Mathias Iltis, Sr. was born November 11, 1801 in Alsace, France. His family was German but the boundary in the Alsace-Lorraine region was French at the time. He was married to Maria Barbara Baldensperger. They imigrated to America in 1852 and eventually settled in Chaska, Minnesota.

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