of Black Hawk County, Iowa · from Austria · documented from the public record
The family in the record
Joseph Ortner 1807 – 1855
Joseph Ortner⚭ Theresa Koller
childrenJohn Ortner
Source: History of Black Hawk County, Iowa
Their story
What the record says
Born 1807 in Austria.
Farmer in his native country.
Emigrated to the US with his family of eight children, settling near Freeport, Illinois in 1854.
Died the following year (1855).
Wife Theresa Koller survived and reared the family, later settling in Barclay township, Black Hawk county, Iowa.
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