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Hans Rahn

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Birthplace: Germany
Death: May 30, 1907 (76)
Douglas County, Illinois, United States
Immediate Family:

Husband of Wiebke Rahn; Magretha Rahn and Catharine Rahn
Father of John Rahn; Anna Cordts; Hans Rahn, Jr; Henry Rahn; Catherine Von Lanken and 2 others

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About Hans Rahn

Hans and Wiebke (nee Rahn) Rahn and their four children arrived in this country via the "Teutonia" on the second of June, 1865. They originally settled near Bourbon, but soon moved to the Macedonia neighborhood northeast of Garrett. Wiebke died in January of 1866 and in July of that year Hans married Magretha Leu. Hans had three children with his second bride and also adopted Magretha's daughter Mary. Magretha died in January of 1886; he married Catharina ______ in 1889. Hans died at the home of his son Henry northwest of Tuscola in May of 1907.

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Hans Rahn's Timeline

1830
December 2, 1830
Germany
1856
February 1856
Schleswig-Holstein, Germany
1857
1857
Schleswig, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany
1859
December 13, 1859
1863
May 19, 1863
Schleswig, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany
1867
May 18, 1867
Douglas, Illinois, United States
1868
November 28, 1868
1869
November 1869
1907
May 30, 1907
Age 76
Douglas County, Illinois, United States
1907
Age 76