Individual Details
Augusta Wilhelmine Peters
(11 Aug 1870 - 26 Sep 1942)
Events
| Birth | 11 Aug 1870 | Cleverens, Jever, Germany | |||
| Immigration | 1884 | ||||
| Census | 1885 | Wayne Township, Jones, Iowa, United States |  | ||
| Marriage | 11 Nov 1890 | Wayne Township, Jones, Iowa, United States - Heinrich "Henry" Freese |  | ||
| Census (family) | 14 Jun 1900 | Lovell Township, Jones, Iowa, United States - Heinrich "Henry" Freese | | ||
| Census (family) | 1920 | Lovell Township, Jones, Iowa, United States - Heinrich "Henry" Freese | | ||
| Census (family) | 1930 | South Fork Township, Delaware, Iowa, United States - Heinrich "Henry" Freese | | ||
| Death | 26 Sep 1942 | Monticello, Jones, Iowa, United States | |
Families
| Spouse | Heinrich "Henry" Freese (1868 - 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 | Johann Heinrich Peters ( - ) |
| Mother | Christine Margaretha Schroeder (1833 - 1891) |
| Sibling | Johanna Margaretha "Hannah" Peters (1860 - 1885) |
| Sibling | Katharina Margaretha Peters (1867 - 1885) |
| Sibling | John Peters ( - 1942) |
Notes
Census
Eno Burrack M 33Christina Burrack F 29
Magaretha Burrack F 4
Henry W Burrack M 2
Augusta W Peters F 14, single, housekeeper, Germany
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
MONTICELLO EXPRESS....OCTOBER 1, 1942...PAGE 8FUNERAL TUES. FOR MRS. FREESE
DIED SATURDAY AT HOME OF WILLIAM MATTHIESSEN HERE
Funeral services were held Tuesday afternoon at the St. Matthew's Lutheran church for Mrs. Henry Freese, 72, who died at the home of her daughter, Mrs. William Matthiessen, Saturday morning, Sept. 26. The Rev. Henry L. Adix, pastor, conducted the services. Burial was at Oakwood cemetery.
Mrs. Freese had been confined to her bed for the past 11 weeks. On July 12 she was admitted to the local hospital and after a few weeks of hospitalization whe was apparently slowly recovering until she suffered a stroke August 10. From that time on, she slowly lost ground, until all her strength was consumed.
Born in Cleverens, Jever, Germany, a child of Johann Heinrich Peters and his wife Marguerite, nee Schroeder, on August 11, 1870. She was baptized Augusta Wilhelmine. As a 13 year old girl she came to this country and at the age of 16 she was confirmed in Wayne by Pastor Christian Mardorf.
On November 11, 1890, she was married to Heinrich Freese, and they lived in the same loction in Lovell and South Fork townships for about 50 years. There were four children: John, who died in March, 1940, Anne (Mrs. William Matthiessen); Gerhard Freese, and Elisa (Mrs. Ernest Wahl), Monticello.
Besides her husband she is survived by one brother, John Peters, Monticello, and by nine grandchildren.
Endnotes
1. "Iowa, County Marriages, 1838-1934," database, Family Search, (https://familysearch.org: Heinrich Freese and Miss Augusta W Peters, 1890. 15 April 2017), .