When Claus Hinrich Stoffers was born on 8 March 1835, in Seefeld, Rendsburg-Eckernförde, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany, his father, Johann Christian Detlef Stoffers, was 37 and his mother, Catharina Dorothea Stoffers, was 30. He married Caroline Dorothea Lueders in May 1864, in Schiphorst, Duchy of Lauenburg, Schleswig-Holstein, Prussia, Germany. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 4 daughters. He lived in Audubon, Audubon, Iowa, United States in 1880 and Reedville, Washington, Oregon, United States in 1900. He died on 6 February 1930, in Hillsboro, Washington, Oregon, United States, at the age of 94, and was buried in Hillsboro, Washington, Oregon, United States.
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Being a monumental event in the Texas Revolution, The Battle of the Alamo was a thirteen-day battle at the Alamo Mission near San Antonio. In the early morning of the final battle, the Mexican Army advanced on the Alamo. Quickly being overrun, the Texian Soldiers quickly withdrew inside the building. The battle has often been overshadowed by events from the Mexican–American War, But the Alamo gradually became known as a national battle site and later named an official Texas State Shrine.
Historical Boundaries: 1843: Iowa, Iowa Territory, United States 1846: Iowa, Iowa, United States
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
Some characteristic forenames: German Erwin, Gunther, Hans, Kurt.
North German and Dutch: patronymic from Stoffer .
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Possible Related NamesIn 1866 Klaus & Caroline spent two months on a sailing ship. They first settled in Iowa County, Iowa. Klaus worked at the German Marengo Colony (Marengo, Iowa 52301) doing farm work while Caroline did …
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