Individual Details
Gesche Maria "Mary" Tobiassen
(20 May 1870 - 11 May 1957)
Events
| Birth | 20 May 1870 | Jones, Iowa, United States |  | ||
| Marriage | 12 Feb 1891 | Wayne Township, Jones, Iowa, United States - Friedrich Tjarks "Fred" Zimmerman | | ||
| Census (family) | 1925 | Monticello, Jones, Iowa, United States - Friedrich Tjarks "Fred" Zimmerman | | ||
| Death | 11 May 1957 | Monticello, Jones, Iowa, United States |  | | |
| Marriage | Friedrich Tjarks "Fred" Zimmerman | | |||
| Alt name | Mary Tobiassen | ||||
| Burial | Oakwood Cemetery, Jones, Iowa, United States | |
Families
| Spouse | Friedrich Tjarks "Fred" Zimmerman (1868 - 1944) |
| Child | Henry Zimmerman (1892 - 1901) |
| Child | Lena M Zimmerman (1894 - ) |
| Father | Johann Hinrich "John Henry" Tobiassen (1841 - 1891) |
| Mother | Anna / Angela "Engel" Rickels ( - ) |
| Sibling | Katherine Sophie "Katie" Tobiassen (1869 - 1951) |
Notes
Death
Monticello Express, Page 12, May 16, 1957Mary Gesche Tobiason Zimmerman
20 May 1870–11 May 1957
Mary Zimmerman Funeral Conducted
Mrs. Mary Gesche Zimmerman, 86, died at her home here Saturday afternoon, May 11. Funeral services were held from the Goettsch funeral home at 2 p.m. Tuesday with burial in Oakwood cemetery. Rev. Arnold Schlueter of the St. Matthew Lutheran church officiated.
Mrs. Zimmerman was born May 20, 1870, at Monticello, the daughter of Henry and Angela (Rickels) Tobiason. She was married February 12, 1891, at Wayne Zion church to Fred Zimmerman, who died February 12, 1944. She had been a Monticello resident for twenty-seven years.
Survivors include four daughters, Clara Zimmerman, Freda Zimmerman, Mrs. Thomas (Lena) Faust, and Mrs. Kenneth (Esther) Hosford of Rowley; a brother, Rudolph Tobiason, a sister, Mrs. Della Poppe; two grandchildren, and one great-granddaughter.
She was also preceded in death by a son.
Pallbearers were Henry Tobiason, Hayo Tobiason, Michael Tobiason, T. R. Tobiason, George Rickels and John H. Rickels.
Endnotes
1. 1885 State Census, Iowa, Jones Co. Ln=Line Number Dw=Dwelling number Fm=Family number Tw=Township Rn=Range Se=Section Loc=Location M=Marital status Fa=Father (Native/Foreign) Mo=Mother (Native/Foreign) (transcribed by Don Thomson for Rootsweb http://www.rootsweb.com/~iajones/census/85castle.htm 2002).
2. Oakwood Cemetery burial list, US Genweb and Jones Co. Genealogy Society online http://iowajones.org/cemetery/Oakwood03.htm], accessed March 2008.
3. Jones Co. Iowa marriage books, online.
BOOK D 1877-1884 :: BOOK E 1884-1891 :: BOOK F 1891-1898 (USGenWeb
4. , Seventy-fifth anniversary of the Zion Evangelical Lutheran Congregation 1872-1947. (Wayne Township, Jones Co. Monticello, Iowa.:, 1947), Feb 12, 1891 Friedrich Tjarks Zimmermann Gesche Maria Tobiassen .
5. Jones Co. Iowa Census, Jones Co. Iowa GenWeb online [http://iowajones.org/census/census.htm], accessed.
6. Oakwood Cemetery burial list, US Genweb and Jones Co. Genealogy Society online http://iowajones.org/cemetery/Oakwood03.htm], accessed March 2008.
7. "Iowa, County Marriages, 1838-1934," database, Family Search, (https://familysearch.org: accessed 28 December 2013), Harrison Lubben and Lena M Zimmerman, 1914.
8. Oakwood Cemetery burial list, US Genweb and Jones Co. Genealogy Society online http://iowajones.org/cemetery/Oakwood03.htm], accessed March 2008.