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Below is a family biography included in History of Lee County, Iowa published by Western Historical Company in 1879. 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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WEIKMANN, FRANC JOSEPH, Pastor of the Assumption Church at St. Paul; born at Schwabesh, Germany, Jan. 31, 1823; at the age of 10, after receiving a common-school education in his native city, he began the higher studies preparatory for the priesthood; completed his studies and was ordained Sept. 4, 1848; he served as Pastor of his own diocese for twenty years, and as Assistant Priest for four years and as Independent Priest in various places until, in 1868, at the earnest solicitation of his brother John Baptist, a priest at New Vienna, Iowa, he emigrated to America, accepting the pastorship of the church at New Washington, at that time consisting of forty families, but, during fifteen months of his administration, increased to eighty-four; then to Keokuk, Pastor of St. Mary’s Church, where he built the parish house for that church, and, in the fall of 1872, he came to St. Paul, where he has since presided over the church, having a membership of 627.
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