Individual Details
Wilhelm Frederick "Fred" Gerdes
(12 Mar 1873 - 5 Feb 1961)
Events
| Birth | 12 Mar 1873 | Muscatine, Muscatine, Iowa, United States |  |  | |
| Marriage | 14 Feb 1896 | Wymore, Gage, Nebraska, United States - Anna T Ehnen | | ||
| Census (family) | 1900 | Odell village, Paddock Township, Gage, Nebraska, United States - Anna T Ehnen | | ||
| Census (family) | 6 May 1910 | Sicily Township, Gage, Nebraska, United States - Anna T Ehnen | | | |
| Death | 5 Feb 1961 | Wymore, Gage, Nebraska, United States | |
Families
| Spouse | Anna T Ehnen (1873 - 1935) |
| Child | Will E Gerdes (1897 - 1985) |
| Child | Lester J Gerdes (1898 - 1962) |
| Child | Eliza Gerdes (1903 - ) |
| Child | Elnora Gerdes (1903 - ) |
| Child | Caroline Gerdes (1909 - ) |
| Father | Arend Janßen "Johnson" Gerdes (1852 - 1920) |
| Mother | Johanna Elisa "Elise" Von Beeston (1850 - 1919) |
| Sibling | Gerhard "Garret" Gerdes (1875 - 1957) |
| Sibling | Tjark Johann Gerdes (1877 - 1942) |
| Sibling | Louise Margaretha Gerdes (1878 - 1979) |
| Sibling | Grace Henricka Gerdes (1884 - 1975) |
Notes
Birth
There is a family legend that Johanna was pregnant when she immigrated, and met Janssen on the boat over. Supposedly she was engaged in an arranged marriage, and didn't want to marry the man. (Albright)Census (family)
Frederick Gerdes Head M 27 Mar 1873 Iowa Germany GermanyAnna Gerdes Wife F 27 Dec 1873 Illinois Germany Germany
Willie E Gerdes Son M 3 Aug 1897 Nebraska
Lester J Gerdes Son M 2 Nov 1898 Nebraska
Census (family)
97, 97, Gerdes, W. F., Head, WM, 37, Married1-14 yrs, IA Germany Germany, General Farmer, Own Free Farm, Anna, Wife, FW, 36, M1-14, 5 children born & living, IL Ger Ger
, Will, Son, MW, 12, single, NE IA IL
, Lester, Son, MW, 11, single, NE IA IL
, Eliza, Daughter, FW, 7, single, NE IA IL
, Elnora, Daughter, FW, 7, single, NE IA IL
, Caroline, Daughter, fW, 19/12, single, NE IA IL
Endnotes
1. Steve Read, "Descendants of Gerhard Gerdes," e-mail message from
2. "Nebraska, Marriages, 1855-1995," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org: accessed 1 October 2014), Fred Gerdes and Anna Ehnen, 14 Feb 1896; citing Wymore, Gage, Nebraska.
3. U.S. Census images. Heritage Quest Online. Subscription database through the Sonoma County Public Library. (ProQuest LLC, 2009.), 1910 > NEBRASKA > GAGE > SICILY TWP Series: T624 Roll: 846 Page: 136.
4. Steve Read, "Descendants of Gerhard Gerdes," e-mail message from