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Many of these German settlers settled in Maries, Miller, Osage and Cole counties which was very easy to do. If you are familar with St. Elizabeth, you are within 5 miles of all four counties. You can bet that on Sunday you would find them all at St. Elizabeth in Church. There would be two reasons for that, most were Catholic, and they wanted to visit and speak German with their fellow countrymen. Can you imagine this point in time. Germans, English and French trying to communicate with each other. My great-grandfather was English and dad said you couldn't hardly understand a word he said with that Scotch-Irish brogue. The British Isles are made up of Scotland, Wales, Ireland etc. Every island had it's own brogue. Just like here in the USA, if you go to New York you think they talk "funny", do to Louisiana, the same. The census takers and tax collectors had to go nuts trying to understand all these different dialects. No wonder you see some strange spelling of names. 1900 census: (Osage Twp) MILLER COUNTY John Otto married Annie Schulte, 4/14/1883. John Otto age 39 (Mo) parents Germany Annie age 37 (Mo) parents Germany Stephen age 16 (Mo) Joseph age 15 (Mo) married Adelheit Streumph, 2/25/1908. Mary age 13 (Mo) married John Shepers/Scheppers, 9/16/1908. Hironimus age 11 (Mo) Dominicus age 9 (Mo) married Anna Lindenbush, 10/24/1912. Michael age 8 (Mo) Lucy age 5 (Mo) married William Buechter, 9/2/1913. Joseph Otto married Annie Rehagen, 3/18/1913. Henry M. Otto married Martha Rehagen, 11/5/1914. (Michael?) 1900 census: (Osage Twp) MILLER COUNTY Frank Otto married Ann Westerman, 8/7/1894. Frank Otto age 28 (Mo) parents Germany. Annie age 24 (Mo) father (Ger) mother (Mo) Henry Brown age 18 (Mo) (boarder) MARRIAGES: Catherine Otto married Henry Schaffer, 11/5/1915. Verinica Otto married Henry Buechter, 4/2/1917. Cecille Otto married Adolph Dickneite, 6/1/1928. Albert Otto married Rena Mae Gardner, 12/23/1936. Hattie Otto married Ausby Gardner, 11/30/1936 (Anna Otto gave consent) Regina Otto married Roman Herx, 10/26/1938. John Leo Otto married Captiola Jaunita Irwin, 6/5/1949. Captiola Otto (Irwin) married Lawrence F. Rehagen, 11/8/1946. Eleanor A. Otto married George A. Thomas, 11/29/1941. Ida M. Otto married Martin J. Buechter, 5/20/1950. Rose A. Otto married Victor John Werdenhausen, 9/10/1940. ===============Boone Twp================ 1880 census: (Boone Twp) MARIES COUNTY Anson Otto age 50 (Pru) parents Prussia, (Germany) Anna C, age 53 (Pru) parents Prussia Anna age 19 (Mo) Joseph age 15 (Mo) Mary age 13 (Mo) married Henry Swartz, 5/10/1887. 1900 census: (Boone Twp)------------------------- Joseph Otto age 36 (Mo) parents Germany. (Anson's son) Elizabeth age 34 (Mo) parents Germany John age 12 (Mo) Anna age 10 (Mo) Allie age 8 (Mo) Rosa age 5 (Mo) William age 2 (Mo) 1910 census: (Boone Twp) Joseph Otto age 47 Elizabeth age 44 John age 22 Rosa age 15 William age 12 Helen age 9 Theodore age 7 Matilda age 5 Agnes age 2 Harrison? age 3 months ================Jackson Twp================= 1880 census: (Jackson Twp) MARIES CO. John Otto age 24 (Mo) parents Germany (living with R. S. & Caroline Schenker) 1900 census: (Jackson Twp)------------------- John Otto age 42 (Mo) parents Germany Augusta age 46 (Mo) parents Germany Catherine age 8 (Mo) William age 16 (Mo) Frank age 10 (Mo) Bernard age 8 (Mo) John Luetkemeyer age 21 (Mo) servant 1910 census: (Jackson Twp)-------------------- John Otto age 53 Margaret age 56 Francis H. age 20 Benjamin/Bernard age 18 Katherine age 27 Dorothy age 11 (Ward) 1920 census: (Jackson Twp) Bernard H. Otto age 27 (Mo) butcher Mildred M. age 25 (Mo) Bernard P. age 10 months (Mo) 1880 census: (Jackson Twp) MARIES CO.---------------- Henry Otto married Mary Buschmann,4/10/1877. Henry Otto age 25 (Mo) parents Prussia. (Blacksmith) Mary age 25 (Mo) parents Prussia Joseph age 1 (Mo) F. Linneman age 28 (Mo) servant John Briggs age 20 (Mo) apprentice 1900 census: (Jackson Twp)--------------------------------- Henry Otto age 45 Mary age 45 Joseph age 20 Anton age 18 Annie age 16 Augusta age 14 Mary age 10 Bernia age 8 Gertrude age 3 1910 census: (Jackson Twp)--------------------------------- Henry Otto age 54 Mary age 54 Mary age 20 1920 census: (Jackson Twp)--------------------------------- Mary Otto age 65 (widowed) Mary C. age 30 1910 census: (Jackson Twp) Anton Otto age 28 (Mo) Rosa age 26 (Mo) Carl E. age 3 (Mo) Lawrence age 2 )Mo) Mary A. age 4 months (Mo) |