Chris & Julie Petersen's Genealogy
Valentine Rothenberger[1]

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Name Valentine Rothenberger Alt. Birth Abt 1834 France [2]
age 26 in the 1860 census Birth 30 Mar 1834 Rheinsheim, Karlsruhe, Baden, Germany [3]
Gender Male Immigration 1848 Residence 1850 York, Morgan, Ohio, United States Census 19 Sep 1850 York Township, Morgan, Ohio, United States [4]
Residence 1860 Lenox Township, Iowa, Iowa, United States Census 7 Aug 1860 Lenox Township, Iowa, Iowa, United State [2]
Micheal Rothenberger Household Residence 1885 Grant, Franklin, Iowa Residence 1895 Franklin, Iowa, United States Attending funeral of Emanuel Brecht 22 Feb 1896 Watkins, Benton, Iowa, United States Residence 1900 ED 133 Grant & Osceola Townships, Franklin, Iowa, United States Residence 1920 Grant, Franklin, Iowa, United States Alt. Burial 1922 , , Iowa, United States _FSFTID KVJP-T7Q Death 18 Feb 1922 Grant Township, Franklin, Iowa, United States Burial 21 Feb 1922 Iowa Falls, Hardin, Iowa, United States Person ID I2088 Tarbert - Waldo Last Modified 19 Sep 2018
Father Johann Michael Rothenberger, b. 15 Apr 1795, Rheinsheim, Karlsruhe, Baden, Germany d. 1871 (Age 75 years)
Mother Maria Eva Klein, b. Abt 1799, d. Oct 1879, Lenox Township, Iowa, Iowa, United States
(Age ~ 80 years)
Marriage 16 May 1820 Rheinsheim, Karlsruhe, Baden, Germany Notes Married:
- Familysearch.com Ancestral File submitter Kent M Gossman 3690 E. Castano Drive, Camarillo, CA, USA 93010 AF95-103926
16 MAY 1820 Rheinsheim, Karlsruhe, Baden; Husband Age at Marriage: 25; Wife Age at Marriage: 18; Batch Number: 7324910 Sheet: 68 Source Call No.: 0822883 Type: Film."International Genealogical Index, Family History Library, www.familysearch.org.
SEALING TO SPOUSE:" 09 JUL 1974 LOGAN, Batch Number: 7324910 Sheet: 68 Source Call No.: 0822883 Type: Film." International Genealogical Index, Family History Library, www.familysearch.org.
Family ID F56 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family Mary Ann Rehart, b. Ohio, United States Marriage 8 Mar 1859 , Perry, Ohio, United States Notes Married:
- Perry City Ohio Marriages, Vol 1 Copy at Salt Lake Family History Library. This reference was found on Rootsweb's WorldConnect website. Submit by Helen Rehart Fagerburg
Children 1. Charles Pini Rothenberger, b. 1860, Lenox Township, Iowa, Iowa, United States d. 1934, , , Iowa, United States
(Age 74 years)
Family ID F774 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 31 May 2021
- Familysearch.com Ancestral File submitter Kent M Gossman 3690 E. Castano Drive, Camarillo, CA, USA 93010 AF95-103926
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Event Map = Link to Google Earth
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Notes - BURIAL: Union Cemetery at Iowa Falls, Harding Co., Iowa
Section 4 Row 18
Rothenberger, Valentine S.4 B4 L6 s4 1834-1922 Rothenberger, Charles P.
Notice as you are going by, As you are now so once was I. As now I am, so shall you be left, So while on eath prepare for death.
ROTHENBERGER S.4 B4 L6 s5 (ditto) MONUMENT
Rothenberger, Charles P. S.4 B4 L6 s6 1860-1934 (ditto)
All 48 Cemeteries in Hardin Co., Iowa Burial records from 1850’s to mid-1999 Published by Madeline Mason FHL film # 1425448 Book US/CAN 977.7535 V39m
http://www.rootsweb.com/~iahardin/cem-recs//unionif_cem4.txt
CENSUS: See 1860 & 1870 Census for Valentine - See his fathers notes.
Index of 1880 United States Census @ . http://www.familysearch.org
Census Place - Washington, Iowa , Iowa FHL film # 1254345
Valentine RO..., Self, W, Male, W, 46, BADEN, Farmer, BADEN, BADEN
Charles RO..., Son, S, Male, W, 20, IOWA, Farm Laborer, BADEN, OHIO
Note: The Valentine last name is hard to read in the original census image but it looks like Rothenberger. He is listed as an Widowed.
