Henry Drahn--first of the Jochim Friederich Drahn children to emigrate from Germany--came to America aboard the steamship BORUSSIA that left from the Port of Hamburg for the Port of New York on Sunday, April 22, 1866 arriving on Sunday, May 6. Henry, one of 751 passengers, was 24 years old. Also aboard were his fiancee, Carolina ("Lena") Aulerich, 22; her younger brothers, Jurgen, 19, and Heinrich, 16; Lena's remarried mother, Dorothea (Schultz) (Aulerich) Krambeer, her second husband Johann, and their five young children: Dora, 13; Johann, 7; Marie, 6; Jochim, 5; and Wilhelmine, 2. By May 10, the Drahn-Aulerich-Krambeer group was in Clayton County, Iowa.
Henry Drahn met Lena in Menkendorf, Mecklenburg-Schwerin, a village northwest of his own, while in the service of his country. An obstacle, unknown today, prevented their marriage in Germany. Henry and Lena married almost immediately after arriving in Clayton County, Iowa, their wedding taking place at Garnavillo on May 28, 1866, officiated by Rev. F. Rentsch.
In 1867 Henry and Lena were joined in Clayton County by Henry's mother, Sophia (Schütt) (Drahn) Drechsler, 59; his elder sister, Maria Drahn (later Johanningmeier), 30; Maria's son, Carl Drahn (later Charles Johanningmeier), 1; his younger sister Elizabeth Drahn (later Schroeder), 20; and Elizabeth's future husband, Carl Schroeder, 28. Both Maria and Carl had worked in Hamburg before their departure.
(Younger brother Johann Joachim Friederich "Fred" Drahn also came to Clayton County, but the year of his arrival is undocumented.)
Henry, naturalized on June 4, 1875, and wife Lena farmed in Farmersburg Township for many years before retiring in Froelich in Giard Township, then in Monona in Monona Township. Seven of their eight children, all born in Clayton County, lived to maturity. Daughter Anna Katharine, their firstborn, died in 1874 at at about seven years of age and is buried in the Garnavillo Cemetery, Garnavillo, Clayton County.
Göhren in Mecklenburg-Schwerin was the birth location of Henry and his three siblings, Maria, Fred, and Elizabeth. Henry's father was born and died there. Although born elsewhere, Henry's grandparents, Johann Christoph Drahn and Catharina Sophia (Pamprien) Drahn, also died at Göhren.
Henry was the first Drahn from Germany to Iowa, but not the first Drahn from Germany to America. That distinction could belong to a family that arrived in the late 1840s and settled in Chicago, Illinois. From there they went to Waco, Texas, then on to the Ozarks. The immigrant male may have been a brother to Henry Drahn's father and, therefore, would trace to Johann "Christoph" Drahn and Hans Lorentz Drahn in Mecklenburg-Schwerin.
Creative, erroneous spellings of "Drahn" abound in records, and pronunciations have evolved differently. Iowans, who pronounce the name "Dran," do not use the original umlaut above the "a" or convert it to "ae." The Texas branch uses "Draehn," pronouncing it "Drain." Others are known to pronounce their surname "Drawn."
NOTE: Henry's death record is at St. Paul Evangelical Lutheran Church, Monona, Clayton County, Iowa: Entry #1, 1928 Deaths/Burials. He died on March 1 and was buried on March 4.
--DeeAnna Allum Granston, author
JOHANNINGMEIER, DRAHN, SCHRADER, Clayton County, Iowa
Henry Drahn met Lena in Menkendorf, Mecklenburg-Schwerin, a village northwest of his own, while in the service of his country. An obstacle, unknown today, prevented their marriage in Germany. Henry and Lena married almost immediately after arriving in Clayton County, Iowa, their wedding taking place at Garnavillo on May 28, 1866, officiated by Rev. F. Rentsch.
In 1867 Henry and Lena were joined in Clayton County by Henry's mother, Sophia (Schütt) (Drahn) Drechsler, 59; his elder sister, Maria Drahn (later Johanningmeier), 30; Maria's son, Carl Drahn (later Charles Johanningmeier), 1; his younger sister Elizabeth Drahn (later Schroeder), 20; and Elizabeth's future husband, Carl Schroeder, 28. Both Maria and Carl had worked in Hamburg before their departure.
