Individual Details
Gesche Margaretha "Maggie" Rickels
(4 May 1872 - 17 Mar 1945)
Events
| Birth | 4 May 1872 | Riga, Lenawee, Michigan, United States |  | ||
| Marriage | 8 Mar 1892 | Wayne Zion Evangelical Lutheran Church, Wayne Township, Jones, Iowa, United States - John Dietrich Balster |  | | |
| Census (family) | 18 Jun 1900 | Cass Township, Jones, Iowa, United States - John Dietrich Balster | | | |
| Census (family) | 1910 | Richland, Jones, Iowa, United States - John Dietrich Balster | | ||
| Census (family) | 1920 | Lovell Township, Jones, Iowa, United States - John Dietrich Balster | | ||
| Census (family) | 1925 | Monticello, Jones, Iowa, United States - John Dietrich Balster | | | |
| Census (family) | 1930 | Monticello, Jones, Iowa, United States - John Dietrich Balster | | ||
| Census (family) | 1940 | Monticello, Jones, Iowa, United States - John Dietrich Balster | | ||
| Death | 17 Mar 1945 | Monticello, Jones, Iowa, United States |
Families
| Spouse | John Dietrich Balster (1866 - 1942) |
| Child | John Dietrich Balster Jr. (1892 - ) |
| Child | Agnetta Margaretha "Anna" Balster (1896 - ) |
| Child | Ince Margaretha Henriette Balster (1898 - ) |
| Father | Gerhard Rickels (1833 - 1890) |
| Mother | Augusta Margaretha "Gesche" Lübben (1835 - 1893) |
| Sibling | Johann Heinrich "John Henry" Rickels (1863 - 1917) |
| Sibling | Gesche Katharina "Grace Kate" Rickels (1869 - ) |
| Sibling | Anna Maria "Mary" Rickels (1877 - 1896) |
Notes
Marriage
Reg. 3113 Pg 53 Groom Balster John Bride Rickels Maggie Date 08 Mar 1892 Location Monticello Grooms Parents John Balster Maggie Ahskin Grooms birthplace Germany Gerhard Brides parents Rickels Maggie Lubben Brides Birthplace MichiganCensus (family)
120, 120, Balster, John, Head, WM, Feb 1866, 34, Married 8 yrs, Germany Germany Germany, 1882, 18 yrs in US, Na, FarmerMaggie, Wife, WF, May 1872, 28, M-8 yrs, 3 children born & living, Michigan, Germany Germany
John, Son, WM, Dec 1892, 7, single, Iowa Germany Michigan
Anna M, Daughter, WF, Sept 1896, 3, single, Iowa Germany Michigan
Henrietta M, Daughter, WF, June 1899, 1, single, Iowa Germany Michigan
Census (family)
John Balster Head M 44 Germany Germany Germany, immigration yr 1882Meta Balster Wife F 38 Michigan
John Balster Son M 17 Iowa
Anna Balster Daughter F 13 Iowa
Henrietta Balster Daughter F 11 Iowa
Census (family)
John D Balster Head M 53 Germany Germany Germany, Immigration Yr 1882Margaret G Balster Wife F 47 Michigan
Henrietta M E Balster Daughter F 21 Iowa
Census (family)
23 BALSTER JOHN SR 59 GER H BALSTER, JOHN D GER UNCEN, HENRIETTA GER GER24 BALSTER MAGGIE 52 MI W RICKELS, GERD GER LUBBEN, MARGARET GER GER
Census (family)
John Balster Head M 63 GermanyMeta Balster Wife F 57 Michigan
Census (family)
John D Balster Head M 74 GermanyMeta Balster F 68 Michigan
Endnotes
1. U.S. Census images. Heritage Quest Online. Subscription database through the Sonoma County Public Library. (ProQuest LLC, 2009.), 1900 > IOWA > JONES > CASS TWP Series: T623 Roll: 440 Page: 6.
2. Verna K. (Renken) Mosby, "Johann Heinrich Rickels and Emma Louise Pause family group sheet," compiled 16 May 2007 (Allen Park, MI vmosby@comcast.net)..
3. , Seventy-fifth anniversary of the Zion Evangelical Lutheran Congregation 1872-1947. (Wayne Township, Jones Co. Monticello, Iowa.:, 1947), p 82.
4. Jones Co. Iowa marriage books, online.
BOOK D 1877-1884 :: BOOK E 1884-1891 :: BOOK F 1891-1898 (USGenWeb
5. "Iowa Marriages, 1809-1992," database, Family Search (https://familysearch.org: accessed 4 January 2014), John Bolster and Maggie Rickels, 08 Mar 1892.
6. U.S. Census images. Heritage Quest Online. Subscription database through the Sonoma County Public Library. (ProQuest LLC, 2009.), 1900 > IOWA > JONES > CASS TWP Series: T623 Roll: 440 Page: 6.
7. Jones Co. Iowa Census, Jones Co. Iowa GenWeb online [http://iowajones.org/census/census.htm], accessed.