Individual Details

Gesche Maria "Mary" Heeren

(29 Dec 1807 - 21 Jan 1885)

Mary Jacobs, farmer, Sec. 12; P.O. Monticello; born in Germany in 1807; came to America in 1856 and to Jones Co. in 1859. Her husband, Mr. Henry Jacobs, died in May, 1879. They were married in 1828; have had eight children, seven of whom are living. Mrs. Jacobs and her children are all in the Lutheran Church. The sons are all Republicans. Mrs. J. owns 120 acres.

Events

Birth29 Dec 1807Germany, Ostfriesland, Hesel
Marriage7 Jun 1828Germany, Ostfriesland, Reepsholt - Hinrich Janssen "Henry" Jacobs
Immigration1856
Census (family)6 Jul 1860Monticello, Jones, Iowa, United States - Hinrich Janssen "Henry" Jacobs
Census (family)24 Jun 1870Jones, Iowa, United States - Hinrich Janssen "Henry" Jacobs
Census1 Jun 1880Wayne Township, Jones, Iowa, United States
Death21 Jan 1885Wayne Township, Jones, Iowa, United States
BurialZimmerman/Evergreen Cemetery (near Scotch Grove), Jones, Iowa, United States

Families

SpouseHinrich Janssen "Henry" Jacobs (1802 - 1879)
ChildAnke Margarethe Jacobs (1829 - 1868)
ChildGesche Marie Jacobs (1830 - 1895)
ChildAnna Elisabeth "Anita" Jacobs (1833 - 1899)
ChildHinrich Janssen "Henry" Jacobs (1835 - 1892)
ChildJohann Jansen "John" Jacobs (1838 - 1929)
ChildEngile Margaretha "Engel" Jacobs (1840 - 1925)
ChildMargaretha (Margaret) Jacobs (1842 - 1905)
ChildHeinrich "Henry" Jacobs (1845 - 1895)
FatherJohann Heeren (1763 - )
MotherGesche Maria Janßen (1765 - 1821)
SiblingHeere Hinrichs Heeren (1791 - 1859)
SiblingAlmuth Margarethe Heeren (1795 - )
SiblingTalke Maria Heeren (1798 - 1877)
SiblingEngel Margarethe Heeren (1801 - )
SiblingJohann Heeren (1804 - )

Notes

Census (family)

626, 520, Henry Jacobs, 58 M, Farmer, 1400 real estate, 670, Hanover
Mary C. 52 F, Hanover
Henry 16 M, Hanover, Idiot
John Jacobs, 22 M, Farm Tenant, Hanover
Matilda, 19 F, Penn.

Census (family)

135, 142 Jacobs, John 32, M W Farmer, 6500, 2175 Hanover
Anna 18, F W Keeping house Hanover
Rudolph 9, M W Iowa
Anna 8, F W Iowa
August 7, M W Iowa
Henry 68, M W Farmer,1,000?, 1175 Hanover
Mary 62, F W Hanover
Henry 25 ,M W Hanover, Insane
Lubbel, Harmon 24, M W Works on farm Oldenburg
Edzards, John 3, M W Prussia

Census

She is listed living with her son Johann Jacobs. See his census notes for 1880.
Mariah JACOBS Mother W Female W 72 HANOVER HANOVER HANOVER

Death

Maria Jacobs, the mother of John and Henry Jacobs and Mrs. G. Eilers, died at the residence of her grandson, August Jacobs, in Wayne township, on the 21st insl. She was a native of Prussia and was in her 78th year.

Burial

Her funeral was held at St. John's Lutheran Church just outside of Monticello, but she was buried in the Zimmerman Evergreen Cemetery.

4 Henrich Jacobs 11-29-1802 5-27-1879 b in Konigreich, Hannover Ger
4 Geshe Maria Jacobs 12-29-1807 1-21-1885 w/o Henry Jacobs



Endnotes

1. Janssen, Ludwig, Erhard Schlte and Hans Rudolph Manger, compiler, Die Familien der Kirchengemeinde Reepsholt (Aurich: Ostfriesische Landschaft, 1982), p. 588 #3434.

2. Janssen, Ludwig, Erhard Schlte and Hans Rudolph Manger, compiler, Die Familien der Kirchengemeinde Reepsholt (Aurich: Ostfriesische Landschaft, 1982), p. 588 #3434.

3. U.S. Census images. Heritage Quest Online. Subscription database through the Sonoma County Public Library. (ProQuest LLC, 2009.), 1860 census.

4. U.S. Census images. Heritage Quest Online. Subscription database through the Sonoma County Public Library. (ProQuest LLC, 2009.), 1860 > IOWA > JONES > SCOTCH GROVE TWP Series: M653 Roll: 328 Page: 482 .

5. US Federal Government, Federal Population Census 1870. Jones Co., Iowa Roll 401. Iowa Vol. 16 (1-254A) Jones Co. (read Jun 28, 2001, Nancy Prouty.).

6. U.S. Census images. Heritage Quest Online. Subscription database through the Sonoma County Public Library. (ProQuest LLC, 2009.), 1870 > IOWA > JONES > WAYNE TWP Series: M593 Roll: 401 Page: 227.

7. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints., Transcription of the United States Federal Population Census - 1880 (http://www.familysearch.org/ Oct. 2002).

8. U.S. Census images. Heritage Quest Online. Subscription database through the Sonoma County Public Library. (ProQuest LLC, 2009.), 1880 > IOWA > JONES > WAYNE Series: T9 Roll: 348 Page: 354.

9. US Federal Government, Federal Population Census 1870. Jones Co., Iowa Roll 401. Iowa Vol. 16 (1-254A) Jones Co. (read Jun 28, 2001, Nancy Prouty.).

10. The history of Jones county, Iowa, containing a history of the county, its cities, towns &c., biographical sketches of citizens ... history of the Northwest, history of Iowa ... (Chicago, Western historical company, 1879. iv, 19-705 (i.e. 667) p. incl. illus., ports. 25 cm.), p. 630.

11. Wiedrich, Nancy, Information on Hinrich and Maria Jacobs and family. (Henry and Nancy Wiedrich. Email sent to Al Heiken, Aug 2002 and N. Prouty Sept 2002. ).

12. "Home News," Monticello (Iowa) Express, 29 January 1885; Ross & Elizabeth Baty Public Library (http://batypl.newspaperarchive.com : accessed 15 February 2011), Newspaper Digital Archives.

13. Wiedrich, Nancy, Information on Hinrich and Maria Jacobs and family. (Henry and Nancy Wiedrich. Email sent to Al Heiken, Aug 2002 and N. Prouty Sept 2002. ).

14. tombstone, Zimmerman Cemetery AKA Evergreen, Jones Co., Iowa, Wayne Twp, section 13 (); transcribed by Jim Christianson and proofread by Joanne Wilken.

15. WPA - Work Project Administration 1930's Graves Resgistration Survey, IAGenWeb, IowaWPAGraves.com online [http://iowawpagraves.org/index.php], accessed Oct 2008.