Individual Details

Birth

Church record says born Bohlendorf, Germany

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

Census (family)

117, 117, Tieken, William, Head, WM, 46, Married1 10 yrs, Germany Germany Germany, 1888 Na, can speak English, Farmer, Dairy Farm own mortgage farm
Anka M, Wife, WF, 46, Married2 10 yrs, 7 Children born & living, Germany 3x, imm 1890, speaks German
Alba, Anka M, Daugher, FW, 19 single, IA
, John, Son, MW, 16 single, IA, Farm labor, home farm
, Henry, Son, MW, 14, single, IA, Farm labor, home farm
,William, Son, MW, 12, single, IA
Tieken, Frederick, Son, MW, 9, single, IA
, Elisa, Daughter, FW, 7, single, IA
, Herman, Son, MW, 2, single, IA
Weers, Anka M, Mother-in-law, FW, 77, Germany 3x, speaks German

Census (family)

22 TIEKEN WILHELM 60 GER H TIEKEN, FRED GER BEHREND, FRANCIS GER GER 
23 WIERS? ANKE 52 GER W WIERS, GERD GER JURGENS, ANNA GER GER 
24 TIEKEN FRED 24 IA S        
25 TIEKEN HERMAN 17 IA S        
26 TIEKEN LIZZA 22 IA D       

Death

William Tieken Dies at Farm Home Saturday

Funeral Services For Lovell Township Farmer Tuesday at Wayne Church

Funeral service for Frederich William Tieken, 73, a farmer of Lovell township, was held Tuesday afternoon at 1:30 at the farm home and at 2:30 at the Zion Lutheran church in Wayne township. The Rev. Arnold Thalacker, pastor to the Castle Grove Lutheran church, officiated, assisted by Rev. John Willms, pastor of the Wayne church. Burial was in the Wayne Center cemetery.
Mr. Tieken died Saturday morning at 11 o'clock at his home following 20 years of ill health. He had been seriously ill since March and had spent five weeks during that time in the McDonald hospital.
He was born at Bohlenberg in the province of Hanover, Germany, April 15, 1864. He came to the United States June 13, 1887. For 12 years he worked on a farm in Castle Grove township. In 1899 he was married to Mrs. Anke Marie Albers and they made their home on a farm in Wayne township for the first five years after their marriage. Then they moved to their present farm in Lovell township.
Besides his wife, Mr. Tieken is survived by two sons and one daughter, Fred and Herman Tieken at home, and Mrs. Diedrick Dirks of Amber; two step-sons and one step-daughter, John Albers of Anamosa, Will Albers of Castle Grove township, and Mrs. John Folken of Scotch Grove township; and one granddaughter, Miss Elissa Dirks of Amber.

Burial

Tieken Anke Maria 1864 1955 #98-6 
Tieken F.  Wilhelm 1864 1937 #98-5