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Shelby County, Iowa Genealogy

You are INVITED to contribute information regarding your Luxembourg Family Heritage in Shelby County, Iowa. View the Shelby Co. Lux Immigrants listed at the bottom of this page, and Post your Luxembourg descendant information here by contacting the site coordinator.

Luxembourg Research

Luxembourg On My Mind has great information about looking for ancestors and place names, as well as contacting relatives and finding out more about Luxembourg.

Luxembourg Genealogy - including The Luxembourg Society of Genealogy and Heraldry; The BENELUX Usenet Newsgroup, the Luxembourg Telephone Directory, Luxembourg Emigration, Luxembourg Societies.

GeneLux - Luxembourg-American Genealogical Research.

Luxembourg Civil Registration Search by surname for film records in the Tables Decennales, 1853-1863.

Luxembourg Parish/Civil Records Search by Parish, Record Type or Year for available film records. This site is located at the University of St. Thomas.

The Luxembourg WorldGenWeb site - search their genealogical query system.

BENELUX newsgroup: The soc.genealogy.benelux is for genealogy and family history discussion among people researching ancestors, family members, or others who have a genealogical connection to any people in any part of the Benelux countries (Belgium, The Netherlands and Luxembourg). This unmoderated newsgroup is gatewayed with the GEN-BENELUX and the GENBNL-L mailing lists (see below).

GEN-BENELUX mailing list. Gatewayed with the soc.genealogy.benelux newsgroup for research in the Benelux region (Belgium, the Netherlands, and Luxembourg). To subscribe send the word "subscribe" (without the quotes) as the only text in the body of a message to gen-benelux-l-request@rootsweb.com (mail mode) or gen-benelux-d-request@rootsweb.com (digest mode).

GENBNL-L mailing list. Gatewayed with the soc.genealogy.benelux newsgroup for research in the Benelux region (Belgium, the Netherlands, and Luxembourg). To subscribe, send the following message: subscribe genbnl-l and address this to majordomo@ufsia.ac.be

TRIER-ROOTS-L mailing list. A mailing list for queries, assistance, history of the area that encompass the Saarland, Rheinpfalz and Duchy of Luxembourg. See the Mailing List and Archived Messages homepage.

Luxembourg Lookup Contacts - emigrant lookups at the 'Books We Own' site on Rootsweb.

Luxembourg gazetteer of villages and towns - Luxembourgish, German and French variations.

Luxembourg Central including a Gazeteer with links to Lux. photos, a list of the 12 Lux. cantons, and some Lux. travel information.

the Internet Directory for Luxembourg contains numerous links to Luxembourg interests.

LUXPOINT - The Starting Point for Luxembourg

Other Foreign Interests - at the Shelby Co. Genealogy site

German Connections - at the Shelby Co. Genealogy site

Danish Connections - at the Shelby Co. Genealogy site

Maps

Map of Luxembourg

Mapquest - an interactive World Atlas. Zoom-in on the town your ancestors came from.

Central Europe - 1820 showing Luxembourg, Westphalia, etc. This image was created using CENTENNIA historical atlas software.

Publications
BOOK - "Luxembourgers in the New World" (2 volumes)
VOLUME I is a 1987 reedition based on the work of Nicholas GONNER, "Die Luxemburger in der Neuen Welt", Dubuque, Iowa, 1889. Editors: Jean ENSCH, Jean-Claude MULLER, Robert E. OWEN. Publisher: Esch-sur-Alzette, Grand Duchy of Luxembourg, Editions-Reliures Schortgen. Sections in Volume I include:
Part I. The Luxembourger migration between 1840 and 1890.
Part II. Luxembourgers and Their Settlements in Various States of the Union (up to 1889), organized into; the East and South, New York State, Ohio, Indiana, Michigan, Illinois, Wisconsin, Iowa, Minnesota, Kansas, Nebraska, The Dakotas, Missouri, Luxembourgers in California and the Northwestern States and Canada, as well as Commentary and Statistics on the Distribution of Luxembourger Settlements in the United States.
Part III. Aspects of the Luxembourger Presence in the United States.

