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From: Roxanne L Barth <>
Subject: [KERN-L] John Adam Kern
Date: Sun, 12 Apr 1998 12:12:46 -0500

John Adam KERN, wife and children eimmigrated from Alsace, Frankce, and
after a short stay in the United States had removed to Ontario, Canada,
wehre there was a colony of Alsatian Lutherans nar Stratford. They did not
remain in Canada long, but moved on to Winneshiek County, Iowa. In 1854
John Adam KERN and Philip PFISTER organized a German Lutheran church in the
community of Locust, Iowa. Source: 1861 - 1831 Seventhieth Anniversary of
St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Church, Locust, Iowa.

John KERN had a daughter, Mary Catharine, b. 20 Sep 1839, presumably in
Alsace even though on the census it says Ontario). Mary m. Diabold
STOSKOPF, b. 1 Mar 1825, Alsace.

Any info on John KERN would be greatly appreciated.

Roxanne

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