Individual Details
Emma Johanna Weers
(27 Dec 1897 - 24 Sep 1957)
Events
| Birth | 27 Dec 1897 | Scotch Grove, Jones, Iowa, United States |  | ||
| Marriage | 7 Jan 1920 | Wayne Zion Evangelical Lutheran Church, Wayne Township, Jones, Iowa, United States - Henry Harm Doden | | ||
| Census (family) | 13 Jan 1920 | Wayne Township, Jones, Iowa, United States - Henry Harm Doden |  | | |
| Census (family) | 1925 | Anamosa, Jones, Iowa, United States - Henry Harm Doden | | | |
| Death | 24 Sep 1957 | Monticello, Jones, Iowa, United States | |
Families
| Spouse | Henry Harm Doden (1896 - 1957) |
| Father | Gerd "Garret" Weers (1860 - 1944) |
| Mother | Anna Katharina Harms (1860 - 1944) |
| Sibling | Teita Margaretha "Theda" Weers (1885 - 1970) |
| Sibling | Engel Margaretha Weers (1887 - 1973) |
| Sibling | Anna Maria "Mary" Weers (1889 - 1975) |
| Sibling | Lena Catherine Weers (1892 - 1971) |
| Sibling | Heinrich Georg "Henry" Weers (1894 - 1958) |
| Sibling | Gesine Elise "Lizzie" Weers (1900 - ) |
| Sibling | John Henry Weers (1902 - 1994) |
Notes
Census (family)
67, 67, Plueger, Fred, Head, Own Farm, MW, 57 Married, Ilinois, Germany 3x, FarmerLouise, Wife, FW, 56 married, Michigan, Germany 3x
George, Son, MW, 14, single, Iowa
Weers, Gerd, Head, Own Farm, MW, 59, married, 1878 Na, 1896, Germany 3x, Retired
Anna C, Wife, FW, 59, married, 1883 Na, Germany 3x
Tads, Daughter, FW, 34, single, Iowa, Ger Ger, works at home
68, 68, Doden, Henry, Head, MW, 23, married, Iowa, Ger, Ill
Emma, Wife, FW, 22, married, Iowa, Ger Ger
Weers. Henry, S of H Weers, 24, single, Iowa, Ger Ger, Labor Gen Farm
John, S of H weers, 17, single, Iowa, Ger Ger, Farm labor, Gen Farm
Lizzie, D of H weers, FW 19, single, Iowa, Ger Ger, maid, private house
Census (family)
100 DODEN HENREY H 27 IA H DODEN, JOHN F 64 GER DIRKS, MARGARET 59 IA101 DODEN EMMA J 25 IA W WEERS, GERD 64 HARMES, ANNA 64 GER IA
102 DODEN LAWRENCE F 3 IA S IA
103 DODEN WILBERT G 1 IA S IA
Death
THE MONTICELLO EXPRESS, MONTICELLO, IOWA, OCTOBER 2, 1975, PAGE 15EMMA J. DODENMONTICELLO - The funeral of Emma J. Doden, 77, was held Monday morning, Sept. 29, at St. Matthew Lutheran church with burial in Oakwood cemetery. Rev. Harold L. Naig officiated.
Mrs. Doden died at her home in Monticello Wednesday, Sept. 24. She was born near Scotch GroveDec. 27,1897, daughter of Gerd and Anna K. Harms Weers.
She received her early education in the rural schools of Jones county.
On Jan. 7, 1920, she married Henry H. Doden.
The couple lived in Anamosa until 1930, when they began farming in Jones county. In 1953, they retired from active farming and moved to Monticello.Mr. Doden died July 8, 1957.
She is survived by five children, Lawrence of Des Moines, Wilbert of Vancouver, Wash., Marvin of Onslow, Mrs. Roger Romp of Colorado Springs, Col. and Kenneth of Mendota, Ill.: 12 grandchildren, eight greatgrandchildren, and a brother, John Weers, Monticello.
She was preceded in death by a brother and five sisters. Casket bearers were John Webber, Fred Rieniets, Alvin Weers, Vernon Doden, Luverne Plueger, Gerald Weers, Harvey Hinrichs and Paul Waggoner.
Endnotes
1. 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.
2. , Seventy-fifth anniversary of the Zion Evangelical Lutheran Congregation 1872-1947. (Wayne Township, Jones Co. Monticello, Iowa.:, 1947), p 38.
3. , Seventy-fifth anniversary of the Zion Evangelical Lutheran Congregation 1872-1947. (Wayne Township, Jones Co. Monticello, Iowa.:, 1947), p 88.
4. U.S. Census images. Heritage Quest Online. Subscription database through the Sonoma County Public Library. (ProQuest LLC, 2009.), 1920 > IOWA > JONES > WAYNE Series: T625 Roll: 495 Page: 123.
5. Jones Co. Iowa Census, Jones Co. Iowa GenWeb online [http://iowajones.org/census/census.htm], accessed.