aka Lau (Louven). Was living with her daughters family in Altamont after the death of her spouse. Place of burial temporarily unknown. It is very likely both Henriette and spouse Karl Zanow were buried at Bethlehem Cemetery in Altamont. Karl and his family were one of the first early settlers who migrated from New York to Bethlehem Illinois along with seven other families and made settlement in the spring of 1861. Here they remained until their death.

Brandenburg, Germany, Transcripts of Church Records, 1700-1874
Name Henriette Sophie Beate Lau
Birth Date 30 Mai 1817
Birth Place Fahrenholz, Brandenburg, Preußen
Event Type Geburt
Father Name Christian Lau
Mother Name Marie Dorothee Stoltenow
Volume Number 962
Collection Number 5

Baptism
Henriette Sophie Beate Lau
Deutschland, Preußen, Brandenburg und Posen, Kirchenbuchduplikate 1794-1874
Name Henriette Sophie Beate Lau
Event Type Baptism
Event Date 15 Jun 1817
Event Place Fahrenholz, Lübbenow, Prenzlau, Brandenburg, Germany
Gender Female
Religion Evangelische
Birth Date 30 May 1817
Father's Name Christian Lau
Mother's Name Marie Dorothee Stoltenow
Volume 962, 963
Volume Date Range 962, 963, 1811-1874
Source Reference 5

Immigration to America:
from: Auswanderungsakten Brandenburg, Preußen Brandenburg, Prussia
Name: Henriette Beate Lau, Verh. Zahnow
Age: 36
Place of Origin: Blumhagen/Prenzlau
Destination: Amerika (USA)
Year: 1853
Birth Date: 30 Mai 1817
Came to America (New York) with spouse and several children.

1910 US Census, Illinois, Effingham, Mound, District 45
lines 59-64
Living with John and Emily Laatach (dau) Family
line 64
Henrietta ZAHNOW, mother in law, female, white, a widow age 92y, children 7, number living 5, b. Germany, father b. Germany, mother b. Germany, spoke german