Schlotterbeck, Slaughterback IN, IA, OR
My gr-gr-grandmother's sister, Caroline Rosanna TUTTLE, married a John SLAUGHTERBACK 20 March 1853 in Marion County, IA.John was born 1832 in Indiana.I am told the name was originally SCHLOTTERBECK or SCHLOTTERBACH.This couple crossed the plains on the Oregon Trail in 1853, first settling for a brief time in Jackson County, Oregon.They then went to Siskiyou County, California to try their luck in the gold fields.Some time between 1860 and 1863they settled in Portland, Multnomah County, Oregon.They had children:Nancy Jane b. 1854 in OR; Martha b. 1856 in CA; Rhoda b. 1860 in CA; William Charles b. Nov. 1863 in Portland, OR; Julia b. Nov. 1863 in Portland; Carrie b. 1868 in Portland; and Lizzie b. Nov. 1874 in Portland.
Perhaps this will help someone make some connections with those "out West."