John Lorenzen was born June 21, 1871 in Schleswig, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany. He came to America at the age of nineteen and except for a few years when he farmed, he followed the butchering trade. He was apprenticed as a butcher at age fifteen.
After arriving in America, John settled in Traer, Iowa and did farm work. He became established as a butcher in Dysart, Iowa. He worked long hours doing all the buying, butchering, bologna and sausage making. He rose at 4 a.m. to get the meat wagon loaded with choice cuts of meat and ice them so farmers could have door-to-door service at daybreak. In the evening he butchered for the next day's selling. He did this for thirteen years and also engaged in some farming at the same time. He moved to Tama where he butchered for the Kupka Market for fifteen years. Then he became the meat cutter at the Iowa State Juvenile Home in Toledo for five years.
John married Emma Dorothy Ballhorn in Oneida Township, Tama County, Iowa on July 1, 1892. Miss Emma was born May 20, 1871 to Henry and Louise Meyers Ballhorn of Holstein, Germany.
Emma came to America when she was thirteen, shortly after her mother died, with her father and brothers. Upon arriving they settled in Durant, Iowa.
John and Emma's 7 children were all born in Tama County, Iowa:
Louisa M. Lorenzen, b.1893,d.Jul 22, 1922, m.(Albert)Brandt
Christina A. Lorenzen, b.1895, m.(Olin) Smith
Harry Lorenzen, b.1899, d.1918
Hulda E. Lorenzen, b.1901
Albert Lorenzen, b.1903
John Lorenzen, b.1905
Alta Lorenzen, b.1908, m.(Warren) Monroe
Emma passed away in 1937, John on October 6, 1954, both are buried in the Dysart Cemetery.
Bio info obtained from "Lorenzen, John" F639, written by Mrs. Earl Eisele, published in the History of Tama County Iowa, Volume I, 1987, page 625, 977.7756 HIS Iowa, found at the Toledo Public Library in Toledo, Iowa, and contributor Deidre Badker.
After arriving in America, John settled in Traer, Iowa and did farm work. He became established as a butcher in Dysart, Iowa. He worked long hours doing all the buying, butchering, bologna and sausage making. He rose at 4 a.m. to get the meat wagon loaded with choice cuts of meat and ice them so farmers could have door-to-door service at daybreak. In the evening he butchered for the next day's selling. He did this for thirteen years and also engaged in some farming at the same time. He moved to Tama where he butchered for the Kupka Market for fifteen years. Then he became the meat cutter at the Iowa State Juvenile Home in Toledo for five years.
John married Emma Dorothy Ballhorn in Oneida Township, Tama County, Iowa on July 1, 1892. Miss Emma was born May 20, 1871 to Henry and Louise Meyers Ballhorn of Holstein, Germany.
Emma came to America when she was thirteen, shortly after her mother died, with her father and brothers. Upon arriving they settled in Durant, Iowa.
John and Emma's 7 children were all born in Tama County, Iowa:
Louisa M. Lorenzen, b.1893,d.Jul 22, 1922, m.(Albert)Brandt
Christina A. Lorenzen, b.1895, m.(Olin) Smith
Harry Lorenzen, b.1899, d.1918
Hulda E. Lorenzen, b.1901
Albert Lorenzen, b.1903
John Lorenzen, b.1905
Alta Lorenzen, b.1908, m.(Warren) Monroe
Emma passed away in 1937, John on October 6, 1954, both are buried in the Dysart Cemetery.
Bio info obtained from "Lorenzen, John" F639, written by Mrs. Earl Eisele, published in the History of Tama County Iowa, Volume I, 1987, page 625, 977.7756 HIS Iowa, found at the Toledo Public Library in Toledo, Iowa, and contributor Deidre Badker.
John Lorenzen was born June 21, 1871 in Schleswig, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany. He came to America at the age of nineteen and except for a few years when he farmed, he followed the butchering trade. He was apprenticed as a butcher at age fifteen.
After arriving in America, John settled in Traer, Iowa and did farm work. He became established as a butcher in Dysart, Iowa. He worked long hours doing all the buying, butchering, bologna and sausage making. He rose at 4 a.m. to get the meat wagon loaded with choice cuts of meat and ice them so farmers could have door-to-door service at daybreak. In the evening he butchered for the next day's selling. He did this for thirteen years and also engaged in some farming at the same time. He moved to Tama where he butchered for the Kupka Market for fifteen years. Then he became the meat cutter at the Iowa State Juvenile Home in Toledo for five years.
John married Emma Dorothy Ballhorn in Oneida Township, Tama County, Iowa on July 1, 1892. Miss Emma was born May 20, 1871 to Henry and Louise Meyers Ballhorn of Holstein, Germany.
Emma came to America when she was thirteen, shortly after her mother died, with her father and brothers. Upon arriving they settled in Durant, Iowa.
John and Emma's 7 children were all born in Tama County, Iowa:
Louisa M. Lorenzen, b.1893,d.Jul 22, 1922, m.(Albert)Brandt
Christina A. Lorenzen, b.1895, m.(Olin) Smith
Harry Lorenzen, b.1899, d.1918
Hulda E. Lorenzen, b.1901
Albert Lorenzen, b.1903
John Lorenzen, b.1905
Alta Lorenzen, b.1908, m.(Warren) Monroe
Emma passed away in 1937, John on October 6, 1954, both are buried in the Dysart Cemetery.
Bio info obtained from "Lorenzen, John" F639, written by Mrs. Earl Eisele, published in the History of Tama County Iowa, Volume I, 1987, page 625, 977.7756 HIS Iowa, found at the Toledo Public Library in Toledo, Iowa, and contributor Deidre Badker.
After arriving in America, John settled in Traer, Iowa and did farm work. He became established as a butcher in Dysart, Iowa. He worked long hours doing all the buying, butchering, bologna and sausage making. He rose at 4 a.m. to get the meat wagon loaded with choice cuts of meat and ice them so farmers could have door-to-door service at daybreak. In the evening he butchered for the next day's selling. He did this for thirteen years and also engaged in some farming at the same time. He moved to Tama where he butchered for the Kupka Market for fifteen years. Then he became the meat cutter at the Iowa State Juvenile Home in Toledo for five years.
John married Emma Dorothy Ballhorn in Oneida Township, Tama County, Iowa on July 1, 1892. Miss Emma was born May 20, 1871 to Henry and Louise Meyers Ballhorn of Holstein, Germany.
Emma came to America when she was thirteen, shortly after her mother died, with her father and brothers. Upon arriving they settled in Durant, Iowa.
John and Emma's 7 children were all born in Tama County, Iowa:
Louisa M. Lorenzen, b.1893,d.Jul 22, 1922, m.(Albert)Brandt
Christina A. Lorenzen, b.1895, m.(Olin) Smith
Harry Lorenzen, b.1899, d.1918
Hulda E. Lorenzen, b.1901
Albert Lorenzen, b.1903
John Lorenzen, b.1905
Alta Lorenzen, b.1908, m.(Warren) Monroe
Emma passed away in 1937, John on October 6, 1954, both are buried in the Dysart Cemetery.
Bio info obtained from "Lorenzen, John" F639, written by Mrs. Earl Eisele, published in the History of Tama County Iowa, Volume I, 1987, page 625, 977.7756 HIS Iowa, found at the Toledo Public Library in Toledo, Iowa, and contributor Deidre Badker.
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