Otto Johann Ferdinand Jahn

1889 - 1969  (80 years)

• Name	Otto Johann Ferdinand Jahn  [1]
  Born	18 Feb 1889	Hanover, Crawford, Iowa, USA   [2, 3, 4, 5]
  Gender	Male
  Baptism	Charter Oak, Crawford, Iowa, USA   [1]
  Birth	18 Feb 1889	Charter Oak, Crawford, Iowa, USA   [1]
  Burial	Denison, Crawford, Iowa, USA   [4]
  Name	Otto Johannes Jahn  [3, 4, 5]
  Name	Otto John Jahn  [2]
  Residence	Crawford, Iowa, USA   [2]
  Residence	1900	Hanover, Crawford, Iowa, USA   [6]
  Residence	1920	Mitchell, Davison, South Dakota, USA   [5]
  Residence	1930	Denison, Crawford, Iowa, USA   [3]
  Residence	1 Apr 1940	Milford, Crawford, Iowa, USA   [7]
  Died	7 Mar 1969	Denison, Crawford, Iowa, USA   [4]
  Buried	Denison, Crawford, Iowa, USA
  Person ID	I2339	Allison Hales' Tree

  
  

  Father	Carl L W Jahn,   b. 22 May 1843, Pomerania, Germany ,   d. 19 Jan 1919, Charter Oak, Crawford, Iowa, USA  (Age 75 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Bertha Krause,   b. 27 Feb 1855, Zajączkówko ,   d. 25 Dec 1932, Charter Oak, Crawford, Iowa, USA  (Age 77 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Married	17 Oct 1875	Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA   [8, 9]
  Family ID	F120	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Lula C Plough,   b. 3 Jul 1893, Iowa, USA ,   d. 6 Dec 1975, Denison, Crawford, Iowa, USA  (Age 82 years)
  Married	6 Nov 1912	Hanover, Crawford, Iowa, USA   [4]
  Family ID	F1033	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Otto J. Jahn, son of Carl and Bertha (Krause) Jahn was born February 18, 1887 in Hanover Township, Crawford County near Charter Oak, Iowa. Lula (Plough) Jahn was the daughter of Henry and Ida (Christiansen) Plough. She came from a family of 12. Otto (1889-1969) and Lula Plough (1893- 1975) were married at Charter Oak Iowa, November 6, 1912. They farmed the home place until 1919. They lived in Mitchell, South Dakota, one year, then bought a farm near Stickney, South Dakota. In 1924, they lost it due to hail storms and the depression years, and corn at ten cents a bushel. They moved out to Presho, South Dakota to work in the hayfields and also to break up hayland into farms. Otto got a good job breaking county roads for Brule County, near Re- liance, South Dakota. Lula worked as a cook in the Donahue Restaurant. Finally they moved back to Denison, Iowa. Otto drove truck for Bos Truck Lines of Webster City, Iowa. Lula ran a private nursing home in her home from 1932-1956 at East Chestnut 3treet in Denison, Iowa. It was the first such nursing home in Crawford County and surrounding counties. Her first patient was William "Bill" Mead. She received $20.00 a month for food and care. Born to the union of Otto and Lula Jahn were three children. (1) Esther, 1914, married Emmett Leo Champion, October 7, 1933, at Denison, Iowa. To this union was born six sons, Robert, Edward, Richard, Martin, Phomas, and Emmett Jr., were born. 2)Erma, 1918, was married to Gordon Aldag, 1914. To this union was born Betty, Patricia, William, and Ronald. Erma and Gordon were married September 8, 1935. (3) Eileen, 1921, married Paul A. Peteas, 1915-1965, January l9, 1942. To this union were born two daughters, Paula, and Susan. by Esther Champion. (Taken from the "Crawford County History" Book)

  
  

• Sources

  [S123] Iowa, Births and Christenings Index, 1800-1999, Ancestry.com, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2011;), Database online. Record for Otto Johann Ferdinand Jahn [S130] U.S., World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918, Ancestry.com, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2005;), Database online. Registration Location: Crawford County, Iowa; Roll: 1642994; Draft Board: 0. Record for Otto John Jahn [S13] 1930 United States Federal Census, Ancestry.com, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2002;), Database online. Year: 1930; Census Place: Denison, Crawford, Iowa; Roll: 650; Page: 1A; Enumeration District: 5; Image: 405.0. Record for Otto Jahn [S114] Ancestry Family Trees, (Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com. Original data: Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members.;), Database online. Record for Otto Johannes JAHN [S116] 1920 United States Federal Census, Ancestry.com, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2010;), Database online. Year: 1920; Census Place: Mitchell Ward 3, Davison, South Dakota; Roll: T625_1716; Page: 7A; Enumeration District: 73; Image: . Record for Otto Jahn [S5] 1900 United States Federal Census, Ancestry.com, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2004;), Database online. Year: 1900; Census Place: Hanover, Crawford, Iowa; Roll: T623_426; Page: 1B; Enumeration District: 61. Record for Carl John [S70] 1940 United States Federal Census, Ancestry.com, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2012;), Database online. Year: 1940; Census Place: Milford, Crawford, Iowa; Roll: T627_1152; Page: 5A; Enumeration District: 24-17. Record for Otto John [S64] Cook County, Illinois, Marriages Index, 1871-1920, Ancestry.com, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2011;). Record for Bertha Krause Details: Marriage certificate.