VOLUME II contains an index of personal names and and of place-names (both foreign and domestic) taken from the "Luxembourger Gazette". The indexes list the publication date and page number(s) for each name of biographic or genealogical interest. For example, Shelby County is mentioned in articles from the following Gazette pages:
Dec 14,1886-pg 5; Feb 22,1887-pg 5; Nov 9,1897-pg 5; Nov 14,1899-pg 8; Jun 27,1911-pg 12; Jun 14,1889-pg 8; Jan 27,1914-pg 12.
There are also numerous pages mentioning Westphalia and other towns in Shelby County.

NEWSPAPER - "Luxembourger Gazette"
The Luxembourger Gazette was a newspaper (written in German) that Nicholas Gonner, and his son Nicholas, Jr., published in Dubuque, Iowa from 1871-1918. This 'newspaper' linked Luxembourgers living in various parts of the U.S. and informed subscribers in Luxembourg of news concerning their relatives and friends in the emigration. A complete set of the newspaper is located at Loras College, 11450 Ala Vista, Dubuque, Iowa, 52001. Microfilm of the "Luxembourger Gazette" may also be requested through your local library's inter-library loan service, or at the State Historical Society of Iowa in Iowa City. The FHC has the Gazette on microfilm... The film numbers are: 1844424 to 1844444. The FHC call number for the book "Luxembourgers to the New World" 973 W2lge.

Luxembourg Family Connections
Luxembourg Family Researchers with Descendant information listed and linked here. [Review the Query pages for more Lux connections or to submit a query]

