Holsen Roots

By Paul J. Holsen II

The name Holsen changed over the years. When Johann Heinrich Friedrich was born 12/31/1803 it was Holste. His Father Johann Gottlieb Holste was a Trooper in the 2nd Regiment of the Kingdom of Hanover. Johann Heinrich married Sophie Dorothea Bode April 24, 1829. The record shows both his name and that of his Father--who had died recently--HOLZE. On the passenger manifest of the BARK KEPLER, on which they arrived in New Orleans November 30, 1849 the spelling was HOLTZ. (Herman Heinrich and Carl August were not on the Bark Kepler, they had come over earlier and were living with their Maternal Grandparents Georgi and Hannah Boden.) On the census of 1850 in Lawrence County, Illinois the spelling is HOLTSEN.It is evident that the Father and Mother of our GreatGrandmother Sophie Dorothea, Georg Hermann Bode and his wife Eleonore Conradine Rubenack Bode, came to Lukin Township, from Stolzenau years before 1849. The 1850 Census shows they owned real estate valued at $400. Name and age on the census Georg H. Boden age 70, and Hannah Boden age 66.Of the 42 people on the census sheet I have before me, 29 were German born, or children of German born parents. Families BODEN, STARKMAN, HOLTSEN, APPLEGATE and WETSELL. Value of real estate owned ran from nothing to $500. At that time land sold for $1 per acre or less in the area. This data by PJHI.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1515398382
• ISBN13: 9781515398387
• Release Date: September 2015
• Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
• Length: 571 Pages
• Weight: 2.67 lbs.
• Dimensions: 10.0" x 1.3" x 7.0"