Joseph Frederick LANGLAS^{[1, 2]}
1825 - 1906

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• Birth	06 Apr 1825	Glasow, Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Prussia   [3]
  Gender	Male
  Also Known As	Johann Friedrich "Fred" Joachim Heinrich Lanngla
  Baptism	11 Apr 1825	Buelow-Bristow CHurch Parish, se of Glasow
  Died	07 Dec 1906	North English, Sumner Township, Iowa County, Iowa   [4]
  Buried	08 Dec 1906	Genoa Bluffs Cemetery, Iowa County, Iowa
  Person ID	I789	Leonard
  Last Modified	22 Oct 2009

  
  

  Father	Johann Jochim LANGKLAS
  Mother	Georgina Catharina Sophia Maria KRUGER
  Family ID	F00343	Group Sheet

  
  

  Family	Lena Chrisitina Wilhelmina WENDEL,   b. 11 Aug 1827, Gottin, Mecklenberg, Prussia ,   d. 30 Jan 1899, Iowa Co, IA
  Married	21 Oct 1853	Warnkenhagen Parish, Glasow, Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Prussia   [5]
  Children	1. Henry H LANGLAS,   b. 04 Jul 1870, Sumner, Iowa, Iowa, USA ,   d. 21 Jul 1955, Marengo, Iowa Co., IA   2. Wilhelm Friedrich Christian LANGLAS,   b. 23 Dec 1853, Warnkenhagen, Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Germany ,   d. 20 Dec 1855, Warnkenhagen, Germany   3. Magdalena Dora Christina LANGLAS,   b. 28 Oct 1859, On Board Ship At Sea On The Atlantic Ocean ,   d. 12 Mar 1945, Marengo, Iowa Co., IA   4. William Henry LANGLAS,   b. 05 Apr 1861, Davenport, Scott County, Iowa ,   d. 26 Jan 1940, Marengo, Sumner Township, Iowa County, Iowa   5. George E. LANGLAS,   b. 22 Mar 1863, Scott Co, IA ,   d. 31 Jan 1948, Marengo, Iowa Co., IA   6. Clara Katherina LANGLAS,   b. 22 Apr 1865, Lincoln Township, Scott County, Iowa ,   d. 23 Sep 1938, Iowa Co, IA   7. Bertha Minnie LANGLAS,   b. 31 Oct 1867, Scott Co, IA ,   d. 14 May 1949, Marengo, Iowa Co., IA   8. Wilhelmine LANGLAS,   b. 10 May 1851, Gottin, Mecklenberg, Prussia ,   d. 11 Mar 1899, Sumner Township, Iowa County, Iowa
  Family ID	F00339	Group Sheet

  
  

• Notes

  From "Our Langlas Family History" by John Rodenmayer, 3 Oct 2008: Johann "Joseph" Friedrich "Fred" Jachim Heinrich Langlas was the son of Johann Jochim and Georgina Catharina Sophia Maria (Krueger) Langklas. "Fred" was born on 6 Apr 1825 in the village of Glasow, about 40 miles south of Rostock in the Mecklenburg-Schwerin region of Prussia, in what is northern Germany, today. "Fred" was baptized on 11 Apr 1825 in the Buelow-Bristow Church Parish, located a couple of miles southeast of Glasow. "Fred" and Magdalena "Lena" Christina Wilhelmina Wendel were united in marriage on 21 Oct 1853 in the Warnkenhagen Parish. "Lena" was born in the village of Gottin on 11 Aug 1827, the daughter of Christian Johann and Sophia Marie Henrike (HEIDEn) Wendel. "Lena" was baptized on 16 Aug 1827 in the Warnkenhagen Parish. The village of Gottin is about then miles north of Glasow and the Warnkenhagen Parish is about a mile west of Gottin. There have been family stories of children born before they (Fred & Lena) were married. Erma Mae (Hopp) Langlas offered the most plausible explanation. According to what she knows, "Fred" Langlas fathered a daughter, Minnie Langlas, with his neighbor's daughter. The neighbor's daughter's name is not known. After Minnie's birth on 10 May 1851, the neighbor took the baby to Fred Langlas and told him she was his to rear. Erma explained there was another daughter "Lena" Wendell bore out of wedlock, possibly with the name Clara Yur. [This section had me confused until I realized the story-teller, Erma, was saying that Lena had her OWN illegitimate child, Clara. -Ed.] The story goes that Clara came to America with her father's family and they settled in the Chicago, Illinois, area. Erma Mae tells us Clara often traveled to Iowa to visit her mother, "Lena." Another story was that out Great Great Grandmother Langlas, Magdalena "Lena" Christina Wilhelmina Wendel, was a "bondswoman" in Germany. She had two daughters our of wedlock, and either Fred Langlas brought her to America, or (this is just speculation), she became pregnant and her father paid Fred Langlas to marry her and leave for America. It is a proven fact that in 1855 Fred Langlas and "Lena" had a son, who died as an infant that same year. However, from official German church records, we now know that Wilhelmine "Minnie" Langlas was the daughter of Magdalena "Lena" Christina Wilhelmina Wendell and she was born on 10 May 1851 in Gottin. "Minnie's" biological father was Heinrich Schwartz, a Prussian soldier from Doberan, Mecklenburg, Germany. The summer of 1857 "Fred" and "Lena" left Mecklenburg, with their daughter Minnie, and headed for America. "Lena" was pregnant when they left for America. Thier daughter, Magdalena Dora Christina Langlas was born on 28 Oct. 1857 on board the ship Oder out on the Atlantic Ocean. "Lena" wanted to name their daughter Dora Langlas. But, when the ship's captain christened or baptized her, he added Magdalena and Christina. To the best of our knowledge, the ship, the Oder, arrived in New York on 2 December 1857. After the long, tiring trip, the family settled in Scott County, Iowa, near Davenport. Their next four children, William Henry Langlas, George E. "Charles" Langlas, Clara Katherina Langlas and Bertha Minnie Langlas were all born i in Scott County, Iowa between 1861 and 1867. Fred Langlas worked odd jobs for about two years before going into farming in Sumner Township, southwest of Marengo and between 12 June and 2 July 1870 the family moved from Scott County, Iowa to Iowa County, Iowa. Their last son, Henry H. Langlas was born on the farm in Sumner Township on 4 July 1870. Fred Langlas was successful with his farming and obtained two more farms in Sumner Township. Later on in the same volume, Rodenmayer notes that his great-grandmother Magdalena Dora Christina (Langlas) KRUSE could neither read nor write.




• Sources

  [S00054] BERANEK-Langlas on Ancestry.com, Byron Schafbuch and contributors, (Name: Schafbuch family includes ties to Bernek-Langlas families. Primary sources not cited, but detail indicates conscienious research.;), http://awtc.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=byronsch&id=I6575. [S00288] Our Langlas Family History, John Peter Rodenmayer, (Name: on-going project of John Rodenmayer mailed 3 Oct 2008;), p. 1. As cited. [S00288] Our Langlas Family History, John Peter Rodenmayer, (Name: on-going project of John Rodenmayer mailed 3 Oct 2008;), P.1.. As cited. [S00288] Our Langlas Family History, John Peter Rodenmayer, (Name: on-going project of John Rodenmayer mailed 3 Oct 2008;), p1. As cited. [S00288] Our Langlas Family History, John Peter Rodenmayer, (Name: on-going project of John Rodenmayer mailed 3 Oct 2008;), p.1. as cited