Individual Details

Living on 1st St, Monticello, IA in 1916

Mr. and Mrs. Chris Eiben returned home, from their Nebraska visit, last Saturday. (Oct 22, 1914)

(Monticello Express, Feb, 10, 1916)
Real Estate Transfers.
Christine Eiben to C. G. Eiben, lots 45 and 46 Turk's add to Monticello, S2.500.

(Monticello Express, Oct 14, 1926)
Mr. and Mrs Chris Eiben were the victims of a surprise party last Sunday. That day marked the twentieth anniversary of their marriage. There were more than fifty guests present who brought well-filled baskets. Rev. S. M. Ide, pastor of St. Matthew's Lutheran church, delivered a short congratulatory address. Miss Freda Eiben, a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Eiben, who is taking a business course at Waverly, was home for the day.

(Monticello Express, Jan 12, 1933)
Mr. and Mrs. Chris Eiben and Mr. and Mrs. Gerd Eiben spent Sunday visiting in the home of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Cords of Elkader. Mrs. Eiben remained for a week's visit.

(Monticello Express, Aug 4, 1939)
Mr. and Mrs. Chris Eiben spent Sunday in Elkader visiting in the home of their daughter, Mrs Charles Cords.

Monticello Express September 5, 1940
Eiben Reunion At City Park Sunday
Seventy-five people attended the third annual Eiben reunion which was held at the city park, Monticello, Sept. 1. The committee in charge were Mr. and Mrs. Chris Eiben. Those who attended included: Mr. and Mrs. Cornelius Eiben, Wymore, Neb.; Mr. and Mrs. Velmer Morris and son, Donald, Beatrice, Neb.; Edwin Eiben, Omaha, Neb.
Mr. and Mrs. Will Eiben, Jr., and family, Mr. and Mrs. Garret Eiben and daughter Margaret Ann, Cedar Rapids; Mr. and Mrs. Jim Baker and daughter Vianana, Springville; Mr. and Mrs. Louis Eiben and family, Mr. and Mrs. Herman Egger and family, Hopkinton. Will Eiben, Sr., Prairieburg.
Mr. and Mrs. Paul Schmidt and family, Manchester; Ernest Heiken and daughter Ramona, Coggon; Mr. and Mrs. John Eiben and daughter Ada, Anamosa; Mr. and Mrs. Charles Cords, Elkader.
Mr. and Mrs. Eibo Eiben and son Carl, Mr. and Mrs. John Heiken, Mr. and Mrs. Albert Heiken, Emma and Irene Heiken, Mr. and Mrs. Ben Eiben and family, Mr. and Mrs. Henry Husman and family, Mr. and Mrs. Harvey Heiken, Alva Stadtmueller and daughter Rose, Albert Iben, Mr. and Mrs. John Schmidt and daughter Bernice, Mr. and Mrs. George Eiben, Mr. and Mrs. Henry Hinrichs, Dorothy, Raymond and Paul Hinrichs, Mr. and Mrs. Chris Eiben, all of Monticello.
Mr. and Mrs. Albert Heiken were named committee in charge for the 1941 reunion. If all could have attended there would have been 146 direct descendants of the late Gerd and Christine Eiben family present.

(Monticello Express, Oct 17 1946)
Chris Eibens Observe 40th Anniversary
Mr. and Mrs. Chris Eiben celebrated their 40th wedding anniversary Thursday, October 10, at their home in Monticello. Guests present presented them with gifts and flowers. Pinochle was played at six tables with the high score going to Garriet Juilfs and Mrs. Gerd Otten, and the low score to Theodore Becker and Mrs. Charles Cords. Mrs. Garriet Juilfs also won the traveling prize.
Refreshments were served at the close of the afternoon. Out of town guests included Mr. and Mrs. Eiben's daughter and her husband, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Cords of Elkader, and Mr. and Mrs. Garriet Juilfs' and Mr. and and Mrs. Theodore Becker, Wyoming.
Mr. and Mrs. Eiben have been residents of Monticello since they moved to town in 1914.

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Birth	29 Dec 1878	Wayne Township, Jones, Iowa, United States
Baptism	28 Jan 1879	Wayne Zion Evangelical Lutheran Church, Wayne Township, Jones, Iowa, United States
Confirmation	1894	SS Peter & Paul Lutheran Church, Monticello, Jones, Iowa, United States
Marriage	30 Oct 1906	Onslow, Jones, Iowa, United States - Marie Sophie Wilhelmine "Mary" Schmidt
Census (family)	27 Apr 1910	Wayne Township, Jones, Iowa, United States - Marie Sophie Wilhelmine "Mary" Schmidt
Military	12 Sep 1918	WWI registration - Anamosa, Jones, Iowa, United States
Census (family)	27 Jan 1920	Monticello, Jones, Iowa, United States - Marie Sophie Wilhelmine "Mary" Schmidt
Census (family)	1925	Monticello, Jones, Iowa, United States - Marie Sophie Wilhelmine "Mary" Schmidt
Census (family)	16 Apr 1930	Monticello, Jones, Iowa, United States - Marie Sophie Wilhelmine "Mary" Schmidt
Census (family)	1940	Monticello, Jones, Iowa, United States - Marie Sophie Wilhelmine "Mary" Schmidt
Death	3 Jul 1949	Jones, Iowa, United States
Burial	6 Jul 1949	Oakwood Cemetery, Monticello, Jones, Iowa, United States

Spouse	Marie Sophie Wilhelmine "Mary" Schmidt (1887 - 1976)
Child	Frieda Christina Eiben (1907 - 2001)

Father	Gerhard Wilhelm "Gerd" Eiben (1843 - 1911)
Mother	Christina von Beeston (1843 - 1916)
Sibling	Toenjes Cornelius E. Eiben (1866 - 1951)
Sibling	Tjack Eiben (1868 - 1870)
Sibling	Gerhard Wilms Eiben (1870 - 1873)
Sibling	Eibo Frederick Eiben (1872 - 1951)
Sibling	Tjarke Lena Gerhardina Eiben (1874 - 1927)
Sibling	Bernhard Eduard "Benjamin, Ben" Eiben (1875 - 1902)
Sibling	Willhelm Heinrich "William Henry, Will" Eiben (1877 - 1949)
Sibling	Elise Katharina Margareta "Eliza, Elizabeth, Lizzie" Eiben (1880 - 1959)
Sibling	Maria Johanna "Mary Hannah" Eiben (1881 - 1966)
Sibling	Johann Heinrich "John Henry, Hank" Eiben (1883 - 1968)
Sibling	Mathilda Katharina "Matilda, Tillie" Eiben (1884 - 1976)
Sibling	Gottlieb Johannes "John G." Eiben (1885 - 1964)
Sibling	Wilhelmine Christine "Minnie" Eiben (1886 - 1945)

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