(Younger brother Johann Joachim Friederich "Fred" Drahn also came to Clayton County, but the year of his arrival is undocumented.)
Henry, naturalized on June 4, 1875, and wife Lena farmed in Farmersburg Township for many years before retiring in Froelich in Giard Township, then in Monona in Monona Township. Seven of their eight children, all born in Clayton County, lived to maturity. Daughter Anna Katharine, their firstborn, died in 1874 at at about seven years of age and is buried in the Garnavillo Cemetery, Garnavillo, Clayton County.
Göhren in Mecklenburg-Schwerin was the birth location of Henry and his three siblings, Maria, Fred, and Elizabeth. Henry's father was born and died there. Although born elsewhere, Henry's grandparents, Johann Christoph Drahn and Catharina Sophia (Pamprien) Drahn, also died at Göhren.
Henry was the first Drahn from Germany to Iowa, but not the first Drahn from Germany to America. That distinction could belong to a family that arrived in the late 1840s and settled in Chicago, Illinois. From there they went to Waco, Texas, then on to the Ozarks. The immigrant male may have been a brother to Henry Drahn's father and, therefore, would trace to Johann "Christoph" Drahn and Hans Lorentz Drahn in Mecklenburg-Schwerin.
Creative, erroneous spellings of "Drahn" abound in records, and pronunciations have evolved differently. Iowans, who pronounce the name "Dran," do not use the original umlaut above the "a" or convert it to "ae." The Texas branch uses "Draehn," pronouncing it "Drain." Others are known to pronounce their surname "Drawn."
NOTE: Henry's death record is at St. Paul Evangelical Lutheran Church, Monona, Clayton County, Iowa: Entry #1, 1928 Deaths/Burials. He died on March 1 and was buried on March 4.
--DeeAnna Allum Granston, author
JOHANNINGMEIER, DRAHN, SCHRADER, Clayton County, Iowa
Henry Drahn--first of the Jochim Friederich Drahn children to emigrate from Germany--came to America aboard the steamship BORUSSIA that left from the Port of Hamburg for the Port of New York on Sunday, April 22, 1866 arriving on Sunday, May 6. Henry, one of 751 passengers, was 24 years old. Also aboard were his fiancee, Carolina ("Lena") Aulerich, 22; her younger brothers, Jurgen, 19, and Heinrich, 16; Lena's remarried mother, Dorothea (Schultz) (Aulerich) Krambeer, her second husband Johann, and their five young children: Dora, 13; Johann, 7; Marie, 6; Jochim, 5; and Wilhelmine, 2. By May 10, the Drahn-Aulerich-Krambeer group was in Clayton County, Iowa.
Henry Drahn met Lena in Menkendorf, Mecklenburg-Schwerin, a village northwest of his own, while in the service of his country. An obstacle, unknown today, prevented their marriage in Germany. Henry and Lena married almost immediately after arriving in Clayton County, Iowa, their wedding taking place at Garnavillo on May 28, 1866, officiated by Rev. F. Rentsch.
In 1867 Henry and Lena were joined in Clayton County by Henry's mother, Sophia (Schütt) (Drahn) Drechsler, 59; his elder sister, Maria Drahn (later Johanningmeier), 30; Maria's son, Carl Drahn (later Charles Johanningmeier), 1; his younger sister Elizabeth Drahn (later Schroeder), 20; and Elizabeth's future husband, Carl Schroeder, 28. Both Maria and Carl had worked in Hamburg before their departure.
(Younger brother Johann Joachim Friederich "Fred" Drahn also came to Clayton County, but the year of his arrival is undocumented.)
Henry, naturalized on June 4, 1875, and wife Lena farmed in Farmersburg Township for many years before retiring in Froelich in Giard Township, then in Monona in Monona Township. Seven of their eight children, all born in Clayton County, lived to maturity. Daughter Anna Katharine, their firstborn, died in 1874 at at about seven years of age and is buried in the Garnavillo Cemetery, Garnavillo, Clayton County.
Göhren in Mecklenburg-Schwerin was the birth location of Henry and his three siblings, Maria, Fred, and Elizabeth. Henry's father was born and died there. Although born elsewhere, Henry's grandparents, Johann Christoph Drahn and Catharina Sophia (Pamprien) Drahn, also died at Göhren.
