It appears the Flessners arrived in Champaign County, Illinois, after emigrating from Germany, before moving to Fonda, Iowa.
Meanwhile, the Folkerts were in Palmer, and then to Manson. I do not know where they originated prior to coming to Iowa.
From Behrens, p. 231, which matches / corroborates family diagrams I put together when I spoke with Ruth many, many years ago.
From Chapter 18, Champaign County, Illinois, p. 231.
Ekke Andreesen Flessner was born December 12, 1824, in Ludwigsdorf, Ostfriesland, the son of Ekke Andreeson Flessner (note the very same name which causes confusion) and Anna Catharine Margaretha geb. Behrends. He married Barbara Andreesen Flessner (his cousin, causing more confusion) in the Lutheran Church at Weene. She was born on December 20, 1832, at Ludwigsdorf, the daughter of Andrew Thomson Flessner and Hille Eilers geb. Baldsen.
Ekke and Barbara emigrated to Golden, Illinois, in August 1869, and subsequently moved to the Flatville area in Champaign County.
The question remains: when coming up the Mississippi River, did they decide not to go all the way to Chicago, getting off the boat early; did they get off at St Louis and continue by land to Golden, or was there a stop on the Mississippi River just west of Golden? The answer will surprise you. It surprised me.
Google german immigrants Golden Illinois.
Golden, Illinois, is just east of the Mississippi River, east of the Kansas state line, north of St Louis, and midway between St Louis and Davenport, Iowa.
Ekke Flessner had been a farmer and sailor in Ostfriesland, and was a farmer at Flatville. Ekke Flessner died on September 13, 1904, and Barbara Flessner on March 6, 1906. They are both buried in Beckman Cemetery.
The map, Flessners:
- Beckman Cemetery, Champaign County, IL, cemetery photo. Cemetery appears to be northwest of Flatville, just north of the Thomasboro - Flatville highway;
- Champaign, IL: city
- Thomasboro: town, midway between Champaign and Rantoul
- Rantoul: town, 15 miles north of Champaign; minister here provided cemetery info on Ekke; home of Chanute AFB (decommissioned)
- Flatville: village, 10 miles southeast of Rantoul;
The map, Folkerts / Palmer - Manson -- Flessners / Illinois --> Fonda:
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Waverly, Iowa
After receiving her teaching degree [Cedar Falls] after the death of her husband, Edna moved to Waverly, Iowa, with her two children, Gil and Margaret Ann, where Edna taught at the same school for 32 years.
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