Re: 1849 Oldenburg Trail from Indiana to Iowa
GAERTNER, BACHEL, STATHEL, STADLE
Posted By: LaVerne (email) In Response To: Re: 1849 Oldenburg Trail from Indiana to Iowa (Peggy Fairchild)
Date: 3/5/2002 at 11:50:48
During the late 1830's to the 1850's, several families settled in the German Catholic village of Oldenburg, Ray Township in Franklin Co., Indiana. The Bachel, Gaertner, Duclos, Huber, Meier, Myers/Meyer, Rausch, Spielman, Stathel and Wesling families became neighbors and friends.
In 1848, Johann Gaertner, George Bachel and Anton Stathel traveled to Old Mission in Fayette Co., Iowa, to explore the farming opportunities there. They returned to Oldenburg and during that winter, George and Anton sold their farms. Frank Spielman, Jacob Rausch and Andrew Meier and Frank J. Huber decided to join them in their move to Old Mission. They also sold their farms, and in March of 1849, they began the long journey. John Rausch was born February 13th and at the age of two weeks, was the youngest member of the group. They arrived in Old Mission on May 13. They purchased several log buildings that had been abandoned when the Indians were moved, and these became their living quarters until they were able to purchase land from the U.S. Government on patents. Soon, Casper Henrich Andrew Meyer and John Wesling, along with their families joined their former neighbors in the new settlement.
The above is from my website located at:http://www.angelfire.com/ia2/stlucas/stlucasindex.html
If you have any information to add to any of these families, please send it to me.
LaVerne
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