Individual Details

Marriage

Groom's Name: Herman T Cordes
Groom's Birth Date: 1876
Groom's Birthplace: Germany
Groom's Age: 24
Bride's Name: Gesrine Husmann
Bride's Birth Date: 1882
Bride's Birthplace: Iowa
Bride's Age: 18
Marriage Date: 16 Feb 1900
Marriage Place: Wayne, Twp, Jones, Iowa
Groom's Father's Name: August Cordes
Groom's Mother's Name: Margaret Knutsen
Bride's Father's Name: Casper Husman
Bride's Mother's Name: Folke Jansen
Groom's Race: White
Groom's Marital Status: Single
Groom's Previous Wife's Name:
Bride's Race: White
Bride's Marital Status: Single
Indexing Project (Batch) Number: M02576-7
System Origin: Iowa-EASy
Source Film Number: 1255529
Reference Number: 61

Census (family)

Herman Cordes Head M 35 Germany
Elizabeth Cordes Wife F 28 Illinois
Carl Cordes Son M 7 Iowa
Hanna Cordes Daughter F 5Iowa
John Cordes Son M 1 Iowa
Frank Husman Servant M 21 Iowa

Census (family)

Hermam F Cordes Head Male 44 Germany
Elizabeth C Cordes Wife Female 36 Illinois
Carl A Cordes Son Male 17 Iowa
Hannah M Cordes Daughter Female 15 Iowa
John T Cordes Son Male 10 Iowa
Hermina L Cordes Daughter Female 1 Iowa

Death

THE MONTICELLO EXPRESS….OCTOBER 4, 1956…PAGE 8
RITES CONDUCTED FOR MRS.CORDES
Funeral services for Mrs. Herman Cordes, 74, who died Monday, Sept.24, at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Eugene Wink in Monticello, were held Thursday at the St. Paul's Lutheran church in Anamosa. Rev. James A. Siefkes officiated with interment at the Wayne Zion Lutheran cemetery.
Born Feb. 18, 1882, in Mount Olive, Ill., she was the daughter of Casper and Talke Johnson Husmann. Her childhood was spent in Wayne township. She was married to Herman Cordes in 1900 and the couple lived on a farm in Cass township.
Her husband preceded her in death Oct. 29, 1922.Having been bedfast since November 1955, her son and daughter-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Carl Cordes, stayed in her home with her until May 1 of this year, when she moved to the home of her daughter, Mrs. Eugene Wink, of Monticello. She was a lifelong member of the Lutheran church.
She is survived by two sons, Carl F. Cordes, Anamosa, and John T. Cordes, De Forest, Wis; two daughters, Mrs. John (Hanna) Weers, Anamosa, and Mrs. Eugene (Hermina) Wink, Monticello; 14 grandchildren and 11 great grandchildren; three brothers, John and henry Husman, Monticello and Frank Husman, Center Junction; five sisters, Mrs. Henry Balster, Garden Grove, Calif., Mrs. E.J. Huls and Mrs. George Hansen, Manchester, Mrs. Garret Bartels, Monticello and Mrs. William Zimmerman, Anamosa.
Besides her husband, she was preceded in death by one son, who died in infancy, and two brothers.
Casket bearers ere Carl Hansen, Carl Huls, Clifford Zimmerman, Lavern Bartels, Earl Husman and Robert Husman, all nephews of the deceased.