the County, its Cities, Towns, etc., a Biographical Directory of its Citizens, War Record of its Volunteers in the Late Rebellion, General and Local Statistics, Portraits of Early Settlers and Prominent Men, History of the Northwest, History of Iowa, Map of Delaware County, Constitution of the United States, Miscellaneous Matters, etc., (Chicago, Illinois: Western Historical Company, 1878), pages 611-612.
      Biographical sketch of John D. Klaus. "...emigrated to U. S. in 1837, and to this county in 1842;...."

    6. [S206] History of Delaware County, Iowa and its People, edited by John F. Merry; 2 volumes (Chicago: S. J. Clarke Publishing Company, 1914), volume 1, page 236.
      "John D. Klaus immigrated from Germany in 1837 and came to this county in August, 1842, at which time he entered 120 acres of land in Colony Township, to which he added several hundred acres as time went on."

    7. [S206] History of Delaware County, Iowa and its People, edited by John F. Merry; 2 volumes (Chicago: S. J. Clarke Publishing Company, 1914), volume 2, page 121.
      Biographical sketch of Samuel Wesley Klaus. "Both [John D. and Elizabeth (Hartbeck) Klaus] passed away in this county and their deaths were sincerely mourned by those who knew them."

    8. [S113] Web site, IAGenWeb Gravestone Photo Project.
      Photo and transcription of gravestone for John D. Klaus in Zion Cemetery, Delaware County, Iowa. Posted on 21 October 2006; viewed at (http://iowagravestones.org/gs_view.php?id=264708) on 2 March 2009. "OUR FATHER | John D. Klaus | July 7, 1878 | Aged 65Y 5M 5D."

    9. [S113] Web site, IAGenWeb Project. Delaware County, Iowa Cemetery Directory.
      Transcription of gravestone for John D. Klaus in Zion Cemetery at Colesburg, Section 6, Colony Township, Delaware County, Iowa. Viewed at (http://iagenweb.org/delaware/cemeteries/Zion-JZ.htm) on 2 March 2009. "Klaus, John D. | died: 07 Jul 1878 | age: 65y 5m 5d."

    10. [S175] Frances Gretchen (Klein) Leenerts, Descendants of Father Fiegenbaum (Chinook, Washington: F. Leenerts, 2002), p. 60.
      Mary Malvina Klaus, daughter of John Klaus and Elizabeth Hartbecke, was born on 28 January 1853 in Colesburg, Delaware County, Iowa.

    11. [S175] Frances Gretchen (Klein) Leenerts, Descendants of Father Fiegenbaum (Chinook, Washington: F. Leenerts, 2002), pages 61-62.
      A transcription supplied by Frances Gretchen (Klein) Leenerts of an obituary which she reported had appeared on Wednesday, 2 April 1930 in an unidentified newspaper of Garner, Iowa.
           "Mary Malvina Klaus was born on a farm near Colesburg, Iowa on 28 January 1853. Her parents were John D. Klaus and Elizabeth Hartbecke Klaus, both of whom were natives of Hanover, Germany. Her childhood and youth were spent in the farm home..."

    12. [S207] The History of Delaware County, Iowa; Containing a History of the County, its Cities, Towns, etc., a Biographical Directory of its Citizens, War Record of its Volunteers in the Late Rebellion, General and Local Statistics, Portraits of Early Settlers and Prominent Men, History of the Northwest, History of Iowa, Map of Delaware County, Constitution of the United States, Miscellaneous Matters, etc., (Chicago, Illinois: Western Historical Company, 1878), pages 611-612.
      Biographical sketch of John D. Klaus. "... married in St. Louis March 23, 1848, to Elizabeth Hartbecka, who was born in Hanover, Germany, May 28, 1821; ...."

    13. [S177] Ancestry.com (library edition), St. Louis, Missouri Marriages, 1804-76.
      An online database created from St. Louis Genealogical Society, St. Louis Marriage Index, 1804-76 (St. Louis, Missouri: St. Louis Genealogical Society, 1999). Accessed on 2 March 2009.
           John Klaus and Elizabeth Hartbecken were married on 23 April 1848; recorded in Volume 4, page 062.

    14. [S177] Ancestry.com (library edition), Missouri Marriage Records, 1805-2002.
      An online database created from Missouri Marriage Records (Jefferson City, Missouri: Missouri State Archives).
           Mr. John Klaus and Miss Elizabeth Hartbecken were married in St. Louis County on 27 April 1848.
           An examination of the digital image of the original document referenced by this database shows that this transcription is in error. The correct date in the marriage record was 23 April 1848.
           In St. Louis, on 4 May 1848, "Philip Kuhl P. [C?] of the German Meth. E. Church on Wash Street" filed record of four marriages on page 62 of the record book. The second of these reads: "On the 23rd day of April in the year of our Lord 1848 Mr. John Klaus from Delaware County, Iowa with Miss Elizabeth Hartbecken of St. Louis, Mo."


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