History
The DEFLORIN HAUS was built in 1880 by John Martin DeFlorin, who along with his wife, Fidelia and their daughter, Caroline, immigrated to Missouri from Switzerland in 1871.
John was born in Switzerland on 8-29-1838 and his parents were from Germany. Fidelia, whose maiden name was Maria Fidelia Schneider was also born in Switzerland on 11-8-1848 and her parents were from Germany.
In 1879 John and Fidelia purchased three lots on the West side of St. George Church for sixty dollars and built a small but authentic stone German house. John was a stone mason by trade and also built other stone houses in the area.
To the union of John and Fidelia DeFlorin were born nine children,
Fidelia died on 11-12-1891 at the age of forty three and she is buried in St. George Cemetery, just three blocks from DeFlorin Haus.
On 7-10-1893 John then married Christina
Schildmacher Osthoff.
John passed on 2-16-1919 and is also buried in St. George Cemetery.
NOTE: - We have left a few things original to preserve a aesthetic sense of historic authenticity. The time worn wall at the right is an example
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