LUXEMBOURGERS IN SHELBY COUNTY, IOWA,
compliments of W. G. Langenfeld < wlangen@mac.com >
(contributions or corrections are welcome)
Legend: NAME; b. (Birth date); in (Birth location); m. (Spouse) ALTMANN, Anna, b. 1869 in Eich, Ville, Lux. m. KENKEL, Nicholaus "Klaus" BEHRENDT, Wilhelmina, b. 18 Oct 1879 in Iowa, m. SCHLEIMER, Anton BISSEN, John M., b. 11 Nov 1857 in Luxembourg, m. GAUL, Mary BRACK, Catharine, b. 12 Mar 1859 in Kaundorf, Wiltz, Lux. m. MOLITOR, Louis BRACK, Ernest, b. in Iowa BRACK, Johann Baptist,b.5 Jul 1810 in Kaundorf,Wiltz,Lux m.THINNES,Anna Maria BRACK, Josephine, b. 3 Mar 1853 in Kaundorf, Wiltz, Lux. m. GRAFF, Philipp BRACK, Maria Anna,b.8 April 1849 in Kaundorf,Wiltz,Lux. m.BECKER/BAKER,George BURGER, Magdalena, b. Abt 1858 in Iowa, m. MUELLER, John Peter DUESEL, Kunigunda, b. 1848 in Bavaria, m. ENGEL, Johann ENGEL, Johannn, b. 1841 in Luxembourg, m. DUESEL, Kunigunda FLAMMANG, Maria, b. 1865 in Luxembourg, m. KENKEL, Bernard FRIEDMANN, Susanna, b. 1856 near Luxembourg, Iowa, m. GAUL, Nicholaus GAUL, Maria, b Abt 1862 in Luxembourg, m. BISSEN, John B. GAUL, Nicholaus, b. 1851 in Pratz, Luxembourg, m. FRIEDMANN, Susanna GOERES, Anna, b. 20 Nov 1878 in Iowa, m. MILLER, John Peter GOERES, Peter, b. 17 May 1849 in Eschweiler, Wiltz, Lux. m. KOCH, Elisabetha GOERES, Theodore, b. Abt 1861 in Eschweiler, Wiltz, Luxembourg GOLLOBITH, Rosa, b. 1863 in Dubuque, Iowa, m. WILWERDING, Jacob GRAFF, Phillipp, b. Abt 1848 in Luxembourg, m. BRACK, Josephine HENNES, John, b. Aug 1841 in Luxembourg, m. TRESCH, Elisabetha HERTERT, Charles, b. 1851 in Eich, Ville, Luxembourg, m. KAEUFER, Maria HERTERT, Emiius, b. 1855 in Eich, Ville, Luxembourg, m. MUELLER, Maria HERTERT, Josephina, b. 1879 HERTERT, Lucian, b. 1858 in Eich, Ville, Luxembourg HERTERT, Mathias, b. 1822 in Eich,Ville, Luxembourg, m. PROBST, Catharina HERTERT, Victor, b. 1856 in Eich, Ville, Luxembourg HOMANN, Catharina, b. Abt 1860 in Luxembourg, m. WILWERDING, Michael JEMMING, Anna Maria, b. 14 Apr 1841 in Kehlen,Capellen,Lux. m. KESSLER, Mathias JEMMING, Margaretha, b.12 May 1845 in Kehlen,Capellen,Lux. m.SCHWERY,Godfried KAEUFER, Maria, b. Abt 1860 in Luxembourg, m. HERTERT, Charles KAUFMANN, Peter, b. 8 Jul 1842 in Luxembourg, m. SCHECHINGER, Franciska KENKEL, Bernard, b. 1857 in Luxembourg, m. FLAMMANG, Maria KENKEL, John Peter, b.18 Jan 1849 in Weicherdange? Lux. m.SCHMITZ,Margaretha KENKEL, Maria, b. 5 Dec 1877 in Weicherdange(?), Lux. m. WINGERT, Peter KENKEL, Nicholas Peter, b. 25 Jan 1879 KENKEL, Nicholaus "Klaus", b. 1861 in Mecher, Wiltz, Lux. m.ALTMANN, Anna KENKEL, Nickolaus, b. Abt 1854 in Mecher, Wiltz, Lux. m. PINTZ, Barbara KENKEL, Theodore, b. Abt 1852 in Luxembourg, m. PETERS, Maria KESSLER, Mathias, b. 20 Mar 1831 in Belgium (Lux), m. JEMMING, Anna Maria KIMMEN, Michael, b. 19 Apr 1874 in Luxembourg, m. STRONK, Anna KOCH, Elisabetha, b. Abt 1855 in Brachtenbach, Wiltz, Lux. m.GOERES, Peter KUMMER, Catherina (Kate), b. Sep 27, 1840 in Canach, Remig, Lux. m. WILWERDING, Micheal MAJERUS, Ave, b. 12 Jan 1846 in Luxembourg, m. WINGERT, Peter MAJERUS, Marika,b. Mar 1848 in Luxembourg, m. SCHLEIMER, Jacob MERT, Maria, b. Jun 12 1857 in NY, m.SCHILZ, John MILLER, Michael, b. Abt 1845 in Kaundorf, Wiltz, Lux. m.SCHUMACHER,Catharine MOLITOR, Louis, b. Abt 1855 in Wisconsin, m. BRACK, Catharine MUELLER, Anna, b. Abt 1856 in Niederanven,Campagne, Lux. m. RUDEN, Jacob MUELLER, John Peter, b.1855 in Niederanven,Campagne,Lux. m.BURGER, Magdalena MUELLER, Karl H., b.1868 in Niederanven,Campagne Lux., m. SCHEURING, Angela MUELLER, Katharine, b. 1849 in Niederanven,Campagne,Lux. m.SCHIEBER, Michael MUELLER, Magdalena, b. 1851 in Niederanven,Campagne, Lux. m. RUDEN, Peter MUELLER, Maria, b. Abt 1860 in Niederanven,Campagne,Lux. m. HERTERT, Emiius MUELLER, Mathias, b.Abt 1818 in Niederanven,Campagne,Lux. m. ROCHELS, Maria MUELLER, Matthias, b. Abt 1878 in MUELLER, Peter, b. 5 Jun 1868 in Elkader, Clayton County, IA, m.GOERES, Anna PETERS, Maria, b. Abt 1857 in Luxembourg, m. KENKEL, Theodore PINTZ, Barbara, b. in Iowa, m. KENKEL, Nickolaus PROBST, Catharina, b. in Luxembourg, m. HERTERT, Mathias RIES, Katharine, b. Abt 1840 in Luxembourg, m. RUDEN, Johann Peter ROCHELS, Maria, b. Abt 1821 in Luxembourg, m. MUELLER, Mathias RUDEN, Elisabetha, b. 12 Aug 1880 in Luxembourg, m. JACOBI, William RUDEN, Jacob, b. Abt 1851 in Luxembourg, m. MUELLER, Anna RUDEN, Johann Peter, b. 1839 in Luxembourg, m. RIES, Katharine RUDEN, Peter, b. 1842 in Luxembourg, m. MUELLER, Magdalena SCHECHINGER, Franciska, b. 28 Dec 1858 in Bavaria, m. KAUFMANN, Peter SCHEURING, Angela, b. 1867 in Henry, Illinois, m. MUELLER, Karl H. SCHIEBER, Michael, b. Abt 1844 in Luxembourg, m. MUELLER, Katharine SCHILZ, John, b. Nov 3, 1827 in Luxembourg, m. MERT, Maria SCHLEIMER, Anton, b. 29 Aug 1869 in Luxembourg, m. BEHRENDT, Wilhelmina SCHLEIMER, Jacob,b. Abt 1836 in Luxembourg, m. MAJERUS, Marika SCHMITZ, Margaretha, b. 3 Jun 1847 in Luxembourg, m. KENKEL, John Peter SCHMITZ, Peter, b. 25 Nov 1881 in Luxembourg, m. WINDESHAUSEN, Catharina SCHRAMM, Nicollaus, b. Abt 1841 in Luxembourg, m. THIELEN, Catharina SCHUMACHER, Catharine Abt 1847 in Arsdorf, Wiltz, Lux. m. MILLER, Michael SCHWERY, Godfried, b. 18 Jun 1835 in Switzerland, m. JEMMING, Margaretha SCHWERY, John A., b.10 Sep 1873 in Illinois, m. SCHMITZ, Mary THINNES, Anna Maria, b. in Luxembourg, m. BRACK, Johann Baptist TRESCH, Elisabetha, b. Aug 1844 in Luxembourg, m. HENNES, John WARK, Theresia, b. 1867 in Luxembourg, m. WINDESHAUSEN, Nicholas WILWERDING, Anna, b.25 Jun 1866 in Luxembourg, m. SCHABEN, Adolph WILWERDING, Jacob, b. Nov 1862 in Canach, Remig, Lux., m. GOLLOBITH, Rosa WILWERDING, Micheal, b. Mar 7,1836 in Canach, Remig, Lux. m. KUMMER, Catherina WINDESHAUSEN, Catharina, b. 12 Dec 1890 in Iowa, m. SCHMITZ, Peter WINDESHAUSEN, Nicholas, b. 1856 in Luxembourg, m. WARK, Theresia WINGERT, Peter, b. 24 Jan 1832 in Luxembourg, m. MAJERUS, Eva WINGERT, Peter, b. 10 Jul 1868 in Missouri, m. KENKEL, Maria

