John married Minnie Nesvacil on 30 Nov 1905 in Iowa City, Johnson County, Iowa, USA. Minnie was born in 1879 in Iowa, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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EDELSTINE,JOHN H., farmer; Sec. 25; P. O. Riverside; was born March 14, 1843, within one mile of his present home, and is the son of' Joseph and Frances Edelstine, who settled in this township in the fall of1838; here they reared a family of six children: George, Joseph S., John H., Caroline, Josephine and Mary K; George, the eldest, was the first white child born in the township; the father of the above died January 21, 1875, and the mother in February, 1867; the subject of this sketch was married February. 24, 1870, to Miss Caroline Mellecker; she was born in Wisconsin in the year 1851; their family consists of two daughters and one son: Mary C., John F. and Florence; also one adopted son: George W.; Mr. Edelstine owns 100 acres of good land, some of which was left him by his father; he can speak four languages: German, French, Bohemian and English; is an excellent farmer and a live business man.

John married Caroline Mellecker on 24 Feb 1870 in Washington County, Iowa, USA. Caroline (daughter of Franz Xavier Mellecker and Mary Ströbel) was born in 1851 in Wisconsin, USA; died in 1911 in Iowa, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Franz married Mary Ströbel on 22 Apr 1844 in Ohio, USA. Mary was born in 1818 in Deutschland; died on 10 Oct 1891 in Johnson County, Iowa, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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BIOGRAPHY: IMMIGRATION:
Name: Xavier Mellecker
Year: 1851
Place: New York, New York
Source Publication Code: 8123.10
Primary Immigrant: Mellecker, Xavier
Annotation: Date of emigration with intended destination. Author used several sources; although most of the entries were extracted from the Alsace Emigration index, a microfilmed card file which is among the holdings of the Family History Library in Salt Lake City. Year and place of birth and occupation are also provided.
Source Bibliography: SCHRADER-MUGGENTHALER, CORNELIA. The Alsace Emigration Book. Vol. 1. Apollo, PA: Closson Press, 1989. 277p.
Page: 163

BIOGRAPHY: http://www.rootsweb.com/~iajohnso/MelleckerFamily.htm
The Mellecker family followed a similar path in America. Francis Xavier Mellecker, also known as F.X., was a distiller, a carpenter and a farmer when he brought his family to Johnson County in 1853. In fact, F.X. carved the altar in St. Stanislaus Church outside of Hills using just a steel blade knife.

Francois married Maria Anna Gross on 8 May 1822 in Guevenatten, Haut-Rhin, Alsace, France. Maria was born in 1796 in Soppe-Le-Bas, Bas-Rhin, Alsace, France; died on 10 Jan 1839 in Soppe-Le-Bas, Bas-Rhin, Alsace, France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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