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Richard Heller, a member of the [Majestic] Order of Germania Lodge A. O. H. W. and Dubuque Camp Modern Woodmen, was one of the men who | Richard Heller, a member of the [Majestic] Order of Germania Lodge A. O. H. W. and Dubuque Camp Modern Woodmen, was one of the men who was prominent and active in the movement to erect [[GERMANIA HALL]]. His own business was the manufacture of cigars; his factory was located at 1618 Clay Street. | ||
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Family History: http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=58824116
HELLER, Richard Heinrich. (Saxe-Meiningen, Germany, June 21, 1841--Dubuque, IA, Jan. 23, 1906). Heller was the second child of the Georg Heller, a carpenter in Altenbreitungen, and Anna Margarethe Schmidt. He came to America in 1859, and settled first at Baltimore and later Cumberland, Maryland. From there he went to New York. It was there that he married Adeline Fromm. In 1867 they moved to Galena, Illinois and then Dubuque in 1880.
Richard Heller, a member of the [Majestic] Order of Germania Lodge A. O. H. W. and Dubuque Camp Modern Woodmen, was one of the men who was prominent and active in the movement to erect GERMANIA HALL. His own business was the manufacture of cigars; his factory was located at 1618 Clay Street.
See: Phillip HELLER
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Obituary: Dubuque Telegraph Herald, Jan 24, 1906.]
Christa Hughes, descendant--email, March 4, 2014