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ancestors
Some of my maternal ancestors came to the United States from Luxembourg. Other maternal
ancestors came
to the United States from Luxembourg and Germany in the middle of the nineteenth
century. My mother was born Verna Mae Klein; her parents were Theodore and Frances
(Kokenge) Klein of Granville, Iowa. My mother's Klein ancestors have been traced to
Niederfeulen, Luxembourg. Her Simon ancestors came from
Schoenholthausen, Germany. In 1981, my cousin Frank W. Klein and I
published Good Earth, Black Soil (St. Mary's College Press), which is the
story of our Klein ancestors in Luxembourg and their journey to the United
States.
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The Theodore and Elizabeth (Simon) Klein family of
Granville, Iowa (circa 1905). Elizabeth Simon was born in Schoenholthausen, Germany,
and immigrated to Chicago as a young woman. Theodore Klein was born in Niederfeulen,
Luxembourg, and immigrated to Chicago as a young man. From there, he came to Iowa to
farm with his brothers, Nick and Jake Klein. When Elizabeth Simon came to NW Iowa to
visit her Penning cousins, she and Theodore Klein met and decided that same day to marry.
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The Henry and Josephine (Nemmers) Kokenge family of Alton,
Iowa (circa 1910). Henry Kokenge, son of J. Bernard Kokenge and Maria
Meyrose of
Lohne, Germany, was born in New Vienna, Iowa. Josephine Nemmers Kokenge was born to
Nicholas and Anna (Kaiser) Nemmers in Alton, Iowa. Click on photograph at left to
see an enlarged version. Click on this URL to go to the Nemmers page:
http://krypton.mankato.msus.edu/~susanna/nemmers.htm
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