Individual Details
John Harm Helgens
(24 Nov 1818 - 22 Oct 1899)
Events
| Birth | 24 Nov 1818 | Strackholt, Aurich, Weser-Ems, Niedersachsen, Germany | |||
| Death | 22 Oct 1899 | Monticello, Jones, Iowa, United States |  | ||
| Marriage | Reensta D Citorias |
Families
| Spouse | Reensta D Citorias (1816 - 1887) |
| Child | Anna J Helgens (1850 - 1929) |
Notes
Death
THE MONTICELLO EXPRESS…OCTOBER 26, 1899…PAGE 5Mr. John Harms Helgens, an aged German, died at the home of his daughter, Mrs. B. D. Hauessler in this city last Saturday. Mr. Helgens was born November 24, 1818, and thus at the time of his death was 80 years, 10 months and 7 days old. For eighteen years Mr. Helgens was a citizen of Wayne Township. He settled in that township with his family in 1869, immediately after coming to America from Strackholt, Province of Hanover, Germany, the city of his birth. Mr. Helgen's wife died in 1887. After her death he left Wayne Township and continued to make his home among his children.
The last six years of his life he spent in the family of his daughter in this city, Mrs. B. D. Hauessler. It is said of the deceased that he lived the life of an exemplary Christian. The funeral services were conducted at the Wayne township Lutheran church by Rev. Mardorf