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 beleve 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 ---------- >From: [email protected] >To: [email protected] >Subject: [IAALLAMA-L] Re: Jacob Dreher >Date: Mon, Feb 25, 2002, 1:39 PM > >This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. > >Surnames: Holtz, Dreher >Classification: Query > >Message Board URL: > >http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/Tk.2ADE/200.529.1.1 > >Message Board Post: > >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 > > > >==== IAALLAMA Mailing List ==== >You can search the archives of IAAllama-L messages by going to >http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl and typing the list >name--IAALLAMA. > >
Hello, I have the Boy surname in my family tree. Boys married Muchows. I have been reearching the 1880 Federal Census for South Dakota,Minnehaha County,Wall Lake Township. I found the Boy surname. I have copied the info down and here it is: 142---144 Boy Charles,age 38,farmer born Germany Lena,age 33,wife keeping house,born Germany Sophia,age 12,daughter,born Iowa Emma,age 10,daughter,born Iowa Minnie,age 8,daughter born Iowa Bertha,age 6,daughter,born Iowa Fritz,age 4,born Iowa I have found in my research that a lot families of Allamakee,Clayton and Winneshiek Counties moved to Minnehaha County,South Dakota between 1875 and 1880. Most of my Muchow ancestors moved to Wall Lake Township,Minnehaha County,South Dakota,sometime during that period. I thought you may be interested as one of your surnames is Boy. I also interested Dreher surname as I have Dreyer`s in the family tree also. Dreyer surname can be spelt many different ways. I do have home page on Family Tree Maker if you are interested,Iwill give you the address. Muchows,Krogman(n)s and Schroeders all settled in North East Iowa, the previous counties I mentioned. Let me know if any of this makes sense to you. Karen Muchow My e-mail address is [email protected] ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jacob Fritz" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, April 25, 2002 8:11 PM 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 beleve 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 > > ---------- > >From: [email protected] > >To: [email protected] > >Subject: [IAALLAMA-L] Re: Jacob Dreher > >Date: Mon, Feb 25, 2002, 1:39 PM > > > > >This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. > > > >Surnames: Holtz, Dreher > >Classification: Query > > > >Message Board URL: > > > >http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/Tk.2ADE/200.529.1.1 > > > >Message Board Post: > > > >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 > > > > > > > >==== IAALLAMA Mailing List ==== > >You can search the archives of IAAllama-L messages by going to > >http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl and typing the list > >name--IAALLAMA. > > > > > > > ==== IAALLAMA Mailing List ==== > You can search the archives of IAAllama-L messages by going to http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl and typing the list name--IAALLAMA. >