Extended Family Histories
Sophia Leitheiser

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Name Sophia Leitheiser Born 10 May 1849 Buffalo, NY Gender Female _UID 57B3E3E088D740AF8AABE58112D56DEDF769 Died 14 Apr 1910 Person ID I1088 Gary and Connie Genealogy Last Modified 17 May 2009
Father Franz Joseph Leitheiser, b. 1819, Germany , d. 11 Oct 1884, Bridgewater, SD
(Age 65 years)
Mother Mary Catherine Kircher, b. May 1825, Ireland , d. 15 Apr 1908, Goodrick, ND
(Age ~ 82 years)
Married 1843 Buffalo, NY _UID 0E1EAE172BB141E5BA7F6563414E097F0B9C Family ID F148 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Husband Frank J Eisenmann, b. Scotland, UK _UID 9E1BB2BFA361423695A746438FA0390FE2F6 Children 1. Otto Eisenmann 2. Helen Eisenmann 3. Ed Eisenmann 4. Theresa Eisenmann 5. Joe Eisenmann 6. Clara Eisenmann 7. Anna Eisenmann 8. Rose Eisenmann 9. George Eisenmann 10. Charles Eisenmann 11. Robert Eisenmann Last Modified 7 Jul 2017 Family ID F195 Group Sheet | Family Chart
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Notes - Sophie and her sister Rosa married Civil War veterans. The two men were together during the war and remained friends after the war. The two couples decided to go to South Dakota when the land was opened for settlement. The Dakota Territory was opened for settlement in 1858 and the Homestead Act was passed in 1863. In 1876 they claimed homesteads in South Dakota and started a town, naming it Scotland.
Family history claims Sophia was born in 1844, but her obituary states1849. Her year of death, 1910, is uncertain.
- Sophie and her sister Rosa married Civil War veterans. The two men were together during the war and remained friends after the war. The two couples decided to go to South Dakota when the land was opened for settlement. The Dakota Territory was opened for settlement in 1858 and the Homestead Act was passed in 1863. In 1876 they claimed homesteads in South Dakota and started a town, naming it Scotland.
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Photos unconfirmed Leitheiser photo. ca 1890s?
These are in the Leitheiser branch. Based on the information in the database, there is only one family to have five daughters reach adulthood -- the Sophia Leitheiser and Frank Eisenmann family. Assuming that is correct, then this is ca 1890s.