St. Mary's Catholic (Solon) CemeteryJohnson County, IowaUploaded 1/17/2019 by
lhugeback
[Email]5 Mar 1825
Waldsee, Rhein-Pfalz-Kreis, Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany
DEATH 15 Jan 1861 (aged 35)
Johnson County, Iowa, USA
BURIAL
Saint Marys Catholic Cemetery
Solon, Johnson County, Iowa, USA
Inscription
37y 2m 4d Wife of Martin
Gravesite Details Same stone: Josephine, Martin. Adj stone: Barbara. This monument needs repairs. Descendants please contact St. Mary Catholic Church, 1749 Racine Ave NE, Solon, IA 52333 (319) 624-2228 and mention the name(s) on the memorial.
Maria Barbara DEWALD (“Barbara”) was born 5 Mar 1825 in Waldsee, Bayern, Germany to Leonhard and Maria Magdalena (WEICK) DEWALD and wife of Martin ALTMANN. They were married on 8 Jan 1851 in Otterstadt, Bayern, Germany. She died 15 Jan 1861. Martin’s second wife was Josephine FIALA.
Martin and Barbara came to America in 1852 on the ship Gallia.
Barbara ALTMANN died less than 10 years after arriving in America.
Dewald is also been spelled Dewold and Devault.
Otterstadt is a municipality in the Rhein-Pfalz-Kreis, in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.
The almost 980-year-old village was once a pure agricultural and fishing village. Today the inhabitants work in the neighboring industrial cities: Mannheim, Ludwigshafen and Speyer.