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- Barbara’s illegitimate son was born in Germany about 1842 (he was seven when they came to the US, and given the Stalter name). Jacob’s real father’s name is given in documents as Thomas Luiderer from Putzbrunn.
Joseph Staker offers this analysis of Jacob’s later years:
He was brought up as a Stalter, but initially he seemed to disappear after the 1860 census. This is all the more odd because there are no contemporary notes saying he went away. Some sources have guessed that he returned to Bavaria as an adult. However, we suspect he moved no farther than Bureau County. He may be buried in Willow Springs Cemetery as Jacob Stalter, who was born Oct. 8, 1846 (headstone), and died July 10, 1912. He married Catherine Albrecht. She was born Nov. 8, 1845, and died Nov. 15, 1898, a daughter of John Albrecht and Mary Ackerman. There are clues for and against the idea. Joseph Stalter (born 1861) from this family is inexplicably buried in the same cemetery. Jacob raised prize hogs bred by Christian N. Sutter, who would have been his brother-in-law - an odd coincidence, since Jacob lived at Tiskilwa, and Christian lived at Minier. An item against: the 1900 census of Tiskilwa says Jacob immigrated in 1860, though this information may have been erroneously provided by one of his family members and no record of a passenger with this name can be found in that time frame. Herald of Truth, January 1899: "On the 15th of November, 1898, near Tiskilwa, Bureau Co., Ill., Sister Catharine, wife of Jacob Stalter, aged 53 years and 8 days. Buried on the 17th in the Willow Springs graveyard. Funeral services by Joseph Buercky in German and by Pre. McCormick in English. The deceased leaves four sons and two daughters, beside many relatives and friends to mourn her death. Joseph Buercky." Source page 45, offers a similar supposition. [5, 6]
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