of Lee County, Iowa · documented from the public record
The family in the record
Ferdinand B. Ostdiek 1814 – 1873
Ferdinand B. Ostdiek⚭ Catherine Schnitker
childrenGerhard Ostdiek · John Ostdiek · Minnie Soppe · Elizabeth Holtfaster · Herman B. Ostdiek · Mary Holtkamp
Their story
What the record says
History of Wapello County, Iowa.
Native of Munster, Westphalia, Germany, born 1814.
Reared and married in Germany.
Came to Iowa in 1846 with two older children, settling in Lee County.
Was a schoolteacher in Germany and Iowa, and a farmer owning 120 acres.
Also manufactured lime and brick.
Democrat, Catholic.
Had ten children, four died in early life.
Six living: Gerhard and John (Neola, IA), Mrs. Minnie Soppe (Neola), Mrs. Elizabeth Holtfaster (Council Bluffs), Herman B., and Mrs. Mary Holtkamp (Lee County).
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