This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: SCHLOTFELDT, SCHLODTFELDT, SCHLOTFELT Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/Yl.2ADE/2372 Message Board Post: We have searched for years to find the link of our SCHLOTFELDT family with the George "SCHLODTFELDT" who "fell" or "jumped" from the Government Bridge at Rock Island Apr 22, 1920. (He lived on Scott Street in Davenport) (Stories in 4-23 and 4-27 Daily Times) We are now sure we have linked him to our 2nd Great Grandfather's brother in Klein Flintbek, Germany. The 1915 Scott County census shows the name spelled correctly, age exact, etc. The Apr 27, Daily Times says "the only heirs were nieces and nephews". "Charles Grilk is probating attorney". We would really like to clinch our understanding with the names of the nieces and nephews. Is it possible to find the probate record with those names (some persons may have been in Germany). Another possibility is; he was buried in lot #2 of the Mt.Joy Cemetery, on 4-25-20, by Nissen & Hart Funeral Home. We know Runge's has old records. Are Nissen & Hart records still available anywhere that might show relatives? (My family lived in the Butler Twp. McCausland, Gambril area of Scott County, I am now in Arizona) Georges census spelling is correct, news reports and cemetery records are not. Many thanks. (Mr.) Fay Schlotfeldt