Individual Details
Helena "Lena" Elliott
(Jan 1861 - 20 May 1914)
On the 1870 U. S. Census Lena Elliott is living in the household of her grandparents Smith in Jamestown, Grant Co., Wisconsin.
1880 U. S. Census of Grant Co., Wisconsin, Lena is living with her uncle A. E. Smith and grandmother Jane Smith.
Huron Daily Huronite, Huron, South Dakota, Tuesday, May 26, 1914, Page 4, Col. 4: A Loving Wife and Mother Called by Death. At her home northwest of Huron, Mrs. Godfred Haas fell peacefully to sleep after a long illness of cancer of the liver, may 10th, 1914, at the age of 53 years, 8 months, 3 days. The deceased, whose maiden name was Helena C. Elliott was born at Jamestown, Wisconsin, September 17th, 1860, and united in marriage January 4th, 1881.
She leaves to mourn her loss a husband and six children; five daughters and one son, mother, one sister and a brother. A loving wife and mother, from us has gone. To know her was to love her. A loving spirit that kept the world brother, even after she knew a change was imminent and that she must speedily pass to rest the promise of future life. She hath done what she could; her life's work is ended.
At her request the 14th chapter of St. John was read by Rev. A. E. Buriff. The funeral services were held from the home, interment to Riverside cemetery.
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Card of Thanks. We wish to thank our kind friends and neighbors who so kindly assisted us at the time of the death and burial of our beloved wife and mother. Mr. Godfred Haas and family, Mrs. and Mrs. Joseph Haas, Mr. and Mrs. John Haas, Mr. and Mrs. John Kimm.
Nashua Reporter, Nashua, Iowa 4 June 1914: Word was received here by Mrs. Henry Parkin last Wednesday that her daughter, Mrs. Fred Haas, of Huron, N. D. [S. D.] had died that morning of cancer of the stomach. Mr. Haas and wife moved from Grant County Wis., to Frederika in the spring of 1892 and he conducted the blacksmith shop until about fourteen years ago when he sold out his shop and residence here and bought a farm west of Nashua. They lived there a few years then sold and bought a farm near Huron, S. D. where Mrs. Haas passed away May 20. She leaves her husband, one son, and five daughters besides her mother. Frederika Items in Waverly Independent.
1880 U. S. Census of Grant Co., Wisconsin, Lena is living with her uncle A. E. Smith and grandmother Jane Smith.
Huron Daily Huronite, Huron, South Dakota, Tuesday, May 26, 1914, Page 4, Col. 4: A Loving Wife and Mother Called by Death. At her home northwest of Huron, Mrs. Godfred Haas fell peacefully to sleep after a long illness of cancer of the liver, may 10th, 1914, at the age of 53 years, 8 months, 3 days. The deceased, whose maiden name was Helena C. Elliott was born at Jamestown, Wisconsin, September 17th, 1860, and united in marriage January 4th, 1881.
She leaves to mourn her loss a husband and six children; five daughters and one son, mother, one sister and a brother. A loving wife and mother, from us has gone. To know her was to love her. A loving spirit that kept the world brother, even after she knew a change was imminent and that she must speedily pass to rest the promise of future life. She hath done what she could; her life's work is ended.
At her request the 14th chapter of St. John was read by Rev. A. E. Buriff. The funeral services were held from the home, interment to Riverside cemetery.
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Card of Thanks. We wish to thank our kind friends and neighbors who so kindly assisted us at the time of the death and burial of our beloved wife and mother. Mr. Godfred Haas and family, Mrs. and Mrs. Joseph Haas, Mr. and Mrs. John Haas, Mr. and Mrs. John Kimm.
Nashua Reporter, Nashua, Iowa 4 June 1914: Word was received here by Mrs. Henry Parkin last Wednesday that her daughter, Mrs. Fred Haas, of Huron, N. D. [S. D.] had died that morning of cancer of the stomach. Mr. Haas and wife moved from Grant County Wis., to Frederika in the spring of 1892 and he conducted the blacksmith shop until about fourteen years ago when he sold out his shop and residence here and bought a farm west of Nashua. They lived there a few years then sold and bought a farm near Huron, S. D. where Mrs. Haas passed away May 20. She leaves her husband, one son, and five daughters besides her mother. Frederika Items in Waverly Independent.
Events
| Birth | Jan 1861 | Wisconsin |  | ||
| Marriage | 1880 | Gotfried "Fred" Haas | | ||
| Death | 20 May 1914 | Theresa Township, Beadle Co., South Dakota | | ||
| Burial | Riverside Cemetery, Huron, Beadle Co., South Dakota | |
Families
| Spouse | Gotfried "Fred" Haas (1853 - 1923) |
| Child | Bertha Cecilja Haas (1883 - 1965) |
| Child | John Frank Haas (1888 - 1955) |
| Child | Hildegard C. "Hilda" Haas (1889 - 1977) |
| Child | Elsie Haas (1893 - 1969) |
| Child | Iris Geneva Haas (1896 - 1996) |
| Child | Harriett "Hattie" Margaret Haas (1901 - 1930) |
| Father | William D. Elliott (1836 - 1891) |
| Mother | Almira Smith (1842 - 1919) |
| Sibling | Mary Jane "Jennie" Elliott (1862 - 1919) |
| Sibling | Milton Elliott (1867 - 1931) |
| Sibling | Byron Elliott (1872 - 1903) |
Endnotes
1. Abigail Farris & James Clason By Fay Morehouse Medhaug, April 1987, Page 231.
2. 1910 Census Beadle Co., South Dakota.
3. 1900 Census Floyd Co., Iowa.
4. Abigail Farris & James Clason By Fay Morehouse Medhaug, April 1987, Page 231.
5. Death Certificate of Lena Haas.
6. Rootsweb.Com.