Individual Details
Heinrich "Henry" Freese
(3 Oct 1868 - 31 Oct 1942)
Events
| Birth | 3 Oct 1868 | Langstrasse, Ostfriesland, Germany | |||
| Immigration | 1885 | ||||
| Marriage | 11 Nov 1890 | Wayne Township, Jones, Iowa, United States - Augusta Wilhelmine Peters |  | ||
| Census (family) | 14 Jun 1900 | Lovell Township, Jones, Iowa, United States - Augusta Wilhelmine Peters |  | ||
| Census (family) | 1920 | Lovell Township, Jones, Iowa, United States - Augusta Wilhelmine Peters | | ||
| Census (family) | 1930 | South Fork Township, Delaware, Iowa, United States - Augusta Wilhelmine Peters | | ||
| Death | 31 Oct 1942 | Monticello, Jones, Iowa, United States | |
Families
| Spouse | Augusta Wilhelmine Peters (1870 - 1942) |
| Child | Anna Margaret Freese (1891 - 1982) |
| Child | Johann Heinrich "John" Freese (1894 - 1940) |
| Child | Gerhard D Freese (1895 - 1954) |
| Child | Elsie Katherine "Lizzie" Freese (1899 - 1991) |
| Father | Dirk Nanne Freese ( - ) |
| Mother | Agnetha Maria Hinricks ( - ) |
| Sibling | Anna Maria Freese (1866 - 1937) |
| Sibling | Herman Diedtrich Freese (1872 - 1951) |
| Sibling | Tobe Hinrich Freese (1862 - 1936) |
Notes
Census (family)
116, 117, Freese, Henry, Head, WM, Oct 1868, 31, married 9 yrs, Germany 3x, 1885, 15 yrs in US Na, Farmer, can read write English, own mortgage farm, Augusta, Wife, WF, Aug 1871, 28, M-9, 4 children born & living, Germany 3x 1884, 16 yrs in US
, Anna, Daughter, WF, Nov 1891, 8, single, IA, at school
, John, Son, WM, Mar 1894, 6, single, IA, at school
, Gerhard, Son, WM, Aug 1895, 4, single, IA
, Lizzie, Daughter, WF, Jan 1899, 1, single, IA
Lange, Freda, Servant, WF, Sept 1887, 12, single, IA Germany Germany, Servant
Census (family)
Henry Freese Head M 50 GermanyAgusta Freese Wife F 49 Germany
John Freese Son M 25 Iowa
Gerhard Freese Son M 24 Iowa
Census (family)
John H Freese Head M 36 IowaElezabeth Freese Wife F 28 Iowa
Lillian Freese Daughter F 4 Iowa
Loren Freese Son M 1 Iowa
Henry Freese Father M 61 Germany
Augustia Freese Mother F 59 Germany
Death
THE MONTICELLO EXPRESS...NOVEMBER 5, 1942...PAGE 4H. Freese Died Saturday
Burial Service Held Here Wed. At Lutheran Church
Burial services were held Wednesday afternoon at 2 o'clock for Heinrich Freese, 74, who died at the John McDonald hospital here Saturday, October 31. Services were in charge of the Rev. H. L. Adix, with burial at the local cemetery. Freese entered St. Luke's hospital, Cedar Rapids, on October 6; and was brought to the local hospital on October 25. On the evening of October 31 he passed away. Heinrich Freese was born in Langstrasse, Reepshold, Hannover, Germany, on October 3, 1868, the son of Dirk and Anna (Hinrichs) Freese. He was baptized and confirmed
a member of the Lutheran church in Germany. At the age of 16 he came to this country. He travelled to Iowa to get his first farming job, and for two years was employed by Henry Hayen. On November 11, 1890, he was married to Auguste Wilhelmine Peters and in the same year started farming for himself. In 1894 he bought a farm five miles northeast of Monticello and in 1912 he purchased the adjoining farm, where he lived his lifetime, with the exception of one and a half years spent in Monticello in 1925 and 1926. Mrs. Freese preceded her husband in death by exactly five weeks. He is survived by three children, Anna (Mrs. William Matthiessen), Gerhard, and Elisa (Mrs. Ernest Wahl); one brother, Dietrich, at Amber; and nine grandchildren. One son, John, died several years ago.
Endnotes
1. "Iowa, County Marriages, 1838-1934," database, Family Search, (https://familysearch.org: Heinrich Freese and Miss Augusta W Peters, 1890. 15 April 2017), .