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- Peter (Sr.) Juhl's son George Juhl knew the name of his grandfather,Hans Peter Juhl, (per death certificate), and thus possibly knew hisgrandfather as a young person and it would seem then that Hans Peter(I) Juhl may have died in or near probably the Sorup area of the DuchySchleswig, Denmark, now in the Schleswig area in Germany, where thefamily had been living prior to their emigration to theU.S.A.--America in 1892.
IMPORTANT NOTE ON ORIGINS OF THE FAMILY: "As a matter of trivia, theterm "Holstein" derives from the Old Norse and Old Saxon, HolsetaLand, meaning simply "Woodland". Originally, it referred to thecentral of the three Saxon tribes north of the Elbe river, Tedmarsgoi,Holcetae, and Sturmarii. The area of the Holcetae was between the St?rRiver and Hamburg, after Christianization their main church was inSchenefeld.
The term Schleswig takes its name from the city of Schleswig. The namederives from the Schlei inlet in the east and viking meaning inlet orsettlement in Old Saxon and Old Norse." Internet Source:en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schleswig-Holstein
[Transcribed 12 April 2006, SLJuhl, compiler]
Hedwig Juhl stated that her and her parents were from the Schleswigarea in the 1920 census records for Martin County, Minnesota, andPeter H. Juhl, stated on the census this is where he also was born,however it was noted that the census recorder began to write down alsoHolstein, but wrote "GER" over the word Holstein on the record. The"Hol" can be seen just beneath the "GER" in the writing. The "Hol"probably noted a reference to Holstein. Peter H. Juhl is living withHedwig at this time, and the same thing is written for him as well inall three catagories of his and his parents origins. Peter is HedwigJuhl's oldest son. Then it was noted that Meta Juhl Stoltenburg hadstated that she was from Holstein, Germany on the Martin County,Minnesota 1920 census record as well, and this is where she was bornalso, and that this is where her parents were born. Meta & Peter arebrother and sister, siblings. The compiler then concludes that thefamily is probably from near or in the Schleswig-Holstein provinceoriginally.
[11 April 2006, SLJuhl, compiler]
SOURCE: Saturday, March 29, 2008, Quad-City Times Newspaper, FrontPage Article; qctimes.com
"DAVENPORT MONUMENT RETURNS--German freedom fighters' memorial etchedin stone--...The stone will serve as a memorial to the German 48s, whobattled for freedom in their homeland of Schleswig-Holstein in 1848,1849, and 1850. The original Davenport monument honoring the 48s wentmissing amid anti-German fervor during World War I. ...The DavenportGerman 48s battled oppressive forces in their homeland ofSchleswig-Holstein while fighting for their right to live as they sawfit. Many veterans of that fight that began in 1848 left the regionand found freedom in the United States, some of them in Davenport.This Sunday, a 12 ton stone is being dedicated in honor of those men,90 years after the original memorial went missing during anti-Germanfervor in Worl War I. ... About 200 men settled in Davenportfollowing the fighting that ended with compromise in 1851 and 1852between German forces and neighbor Denmark. ...Denmark finallyconceded its claims on Schleswig in 1864. The society recognized theveterans by placing a red granite marker in Washington Square(Davenport) on March 24, 1898. ---American/Schleswig-HolsteinHeritage Society, or ASHHS---"Many of those gentlemen were members ofthe Schuetzenpark Gilde, ...etc..."
NOTE: The article is very interesting since Peter (Sr.) Juhl and theJuhl Family were living in Davenport, Scott County, Iowa when thefirst monument was dedicated in 1898, and they also were from the verysame area of Denmark/Germany of Schleswig-Holstein. In 1898, therewas a large community of Scandinavian Germans living in Davenport,Iowa who had steadily immigrated to the Davenport, Iowa area since theabove mentioned War of 1848-1852.
The history dates of the article also confirm the where abouts of thefamily in the Schleswig-Holstein with the birth dates of Hans Peter(I) and Peter (Sr.) Juhl since they are of possibly Scandinaviannativity rather than German nativity. Peter H. Juhl and his siblingswere born in, what by their births, indicated Schleswig-Holstein,Germany, because they were all born after 1864, confirming theirPrussian/German nativity; The Juhl Family lived in the same land areaof Schleswig-Holstein for many years, but with the War of 1848-1852,the ownership of the area had changed from Denmark to Germany.
Summary: Officially, Hans Peter and Peter Sr. Juhl were bothconsidered officially to have Denmark (Danish) nativity, but Peter H.Juhl and his siblings were officially of Prussian/German nativity,even if all of them considered themselves to be either of a German orScandinavia culture. It is confusing also since Prussia and Austriawere also involved in the boundary disputes. Much more research isrequired to ferrot out the actual nativity questions of all of theearliest known family members.
The above explanation probably held true for the Peterson's and manyother families of Scandinavian German origin also living in theDavenport, Scott County, Iowa area.
In 1864, Denmark ceded Schleswig (which the Danes call Slesvig) and
Holstein to Prussia and Austria (both came in 1866 to Prussia, andwere
included in the unification of 1871).
HISTORY OF SCHLESWIG-HOLSTEIN, GERMANY
SOURCE INTERNET SITE: http://www.numismondo.com/pm/sch/
"The allocation of Holstein to Germany was never questioned by theDanes,
Schleswig was contested. Originally - in the middle ages - Danishland,
during the 16th to 18th century Schleswig and Holstein had a commonhistory,
separate from and often in conflict with Denmark. The commonparliament of
Schleswig-Holstein chose (lower) German as their official language,and a
considerable segment of the Schleswig population developed, over the
centuries, a Schleswig-Holsteinish / German identity, while aconsiderable
part of the peasantry, especially in the northern section ofSchleswig, felt
Danish.
Thus, the Schleswigers in the 19th century, were split in a camp witha
German, and a camp with a Danish identity (actually there is a third,
Northern Frisian camp). The treaty of 1864 foresaw the questioning ofthe
population of Northern Schleswig by plebiscite (if they wanted theirland to
be part of Germany or Denmark); the Germans failed to hold thatplebiscite.
After Germany lost WW I (in which Denmark took no part) thatplebiscite
was enforced, only in parts of Schleswig. Two thirds of Schleswigremained
German, with the city which gave the area her name; the northernsection was
separated and united with Denmark. The area remaining with Germany iscalled
S?nderjylland by the Danes; the German Bundesland Schleswig-Holsteinhas a
Danish minority, which is guaranteed a seat in the state legislature.
Our sincere thanks to WHKMLA for providing the aboveSchleswig-Holstein history."
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