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Below is a family biography included in History of Warren County, Iowa published by Union Historical Company in 1879. These biographies are valuable for genealogy research in discovering missing ancestors or filling in the details of a family tree. Family biographies often include far more information than can be found in a census record or obituary. Details will vary with each biography but will often include the date and place of birth, parent names including mothers' maiden name, name of wife including maiden name, her parents' names, name of children (including spouses if married), former places of residence, occupation details, military service, church and social organization affiliations, and more. There are often ancestry details included that cannot be found in any other type of genealogical record.
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REINKE, GUSTAVUS A., saloon, P. O. Lothrop; is a native of Prussia; born January 13, 1844, and came to this county October 4, 1867, and up to the time he came to this county, April 28, 1875, he was foreman of bridge building on the C. R. I. & P. R. R.; he was married to Magdalena Stroeber, a native of Bavaria, May 4, 1871; they have a family of one daughter living, Anna, born July 16, 1878; and two deceased, Edward C., born March 28, 1872, and died May 21, 1875, and Augustus, born November 9, 1873, and died May 11, 1875; Mr. Reinke was in the war between Prussia and Austria, in the year 1866.
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