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Below is a family biography included in The History of Jasper County, Missouri published by Mills & Company in 1883. These biographies are valuable for genealogy research in discovering missing ancestors or filling in the details of a family tree. Family biographies often include far more information than can be found in a census record or obituary. Details will vary with each biography but will often include the date and place of birth, parent names including mothers' maiden name, name of wife including maiden name, her parents' names, name of children (including spouses if married), former places of residence, occupation details, military service, church and social organization affiliations, and more. There are often ancestry details included that cannot be found in any other type of genealogical record.
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MARTIN SONNICHSON. Scheeswig-Holstein, was the birthplace of the subject of this record, who was born Oct. 16, 1857, formerly a dependency of Denmark, but now of Austria. Bidding farewell to his fatherland, he embarked May 12, 1873, from Hamburg for free America, and landed at St. Louis in June, 1873. Spending a short time in Illinois, he took up his abode in Jasper county in 1881, and has since been interested in the Alba Mines, operated by the company of Smith, Sonnichson, Mateer, S. A. Smith & Haworth. Three shafts of 95, 50, and 40 feet, respectively, have been sunk, with little return until December, 1882, when the company are beginning to be rewarded for not wearying in well-doing in good “shiners,” in miner phrase, of lead and silicate.
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