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| Format | Manuscript |
|---|---|
| Creator | Nelson, Marlin P. |
| Title, Manuscript | The Heritage of Clemens Joseph Leiferman and Maria Catharina Hochstein: Germans from Westphalia |
| Date | [1996-2001] |
| Extent of Work | 4 binders and usb data drives |
| Contents | [Volume 1]: Leifermanns and Hochsteins in Westphalia --- Early Leifermans in America --- Frank Clemens Leiferman Family --- John Henry Leiferman Family --- Elizabeth Leiferman Ploog Family Volume 2: George Henry Leiferman and Frances Andera Volume 3: Francis X. Leiferman Family --- Mary Frances Leiferman Rich Family --- William Leiferman Family --- Charles Francis Leiferman Family --- The Plumb Family Heritage --- The Cran Family Heritage [Volume 4]: Genealogy of Casper Wilhelm and Sophia (Otto) Leiferman --- Elizabeth (Fasbender) --- Other Leifermans |
| Abstract | “The Leiferman surname is not common and about 80% of the people found with that name in America have been traced to either Clemens or Casper. The other 20% appear [to be] traced to Conrad Leiferman from Hanover, who settled in Illinois before 1860. No connection between the [two Leiferman] families has been found.” Casper and Sophia Leiferman came to Dane County, Wisconsin in 1856, settling on a farm near the Cross Plains area. They later moved to Minnesota, first Waseca County and then Beauford Township. Two of their sons served in the Civil War. George Henry Leiferman was born in Springfield Township, Dane County, Wisconsin, and moved with his parents Clemens and Maria to Waseca County, Minnesota, in 1867. By 1879 he was in Floyd County, Iowa, where he married Frances Andera. Frances, daughter of Frantishek and Marie Andera, was born in Bohemia and came to North America as an infant. George and Frances had their first daughter in Iowa before they left for Dakota Territory in 1881. In 1887 they were on a farm in Ola Township, Brule County, Dakota Territory, and in 1897 the family moved to Estellin Township, Hamlin County, South Dakota. |
| Donated by | Amy Nelson |
| Call Number | FH Leiferman |
| MKI Terms | Family histories/ Westphalia/ Hochstein |