Individual Details
Lorenz Friedrich Balster
(4 Oct 1882 - 26 Aug 1949)
Events
| Birth | 4 Oct 1882 | Wayne Township, Jones, Iowa, United States |  | ||
| Marriage | 15 Feb 1910 | SS Peter & Paul Lutheran Church, Castle Grove Township, Jones, Iowa, United States - Anna Catharina Heiken | | ||
| Census (family) | 1910 | Castle Grove Township, Jones, Iowa, United States - Anna Catharina Heiken |  | | |
| Census (family) | 15 Jan 1920 | Castle Grove Township, Jones, Iowa, United States - Anna Catharina Heiken | | | |
| Census (family) | 1925 | Castle Grove Township, Jones, Iowa, United States - Anna Catharina Heiken | | | |
| Census | 14 Apr 1930 | Castle Grove Township, Jones, Iowa, United States | | | |
| Marriage | 2 Jul 1931 | Monticello, Jones, Iowa, United States - Margeret Matilda Cramer | | ||
| Census (family) | 1940 | Monticello, Jones, Iowa, United States - Margeret Matilda Cramer | | ||
| Death | 26 Aug 1949 | Jones, Iowa, United States | | ||
| Burial | Prairie Hill Cemetery, Castle Grove Township, Jones, Iowa, United States | | |
Families
| Spouse | Anna Catharina Heiken (1884 - 1928) |
| Child | Margaretta Eloise Balster (1910 - ) |
| Child | George Heinrich Balster (1912 - 2003) |
| Child | Marion Heiken Balster (1913 - 1993) |
| Child | Frieda Ruth Balster (1915 - 1993) |
| Child | Hilda Caroline Balster (1920 - 2016) |
| Child | Irma Arline Balster (1923 - 1986) |
| Child | Irma Pauline Balster (1923 - 1924) |
| Spouse | Margeret Matilda Cramer (1878 - 1953) |
| Father | George Henry Balster (1855 - 1908) |
| Mother | Almuth Margaretha "Maggie" Heeren (1857 - 1921) |
| Sibling | Arend Henry Balster (1878 - 1951) |
| Sibling | Marie E. "Mary" Balster (1880 - 1958) |
| Sibling | Etta Margaretta Balster (1885 - 1949) |
| Sibling | Ella Louise Balster (1887 - ) |
| Sibling | Elise Sophia Balster (1892 - 1975) |
| Sibling | John Balster (1900 - 1900) |
| Sibling | Wilhelm Rudolph "William" Balster (1895 - 1921) |
| Sibling | Anna Laura Balster (1898 - ) |
Notes
Census (family)
101, 101 Balster, Lorenz, Head, MW, 27, Married 0 yrs, Iowa, Michigan, Illinois English Farmer Farm Own Account yes yes R F F 96Anna, Wife, FW, 26, M-0, Iowa Ger.English Ger.English English none yes yes
Barto, Frederick Hired man M W 18 S Iowa / Ger.English/ Ger.English English Hired Hand
Heiken, Henry Father-in-law M W 72 M, 41 Ger. English /Ger.German /Ger. German/ 1860 NA English (spoke) None
Mary Mother-in-law F W 65 M,41 4,4 (children born, alive) Ger. English /Ger.German /Ger. German/1868 or 5? (immigration) English (spoke) None
Census (family)
This was very faint and hard to read from this microfilm copySD 5 ED 63 sheet 4B (145)
Fm 79, 80 Balster, Lorenz Head R ? Iowa, ? , ? Farmer
Annie H. Wife 35 Iowa, East Friesland, East Friesland
Margaret Daug. 9 Iowa, Iowa, Iowa
George Son ? Iowa, Iowa, Iowa
Marion Son ? Iowa, Iowa, Iowa
Frieda Daug. ?/12 Iowa, Iowa, Iowa
Census (family)
1 BALSTER L F 42 IA H BALSTER, GEORGE H MI HEEREN, MARGARET IL IA2 BALSTER ANNA 40 IA W HEIKEN, JOHN H GER HEIKEN, MARIA 72 GER IA
