of Linn County, Iowa · from Germany · documented from the public record
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Lawrence Spellerberg 1842 – 1906
Lawrence Spellerberg⚭ Mary Spellerberg
childrenWilliam Spellerberg
Source: History of Linn County, Iowa, vol 2
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What the record says
Born in Germany.
Brought to America at age ten by his farming parents who settled in this section of Iowa.
Farmed until age 27, then purchased 160 acres on section 18, Fairfax township, Linn County.
Died there in 1906.
Married Mary.
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