Individual Details

Henry Cornelius Balster

(6 Jan 1875 - 16 Jan 1958)

Henry Balster lost his barn and considerable other property in Scotch Grove township as the result of a wind storm. Parts of the barn were carried a distance of 80 rods. The property loss amounted to $2800.
[The Monticello Express, Thu, May 5, 1938]

Events

Birth6 Jan 1875Germany
Marriage14 Feb 1901Wayne Zion Evangelical Lutheran Church, Wayne Township, Jones, Iowa, United States - Anke Lena Husmann
Census (family)5 Jan 1920Monticello, Jones, Iowa, United States - Anke Lena Husmann
Census (family)1925Monticello, Jones, Iowa, United States - Anke Lena Husmann
Death16 Jan 1958Orange, California, United States

Families

SpouseAnke Lena Husmann (1880 - 1970)
ChildLiving
ChildLiving
FatherDedrick Balster ( - 1925)
MotherHenreitta Onken ( - )

Notes

Census (family)

8, 8, Balster, Henry C, Head, OF, MW, 44, married, Un, Germany 3x, Farmer
Lena A, Wife, FW 39, married, Un, Germany 3x
Henry D, Son, MW, 8, single, Iowa, Ger Ger

Census (family)

85 BALSTER H C 42 GER H BALSTER, DEDRICK GER ANKEN, HENREITA GER GER
86 BALSTER LENA 45 GER W HUSMAN, CASPER GER JOHNSEN, MATILDA 70 GER GER
87 BALSTER HENRY D 13 IA S IA
88 BALSTER CLARA I 4 IA D IA

Endnotes

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

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

3. U.S. Census images. Heritage Quest Online. Subscription database through the Sonoma County Public Library. (ProQuest LLC, 2009.), 1920 > IOWA > JONES > SCOTCH GROVE Series: T625 Roll: 495 Page: 109.

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

5. California Death Records, Rootsweb.com online [http://vitals.rootsweb.ancestry.com/ca/death/search.cgi], accessed 2008-2012, BALSTER, HENRY CORNELIUS, birth 01/06/1875, mother maiden ONKEN, father last BALSTER, M, REST (OTHER), ORANGE 01/16/1958, age 83 yrs .