Nieland Homepage Updates - 2007

These updates/additions were made to the Nieland Homepage in 2007:

Dec 28 Obituray: James Anthony Roberts 1933-2007. Total 294
Dec 28 Obituary: Maxwell Joseph Kies 2006-2007. Total 293
Dec 13 Ancestry: Maria Angela Nieland Tree, Rev 7, 1 new name. Total 849/7,978
Dec 13 Ancestry: Maria Anna Nieland Tree, Rev 9, 16 new names. Total 3,878/7,977
Dec 13 Obituary: Harold A Eich 1925-2007. Total 292
Nov 30 Ancestry: John Gerhard Nieland Tree, Rev 6, 17 new names. Total 1007/7,961.
Nov 16 Obituary Cyril Joseph Boes 1918-2007 Total 291
Nov 03 Obituary Dean C Feld 1945 - 2007
Oct 19 Obituary: John Francis Schafer 1926-2007
Oct 16 Obituary: Ray and Marylou (Kremeier) Mueggenborg 1942/52-2007
Oct 15 Clipping: 2007 - German Mueggenborgs visit Okarche, OK
Oct 9 Ancestry: John Henry Nieland Tree, Rev 6, 1 new name. Total 1931/7,944.
Oct 9 Ancestry: Maria Anna Nieland Tree, Rev 6, 16 new names. Total 3878.
Sept 25 Ancestry: John Henry Nieland, Rev 5, 22 new names. Total 1930.
Sep 25 Obituary: PatriciaAnn Tigges_1962-2007
Sep 25 Obituary: Robert Allen Craiger 1952 -2007
Sept4 Obituary: Donald O Willis 1946-2007
Sep 3 Obituary: Victor H Tigges 1925-2007
Sep 3 Clipping: 2007 - Russian boys adopted by John and Anne Nieland
Sep 3 Clipping: 2007 - Bernd & Verena (Nieland) Sinnhuber visit to US.
Sep 3 Ancestry: Maria Anna Nieland tree. Rev 7, 18 new names. Total 3862
Aug 4 Ancestry: John Gerhard Nieland tree. Total 995
Jul 18 Obituary: Eberhard Felgenhauer 1940-2007.
Jul 17 Clipping: "Nielands adopt Russian Boys"
Jul 17 Ancestry: Maria Anna Nieland page. Total 3,874

Passenger Lists for Gerhard Böes and Maria Anna (Nieland) Böes

Gerhard Heinrich Böes, called Gerhard Boes when he lived in Iowa, was born about September, 1837 in Ramsdorf, Prussia. Family stories say that he served as a Prussian soldier in both the Danish War (1864) and Austrian War (1866), and that he was wounded while he served. Gerhard was said to have put salt into his wound, so it would not heal and he could get out of the army. This didn’t work, so he deserted and fled to America. He is said to have been a stowaway. Census records list his date of arrival as 1867. He became a naturalized citizen on April 3, 1877 in Sac County, Iowa.

Maria Anna Nieland was born January 16, 1843 in Eschlohn, Prussia. Family stories tell of Ann earning passage for herself and Gerhard Boes by working as a hired girl for the Jasper family for two years. She may have traveled with the Henry Jasper family, which had five children and settled in Dyersville, Dubuque County, Iowa. They arrived in 1866. Anna and Gerhard Boes married on February 1, 1870 in Dyersville, Dubuque County, Iowa. They soon moved to Sac County, Iowa, where they purchased land and raised a family of nine children. Census records list Anna’a date of arrival as 1867.

We are looking for any information about the immigration of Gerhard and Maria Anna (Nieland) Boes. We would especially like to find passenger lists.

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