Dithmarschen Emigrants (1868-1920) www.genealogy-sh.com/dithm

If a person wants to emigrate to another country, e.g., USA or Brazil, or within Germany to another city or county, he has to make application to leave. For Schleswig-Holstein, applications are available at Landesarchiv Schleswig. Applications exist for only about 10 percent of the emigrants; 90 percent of emigrants either did not make applications or the application is lost.

A Genealogical Researcher in Dithmarschen (Mr. Jochims) has spent two years to built this database by the informations of the applications of emigration [Landesarchiv Schleswig Abt.309]. He was able to locate about 3600 from Dithmarschen emigrated persons.

Rüter, Franz Heinrich Otto = born in Escheburg on 8 Nov 1869
Rüter, Georg Gustav Jacob = born in Heide on 19 Jul 1878
Rüter, Johannes Heinrich Friedrich = born in Escheburg on 29 Sep 1865
Rüter?, Wiebke Ruther = born in Weddingstedt

1900 US Census -

1905 Iowa Census - Amaqua, Boone
Ruther family listed individually with Grand Junction listed as post office address. John J, Gustav (brother), Johanna, John J N, Emma M, August H, Anna E, Elsie P, Ernest G.

1910 US Census - Year of immigration 1880. Living in Amaqua, Boone, Iowa.

www.findagrave.com - Maas Cemetery, Boone County, Iowa - no photo110