Individual Details

Tobias Folkers

(Mar 1877 - 13 Dec 1957)

Mr. and Mrs. Tobias Folkers of Wayne township celebrated their 25th Wedding anniversary yesterday. They were married March 8, 1900, by Rev. Mardorf at Zion's Lutheran church in Wayne township. On account of the inclement weather the anniversary was not celebrated in March, but was put off until the roads were better. Mrs. Folkers was Miss Katie Rickels, (a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Gerd Rickels, previous to her marriage. A large group of relatives and friends were invited to the celebration.

Events

BirthMar 1877Jones, Iowa, United States
Marriage8 Mar 1900Wayne Zion Evangelical Lutheran Church, Wayne Township, Jones, Iowa, United States - Katherina Sophie "Katie" Rickels
Census (family)15 Jun 1900Wayne Township, Jones, Iowa, United States - Katherina Sophie "Katie" Rickels
Census (family)1925Wayne Township, Jones, Iowa, United States - Katherina Sophie "Katie" Rickels
Death13 Dec 1957Monticello, Jones, Iowa, United States
BurialOakwood Cemetery, Lovell Township, Jones, Iowa, United States

Families

SpouseKatherina Sophie "Katie" Rickels (1882 - 1954)
FatherC Harm Folkers (1841 - 1905)
MotherWüebke Maria "Mary" Tobiassen (1846 - 1923)
SiblingWiemke Lena Marie Folkers (1871 - 1906)
SiblingHinrich Reiken "Henry" Folkers (1872 - 1944)
SiblingJohanna Margaretha "Meta" Folkers (1875 - )
SiblingJohann "John" Folkers (1879 - 1937)
SiblingBernhard Hermann Folkers (1886 - 1970)

Notes

Census (family)

119, 119, Folkers, Tobias, Head, WM, Mar 1877, 23, Married 0 yrs, Iowa Ger Ger, Farmer
Catherine S, Wife WF, July 1882, 17, Married 0 yrs, 0 children, Iowa Ger Ger

Census (family)

115 FOLKERS TOBIAS 48 IA H FOLKERS, HARN GER TOBIASON, W M GER IA
116 FOLKERS KATE 42 IA W RICKEL, GERD 70 GER TOBIASON, J M C 74 GER IA
117 FOLKERS H W G 22 IA S IA
118 TOENJES VELDA 3 IA D IA
118 FOLKERS EDA C M 16 IA D IA

Death

SOURCE: THE MONTICELLO EXPRESS...PAGE 5....DECEMBER 16, 1957
TOBIAS FOLKERS RITES CONDUCTED
Services were held Monday, Dec. 16, at 1:30 p.m. for Tobias Folkers, 80,who died in John McDonald hospital here Friday, Dec.13, after a brief illness. Services were conducted by Rev. Arnold Schlueter at St. Matthew Lutheran church. Interment was in Oakwood cemetery.
Mr. Folkers was born Mar 5, 1877, the son of Harm and Maria Tobiason Folkers. He married Katharina Rickels Mar. 8, 1900, and they farmed in Wayne Township until moving to Monticello 29 years ago. His wife preceded him in death Nov. 27, 1954. He was a member of St. Matthew Lutheran church.
He is survived by one son. H.W.G. Folkers of Scotch Grove; one daughter, Mrs. Merle (Edna) Jacbbsen of Mesa, Ariz.; eight grandchildren and seven great grandchildren and one brother, Herman Folkers of Anamosa. Two brothers and two sisters preceded him in death.

Burial

*049-6 Tobias
Folkers 1877
12/13/1957
Monticello

Endnotes

1. , Seventy-fifth anniversary of the Zion Evangelical Lutheran Congregation 1872-1947. (Wayne Township, Jones Co. Monticello, Iowa.:, 1947), p 84.

2. "Iowa, County Marriages, 1838-1934," database, Family Search, (https://familysearch.org: accessed 26 May 2013), Gerd Rickels in entry for Tobias Folkers and Catherine S Rickels, 1900..

3. 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: 228.

4. Jones Co. Iowa Census, Jones Co. Iowa GenWeb online [http://iowajones.org/census/census.htm], accessed.

5. Oakwood Cemetery burial list, US Genweb and Jones Co. Genealogy Society online http://iowajones.org/cemetery/Oakwood03.htm], accessed March 2008.

6. Oakwood Cemetery burial list, US Genweb and Jones Co. Genealogy Society online http://iowajones.org/cemetery/Oakwood03.htm], accessed March 2008.