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SCHLENKER, PAUL - Dubuque County, Iowa

PAUL SCHLENKER

St. John's Lutheran (Dubuque) Cemetery
Dubuque County, Iowa
Uploaded 11/3/2011 by
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PAUL SCHLENKER
NOV. 24, 1831
JULY 11, 1914

Visitor Contributed Post-ems Notes...


Posted on Jan-12-2014 by CHERYL MOONEN
PAUL SCHLENKER, dealer in general hardware and stoves and worker in tin, sheet iron and copper, No. 1378 Clay street, Dubuque; was born in Prussia, Germany, Nov. 24, 1831; he came to America in 1853, and the same year came to Dubuqu; he went over to Galena and learned the tinners trade; in 1861, he returned to Dubuque and engaged in his present business, and has carried it on since, Con't.

Posted on Jan-12-2014 by CHERYL MOONEN
building up a good trade. He belongs to the I.O.O.F. & is a member of Schiller Lodge,No. 11, & the Encampment. He married Miss Barbara Zanuck, a native of Switzerland, 12-27-1859; she died 8-13-1874, leaving on son- Albert; he married Miss Anna Rehbaum, a native of Buffalo, N.Y.; they have 2 children-Emma and Paul. “The History of Dubuque County" http://members.tripod.com/~Doreen_3/DBBIOAB.htm