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John H Cawelti vs John Cawelti

John H Cawelti vs John Cawelti

Posted: 12 Apr 2015 6:58PM GMT
Classification: Query
I am finding what appears to be a snarled mess in Cawelti family trees. Someone please help me sort this out. Johann Georg Cawelti 1799-1849 had many children. The two I am focusing on are Johanne George Cawelti 1824-1897 known as George and his brother Johannes Cawelti 1829-1893 known as John. George and John unfortunately each named a son John H Cawelti. George's son was born 1855 in Wisconsin; John's son was born 1856 in Ohio.
The Wisconsin John H is in the 1860 Chickasaw County Iowa census and married Margaret about 1877. They had a daughter Mary b 1879 in Iowa and are in the 1880 Chickasaw County census. As far as I can determine Wisconsin John stayed in Iowa.
The Ohio John H married Hattie Green in 1896 which I believe was his second marriage. Ohio John is in the 1860 McGregor Co Iowa census but moved to California by 1876 and is found in the 1880 Ag census in Hueneme California.
Are Viola b 1884, Lena b 1887 and Wm J b 1892 the children of WI or OH John Cawelti? And if the OH John is their father, what was their mothers name? Some family trees state their mother was Margaret but that was the name of WI John's wife.
I am descended from Johann "George" Cawelti born 1824.
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