Christian Eduard (Edward) Herman Zastrow and Auguste Koepp

Christian Eduard (Edward) Herman Zastrow Born: January 30, 1845 in Trutzlatz, Pomerania (Germany) Died: March 13, 1914 in Morrison, Wisconsin Father: Karl (Carl) Zastrow Mother: Fredericke Louise Krueger Auguste Koepp Born: March 16, 1850 in Trutzlatz, Pomerania (Germany) Died: August 15, 1892 in Morrison, Wisconsin Father: Karl Kopp Mother: Charlotte Marriage: Children: Herman Carl August Zastrow Born: December 3, 1869 in Trutzlatz, Pomerania (Germany) Died: 1929 in Wisconsin Married Barbara Servi, sister to Edwards wife Grace Servi Johannes Albert Zastrow Born: 1873 in Trutzlatz, Pomerania (Germany) Died: February 7, 1878 in Trutzlatz, Pomerania (Germany) Same day as brother Richard Carl (Charles) Albert Wilhelm Zastrow Born: October 22, 1874 in Trutzlatz, Pomerania (Germany) Died: Richard Freidrich Wilhelm Zastrow Born: September 7, 1876 in Trutzlatz, Pomerania (Germany) Died: February 7, 1878 in Trutzlatz, Pomerania (Germany) Same day as brother Johannes Otto Freidrich Eduard Zastrow Born: December 12, 1879 in Trutzlatz, Pomerania (Germany) Died: August 22, 1953 in Wisconsin Albert Friedrich Otto Zastrow Born: May 8, 1882 Died: August 1882 on the ship Polynesia when family immigrated to the U.S. Martha Zastrow Born: 1883 in Wisconsin Died: Edward William Zastrow Born: December 14, 1886 in Wayside, Wisconsin Died: October 17, 1962 in Whitelake, Wisconsin Married Grace Servi, sister to Herman's wife Barabara Servi Emil Johann Michael Zastrow Born: April 9, 1888 Died: April 11, 1888 Ida Zastrow Born: 1890 in Morrison, Wisconsin Died: Zastrow Born: 1892 Died: 1892 at birth	Christian Eduard Herman Zastrow
Family Stories: Edward and Auguste immigrated to the United States in 1882 from Trutzlatz, Pomeriania which at that time was in Prussia. The village is now called Truslokas and is now a part of Poland since 1945. They came on the boat, "Polynesia".We believe they came over with Herman, Carl, Otto and Albert. The names and ages on the ships manifest are not all correct as we know that Johannes died in Germany, yet there is a Johanna on the manifest. It is a bit of a mystery, but from an educated guess they did come over with all of their living children. Albert, the baby, died on the way over. How difficult it must have been for them, of their first 6 children only 3 lived to adulthood. Edwards mother Fredericke, and most of the rest of his family had already been living in the United States since 1865. Some had settled in Wisconsin and some in Wyoming. He joined his mother in the Wayside/Morrison area of Wisconsin and farmed. Ten years after moving to the United States, Auguste died in childbirth with the child. Edward never remarried and died in 1914. In the mid 1850's when Edward and Auguste were born Germany consisted of smaller German states controlled by princes. There was a big controversy between having smaller German states and joining together to form the German Empire. The culmination of this was in 1870, the Franco-Prussian War, in which we think Edward fought, which then united the German states against France and with a victory the German Empire was created with Wilhelm I as King. Added to this were higher taxes and with the industrial age, less jobs for the working class. All reasons why Edward and Auguste might have picked up and left their homeland for America. They arrived in the United States about 20 years after the Civil War. They both died before WWI and the real boost of the industrial revolution.
Military Service: Service in Prussia in the Franco-Prussian War-1870-1871 (it is an educated guess that this is Edward on a casualty list, listed as injured, it would also account for the gap in the ages of the children right during these years) German Casualties in the Franco-Prussian War-1870-1l871
Documentations: 1882 Ships Manifest 1900 United States Census