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Christena Holst 1826 - 1908

Christena (Staack) Holst was born on October 28, 1826 in Kosel, Eckernförde County, Schleswig-Holstein Germany, and had a sister Sophia M Petersen. Christena Holst died at age 82 years old on December 7, 1908 in Vale, Butte County, South Dakota United States.

Christena (Staack) Holst

Christena Hölst

October 28, 1826

Kosel, Eckernförde County, Schleswig-Holstein, 24354, Germany

December 7, 1908

Vale, Butte County, South Dakota, 57788, United States

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Introduction

Johann and Christine Holst had emigrated from Schleswig Holstein, then a province of Denmark in 1852, but a few years later claimed by Germany in the Prussian War. This war was the reason for the emigrants coming to America among them Johann Holst and some brothers and sisters and Christine Staack, whom Johann married after they reached America, from New Orleans where the ship docked, the party came up the Mississippi River to Sabula, Iowa. From Sabula the Holst family moved to Dubuque, Iowa, where they owned a hotel.
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1826

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October 28, 1826

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Kosel, Eckernförde County, Schleswig-Holstein 24354, Germany

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1908

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December 7, 1908

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Vale, Butte County, South Dakota 57788, United States
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The services of Mrs. Christina Staack Holst were held at the Vale Presbyterian Church on Friday afternoon, Rev. C.D. Erskine of Sturgis officiating. Interment was made in the Vale cemetery. Deceased died of dropsy on Monday morning at the home of her daughter, Mrs. William Holdren of Vale, after an illness of over a year. Six children survive the mother: Mrs. William Holdren, Mrs. O. Arndt, Mrs. Peter Felion, John Holst, Wm. Holst, all residing in or near Vale, and Mrs. Boyson Ross of Akron, Iowa. The deceased was born in Schleswig, Germany, October 28th 1826. She came to this country in 1852, and married Johan Holst in 1852. In 1865 the family came to Dakota Territory, and in 1883 moved to the Black Hills. The church edifice was filled with sorrowing friends, which attests the high esteem in which she was held. The sympathy of the community is extended to the bereaved family. NEWSPAPER ARTICLE ON THE DEATH OF CHRISTINA STAACK-HOLST

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Christena Holst lived 7 years longer than the average family member when died at the age of 82.

The average age of a Staack family member is 75.

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07/25/2022

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Michael D. Petersen

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07/25/2022

"The Record of Johann Holst and Christina Staack's Voyage to Iowa"

All of the records of their initial settlement in eastern Iowa being only traditional stories, I hired Margaret Foster of 4401 S.W. 5th, Des Moines, Iowa 50315, to research any records that might be available at the state's records in Des Moines. Her records listed elsewhere, here, made it appear that they had come to eastern Iowa in 1852, instead of 1851. My attempts to find any record in 1851 had proved futile, so at the recommendation of Mrs. Foster, I hired Dottie Millman of 8613 Stockton Parkway, Alexandria, Virginia 22308, to search the ship passenger lists for the year 1852.

From the information that I gave her, she assumed that they left from the port of Hamburg, Germany. She then checked the Manuscripts of the Library of Congress passengers leaving that port in 1852 and found that Joh Holst and Hans Holst were listed on the ship Leibnitz under Captain Meyer (Meier) leaving the port of Hamburg on the 16th day of March 1852 for New Orleans with 108 passengers. With that information, she then went to the National Archives and checked the quarterly Abstract lists of ships coming into that port, finding them arriving there on the 25th day of May 1852.

Mrs. Foster found another girl by the name Staack in Clinton County, Cecelia, who married Hans Petersen on December 14th, 1855, and died November 1856. Magdalena Staack married Peter Petersen on August 13th, 1852, the same day that Johann and Christina were married by Judge Spurr in Bellevue, Jackson County, Iowa.

Written January 5th, 1988, by Vernon Holst

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