Another Message for Ken Haas. Remember to reply him at the address below Linda lhaasdav@mindspring.com Home.page http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~haas Marion.Co.AR http://www.rootsweb.com/~armarion List hostess for -h.a.a.s/l.e.w.a.l.l.e.n/w.a.s.h.i.n.g.t.o.n n.c ----- Original Message ----- From: Kenneth Haas <KENNETHAAS@email.msn.com> Sent: Saturday, April 01, 2000 1:34 PM Subject: More Iowa Hass data > I find these items in my files: 1880 Clinton County, Iowa census : > Joachim Hass, born Holstein, 40 years old. Wife Anna, 42 born > Schleswig (this census distinguishs between the two provinces while > most records limp them. Only child at home, 1880, is John age ten. > Also born Schleswig so Joachim came to US in the 1870s. Another note > says in 1877 from Kiel. A son Frederick was born in 1869 and I will > have more data on him. Anna, wife of Joachim, is buried in the Elvira > cemetery, Clinton County. Joachim is buried in Nebraska, either Minden > or Hilldreth. Known sons were Frederick, John and Johannes (maybe last > two the same). Descendants live at DeWitt, Iowa today. Raymond William > Hass (1905-1999) was the son of this Johannes and Anna (Rathman) Hass. > (did they only marry women named Anna ??). Now we get to Frederick H. > Hass,born Feb 1869 in Germany. Naturalized. In 1900 census, Clinton > County, Center Twp. , he is age 31. Wife Dora H., born 1876 in Ger. > Ch: Annie C. born Feb 1897' Elsie M. b. Oct 1898 , Clara D. b. Mar > 1900 , all born in Iowa. 1910 census now in Camanche Twp.farmer. > born -looks like "Gerl" Ger., probably Kiel. Same three children plus > Vertus age 5, Lorraine 6, Edward 4. The 1920 census for Clinton. Four > children still at home - Clara,Virtus, "Lrrina" and Edward.VIRTUS or > VIRTUES (seen both ways) seems to me a most unusual name, It was used > in the Johannes line also. (as you will see later). So now our count > of Clinton County Hass men, born in Germany, 1830-1840, is up to FOUR. > Incidentally, technically they were all born in Denmark.S=Holtein did > not become partof Prussia until the 1860s when Bismarck took it from > Denmark by military action. And now I can add a FIFTH Hass in Clinton > County born in 1840 only his birth-place is given as Prussia. 1880 > census - HENRY HASS, age 40, wife Dora 34 also b. Prussia. Ch: Mary 9, > Peter 7, John 4, Anna 2, all born Iowa . And there are tjose same > names again - Peter,John,Anna. Weird. I will stop here but I have a > loit more but it may be easier to handle in smaller segments. --- > Ken Haas (Hass) > >