Individual Details

On the Burt Co. Nebraska Gen Web site from the Oakland Independent newspaper, Oakland, Burt Co., Nebraska: Death, Joenjes, Carl June 28, 1901, p. 6, c 4, Fremont, 14 year old son of Rev. G. Toenjes drown in Platte River.

North Bend Argus, North Bend, Nebraska, June 27, 1901 Page 1: Fremont Boy Is Drowned. Fremont, Neb. June 25---Carl Toenjes, 14-year-old son of Rev. G. Toenjes of the German Lutheran church, was drowned in the Platte river. He was in bathing in company with a number of other boys of about the same age and jumped from the bank where the current was swift and carried into deep water. One of his companions, Bert Kittle, made a desperate effort to same him, but was unable to get to him in time.

Orphan of the Lutheran Orphans Home, Fremont, Nebraska. Information from Email address of contributor: cbzoe750@gmail.com. At findagarve.com-----wills2003 (#49060296)

Birth	24 Dec 1886	Farmington, St. Francois Co., Missouri
Death	21 Jun 1901	Fremont, Dodge Co., Nebraska
Burial		Ridge Cemetery, Fremont, Dodge Co., Nebraska

Father	John Gerhard Toenjes (1851 - 1922)
Mother	Ernestine Sarah Meuschke (1857 - 1941)
Sibling	Johanna Toenjes (1877 - 1960)
Sibling	Marie Toenjes (1879 - 1881)
Sibling	Theodore William Henry Toenjes (1881 - 1938)
Sibling	Ernestine W. Toenjes (1883 - 1968)
Sibling	Paul Gerhard Toenjes (1885 - 1930)
Sibling	Maria Magdelena "Lena" Toenjes (1889 - 1972)
Sibling	John Martin Toenjes (1891 - 1954)
Sibling	Martha G. Toenjes (1893 - 1952)
Sibling	Walter Toenjes (1895 - 1982)
Sibling	Olga Toenjes (1898 - 1901)
Sibling	Clara Anna Toenjes (1901 - 1904)