Johann Jacob Luff (1773-1850)

Anna Catharina Arnold (1773-1847)

Johann Jakob Gerlach (1774-1835)

Anna Magdalena Gross (1779-After 1836)

Johann Valentine Jacob Luff (1805-1879)

Anna Maria Gerlach (1808-1891)

Jacob Luff (1836-1923)

 

Family Links Spouses/Children: Eva Katharine Laudert Mary Luff Caroline E Luff+ Katharine Luff Margaret E Luff Lisetta Luff William Luff+ Jacob Martin Luff+ Charles Fred Luff+ Peter Luff+ Lena Luff Andrew Valentine Luff Annie Luff+ Jacob Luff 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Born: 16 Oct 1836, Genheim, Rheinland-Pfalz, Preußen, Germany 5 12 Married: 27 Dec 1856, Germantown, Washington Co., Wisconsin Died: 13 Dec 1923, Ortonville, Big Stone Co., Minnesota 5 12 Buried: 15 Dec 1923, Mound Cemetery, Ortonville, Big Stone Co., Minnesota 5 12    Cause of his death was accute myocardial insufficiency.5    Another name for Jacob was Jacob Loof.    General Notes: Family record gives his birth date as 17 October. Church record used. Genheim is north of Bad Kreuznach, near Stromberg.    Events: • Immigration, 1853, Genheim, Rheinland-Pfalz, Preußen, Germany. 12 "When he was 17 years of age he (Jacob) accompanied by his parents, immigrated to the United States, first landing in Wisconsin and making his home with his parents in a small village only a short distance from Milwaukee." • Residence, 1857-1888, New Richland, Waseca Co., Minnesota. 13 • Residence, 13 Jun 1900, Ortley Township, Roberts Co., South Dakota. 14 • Residence, 1888-1902, Wilmot And Summit, Roberts Co., South Dakota. 13 • Occupation: Farmer & Carpenter. • Baptism, 20 Oct 1836, Genheim, Rheinland-Pfalz, Preußen, Germany. Jacob married Eva Katharine Laudert, daughter of Johann Daniel Laudert and Susanna Marie Auler, on 27 Dec 1856 in Germantown, Washington Co., Wisconsin. (Eva Katharine Laudert was born on 1 Dec 1838 in Manubach, Rheinland-Pfalz, Preußen, Germany 15 16, died on 14 Jan 1929 in Ortonville, Big Stone Co., Minnesota 15 and was buried on 20 Jan 1929 in Mound Cemetery, Ortonville, Big Stone Co., Minnesota 15.) The cause of her death was influenza.5

1 The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, International Genealogical Index (R), (Copyright (c) 1980, 2000, data as of January 2000).

2 Bruce Jensen, "Laudert Gedcom", (Online:<http://awt.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GED&db=:2175850&id=I106059283>, Downloaded 10 Oct 2002).

3 David Axe, Luff Gedcom.

4 Uwe Guenzel, "Luff Gedcom".

5 State of Minnesota, Division of Vital Statistics, Jacob Luff death certificate, state file no. 1001, local registrar's no. 4, (1923, photocopy of certificate in possession of Alison Fuchs.)

6 United States General Land Office at Watertown, Dakota Territory, Jacob Luff Land Patent for the W 1/2 NW 1/4 and NE 1/4 NW 1/4 Section 31 and SE 1/4 of SW 1/4 Section 30, Township 123 North, Range 48 West, (Watertown, Dakota Territory 1884 - 1891).

7 Department of the Interior, United States Land Office, Watertown, South Dakota, Jacob Luff Land Patent for the W 1/2 NE 1/4 and SE 1/4 NE 1/4 of Section 34, Township 122 North, Range 52 West, (Watertown, South Dakota, 1892 - 1903).

8 State of Wisconsin, Washington County District Court, Jacob Luff Declaration of Intention, (West Bend, Wisconsin 11 Apr 1860).

9 State of South Dakota, County of Roberts, 3rd Judicial Circuit, Jacob Luff Naturalization Papers, (Wilmot, South Dakota, 21 Oct 1892).

10 Roberts County Centennial Committee, Roberts County History, (1961).

11 H. S. Morris, Historical Stories Legends and Traditions, Roberts County and Northeastern South Dakota, (Sisseton, South Dakota: The Sisseton Courier, 1975).

12 Ortonville Journal, (Ortonville, Minnesota), "Old Settler is Called to Rest", obituary of Jacob Luff, 20 Dec 1923.

13 Ortonville Journal Star, (Ortonville, Minnesota), "Eva K. Luff, 90, Died Monday" obituary of Eva Luff, 20 Jan 1929.

14 South Dakota, Roberts County, 1900 U.S. Census, population schedule, (Washington D.C.: The National Archives, 1900

), Jacob Luff household, Ortley Township, enumeration district [ED] 283, supervisor's district [SD] 2, sheet 4b, dwelling 96, family 97. Digital image of microfilm of original records in the National Archives, Washington D.C.

15 Ortonville Journal Star, (Ortonville, Minnesota), Ortonville Journal Star.

16 Ortonville Journal, (Ortonville, Minnesota), "Grandma Luff Dead: Was Past 90 Yrs. Old", obituary of Eva Luff, 17 Jan 1929.