BIOGRAPHY: Land Record - Iowa, Iowa 1871
M. E. Rothenberger to Valentine Rothenberger
(Deed Vol. 27 FHL film # 988375 page 558)
Know all men by these ___. That Maria Eva Rothenberger widow of Michael Rothenberger deceased of the County of Iowa and State of Iowa for the consideration of the sum of one dollar to the benefits to me insuring in hand paid to her. Quit Claim unto my son Valentine Rothenberger of Iowa County State of Iowa all my rightfully and ___ in and to the following described real estate situated and being in Iowa County and State of Iowa.
Two and one half acres in the form of a square in the North West corner of the North West quarter of the North East quarter and also Two and one half acres in same form in the North East __ of the North East quarter of the North West quarter of Section No. twelve (12) in Township No. Eighty-one (81) North_ Range ten (10) West being the same parcels of land reserved for life by myself & deceased husband deed from us to Valentine Rothenberger dated October __
Wetness my had this the 17th day of November__ 1871 -- Maria Eva Rothenberger
Nov 17 1871
M.E.R
Census:
- Notes from Census event:
1) Michael Rottenger, age 55, male, farmer, value of real estate owned 2050, born in Germany.
2) Eve Rottenger, age 47, female, born in Germany.
3) Brigilla Rottenger, age 20, born in Germany.
4) Faletin Rottenger, age 16, male, born in Germany.
5) Louis Rottenger, age 12, female, born in Germany.
6) Emmy Rottenger, age 8, female, born in Germany. - Notes from Census event:
1) Micheal Rosenbarger, age 66, male, Farmer, $1200 - value of real estate, $400 -value of personal estate, born in Baden
2) Mary Rosenbarger, age 58, female , born in Baden, Ama Rosenbarger, age 18, female, born in Baden
3) «b»Velentine Rosenbarger«/b», age 26, male, Farm Laborer, $100 -value of personal estate, born in France
4) Mary A. Rosenbarger,age 20, female, born in Ohio
5) Charles Peni Rosenbarger,age 6/12, male, born Iowa.
Attending funeral of Emanuel Brecht:
- Notes from Attending funeral of Emanuel Brecht event:
Watkins Items, Feb. 24
Emanuel Brecht, an old and repected citzen living south of town died last Thursday. The funeral took place Saturday at the residence of Mathias Maag, Rev Leursman officiating. The deceased had accumulated a large fortune and leaves a widow but no children. ......
«b»Valentine Rothenburger«/b» a former citzen of Iowa county, was here attending the funeral of E. Brecht, his brother-in-law. Mr. R. lives at Iowa Falls.
- BURIAL: Union Cemetery at Iowa Falls, Harding Co., Iowa
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Sources - [S24] The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Ancestral File (R), (Copyright (c) 1987, June 1998, data as of 5 January 1998).
- [S109] Iowa, Iowa, Iowa, Iowa Country-1860-U.S. cenus, (National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), M653, roll 325 (FHL film 803325, Lenox Township, p. 174, dwelling 1161, family 1202, Household of Micheal Rothenberger (Reliability: 3).
Micheal Rosenbarger, age 66, male, Farmer, $1200 - value of real estate, $400 -value of personal estate, born in Baden; Mary Rosenbarger, age 58, female , born in Baden, Ama Rosenbarger, age 18, female, born in Baden; Velentine Rosenbarger, age 26, male, Farm Laborer, $100 -value of personal estate, born in France; Mary A. Rosenbarger,age 20, female, born in Ohio.Charles Peni Rosenbarger,age 6/12, male, born Iowa.
7 Aug 1860. - [S37] The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, International Genealogical Index (R), (Copyright (c) 1980, 2002, data as of February 27, 2004) (Reliability: 3).
VALENTIN ROTHENBERGER; Male; Birth: 30 MAR 1834 Rheinsheim, Karlsruhe, Baden; Father: JOHANN MICHAEL ROTHENBERGER; Mother: MARIA EVA KLEIN; Batch Number: 7325011 Sheet: 86 Source Call No.: 0822884 Type: Film
Form submitted by a member of the LDS Church
Search performed using PAF Insight on 09 May 2005 - [S64] Ohio, Morgan County, Ohio, Morgan County - 1850 - U.S. census, (https://familysearch.org: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), M432, roll 715 (FHL film # 444708, York Township, p. 159 handwriten 80 printed, dwelling 329, family 338, Household of Michael Rottenger, accessed 5 Feb 2016 (Reliability: 3).
Michael Rottenger, age 55, male, farmer, value of real estate owned 2050, born in Germany; Eve Rottenger, age 47 born in Germany, female; Brigilla Rottenger, age 20, born in Germany; Faletin Rottenger, age 16, male, born in Germany; Louis Rottenger, age 12, female, born in Germany; Emmy Rottenger, age 8, female, born in Germany.
19 Sep 1850.
- [S24] The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Ancestral File (R), (Copyright (c) 1987, June 1998, data as of 5 January 1998).