Individual Details
Gerhard Weers
(29 May 1828 - 3 Jul 1902)
Events
| Birth | 29 May 1828 | Germany | |||
| Marriage | Abt 1855 | Germany - Anke Margaretha Jurgens | |||
| Census (family) | 1900 | Wayne Township, Jones, Iowa, United States - Anke Margaretha Jurgens |  | ||
| Death | 3 Jul 1902 | Jones, Iowa, United States | |  | |
| Burial | |
Families
| Spouse | Anke Margaretha Jurgens (1833 - 1914) |
| Child | Anka Maria Weers (1864 - 1955) |
| Child | Elise Weers (1868 - 1945) |
Notes
Census (family)
head William Tieken M 36 Germany x3, married 0 yrs (1900)wife Anke M Tieken F 33 Germany
stepdaughter Maggie Albers F 8 Iowa
stepson John G Albers M 7 Iowa
stepson Henry Albers M 5 Iowa
stepson William Albers M 3 Iowa
stepmother Anke M Weers F 67 Germany x3, married 45 yrs (1855), immigrated 1890
stepfather Gerd Weers M 71 Germany x3, married 45 yrs (1855), immigrated 1890
Death
Mr. Gerhard Weers died at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Wm. Tieken, near Langworthy, on the 3rd inst., of dropsy. He was 74 years old, and is survived by a widow and two daughters, Mrs. Wm. Tieken and Mrs. Henry Rienets. The funeral services were conducted last Saturday by Rev. C. Mardorf, pastor of the Wayne Lutheran church. [The Monticello Express, July 10, 1902, p 4]Endnotes
1. Jones Co. Iowa Cemeteries, Wayne Zion burial list, reading was provided by Ron Siebels online [http://iowajones.org/cemetery/WayneZion3.htm], accessed Dec 2008.
2. , Seventy-fifth anniversary of the Zion Evangelical Lutheran Congregation 1872-1947. (Wayne Township, Jones Co. Monticello, Iowa.:, 1947).
3. "Correspondence," Monticello (Iowa) Express, 10 July 1902; Ross & Elizabeth Baty Public Library (http://batypl.newspaperarchive.com : accessed 10 February 2011), Newspaper Digital Archives.
4. Jones Co. Iowa Cemeteries, Wayne Zion burial list, reading was provided by Ron Siebels online [http://iowajones.org/cemetery/WayneZion3.htm], accessed Dec 2008.