3 BALSTER MARGARET 14 IA D IA
4 BALSTER GEORGE 12 IA S IA
5 BALSTER MARION 11 IA S IA
6 BALSTER FRIEDA 10 IA D IA
7 BALSTER HILDA 4 IA D IA
8 BALSTER ARLINE 1 IA D IA
Census
Same page as Eibo Eiben and Maria Heiken.Head Lorenz F Balster M 47 Iowa
Daughter Margret L Balster F 19 Iowa
Son George H Balster M 18 Iowa
Son Marion H Balster M 16 Iowa
Daughter Frieda R Balster F 15 Iowa
Daughter Hilda C Balster F 9 Iowa
Daughter Arline E Balster F 6 Iowa
Census (family)
Head Lorenz Balster M 57 IowaWife Margaret Balster F 61 Iowa
Daughter Hilda Balster F 19 Iowa
Daughter Arline Balster F 16 Iowa
Nephew Keith Wahl M 14 Colorado
Burial
7 7 Lorenz F Balster 1882 1949 s/o George H & Margaret Balster7 7 Anna H (Heiken) Balster 1884 1928 w/o Lorenz F Balster--d/o John H & Maria Heiken
Endnotes
1. Ramona (Heiken) Mayer, compiler, Heiken and related families (Iowa:, bet 1985 and 1992), Information from Edzards history and from Aunt Mary.
2. U.S. Census images. Heritage Quest Online. Subscription database through the Sonoma County Public Library. (ProQuest LLC, 2009.), 1900 > IOWA > JONES > SCOTCH GROVE TWP Series: T623 Roll: 440 Page: 215.
3. SS Peter & Paul Lutheran Church Centennial Book. 100th Anniversary 1879-1979. (Monticello, Iowa: Church Committee. 1979.), p. 43.
4. Ramona (Heiken) Mayer, compiler, Heiken and related families (Iowa:, bet 1985 and 1992), Information from Edzards history and from Aunt Mary.
5. "Iowa, County Marriages, 1838-1934," database, Family Search, (https://familysearch.org: accessed 29 March 2014), Lorenz F Balster and Anna Catharina Heiken, 15 Feb 1910.
6. 1910 Federal Census, USA, Iowa, Jones Co. (read July 2000 by Nancy Prouty).
7. U.S. Census images. Heritage Quest Online. Subscription database through the Sonoma County Public Library. (ProQuest LLC, 2009.), 1910 > IOWA > JONES > CASTLE GROVE TWP Series: T624 Roll: 409 Page: 14.
8. US Population Census - Iowa, Jones Co., 1920 (read Dec 17, 2001 by Nancy Prouty).
9. Jones Co. Iowa Census, Jones Co. Iowa GenWeb online [http://iowajones.org/census/census.htm], accessed.
10. U.S. Census images. Heritage Quest Online. Subscription database through the Sonoma County Public Library. (ProQuest LLC, 2009.), 1930 > Iowa Series: T626 Roll: 662 Page: 69.
11. "Funeral Friday For Mrs. Balster," Monticello (Iowa) Express, 30 November 1953; Ross & Elizabeth Baty Public Library (http://batypl.newspaperarchive.com : accessed 26 April 2011), Newspaper Digital Archives.
12. St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Sand Hill/Monticello , Jones Co., Iowa GenWeb online [http://iowajones.org/churches/LuthStJohns.htm], accessed 2002 -2008.
13. Ramona (Heiken) Mayer, compiler, Heiken and related families (Iowa:, bet 1985 and 1992), Information from Edzards history and from Aunt Mary.
14. Tombstone, Prairie Hill Cemetery, USA, Iowa, Jones Co., Castle Grove Twp. (Section 21 ); Jim Christianson for Jones County Genealogy Society,