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"At this time there is a large emigration coming in here of farmers, mostly eastern men, who are buying improved farms, at from $800 to $4000. These men generally were well to do at the east, and bringing with them considerable money and much to the advancement and improvement of the county. I do think that Allamakee and Winnesheik counties will nearly, if not quite, double their population this season. The rush into northern Iowa and Minnesota is unparalleled in the history of the settlement of any part of the west.

One great thing is, that the great majority who come are intelligent, industrious and public spirited men, who at once set to open fine farms, make them comfortable houses, &c. So you can at a glance see, that the day is not far distant, when our country will have the appearance of an old settled region. As to the interests of this town, they are being and are to be, largely benefited by this rapid improvement of this country interior. Also, it has now become a settled thing, that Lansing is the home of northern Iowa. Trade here has opened this season about four-fold larger than last year at the corresponding time. So you can judge, that the growth of the town is a permanent one."

~source: The Mirror, Lyons, Iowa, May 23, 1854
~contributed by Kenneth Wright

Wexford, Iowa; signed  a letter of intent to become a citizen in Utica, NY on Jan 20,1855. He arrived in New York  from Liverpool on Jan 6, 1851 on the ship Joseph Walker. He became a citizen in Allamakee County on Jan 22, 1862

~contributed by Mary Kay G.

Nativity: Norway, first filed in Allamakee Co., IA; final papers filed in Wright co. IA on September 17, 1879

~source: Final papers, 1862-1879 Wright Co., IA; Iowa Genealogical Society, Des Moines, Iowa

Nativity: Germany, filed declaration of intent in Allamakee Co., IA; final papers filed in Plymouth co. IA on October 13, 1879

~source: Second papers, 1872-1886, Volume I, Plymouth Co., IA; Iowa Genealogical Society, Des Moines, Iowa

Gotleib Schurle
John Stockman
John Schmidt
Wal. Stockman
Henry Jacobs
Hans P. Peterson
Chas Amman
Edward A. Schlueter
Rev. Jacob Gass
Chas. Meyer
Geo. Fritz
K.O. Sagensand
Severt Nelson
John Mullen
Chas. Poeler
O.P. Kalstad
J.A. Laughlin
Michael A. Onsager

~Postville Post, March 14, 1884

Ship Australia, departed from Hamburg, Germany; arrived Port of New York May 12, 1884
Passengers #200-204:
Heinrick Rartels, age 31, workman, Mecklenburg to Postville, Iowa,
Caroline, age 21, wife
Minna, age 7, daughter
Emma, age 1, daughter
Heinrich, age 5 mo., son

~source: New York. Passenger Lists of Vessels Arriving at New York, New York, 1820-1897. Micropublication M237. Rolls # 1-675. National Archives, Washington, D.C.

Nativity Prussia, filed declaration of intent in Allamakee Co., IA; final papers filed in Plymouth co. IA on October 19, 1885

~source: Second papers, 1872-1886, Volume I, Plymouth Co., IA; Iowa Genealogical Society, Des Moines, Iowa

Male, age 56; farmer; US citizen; paid own passage; going home; departure from Bremen, Germany on ship Stuttgart; arrived at port Baltimore, Maryland, Nov 1894; destination - Postville, IA; last residence - Postville, IA; other notations: 27 yrs.in prison or almshouse, senality

Wilhelm Fredericks (or Frederickson)

Male, age ?, single, laborer; German citizen; departure from Bremen, Germany on ship Stuttgart; arrived at port Baltimore, Maryland, November 10, 1894; paid own passage; destination - friends in Postville, IA; last residence - Beckstedt; has $70.00 in possession

Fritz Koenig

Male, age 27, married; occupation: smith; German citizen; departure from Bremen, Germany on ship Stuttgart; arrived at port Baltimore, Maryland, November 10, 1894; last residence - ?elle, Hann; destination - Potsville, IA; relatives in IA; paid own passage; has $5 in his possession; first time in U.S.A.
Caroline, age 24; Heinrich, age 3; Friedrich, age 6 mo. (traveling with Fritz Koenig)

Wilhelm Koenig

Age 19, laborer, single, German citizen, last residence - [Jiesshule ?]; has $25 in possession.
[He may not have made the trip - is listed on same page of the manifest, next line under the Fritz Koenig family, his entry is crossed through-see also entry below, on pg 80 same ship]

F--ieds Schuiss ?

Age 18, single, German citizen, last residence - [Lefern ?]; has $10 in possession; other notations: last minute arrested [Apparently he didn't make the trip - listed on same page of the manifest a few lines down, but crossed through: ]

~source of this group: National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) microfilm, M844, Roll Number 6, page 78 & 79

Wilhelm Koenig

Male, age 49, farmer; U.S. citizen; departure from Bremen, Germany on ship Stuttgart; arrived at port Baltimore, Maryland, November 30, 1894; paid own passage; destination - Postville, IA; last residence - Postville, Iowa; has $33.00 in possession

Henry Dahms

Male, age 57, farmer; U.S. citizen; departure from Bremen, Germany on ship Stuttgart; arrived at port Baltimore, Maryland, November 30, 1894; paid own passage; destination - Postville, IA; last residence - Postville, Iowa; has $33.00 in possession

