Hij is getrouwd met Josephine SCHERMER.
Zij zijn getrouwd op 17 april 1866 te St. Francis Xavier Church Dyersville,Dubuque,IOWA, Verenigde Staten, hij was toen 26 jaar oud.
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On November 9, 1861, he joined the Prussian Army and became a drummer in the 9th Company, 5th Westphalian Infantry, Regiment #53. He served during the Danish-Prussian War of 1864 (also called the "Schleswig-Holstein War of Succession", or the "Second War of Schleswig"). For his service in this war he received three medals - a campaign medal for combatants in the battles of Wielhoi, DÂppel, Alsen, Friedericia, and Rackebuell; the DÂppel Cross for "brave participation in the Battle of DÂppel, April 18, 1864" (accompanying certificate signed by Col. Von Treikov, Regiment Commander); and the Alsen Cross "for brave participation in the Battle of Alsen, June 29, 1864" (accompanying certificate signed by General Hermarth Von Bittenfeld). He was discharged from the army on December 18, 1864.
He emigrated from MÂnster, Westphalia, Prussia [Germany] September 27? (October 6?) 1865(?) to New York City. He was a brickmaker, and later a farmer.
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