Dream of an Idea for Farnhamville, Churdan in Northern Iowa

Gee, I just got a Dream of an Idea. I have to admit, It is a result of a little sleeplessness last night.
It would take a little more ambition , skill, mula, than I have right now. But
still it is a good one.

TheRaetzlingen.de Website.
Now my photos and scenes could come from Farnhamville, just like at this site. You have to admit, it is a unique idea the way Mr Schenk and Mr. Meyer have put together this website, showing homes and very brief history of the inhabitants from that home including the original location of the spouse.

I could wander around the town Churdan, Farnhamville and pick up and photograph the old locations, tombstones, stores and sights of town. Maybe I could show the church and the school where my surnames have been and lived. I could tell about their families and who they married. It is a unique idea the way they did this, but I could do it.

Or I could just blog it. [Smile]

But I haven't found all the locations of each person, but I could. I haven't visited in the area extensively enough. I could one summer. I could talk to the people. I could go to the archives.

There are two centennial books out on the two villages of Churdan, and Farnhamville. I am sure they actually offer the same thing just not into Details of my surnames as much as I would want. detailing all the way past to the Nahrendorf, Bleckede Dahlenburg church areas.
Our relatives were spread out over the counties also. Into Paton, Jolly, Junction something, Webster county, and other villages of the main area of Calhoun and Greene county. [ I can't include Jackson county Iowa; and Galena Jo Daviess county, Illinois; Will county, Illinois, and Martin county, Minnesota.]

On this blog, I do mostly stick to the general areas and the surnames from the olden country. At least it is my intention more or less to cover the colonists from Uelzen, Oldendorf, Nahrendorf, Neetzedorf, Ostheide, Goehrde, Dannenberg, and Bleckede.
And throw in a few bonus areas and names to boot.

Everyones blogs are different, unique interesting. and often are slowly doing putting out the same data in different ways.

I shall continue to doing it my way, but I still admire the uniqueness of the website. I had to have a little fun as an excuse to share the Raetzlingen website.

I hope you make note of the locations of the villages and the surnames. Just maybe you will find something today. If you see something possible from Himbergen, I can look a name or two up for you, since I recently dug out my book on Himbergen, Uelzen family surnames. I am just missing the most important pages, that of the M's [smile]

just me jo

Death Certificate of Frederick Meyer

I am sure if you click you can get a larger image. You can always go to family search.org and see more.
Now I have to give a huge thanks to blogger Hummer to thank for this first copy of Fred's death certificate. I never would have looked for it there. It does pay to stay current with all the changes and the details that our old favorites have to offer. In this case it is the Latter day saints Morman family search.org.


Note : Fred's birth date was actually 1851 in Oldendorf bei Roethen and Nahrendorf. [Dannenberg] You know his father was Juergen Friedrich Meyer born 1814, and his mother was Catharina Margarethea Luhmann, born at Eichdorf. Elbe Wendland in Niedersachen

Now hummer has started something! Your in for it now.
Already my mind is racing, would they have the other Meyer, would they have Elizabeth Seil Jaeschke. Are you as excited as I am.

Searching on my own, I found births for that county, I noticed at the right side you can click new search and search the name you want. I hope to find Fred's children.

For your own chance to learn more go here.
https://wiki.familysearch.org/en/FamilySearch_Historical_Record_Collections
https://wiki.familysearch.org/en/FamilySearch_Historical_Record_Collections

Monday Madness Railroad and Land problems, Meyer Mayer, and Fehring,

Evidently in the Highland township of Greene county Ia. a Fehring woman had issues with the law over property ownership of the land next to her consisting of forty acres. Probably our Mary Fehring. Swamp land is mentioned and so is Mayer and Meyer. It stated that Meyer was leased land from Fehring which may be the land under the name Fehring and Garrison. It's probable that our Frederick Meyer had issues over the land. We do know by a newspaper article written about Fred Schroeder [ who would become his neighbor] went through swamp area to reach the area in which Fred Meyer lived at Churdan, Greene county Iowa. Until I have proof, I can only assume this is our Fred. The trouble seems to have run many years. As of yet, I am not sure of the outcome. At least we know there were publications written about it. Journals and newspapers. Bear with me as I try to relocate those books and journal publications and put them into links.

Since I hardly understand the language of the courts and law, this post is one in progress and of timely editing. So bear with me, please. There is a reason that I am publishing it so soon.

Genealogy Meyer familie- What Ever Could This Mean?

~Platte Maps from Highland township, in Greene county Iowa~

This above is the 1860- 1918 Platt map of Highland Township. It should say page 28 at the left side at the top. From Atlas of Greene county, Iowa.

Page 14 with my marked in gray area so you can see the location of Mary Fehring and Friederich Meyer.

-This above is the 1909 platt map of Highland Township given as page 33 and it is image page 18.
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Note that this map on said page 14 was furnished, with 1896 landownership search [page 14 at the right top]. Notice at the right bottom a lake called Goose Lake for future reference at a later date.

This is good news for a possible clue to Mary Fehring.
I have been working on Mary Fehring in my off moments of time. I put it aside, and then resume. Naturally I pick it up again when information like this of the landownership category at Ancestry.com indicates a Mary Fehring owned land next to Friederich Meyer.
The maps I am mentioning are those of his location at Highland township, Greene county, Iowa.

Mary Fehring -a landowner at Highland, Churdan, Greene county Iowa about 1896. also a little corner area of the Fehring name to investigate. Again, on the next map 1909 image 18 # 33. But not the last one in 1917 page 28 but image #26.

According to the Meyer book, Mary Meyer married a Fehring. Could she be the right one.
I have looked at the plat maps before, how could I overlook that? Believe me when I say, I am looking Jackson county over now too!

Note: I wonder if the name The Shady Oaks is the name of Fred's place. I had not known that, did you?

I haven't worked with land deeds and land information at all. My thoughts are:
-How do I get more information on the owner of that land.?
-Where do I go for this?
-Ancestry.com, or local township heritage center at Greene county at Iowa?

That is the same name I search as I look for Friederik Meyer's sister Mary supposedly obtained licence at Jo Daviess. Is that my Friederich next to her?
When I learn more on the Meyer genealogy of Fehring, I will get back to you. You know I will. [wink]

~~ Have a Happy Fathers day. ~~



Sources : Ancestry.com Land ownership: Source Citation: Collection Number: G&M_81, Roll Number: 81. Source Information: Ancestry.com. U.S., Indexed County Land Ownership Maps, 1860-1918 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010. Original data: Various publishers of County Land Ownership Atlases. Microfilmed by the Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

There is more here at their link for more : http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=1127&enc=1

Note : I wanted to look under trees and for some reason Ancestry no longer puts that as an option under search. Why not I ask.