Claus Ehlers was born in Holstein, Germany in 1863 and came to America with his parents at a young age. The family settled in Scott County, Iowa near Clinton.
As a young man, Claus moved to Northern Tama County, Iowa to a farm he purchased one-half mile east of Dinsdale, Iowa. He married Ida Flatterich who at the time worked as a hired girl for the elder James Dinsdale. Claus and Ida were married on April 11, 1889.
Their six children are: Paulina, Clarence, Edwin, Orlyn, Rufus and one son who died in infancy.
Both Claus and Ida are buried in the Reinbeck Cemetery, Reinbeck, Iowa.
Bio info obtained from "Ehlers, Claus and Ida Flatterich" F315, written by Rufus Ehlers, published in the History of Tama County Iowa, Volume I, 1987, page 487, 977.7756 HIS Iowa, found at the Toledo Public Library in Toledo, Iowa.
As a young man, Claus moved to Northern Tama County, Iowa to a farm he purchased one-half mile east of Dinsdale, Iowa. He married Ida Flatterich who at the time worked as a hired girl for the elder James Dinsdale. Claus and Ida were married on April 11, 1889.
Their six children are: Paulina, Clarence, Edwin, Orlyn, Rufus and one son who died in infancy.
Both Claus and Ida are buried in the Reinbeck Cemetery, Reinbeck, Iowa.
Bio info obtained from "Ehlers, Claus and Ida Flatterich" F315, written by Rufus Ehlers, published in the History of Tama County Iowa, Volume I, 1987, page 487, 977.7756 HIS Iowa, found at the Toledo Public Library in Toledo, Iowa.
Claus Ehlers was born in Holstein, Germany in 1863 and came to America with his parents at a young age. The family settled in Scott County, Iowa near Clinton.
As a young man, Claus moved to Northern Tama County, Iowa to a farm he purchased one-half mile east of Dinsdale, Iowa. He married Ida Flatterich who at the time worked as a hired girl for the elder James Dinsdale. Claus and Ida were married on April 11, 1889.
Their six children are: Paulina, Clarence, Edwin, Orlyn, Rufus and one son who died in infancy.
Both Claus and Ida are buried in the Reinbeck Cemetery, Reinbeck, Iowa.
Bio info obtained from "Ehlers, Claus and Ida Flatterich" F315, written by Rufus Ehlers, published in the History of Tama County Iowa, Volume I, 1987, page 487, 977.7756 HIS Iowa, found at the Toledo Public Library in Toledo, Iowa.
As a young man, Claus moved to Northern Tama County, Iowa to a farm he purchased one-half mile east of Dinsdale, Iowa. He married Ida Flatterich who at the time worked as a hired girl for the elder James Dinsdale. Claus and Ida were married on April 11, 1889.
Their six children are: Paulina, Clarence, Edwin, Orlyn, Rufus and one son who died in infancy.
Both Claus and Ida are buried in the Reinbeck Cemetery, Reinbeck, Iowa.
Bio info obtained from "Ehlers, Claus and Ida Flatterich" F315, written by Rufus Ehlers, published in the History of Tama County Iowa, Volume I, 1987, page 487, 977.7756 HIS Iowa, found at the Toledo Public Library in Toledo, Iowa.
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