Individual Details
Gesche Catherina "Grace" Janssen
(23 Nov 1839 - 14 Dec 1919)
Events
| Birth | 23 Nov 1839 | Germany, Ostfriesland, Marx | |||
| Marriage | 31 Oct 1865 | Germany - Johann Heinrich "John Henry" Antons |  | ||
| Census (family) | 21 Jun 1900 | Monticello, Jones, Iowa, United States - Johann Heinrich "John Henry" Antons |  | ||
| Death | 14 Dec 1919 | Center Junction, Jones, Iowa, United States | | | |
| Alt name | Grace Johnson | ||||
| Burial | Wayne Zion Lutheran Cemetery, Wayne Township, Jones, Iowa, United States | | |
Families
| Spouse | Johann Heinrich "John Henry" Antons (1830 - 1908) |
| Child | Johann Arend "John" Antons (1867 - 1950) |
| Child | Hinrich "Henry" Antons (1869 - 1956) |
| Child | Sophia Maria Antons (1871 - 1950) |
| Child | Gerdhard Antons (1874 - 1952) |
| Child | Hilke Katherina "Catherine" Antons (1877 - 1942) |
| Child | Anna Catherina Antons (1880 - 1964) |
| Father | Living |
| Mother | Living |
Notes
Census (family)
122, 122, Antons, John H, Head, WM, Feb 1830, 70, married 34 yrs, Germany 3x, immigrated 1881 19 yrs in US, Farmer, own mortgage farm, Gracia K, Wife,WF, Nov 1839 60, 6 children born & living, Germany 3x
, John, Son, WM, Feb 1867, 33, single, Germany 3x, Farm Laborer
, Gerd, Son, WM, Feb 1874, 26, single, Germany 3x, Farm Laborer
, Hilke K, Daughter, WF, Apr 1876, 24 single, Germany 3x
, Anna, Daughter, WF, , single, Germany 3x
Death
Center Junction, December 22.Mrs. G. Katherine Antons, (nee Janssen), died at the hoome of her son near Center Junction, December 14th., about five o'clock in the afternoon. She was originally taken ill two years ago, and last spring suffered a stroke of paralysis. She was born November 23, 1839, at Mars, Astfriesia, Germany. She was a daughter of John H. and Hilka C. Janssen. Soon after here birth, December 15, 1839, she was baptized. She was confirmed in the year 1855. Ten years later, October 31, 1865, she was married to John Henry Antons. To this union there were born six children, three boys and three daughters, all of whom are living. In the fall of 1881 the family immigrated to the United States and settled on a farm in Wayne Center, where they lived until 1892, when they removed to a farm near Center Junction. The children surviving Mrs. Antons are: John and Gerd of Center Junction. Henry of Manchester, Mrs. John Stahlberg of Scotch Grove, Mrs. Carl Teton of Laurel, Nebraska, Mrs. John Redloff of Wyoming, and also by a number of grand-children. Mrs. Antons received the Holy Sacrament a week before her death and died with a beautiful faith in the belief that she would soon meet her Maker face to face.
[Monticello Express, page 4, Thu, Dec 25, 1919]
Burial
Antons Gesche C. 1839-1919 #75-4Endnotes
1. David Childs, , Hinrichs Family Group sheets; supplied by David Childs, , Yakima, WA 98901, 2009.
2. David Childs, , Hinrichs Family Group sheets; supplied by David Childs, , Yakima, WA 98901, 2009.
3. , Seventy-fifth anniversary of the Zion Evangelical Lutheran Congregation 1872-1947. (Wayne Township, Jones Co. Monticello, Iowa.:, 1947), p 99.
4. Ron Siebels, "Wayne Zion Cemetery," database, Jones County Iowa Cemeteries (http://iowajones.org/cemetery/WayneZion.htm : accessed February 2010), .
5. Jones Co. Iowa Cemeteries, Wayne Zion burial list, reading was provided by Ron Siebels online [http://iowajones.org/cemetery/WayneZion3.htm], accessed Dec 2008.