Henry was the first Drahn from Germany to Iowa, but not the first Drahn from Germany to America. That distinction could belong to a family that arrived in the late 1840s and settled in Chicago, Illinois. From there they went to Waco, Texas, then on to the Ozarks. The immigrant male may have been a brother to Henry Drahn's father and, therefore, would trace to Johann "Christoph" Drahn and Hans Lorentz Drahn in Mecklenburg-Schwerin.
Creative, erroneous spellings of "Drahn" abound in records, and pronunciations have evolved differently. Iowans, who pronounce the name "Dran," do not use the original umlaut above the "a" or convert it to "ae." The Texas branch uses "Draehn," pronouncing it "Drain." Others are known to pronounce their surname "Drawn."
NOTE: Henry's death record is at St. Paul Evangelical Lutheran Church, Monona, Clayton County, Iowa: Entry #1, 1928 Deaths/Burials. He died on March 1 and was buried on March 4.
--DeeAnna Allum Granston, author
JOHANNINGMEIER, DRAHN, SCHRADER, Clayton County, Iowa
Henry Drahn met Lena in Menkendorf, Mecklenburg-Schwerin, a village northwest of his own, while in the service of his country. An obstacle, unknown today, prevented their marriage in Germany. Henry and Lena married almost immediately after arriving in Clayton County, Iowa, their wedding taking place at Garnavillo on May 28, 1866, officiated by Rev. F. Rentsch.
In 1867 Henry and Lena were joined in Clayton County by Henry's mother, Sophia (Schütt) (Drahn) Drechsler, 59; his elder sister, Maria Drahn (later Johanningmeier), 30; Maria's son, Carl Drahn (later Charles Johanningmeier), 1; his younger sister Elizabeth Drahn (later Schroeder), 20; and Elizabeth's future husband, Carl Schroeder, 28. Both Maria and Carl had worked in Hamburg before their departure.
(Younger brother Johann Joachim Friederich "Fred" Drahn also came to Clayton County, but the year of his arrival is undocumented.)
Henry, naturalized on June 4, 1875, and wife Lena farmed in Farmersburg Township for many years before retiring in Froelich in Giard Township, then in Monona in Monona Township. Seven of their eight children, all born in Clayton County, lived to maturity. Daughter Anna Katharine, their firstborn, died in 1874 at at about seven years of age and is buried in the Garnavillo Cemetery, Garnavillo, Clayton County.
Göhren in Mecklenburg-Schwerin was the birth location of Henry and his three siblings, Maria, Fred, and Elizabeth. Henry's father was born and died there. Although born elsewhere, Henry's grandparents, Johann Christoph Drahn and Catharina Sophia (Pamprien) Drahn, also died at Göhren.
Henry was the first Drahn from Germany to Iowa, but not the first Drahn from Germany to America. That distinction could belong to a family that arrived in the late 1840s and settled in Chicago, Illinois. From there they went to Waco, Texas, then on to the Ozarks. The immigrant male may have been a brother to Henry Drahn's father and, therefore, would trace to Johann "Christoph" Drahn and Hans Lorentz Drahn in Mecklenburg-Schwerin.
Creative, erroneous spellings of "Drahn" abound in records, and pronunciations have evolved differently. Iowans, who pronounce the name "Dran," do not use the original umlaut above the "a" or convert it to "ae." The Texas branch uses "Draehn," pronouncing it "Drain." Others are known to pronounce their surname "Drawn."
NOTE: Henry's death record is at St. Paul Evangelical Lutheran Church, Monona, Clayton County, Iowa: Entry #1, 1928 Deaths/Burials. He died on March 1 and was buried on March 4.
--DeeAnna Allum Granston, author
JOHANNINGMEIER, DRAHN, SCHRADER, Clayton County, Iowa
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Anna Marie Katharine Drahn
1867–1874
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Marie Dorothea Elise "Mary" Drahn Vullgraf
1869–1952
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Heinrich Wilhelm "Henry William" Drahn
1871–1949
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Carolina Sophia (Lena) Drahn Larson
1873–1957
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Frederick Karl George "Fred" Drahn
1876–1966
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Bertha Drahn Kaiser
1878–1928
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Rev Wilhelm Johann Charles "Will" Drahn
1880–1957
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Emma Ida Alwine Friederike Drahn Krahn
1881–1969
