Englebert Kattenbach, jeweler,
Elkader, was born in Baden, Germany, on the 6th day of
April, 1817, and received his early education in his
native country. When fourteen years of age he commenced
to learn the trade of a watch-maker under the supervision
of his father. When twenty-one years of age he left
Germany for England and located in Wales, where he
remained thirteen years; he then was in France one and a
half years, and in 1854 emigrated to the United States,
landed in New York and immediately left for Dubuque,
where he had a brother residing. The following year he
came to Elkader and embarked in his present business. In
1862 he married Josephine Sidley, who was born in Baden
in 1837. By this union there was one child,-- Frances
Clara. Mr. Kattenbach has been identified with the county
for over a quarter of a century and has lived to see its
many changes from a wild unbroken region to a beautiful
cultivated county. When he came here McGregor had but
five or six buildings in it. Mr. Kattenbach is one of the
oldest business men now living in Elkader. source: History of Clayton County, Iowa, 1882, p. 660 Note: This family is listed under the surname Kaltenbach in the St. Joseph's Catholic cemetery, Elkader. |