Reimer Heinrich Mahlstedt (1858 - 1922)

Born 15 Jul 1858 in Ramhusen, Dithmarschen, Schleswig-Holstein, Prussia (Germany)

Ancestors

Husband of Johanna Maria Dorothea Hell — married 31 May 1882 in Davenport, Scott County, Iowa

Husband of Anna A (Mauer) Mahlstedt — married 29 Apr 1893 in Scott County, Iowa

Descendants

Died 19 Apr 1922 at age 63 in Davenport, Scott, Iowa, United States

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Biography

Henry Mahlstedt migrated from Prussia to United States.

Reimer Mahlstedt was born on 15-July-1858 and was baptized 21-July-1858 in Marne, Schleswig-Holstein. [1] (In his birth and baptism record, his name is listed as Reimer Hinrich Mohlestedt.)

Reimer was born in the Duchy of Holstein, which was under Danish control at the time. As a result of the Second Schleswig War of 1866 (part of the Austro-Prussian War), when Reimer was about 8 years old, the area became part of the Kingdom of Prussia. The area is on the north side of the mouth of the Elbe River in present-day Germany.

In 1882 he emigrated from Ramhusen, Holstein, Prussia (now Germany) to Davenport, Iowa. He was a carpenter and became a contractor in Iowa.

He left Hamburg sailing on the Berlin on 14-Mar-1882 and transferred to the S. S. Ethiopia in Glasgow before arriving in New York on March 31. During the voyage he was traveling with his first wife Maria and his sister Mathilda.

In 1882, he is listed as a carpenter in a Davenport Iowa city directory. In 1888, he is listed as a carpenter with McClelland & Co. In 1896, there is a listing for Mahlstedt & Andreson which indicates that he and Jens C. J. Andreson are contractors and builders with offices at the rear of 1419 Marquette.

The July 26, 1901 edition of the Davenport Daily Leader reported that R. Mahlstedt had been awarded a contract to erect a $3000 brick bottling works building for the Independent Malting Company.

According to various city directory and census records, he lived at the following Davenport Iowa addresses:
- 726 W. Second Street in 1882
- 121 Brown Street in 1884
- 1907 W. Second Street in 1888
- 1903 W. Second Street from at least 1896 to 1921

Sources

• "Iowa State Census, 1885," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:H435-T6Z : 15 November 2014), Reimer Mahlstedt, Davenport, Scott, Iowa; citing p. , 1885, State Historical Society, Des Moines; FHL microfilm 1,020,181.
• "Iowa, County Births, 1880-1935," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XVXH-7QT : 20 May 2016), Reimer Mahlstedt in entry for Otto Herman Mahlstedt, 26 Apr 1889; citing Davenport, Scott, Iowa, United States; county district courts, Iowa; FHL microfilm 1,682,880.
• "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M9LF-66L : 20 January 2015), Heinrich Mahlstedt, Davenport Township, Precinct 2 Davenport city Ward 1, Scott, Iowa, United States; citing sheet 8B, family 158, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 1,240,458.
• "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MG98-395 : 29 October 2015), Reiner H Mahlstedt, Davenport Ward 1, Scott, Iowa, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 128, sheet 1B, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 1,374,435.
• "United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MDM6-1D2 : 14 December 2015), Reimer Mahlstedt, Davenport Ward 1, Scott, Iowa, United States; citing sheet 2B, NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 1,820,512.
• "Iowa, County Marriages, 1838-1934", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XJJC-69X : 8 March 2016), Reimer Heinrich Mahlstedt and Anna A. Mauer, 1893.
• Find A Grave: Memorial #51498775
• Passenger list for the Berlin from Hamburg, departed 14-Mar-1882.
• Staatsarchive Hamburg; Volume: 373-7 I, VIII B 1 Band 048; Seite: 410; Mikrofilm Number; S_13139
• "New York Passenger Lists, 1820-1891," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVS2-D1HV : 15 April 2015), R Mahlstad, 1882; citing NARA microfilm publication M237 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm .
• "United States Germans to America Index, 1850-1897," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KD7M-1BN : 27 December 2014), R. Mahlsstad, 31 Mar 1882; citing Germans to America Passenger Data file, 1850-1897, Ship Ethiopia, departed from Glasgow & Moville, arrived in New York, New York, New York, United States, NAID identifier 1746067, National Archives at College Park, Maryland.
• Obituary in the Davenport Democrat and Leader, April 19, 1922
• "Iowa Deaths and Burials, 1850-1990," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XVWM-SYY : 12 December 2014), Reimer Hinrich Mahlstedt, 19 Apr 1922; citing Davenport, Scott, Iowa, reference P 51 #610; FHL microfilm 1,480,949.
• "Iowa, County Marriages, 1838-1934", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KCWG-7NX : 8 March 2016), Reimer Henry Mahlstedt and ...Hanna M. D. Hell, 1882.
• U.S. City Directories, 1821-1889, Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com
• Ancestry.com. U.S. City Directories, 1822-1995 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011.
• Ancestry.com, Germany, Lutheran Baptisms, Marriages, and Burials, 1518-1921 [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2017. Original data: Mikrofilm Sammlung, FamilySearch.org Originale: Lutherische Kirchenbucher, 1518-1921. Various sources. [2]
• Arbeitskreis Volkszahl-Register (http://akvz.de), Census Record Research Group, 1860, Prussia, Holstein, Marne Kirchspeil (Parish), AKVZ census number V2037, Film LASH Abt.415 Nr.6044, Household 828, Location: Rahmhusen village, Rahmhusen-Auenbüttel