I am in the process of transcribing the 1854 census of Allamakee County, and have a listing for a Martin Drayer in Lansing. That census shows only the name of the head-of-household and number of males (4) and females (4) in the family. Many names appear to have been spelled phonetically. Is that "Drayer" of any interest? None of the other surnames below were found. With luck, and completion of proofreading, the 1854 census might be posted at <www.us-census.org> in about a month. .....Pat Date: Thu, 25 Apr 2002 20:11:20 -0500 From: "Jacob Fritz" <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [IAALLAMA-L] Re: Jacob Dreher Hello Carol, I received your message to Maureen regarding the Dreher family. I became interested in this family many years ago because the 1870 Lansing census shows Sophia Boey, age 17, working as a domestic in the Dreher hotel. This whole group starts at line 21 through line 32 in the 1870 census. Page not recorded. Sophia is on line 29. Sophrama Boy and her future husband, L.M. Schriber, were witnesses to my grandparents' 6 June 1870 wedding in Waukon. I believe my grandparents were witnesses to the Sophia Boy and L.M. Schriber wedding in October 1870 in Waukon. I have been searching for my grandmother's roots for almost 20 years. Her name was Louisa Boy, age 18, and lived in Lansing when she married my grandfather, Jacob Fritz. As you can see I am hoping Sophia will lead me to my grandmother's ancestry. The 1870 Lansing census film at the Wisconsin Historical Society is so bad the entries are almost illegible. I do recall being able to read some of the entries. I never found my grandparents in the 1870 Lansing census. Louisa Boy reports she emigrated to the U.S. in 1866. Louisa Boy reported in the 1880 census that she was born in Prussia to Prussian-born parents. The 1870 Lansing census enumerator reported Sophia Boy was from Switzerland. I don't think so. I think these two young women were sisters and came to the U.S.A. in 1866, at age 13 and 14. It would seem they were too young to come over alone. I think they came with their family or a sponsor. Do you have any information regarding how the Dreher, Holtz families got to Iowa, boat, port, dates, etc.? One of the big problems is the many variations of the Boy surname. Seldom was it spelled the same. I understand Boy was a fairly common Prussian name. As you can see there is some reason for my interest in your Dreher family. Since they were from Prussia maybe the Boy girls came with this family. I would appreciate any leads you may have to help in my search. Grandma Louisa was the only grandparent living when I was born in 1924. If you need more Fritz information I have submitted obits, wills, probates, etc. to the Allamakee Web-site. Also I have made queries for each Louisa and Sophia Boy. Thanks, Jacob O. Fritz >Subject: [IAALLAMA-L] Re: Jacob Dreher >Date: Mon, Feb 25, 2002, 1:39 PM >Hi Maureen, > >I have some census info on the Dreher's when they were living in Lansing >Iowa, but there wasn't any Martin's listed as living with them. > >Can you tell me your connection to Jacob Dreher? >And which Jacob are you asking about. Jacob Dreher >or Jacob A. Dreher? > >Jacob Dreher b. 1836 Prussia, Germany > d.10-25-1886 Lansing, Iowa > wife: Wilhelmina H. Holtz b. 7-1-1842 Pomeriania, Germany > d.3-11-1875 > >Their Children: >Charles b. 1862 in Wisconsin >George b. 1863 in Wisconsin >Mina b. 1864 in Wisconsin >Marie b. 1869 Lansing, Iowa >Jacob A. b. 1871 Lansing Iowa >Peter b. 1874 Lansing Iowa > >The Dreher's and Holtz's ran a Hotel/Saloon in Lansing, Iowa. >So far I have only found one decendant from any of the above, besides >myself, and that is Gene Dreher, decended from Jacob A. Dreher > >This Martin, would either have to have been born before 1862 if he were a >child of Wilhemina H. Holtz Dreher's because she >died in 1875. Whilhelmina's parents both lived with >Jacob & Whilhelmina Dreher in the same Hotel/saloon in Lansing. Henrietta >and Charles Holtz helped Jacob raise the children. Jacob could have >remarried after his wife's death, but I haven't seen any evidence of it yet. > >Please email me directly. >Thanks >Carol