~source: National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) microfilm, M844, Roll Number 6, page 80

Age 27, single, labourer; departure from Hamburg, Germany on steamship Canadia; arrived at port Boston, Mass., January 19, 1895; nationality: German; last residence: Hamburg; father paid passage, destination - Carl Buchsteiner, father, Postville, Iowa; has $17.05 in possession; [he is listed twice on the manifest, line 13 & again on line 50, see below]

Franz Martens

Age 39, farmer; nationality: German; departure from Hamburg, Germany on steamship Canadia; arrived at port Boston, Mass., January 19, 1895; destination - Postville, IA; has 4 pieces of baggage [line 18]

Auguste Martens

Age 27; nationality: Prussia; departure from Hamburg, Germany on steamship Canadia; arrived at port Boston, Mass., January 19, 1895; last residence: Floetenau; destination - Postville, Iowa [line 25]

Maria Ewald

Age 18, maid servant; nationality: Prussia; last residence: Floetenau; departure from Hamburg, Germany on steamship Canadia; arrived at port Boston, Mass., January 19, 1895; destination - Postville, Iowa [line 26]

Johann Buchsteiner

Age 27, labourer; last residence: Hamburg; departure from Hamburg, Germany on steamship Canadia; arrived at port Boston, Mass., January 19, 1895; destination - Postville, Iowa; has 2 pieces of baggage [he is listed twice on the manifest, line 50 and also line 13, above]

~source of group: National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) microfilm, T843, Roll Number 14

Age 30, single, farmer; U.S. Citizen; departure from Bremen, Germany on ship Stuttgart; arrived at port Baltimore, Maryland, March 3, 1895; paid own passage; destination: home, Postville, IA; last residence - Postville, Iowa; 4 1/2 yrs. U.S. residence; has $100 in possession

~source: National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) microfilm, M844, Roll Number 6, page 24

Sophie Buckman

Female, age 22, single; departure from Bremen, Germany on ship H H Meier; arrived at port Baltimore, Maryland, Sep 1896; U.S. citizen; going home; paid own passage; resident of U.S. for 6 yrs.; destination - Postville, IA; last residence - Postville, Iowa; has $50 in possession

Sophie Buckman

Female, age 61, married; departure from Bremen, Germany on ship H H Meier; arrived at port Baltimore, Maryland, Sep 1896; German citizen; paid own passage; going to daughter in IA; first visit to U.S.A.; destination - Postville, IA; last residence - [Hirhstelt, Kenya ?]; has $50 in possession; other notation: senility

~source: National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) microfilm, M844, Roll Number 8, page 37

Age 22, single; carpenter; German citizen; last residence Husmun, Han.; has never been in U.S. before; departure from Bremen, Germany on ship Hannover; arrived at port Baltimore, Maryland, May 26, 1904; destination - William Meyer, Postville, IA; passage paid by uncle; has $18 in possession

~source: National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) microfilm, M844, Roll Number 41, page 181

Wm. Voltmer, a German, was admitted to American citizenship by Judge Taylor in district court Saturday, says the Waukon Journal. He served in the German army during the World War and came to this country and county shortly after its close. For several years he has been working on the Lou Shattuck farm just west of town.

~source: Postville Herald, September 25, 1930

Lansing, Ia. - The Rev. Kurt Schalk of Lansing and Miss Agnes Withee of Church, received their final naturalization papers on Thursday.

~source: Telegraph-Herald and Times-Journal, Dubuque, Iowa, Friday evening edition, January 22, 1932

Henry Miene of this locality was on Wednesday granted his final citizenship papers by Judge H.E. Taylor in district court at Waukon. John L. Gregg and Wm. J. Klingbeil accompanying him as character witnesses. Mr. Meine came to America when 16 years of age and is now 45. He had supposed for many years that he was an American citizen, and did not know otherwise until after the death of his father, when it was disclosed that his forebear had failed to take out his final papers, and hence Henry lost no time in becoming a citizen.

~source: Postville Herald, September 15, 1932

Among the five persons obtaining final naturalization papers in district court at Waukon last week were Mrs. Ernest Wullner, Mrs. William Buerger and Paul Greinus. All three were born in Germany.

~source: Postville Herald, September 17, 1941

Mr. and Mrs. Wilbur Inger drove to Dubuque last Wednesday where Mrs. Inger, a former English girl, took her oral test in preparation for receiving her citizenship papers for this country. Libby Schultz and Lucille Wickham accompanied the couple to Dubuque and acted as witnesses. Mrs. Inger reports that she passed her oral examination but must wait for a period of six weeks to receive her final papers.

~source: Postville Herald, January 31, 1951

Lindsey Audrey Lee Tanner is now an American citizen. Lindsey, The three-year-old daughter of Kent and Linda Tanner of New Albin, proudly held up her citizenship papers and the American flag as she sat for this photo recently at the Federal Court House in Cedar Rapids. Pictured with her are her brother Christopher, age 7, and the Honorable David R. Hansen. Judge Hansen is the same judge that presided when Christopher became a citizen three years ago.

~source: Allamakee Journal, September 19, 1990
~contributed by Errin Wilker