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• Residence: 1910, St Clair Township, Benton, Iowa, USA
• Residence: 1920, St Clair Township, Benton, Iowa, USA
• Residence: 1925, St Clair Township, Benton, Iowa, USA
• Residence: 1930, St Clair Township, Benton, Iowa, USA
• Residence: 1940, Eldorado Township, Benton, Iowa, USA

Waldo married Schulze, Ruth Henrietta on 28 Jan 1933 in Grace Lutheran Church, Blairstown, Benton, Iowa, USA. Ruth was born on 3 Nov 1910 in Blairstown, Benton, Iowa, USA; died on 29 Nov 2002 in Vinton Lutheran Home, Vinton, Benton, Iowa, USA; was buried after 29 Nov 2002 in Cedar Memorial Cemetery, Cedar Rapids, Linn, Iowa, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Baptism: Lüneburg, Lüneburg, Niedersachsen, Germany
• Departure: 1889, Niedersachsen, Germany
• Confirmation: 1 Apr 1891, Luzerne, Benton, Iowa, USA

Notes:

He came to the US with his sister, Meta. He learned to understand English by reading Wallace's Farmer and continued his education at the Luzerne Lutheran parochial school. He had to walk 4 1/2 miles to get to it, often in cold and snow. After grade school years he worked on his Uncle Fred's farm and saved his money until the day he could start his own family and farm. William and Johanna bought a half section (320 acres) or very good land northeast of Blairstown in 1908. They built a home and lived there for 36 years, farming, raising their children and becoming quite prosperous - even constructing a complete set of new buildings. They retired and moved to Blairstown in 1944. From humble beginnings, William was able to make something of himself in America. In addition to a fine family and prosperous farm, he was secretary of the Farmer's elevator at Blairstown for twelve years and director of the Farmers Grain Dealer's Association of Iowa from 1920 to 1930. In a newspaper article, William was quoted as saying, "If you are born in the lower classes (in Germany), you stay there, there's no way to get out. Anybody who doesn't like America doesn't know what he's talking about. It's the best country in the world in which to live."
Came to the US with his sister, Meta.
Came to USA at age 12 with his Mother Wilehlmina Tiedemann and sister Meda Niebuhr.

William married Kluss, Johanna Sophia Dorothea on 17 Dec 1902 in Luzerne, Benton, Iowa, USA. Johanna (daughter of Kluess, Friedrich Johann H "Fred" and Tatge, Emma) was born on 15 Jun 1884 in Luzerne, Benton, Iowa, USA; died on 9 Jun 1957 in Luzerne, Benton, Iowa, USA; was buried after 9 Jun 1957 in Lutheran Cemetery, Luzerne, Benton, Iowa, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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She was the oldest of six sisters and three brothers. She attended Luzerne lUtheran parochial school where she and William met. Johanna was a caregiver all of her life, probably starting at home with her nine siblings. She also cared for her ten children, her mother-in-law and William when he became ill. Having lived on a farm all of her life, Johanna was quoted in a newspaper article in 1928 as saying she wouldn't care to live in a city. "I wouldn't think of trying to rear a family in town. Think what an array of milk bottles one would have on his porch each day for a family of twelve persons. Grandma Niebuhr's chickens were a familiar site of the farm. Story has it that she once broke her arm while gathering eggs - but didn't break one egg. When a newspaper reporter asked her, in 1928, what had she done in the last year that she had never done before, she answered, "I spent the night at a hotel. It was when the Farmers Grain Dealers Association of Iowa met at Cedar Rapids as as Mr. Niebuhr is a director, he attended. I mentioned that I never had stayed at a hotel and the children coaxsed me to go. We stayed at the Montrose. I also never had seen girls smoke before, but they seemed to puff away quite unconcernedly there."

N.N. married Tiedemann, Anna Catharina WILHELMINA. Anna was born on 24 Jan 1853 in Uelzen, Uelzen, Niedersachsen, Germany; died on 6 Sep 1912 in Benton, Iowa, USA; was buried on 8 Sep 1912 in Lutheran Cemetery, Luzerne, Benton, Iowa, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Departure: 1889, Niedersachsen, Germany

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• FSID: MG5S-BMV

Friedrich married Tatge, Emma on 4 Feb 1883 in St Paul Lutheran Church (destroyed), Luzerne, Benton, Iowa, USA. Emma was born on 29 Nov 1863 in Luzerne, Benton, Iowa, USA; was christened on 17 Jan 1864 in St Paul Lutheran Church (destroyed), Luzerne, Benton, Iowa, USA; died on 23 Sep 1929 in Luzerne, Benton, Iowa, USA; was buried after 23 Sep 1929 in Lutheran Cemetery, Luzerne, Benton, Iowa, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]