Individual Details
Anna Christina Roos
(December 14, 1854 - March 15, 1941)
Events
| Birth | December 14, 1854 | Ostfriesland, Germany |  | ||
| Departure | August, 1862 | on the Adler - Bremen, Bremen, Germany | | ||
| Arrival | August 18, 1862 | New York, New York, United States |  | | |
| Census | 1870 | Illinois, United States | | | |
| Marriage | May 2, 1880 | Grundy, Iowa, United States - Ippe Devries | | ||
| Census | 1880 | Monroe, Butler, Iowa, United States | | ||
| Census | 1885 | Aplington, Butler, Iowa, United States | | ||
| Census | 1900 | Albion, Butler, Iowa, United States | | ||
| Census | 1910 | Seneca, McHenry, Illinois, United States | | | |
| Residence | August, 1912 | Butler, Iowa, United States | | | |
| Census | 1920 | Monroe, Butler, Iowa, United States | | ||
| Census | 1925 | Butler, Iowa, United States | | | |
| Census | 1930 | Monroe, Butler, Iowa, United States | | | |
| Census | 1940 | Aplington, Butler, Iowa, United States | | | |
| Death | March 15, 1941 | Aplington, Butler, Iowa, United States | | ||
| Burial | March 18, 1941 | Pleasant View Cemetery, Aplington, Butler, Iowa, United States | | ||
| Pension | Butler, Iowa, United States | | | ||
| Religion | Baptist | |
Families
| Spouse | Ippe Devries (1850 - 1936) |
| Child | Anna Devries (1882 - ) |
| Child | George Devries (1884 - 1940) |
| Child | Esther Devries (1886 - ) |
| Child | Catherine Devries (1888 - 1975) |
| Child | Walter Devries (1889 - 1958) |
| Child | Wilhemina Devries (1890 - ) |
| Child | Olga Devries (1895 - 1987) |
| Father | Garbrand Roos (1820 - 1888) |
| Mother | Catharina Renistra (1821 - 1909) |
| Sibling | Jan Garbrand JG Roos (1847 - 1922) |
| Sibling | Minnie Roos (1855 - 1965) |
| Sibling | Christian Garbrand Roos (1859 - 1951) |
| Sibling | Johann Roose (1865 - 1926) |
Notes
Arrival
Anna was 8 years old when she left for America.Census
G and Catharina born in Germany, Anna, Mena Minnie, Christian born in Prussia, John born in Illinois. Garbrand is a farmer, Catharina keeps house.Census
Anna and Ippe are on a dairy farm, older sons are farm hands, older daughter is a trained nurse.Residence
John Roos has sold out his land holding in Nobles county, Minnesota and has bought the Ippe De Vries quarter in section 26 of Bennezette township.Census
The Iowa 1925 census contains great information: birth year and place, religion, citizenship, parents names, birth and marriage place, 3 pages totalCensus
The family owns a radio and lives in town, Ippe is a retired farmer, Anna keeps house, Catherine is single and a bank cashier.Census
Anna lives with her daughter Catherine.Pension
Between 1934 and 1958 states created the Old Age Assistance Act, following the great Depression and before Social Security was enacted. Anna along with everyone else of a certain age paid in about 1% of income per month or a similar amount. This information is written up only in government forms, 100s of pages, puffed up language, and different in each state.Endnotes
1. Iowa Death Records 1904-1951 database, State Historical Society of Iowa, Des Moines, Iowa.30 October 2018, FamilySearch.org, Digital Folder 104052715 Image 02671 (2671 of 4841).
2. FamilySearch.org, New York Passenger Lists 1820-1891 database with images, FamilySearch.org, 14 June 2016, FHL 000175578 Digital 004679890 Image 00107 (107 of 451).
3. FamilySearch.org, New York Passenger Lists 1820-1891 database with images, FamilySearch.org, 14 June 2016, FHL 000175578 Digital 004679890 Image 00107 (107 of 451).
4. United States Census 1870 database, FamilySearch.org, accessed 2016. Citing NARA microfilm publication M593, Washington, D.C., FHL 000545764 Digital Folder 004263703 Image 00456 (8 of 32).
5. Iowa, County Marriages, 1838-1934 database: FHL microfilm 001302945 Digital Folder 004707884 Image 00227 view at Family History Center; FamilySearch.org, , .
6. United States 1880 census database, FamilySearch.org, 14 June 2016. Citing NARA microfilm publication T9. Washington, D.C., FHL 1254330 Digital Folder 005160592 Image 00169 (19 of 20).
7. Iowa state census, County, population, , , ; FHL microfilm .
8. United States Census 1900 database, FamilySearch.org accessed 2016. NARA microfilm publication M432, Washington D.C., FHL 1240420 Digital Folder 004120098 Image 00500 (35 of 36).
9. United States Census 1910 database, FamilySearch.org, 14 June 2016. Citing NARA microfilm publication T624, Washington, D.C, FHL 1374317 Digital Folder 004970815 Image 01210 (31 of 31).
10. The Aplington (Iowa) News. Digital Archives of Aplington Legion Memorial Library https://www.aplington.lib.ia.us, Home Do Research Genealogy , 1912 Aug 29 page 1 column 6 top John Roos selling his Nobles, Minnesota land.
11. United States Census 1920 database, FamilySearch.org, 14 June 2016. Citing NARA microfilm publication T625, Washington, D.C., FHL 1820480 Digital Folder 004965858 Image 00901 (24 of 34).
12. Iowa state census, County, population, , , ; FHL microfilm .
13. United States Census 1930 database, FamilySearch.org, 14 June 2016. Citing NARA microfilm publication T626. Washington, D.C., FHL 2340380 Digital Folder 004950661 Image 00663 (1 of 14).
14. United States census 1940 database, FamilySearch.org, 2017. Citing NARA digital publication T627 RG 29, Washington, D.C., Digital Folder 005461440 Image 00960 (6 of 17).
15. Iowa Death Records 1904-1951 database, State Historical Society of Iowa, Des Moines, Iowa.30 October 2018, FamilySearch.org, Digital Folder 104052715 Image 02671 (2671 of 4841).
16. Iowa Death Records 1904-1951 database, State Historical Society of Iowa, Des Moines, Iowa.30 October 2018, FamilySearch.org, Digital Folder 104052715 Image 02671 (2671 of 4841).
17. FamilySearch.org. Iowa old age tax assistance records 1934-1958 database, FamilySearch.org, 27 July 2018, Digital Folder 007897322 Image 00170 view at Family History Library.
18. Iowa state census, County, population, , , ; FHL microfilm .