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Detlef Hans and his wife were both born in Germany and came with their young family in 1856.
These stones in Fairview Cemetery are just east of the Schlotfeldt family marker shown in Hans and Catherine's marker photo. (I have mislabeled Fairview on this photo too.) Their son, Hans Detlaf, went to Washington state at the turn of the century. See most of his children in the 'Hans'Kids' photo in this section.
Anna Christina went by CHRISTINA. The family is in possession of letters sent to one of her daughters in Washington state. They are written in German, (we have translations). They were written about 3 years after son Hans's first wife had died, and he had remarried.
We had thought that all of Detlef and Anna's children emmigrated to the US. In Sept. of 2003 we found the baptism record of a son named Jochim Friedrich born Dec 6, 1853. (He would have been the eldest son.) He was baptised in Nortorf, Germany and Detlef, the father was identifed as a "Cottage Farmer" (Katner) in Seedorf. We assume he died as an infant because he was not on the ship with them. We have not yet searched for a death record.
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