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Notes:Bernard Heinrich immigrated to the United States with his family
and his unmarried brother Bernard Heinrich Anton Voerding,
arriving in New York on September 1, 1851 aboard the ship Emigrant. After immigrating and
until approximately 1858/1859, they lived in Walworth County
close to the city of Burlington, WI. The family then moved to
Minnesota, where they settled first at Luxemberg, Stearns County,
near St. Augusta. Here Henry Voerding purchased the homestead
rights of another settler who didn't intend to stay there. Henry
erected a log cabin of tamarack logs and started breaking his new land.
With one team of oxen and crude implements Henry Voerding
established a farm and by hard work progressed rapidly. In several years
he was able to purchase several teams of oxen which he hired out to
N. P. Clark of St. Cloud to freight supplies. In 1869 he and his family
came to St. George Township, and the following year, he became
the first postmaster of Duelm. The post office was set up in his
home in 1870 and he was the postmaster for seven years.
There is some confusion as to how many children Henry and
Anna Maria actually had -- eight or nine. The History of
St. Lawrence Parish states that they had nine, but so far research
has shown only eight. Perhaps a child died in infancy or there may
be a numerical error in the History of St. Lawrence Parish.
"Henry Voerding, a native of Prussia, was born on the 7th of
November, 1818. He enlisted in the Prussian army in 1840, serving
for three years. Then resided on a farm until 1851, when he came to
America. After living in several counties of Wisconsin, Mr. Voerding
came to what is now known as St. Augusta, Stearns County, where
he was one of the pioneers of the town. In 1869, he came to his present
farm, and the year following, was appointed Post-master, at Duelm,
and held that position until 1877. Mr. Voerding was married to
Miss Mary Ann Janning, on the 13th of May, 1843. They have had
nine children, only four of whom are now living."
-- History of the Upper Missippi Valley, (1881) p. 367
At the time of the 1880 federal census, Henry Voerding was 62 years old
and living with his wife Mary Ann and son Matthew in St. George, Benton
County, MN. He was working as a farmer and his son helped him working
as a farm laborer. [Source: NA Film No. T9-0615, p. 169B]
At the time of the July 11, 1895 Minnesota state census, Henry Voerding
was 76 years old and living with his wife Mary A. on a farm in St. George
Township. Henry was still working full-time as a farmer. He said he was
born in Germany and both his parents were of foreign birth. He stated he
had been in Minnesota for 42 years and had been living in the same
enumeration district for 30 of those years.
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