Heinrich (Henry) OLDSEN ^{49,50,51,52,53}

  General Notes:

Tombstone Records of Scott County, Iowa Page: 498 Name: Heinrich Oldsen Birth Date: 1841 Death Date: 02 Apr 1916 Cemetery: Fairmount Comment: Germany; Dav. Dem. 03 Apr 1916. Relative: wif: Sophis Paulsen; chi: Mrs. H. Andresen; chi: Mrs. L. Wagner; chi: Mrs. S. Collman; chi: Carl; chi: Hugo

1880 US census Davenport, Scott County, IA. (Henry)
Also 1900, 1910

According to http://www.kinquest.com/dkgenealogy/daneveterans.php was a veteran of the Slesvig-Holsten War of 1864

Emigrated in 1869

  Research Notes:

May have had a brother Hans, who emigrated to Iowa in 1881 and died in 1901. Hans Oldsen's wife was named Marguerite, died in 1925

  Birth Notes:

According to the letter of Grandma Wagner to Philip DePree

  Noted events in his life were:

• Naturalization, 1877, Davenport, Scott, IA. GREENLEE, JANET. Naturalization Index of Scott County, Iowa, 1842-1930. Des Moines: Iowa Genealogical Society, 1981. 228p. Page: 145

• Emigration: Emigration, 1869. According to 1900 census

Heinrich married Sophia Christine Paulsen on 21 Oct 1866 in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany. (Sophia Christine Paulsen was born on 2 Mar 1842 in Schleswig, Germany ^{50,51,54,55,56} and died on 2 Feb 1941 in Davenport, Scott, IA.)