Individual Details

Johann "John" Heyen

(22 Feb 1865 - 22 Apr 1953)

John owned a grocery and dry goods store in Langworthy, Iowa when Ramona knew them. They lived above the store which was built shortly after the town of Langworthy was laid out in 1858. Peter Banowetz erected the front part of the building and John had the back part built years later. According to a Cedar Rapids Gazette article written in August 23, 1981 John bought the building in 1888.

Events

Birth22 Feb 1865Germany, Ostfriesland, Reepsholt
Marriage23 Dec 1894Wayne Township, Jones, Iowa, United States - Matilda Johanna Scheer
Census1900Wayne Township, Jones, Iowa, United States
Census (family)1910Jones, Iowa, United States - Matilda Johanna Scheer
Census (family)1920Jones, Iowa, United States - Matilda Johanna Scheer
Census (family)1930Wayne Township, Jones, Iowa, United States - Matilda Johanna Scheer
Death22 Apr 1953Jones, Iowa, United States
BurialSaint Johns Evangelical Lutheran Cemetery, Wayne Township, Jones, Iowa, United States

Families

SpouseMatilda Johanna Scheer (1874 - 1948)
ChildDr Heike C. "Hans" Heyen (1896 - )
ChildClarence Edward Heyen (1898 - 1964)
ChildMaria Magdalina "Mary" Heyen (1900 - )
ChildHenry Heyen (1912 - )
FatherHeyke / Heike Heyen (1823 - )
MotherWübke Maria "Mary" Wiemers (1830 - )
SiblingGesche Catharina Heyen (1854 - )
SiblingJohanna Margaretha Heyen (1856 - )
SiblingJohann Heinrich Heyen (1857 - )
SiblingSophia Helena "Helen" Heyen (1859 - 1926)
SiblingAnna Maria Heyen (1861 - )
SiblingGesine Hinrika Heyen (1863 - 1954)
Sibling"son (Sohn)" Heyen (1867 - 1867)

Notes

Marriage

Heyen John Scheer Matilda J 23 Dec 1894 Wayne Twp 3577 285 Germany
Heyen John
parents :Heyen Heike and Wilmers W Maria
Scheer Matilda J
parents: Scheer Christ and Jacobs Engel

Census

SD 78 (98) ED 65 sheet 4A
44, 44 Hey n, John Head WM Feb 1865, 35, M6, Ger, Ger, Ger, 1883, 17yrs, Na, Merchant
Can read, speak, write English, Own free house.
Matilda Wife WF Sept 1874, 25, M6 3 child born & living, Iowa, Ger, Ger.
Heike G. Son WM Aug 1896, 3, Single Iowa, Ger, Iowa
Clarence E. Son WM Aug 1898, 1, Single Iowa, Ger, Iowa
Marie M. Daughter WF Apr 1900 1/12 Single Iowa, Ger, Iowa
Scheer, Henry, Brother-in-law WM, Oct 1869, 30, Single, Iowa, Ger, Ger

Census (family)

John Heyen M 43y
Spouse Matilda J Heyen F 35y
Child Heeke C Heyen M 13y
Child Clarence E Heyen M 11y
Child Mary M Heyen F 9y
Henry Scheer M 41y
Henry J Eden M 22y

Census (family)

John Heyen M 53y
Child Hans C Heyen M 23y
Child Clarence E Heyen M 21y
Child Mary Heyen F 19y
Child Henry Heyen M 8y
Spouse Matildia Heyen F 50y

Census (family)

John Heyen M 65, Germany 3x, immigrated 1890
Spouse Matilda Heyen F 56, IA Germany Germany
Child Henry Heyen M 18, son, IA Germany IA
Henry Scheer M 60, brother-in-law. single, IA Germany Germany

Endnotes

1. Janssen, Ludwig, Erhard Schlte and Hans Rudolph Manger, compiler, Die Familien der Kirchengemeinde Reepsholt (Aurich: Ostfriesische Landschaft, 1982), p 507 #2773.

2. Jones Co. Iowa marriage books, online. BOOK D 1877-1884 :: BOOK E 1884-1891 :: BOOK F 1891-1898 (USGenWeb 2002.).

3. Ramona (Heiken) Mayer, compiler, Heiken and related families (Iowa:, bet 1985 and 1992), Information from Edzards history and from Aunt Mary.

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

5. St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Sand Hill/Monticello , Jones Co., Iowa GenWeb online [http://iowajones.org/churches/LuthStJohns.htm], accessed 2002 -2008.