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From: Jeff Leydorf <>
Subject: Leydorf in Sandusky
Date: Sat, 05 Dec 1998 23:11:31 -0500


Would like to find anyone connected to or further information on the
following:

Captain F.J. Leydorf, b. Nov 7, 1841 in Prussia, Germany. His father was
Henry Wilhelm Leydorf. 10 children (8 living in 1894): Kunigunde (wife
of John Louis VonSlagle), Matilda K., Frederick W., Magdalena, Anna
Margaret,
Maria Theresa, Amelia and Amanda
- 1860-1866 Prussian Army
- 1867 married Anna Maria Baechman
- 1868 both immigrated to US (Sandusky)
- 1872-75 engaged in hotel business in Sandusky
- 1873 organized Sandusky military company, elected captain
In fall 1875 moved to Chicago Junction, Huron Co, OH.
(Biographical Record of Huron & Lorain Counties, Ohio, AJ Beers, 1894)

Listed as being buried in Old Greenwood Cemetery, New Haven Township
-("Huron County, Ohio Cemetery Inscriptions" - Huron County
Chapter of the Ohio Genealogical Society, 1997)

Jeff Leydor

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