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Dates and other data are on the photo. They brought their children to America from Germany where the Schlotfeldt's had been Hufners for years. Born in 1808 in Klein Flintbek, Schleswig Holstein, Germany, they had a farm in Klein Barkau which is not too far down the road from Flintbek and fairly close to Kiel. They are on the 1835, 1840 and 1845 Kiel, Kirchbarkau region census' (censi?). Notes say they sailed from Hamburg in 1851 and arrived, after overland trips, etc., in Scott County, Iowa on Feb 19, 1852. We are still searching for the Ship name and actual sailing date. I suspect we should try to find the emmigration request in Germany somewhere. Some of their children came later in 1853 and we have the ship records of son Detlef Hans and his family. We assume this picture was taken in the US, but it may well have been in Germany as Hans Hinrich (Henry)would have been 43 when they sailed. Your analysis is as good as ours. The photo came down thru Detlef Hans' side of the family, but we have no photo of Delef Hans or his siblings. It appears to be a casual photo rather than a "portrait" which makes me guess it is "Made in USA".
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