of Linn County, Iowa · documented from the public record
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Lawrence Spellerberg 1842 – 1906
Lawrence Spellerberg⚭ Mary Spellerberg
childrenWilliam Spellerberg
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What the record says
History of Linn County, Iowa, vol 2.
Born in Germany (OCR gives March 31, 1812, but likely ~1842 given son's 1883 birth).
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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