Descended Families
Links to Descendant information for Luxembourgers in Shelby County, Iowa.

Jean-Baptist BRACK was born in Watrange, Kanton Harlange, Luxembourg, on 5 July 1810. He married Anne-Marie THINNES from Luxembourg. He came to Shelby County, Iowa in 1875. Descendant information provided by Marlene Ricci on 5/7/97.

Peter GOERES was born 17 May 1849 in Eschweiler, Wiltz, Luxembourg. Peter married Elisabeth KOCH, who was also born in Luxembourg. He arrived in Shelby County in the 1870's. Descendant information provided by Matt Miller on 10/23/97.
URL: http://webs.cedar-rapids.net/miller

Michel MULLER(MILLER) was born About 1845 in Kaundorf, Wiltz, Luxembourg. Michel married Cathrina SCHUMACHER from Luxembourg. He came to Shelby County, Iowa about 1873. Descendant information provided by Matt Miller on 5/30/97.
URL: http://webs.cedar-rapids.net/miller

John SCHILZ was born in Luxembourg, Germany, November 3, 1827. He came to the U.S. in 1852, married Maria MERT in 1856 and later settled in Shelby County, Iowa. Descendant information provided by Matt Miller on 5/30/97.
URL: http://webs.cedar-rapids.net/miller

Margaret JEMMING was born in Kehlen, Luxembourg in May 1845. She married Godfried SCHWERY and they settled in Shelby County, Iowa in 1880.
Descendant information provided by Dennis Walsh on 5/31/97.

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