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FRED H. FRANKE 1835-1888

SPAHN, FRANKE

Posted By: CHERYL MOONEN (email)
Date: 5/29/2018 at 13:36:28

FRED H. FRANKE, gardener and greenhouse, West Eagle Point Avenue; was born in Mecklenburg, Germany, Aug. 23, 1835; he came to this country in 1851, and came to Dubuque in 1854, and has lived here twenty-six years; he engaged in gardening and the flower business in 1873, and has continued it since then, and is building up a good trade. He belongs to Key City Lodge, I.O.O.F., and to Iowa Lodge, A.O.U.W., and to the German Benevolent Society and to the I.O.O.F. Musical Society. He married Catharine Mary Spahn, a native of Germany, in 1857; she died in 1870; he married Annie Mary Spahn, a native of Hesse-Darmstadt, June 13, 1871; he has five children- Katie, Barbara, Edward, Maggie and Rosa.

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