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Chain:-HANS HENRY b.1808> HENRY F.wf.Marg.Kroeger>THEODORE DETLEF, wf.Alvina Rasche > ERNEST THEO.wf.Selma Denker>FAY ERNEST wf. Janice Johnson (family name was changed from Shuster to Johnson when they arrived from Germany).
EXCUSE THE CAPTION ERROR.ALVINA WAS BORN IN 1867.
----Ted was born in Butler Township, Scott County, Iowa Oct.16, 1862 and he died there on Jan 16, 1919 (before Fay was born). Family have always said they loved to go to Ted's place because he had "Polly the Parrot". We have a family snapshot taken on the front lawn of the farm with Polly in the cage. Ted farmed and was also a skilled house and barn builder. The home was actually in a town named Gambril. It is still shown on some maps. There was a railroad track south of the home, but it is now gone. There was also a small store and tavern just south of the tracks that was run by other Schlotfeldts when Fay was a kid. There weren't any other stores for miles. I suppose they also sold gasoline, but I can't remember that. (See pictures of remaining buildings on this site.) This picture was taken by his daughter, Leone Schlotfeldt Kruse, a teacher and inveterate photographer. Probably taken around 1917 or 1918. We have quite a few pictures of Henry F.s kids and grandkids that were taken by Leone in the 1920s and 30s. Over time some will be added to this page. In April of 2007 Fay found and made a copy of the Passenger list of the ship Grandma ALVINA RASCHE and her family arrived on in New York when she was just 8 years old.
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