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STOLTEBEN, William
STOLTEBEN, William.(Prussia, Germany, Mar. 27, 1829-- ). Stolteben came to Dubuque in May, 1856 and began working at his business--merchant tailor and dealer in men's furnishing goods in a building at the corner Main and Fifth STREETS. In addition to his large stock of goods, he built one of the finest and most pleasant homes in Dubuque and was one of the city's successful business men.
In 1867, he married Mary F. Hellman, oldest daughter of John H. Hellman, one of the oldest and wealthiest citizens of Galena, Illinois. They had four children - Frank, Willie, Paula and Bertha; Mr. Stolteben had two sons, Rudolph and Anton, by a former wife. Willie, the great-grandfather of James Flansburg, married Elvena Eiffes circa 1887. They had three children -- Willie, born 1888, drowned in the MISSISSIPPI RIVER around 1906; Hildegarde STOLTEBEN, born in 1890, attended the University of Iowa in 1912 and worked with George Gallup of the poll fame while getting her master's degree. She taught journalism at DUBUQUE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL until she retired in the 1950s; and Clara, born in 1892 and married James Clarence McCauley around 1920. They had three children: Dorothy (Hoerner), born 1921 and died in 1984; James Joseph MCCAULEY; and Carol (Flansburg), born in 1933 and died in 2015.
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