This photo is in the album. It is marked My Great Grandparents Wittland.
I think that these are the parents of Louisa Basch, the Grandparents of Louisa Basch Stuve..and in turn Great Grandparents of our Tracie Stuve Henderson.
I found them in the census quite by accident. In the July 1870 Census there are listed Whittlands at 20/21..and the Ferdinand Basch’s are the next entry at 21/22. ( of course the spelling is different..but I believe that may be a census takers error.) They both are living at Spring Lake Township, Pottawattamie County, Iowa.
Whittland ( Wittland)
Fred 60 Farming Prussia
Louisa 53 Prussia
William 30 Farm Laborer Prussia
Mina 16 Missouri
Caroline 13 Missouri
Nica (unreadable) 11 Missouri
Sofia 9 Missouri
Herman 7 Missouri
From this information..Fred and Louisa Whittland (Wittland) went from Prussia ( Son William born there about 1840) to Germany (Daughter Louisa born there about 1845) to Missouri ( Daughter Mina born in 1854) and then to Iowa ( Grandchild Carrie is born there in 1864 and they live next door to daughter Louisa and son in law Ferdinand in 1870. )
Photo from Ken Baxter
The gravestone of Louisa (Frenthrup) Wittland wife of Friederick Wittland who was born in Germany. She was born July 21, 1813 and died October 26, 1893 and buried in St. Pauls Evangelical Country Church Cemetery in Dumfries, Iowa, USA. Dumfries is located in Pottawattamie County.
