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KAUFMANN, Nicholas. (Grand Duchy of Luxemburg, Aug. 13, 1836-Dubuque, IA, May 5, 1908). Kaufmann attended German school until the age of fourteen and then traveled to France. He learned the carpenter's trade and served a seven year apprenticeship. Looking for new opportunity, he sailed to the United States in 1860. | Ancestry: https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/55818205:60525?tid=&pid=&queryId=17826a326f0dd3b2525e80ac3a6e6575&_phsrc=LFI1585&_phstart=successSource | ||
KAUFMANN, Nicholas. (Grand Duchy of Luxemburg, Aug. 13, 1836--Dubuque, IA, May 5, 1908). Kaufmann attended German school until the age of fourteen and then traveled to France. He learned the carpenter's trade and served a seven year apprenticeship. Looking for new opportunity, he sailed to the United States in 1860. | |||
He settled in Dubuque and worked for the [[ILLINOIS CENTRAL RAILROAD]] for twenty-one years building depots and bridges. He then took a contract for the construction of the Wurtemburg Seminary. This established him as one of the premier contractors of the day. | He settled in Dubuque and worked for the [[ILLINOIS CENTRAL RAILROAD]] for twenty-one years building depots and bridges. He then took a contract for the construction of the Wurtemburg Seminary. This established him as one of the premier contractors of the day. | ||
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KAUFMANN, Nicholas. (Grand Duchy of Luxemburg, Aug. 13, 1836--Dubuque, IA, May 5, 1908). Kaufmann attended German school until the age of fourteen and then traveled to France. He learned the carpenter's trade and served a seven year apprenticeship. Looking for new opportunity, he sailed to the United States in 1860.
He settled in Dubuque and worked for the ILLINOIS CENTRAL RAILROAD for twenty-one years building depots and bridges. He then took a contract for the construction of the Wurtemburg Seminary. This established him as one of the premier contractors of the day.
Kaufmann was an organizer and founder of the Luxemburger Gazette, a pioneering German Catholic newspaper of Dubuque. He was active in ST. MARY'S CATHOLIC CHURCH and several German benevolent societies.
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Portrait and Biographical Record of Dubuque, Jones and Clayton Counties, Iowa. Chicago: Chapman Publishing Company, 1894, p. 262