Individual Details
Anna Margaretha Gerdes
(4 Aug 1847 - 5 Mar 1901)
Events
| Birth | 4 Aug 1847 | Germany, Ostfriesland, Leerhafe, Kirmeer |  | ||
| Baptism | 15 Aug 1847 | Germany, Ostfriesland, Leerhafe |  | | |
| Immigration | 1872 | | | ||
| Marriage | 28 Jun 1872 | Wayne Zion Evangelical Lutheran Church, Wayne Township, Jones, Iowa, United States - Johann Gerdes Oltmanns | | ||
| Census (family) | 1880 | Cass Township, Jones, Iowa, United States - Johann Gerdes Oltmanns | | | |
| Census | 6 Jun 1900 | Wayne Township, Jones, Iowa, United States | | | |
| Death | 5 Mar 1901 | Jones, Iowa, United States | | ||
| Burial | Zion Lutheran Cemetery, Wayne Township, Jones, Iowa, United States | |
Families
| Spouse | Johann Gerdes Oltmanns (1838 - 1893) |
| Child | Gesche Margaretha "Grace" Oltmanns (1874 - 1959) |
| Child | Gerde Oltmanns (1890 - ) |
| Father | Gerhard Gerdes (1819 - 1900) |
| Mother | Gesche Margaretha Kruse (1817 - 1895) |
| Sibling | Ancke Maria Gerdes (1846 - 1846) |
| Sibling | Hinrich Janßen Gerdes (1849 - 1917) |
| Sibling | Arend Janßen "Johnson" Gerdes (1852 - 1920) |
| Sibling | Knabe [boy] Gerdes (1854 - 1854) |
| Sibling | Ricklef Gerdes (1855 - 1935) |
| Sibling | Johann "John" Gerdes (1858 - 1902) |
Notes
Baptism
Godparents Anna Marg. (married Heere Kruse, Köter, Schnapp.). Anke Marg. daughter of weil. Colonisten Hinrich Eilers Gerdes, Kirmeer, Johann Ufken, Warfsm. Oevelgönne/ Leerh.)Immigration
ausgewandert 1872 mit Eltern [with parents]Census (family)
John OLTMAN Self M Male W 40 PRUSSIA Farmer PRUSSIA PRUSSIAMargurett OLTMAN Wife M Female W 30 PRUSSIA Keeping House PRUSSIA PRUSSIA
Meta OLTMAN Dau S Female W 7 IA PRUSSIA PRUSSIA
Grace OLTMAN Dau S Female W 5 IA PRUSSIA PRUSSIA
John OLTMAN Son S Male W 2 IA PRUSSIA PRUSSIA
Guret OLTMAN Son S Male W 3M IA PRUSSIA PRUSSIA
Jacob BESTUN Other S Male W 40 PRUSSIA Farmer PRUSSIA PRUSSIA
Census
41, 41, Oltman, Anna M., Head, WF, Aug 1843, 56, Wd, 8 children born 1 living, Germany Germany Germany, 1874, 26 yrs in US, Farmer, rent, Harm, Son, WM, Jan 1887, 13, single, IA, at school
, Johanna M, Daughter, WF, May 1889, 14, single, IA, at school
Endnotes
1. Steve Read, "Descendants of Gerhard Gerdes," e-mail message from
2. U.S. Census images. Heritage Quest Online. Subscription database through the Sonoma County Public Library. (ProQuest LLC, 2009.), 1900 census.
3. , Ortssippenbuch Leerhafe (N.p.: n.p., n.d.), selected pages emailed by Jeanee Thompson (Ostfriesen List).
4. , Ortssippenbuch Leerhafe (N.p.: n.p., n.d.), selected pages emailed by Jeanee Thompson (Ostfriesen List).
5. , Seventy-fifth anniversary of the Zion Evangelical Lutheran Congregation 1872-1947. (Wayne Township, Jones Co. Monticello, Iowa.:, 1947).
6. "Iowa, County Marriages, 1838-1934," database, Family Search, (https://familysearch.org: accessed 24 July 2013), John Oltmanns and Anna Margretha Gerdas, 1872.
7. U.S. Census images. Heritage Quest Online. Subscription database through the Sonoma County Public Library. (ProQuest LLC, 2009.), 1880 > IOWA > JONES > CASS Series: T9 Roll: 348 Page: 351.
8. U.S. Census images. Heritage Quest Online. Subscription database through the Sonoma County Public Library. (ProQuest LLC, 2009.), 1900 > IOWA > JONES > WAYNE TWP Series: T623 Roll: 440 Page: 223.
9. Steve Read, "Descendants of Gerhard Gerdes," e-mail message from
10. Steve Read, "Descendants of Gerhard Gerdes," e-mail message from