Henry Jordan (1844 - 1902)

Born 18 Dec 1844 in Duchy Holstein

Husband of Abel (Kloppenburg) Jordan — married 3 May 1867 in Scott County, Iowa, United States

Died 18 Jul 1902 at age 57 in Keystone, Benton County, Iowa, United States

Biography

Henry Jordan was born 18 Dec 1844^[1] in Germany (per US Census records). His parents are not known.

He married Abel Kloppenburg on 3 May 1867 in Scott County, Iowa.^[2] They had no children.

Henry died 18 Jul 1902 in Keystone and is buried at Keystone Cemetery in Benton County, Iowa.^[1][3]

CENSUS and RESIDENCE HISTORY

1870 • Kane, Benton, Iowa, USA - "Jordon" household: Henry 25 (farmer) and Lena 20 (both born in Holstein).^[4]

1872 • Kane, Benton, Iowa, USA - "H Jordan" owned 80 acres in Section 16, Kane Township, Benton County, Iowa, adjacent to father-in-law "George Kloppenburgh" and brother-in-law Cornelius.^[5]

1880 • Kane, Benton, Iowa, USA - Jordan household: Henry 35, Abel 32, and laborers, Henry Hanson 22 and John Creus 30.^[6]

1885 • Kane, Benton, Iowa, USA - Jordan household: Henry 43 and Abel 37.^[7]

1895 • Keystone, Benton, Iowa, USA - "Jorden" household: Henry 51, Abel 46 and Jessie Schuett 15 (niece, daughter of Abel's sister Etta who died in 1881).^[8]

1900 • Keystone, Benton, Iowa, USA - "Jorden" household: Henry 55 and Jessie M Schuett 20.^[9]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} Find A Grave, database and images: accessed 27 Jun 2019, memorial page for Henry Jordan (18 Dec 1844–18 Jul 1902), Find A Grave: Memorial #83476443, citing Keystone Cemetery, Keystone, Benton County, Iowa, USA: headstone photo.
2. ↑ "Iowa, County Marriages, 1838-1934," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/KCWL-HJD : 25 September 2017), Henry Jordan or Gerdam or Jordam and Abel Kloppenburg or Kloppenberg, 03 May 1867, Scott, IA; citing reference 424, county courthouses, Iowa; FHL microfilm 1,004,414.
3. ↑ "Iowa Deaths and Burials, 1850-1990," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XVWZ-MMW : 11 March 2018), Heinrich Jordan, 18 Jul 1902; citing Keystone, Benton, Iowa, reference ; FHL microfilm 987,632.
4. ↑ "United States Census, 1870", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MDJJ-LFY : 11 June 2019), Lena Jordon in entry for Henry Jordon, 1870.
5. ↑ Ancestry.com. "U.S., Indexed County Land Ownership Maps, 1860-1918", [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010. Collection Number: G&M_79; Roll Number: 79.
6. ↑ "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/MDKP-GS6 : 17 August 2017), Abel Jordan in household of Henry Jordan, Kane, Benton, Iowa, United States; citing enumeration district ED 33, sheet 246C, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 0327; FHL microfilm 1,254,327
7. ↑ "Iowa State Census, 1885," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/HHHG-CN2 : 11 March 2018), Abel Jordan in household of Henry Jordan, Kane, Benton, Iowa; citing p. 33, 1885, State Historical Society, Des Moines; FHL microfilm 1,021,441.
8. ↑ "Iowa State Census, 1895," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VT3V-QGG : 12 March 2018), Abel Jorden in household of Henry Jorden, Benton, Iowa, United States; citing p. 58, 1895, State Historical Society, Des Moines; FHL microfilm 1,021,711.
9. ↑ "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M9K9-Z3C : accessed 28 June 2019), Henry Jorden, Kane Township Keystone town, Benton, Iowa, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 15, sheet 1A, family 3, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,240,417.