of Neunkirchen, Germany · documented from the public record
The family in the record
William Knipp
William Knipp⚭ Anna M. Schmitz
childrenPeter W. Knipp
Their story
What the record says
History of Black Hawk County, Iowa.
Native of Neunkirchen, Germany.
Farmer.
Brought family to US, locating in Peru, Illinois in 1881, then Black Hawk County, Iowa (Cedar township, Washburn, Poyner township).
Worked on the section for the Burlington, Cedar Rapids & Northern Railroad.
Age 73 at time of writing.
Co-owner of 182-acre farm on section 34, Cedar township, with son Peter.
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