Individual Details
Anke Margarethe Jacobs
(11 Apr 1829 - 1868)
Harm, Anke, and their four children left Germany in 1868. Their daughter Magdalena had died before they left. The voyage lasted 56 days. It was a very stormy crossing and many of the passengers had dysentery including Anke. She landed, but died in Dubuque of pneumonia on the way to Monticello.
Events
| Birth | 11 Apr 1829 | Germany, Ostfriesland, Hesel |  | ||
| Marriage | 16 Apr 1852 | Germany, Ostfriesland, Hesel - Harm Edzards | | ||
| Death | 1868 | pneumonia - Dubuque, Dubuque, Iowa, United States |  | | |
| Immigration | 1868 | | |||
| Burial | Dubuque, Dubuque, Iowa, United States |
Families
| Spouse | Harm Edzards (1828 - 1880) |
| Child | Hinrich Eden "Henry E" Edzards (1852 - 1883) |
| Child | Gesche Maria "Grace Mary" Edzards (1854 - 1927) |
| Child | Magdalena Edzards (1856 - 1868) |
| Child | Hermann Dirks Edzards (1858 - 1868) |
| Child | Anna Engelina Margaretha Edzards (1860 - 1867) |
| Child | Gesche Margaretha "Maggie" Edzards (1863 - 1934) |
| Child | Hinrich Janssen "John H" Edzards (1867 - 1925) |
| Father | Hinrich Janssen "Henry" Jacobs (1802 - 1879) |
| Mother | Gesche Maria "Mary" Heeren (1807 - 1885) |
| Sibling | Gesche Marie Jacobs (1830 - 1895) |
| Sibling | Anna Elisabeth "Anita" Jacobs (1833 - 1899) |
| Sibling | Hinrich Janssen "Henry" Jacobs (1835 - 1892) |
| Sibling | Johann Jansen "John" Jacobs (1838 - 1929) |
| Sibling | Engile Margaretha "Engel" Jacobs (1840 - 1925) |
| Sibling | Margaretha (Margaret) Jacobs (1842 - 1905) |
| Sibling | Heinrich "Henry" Jacobs (1845 - 1895) |
Notes
Death
Died of pneumoniaImmigration
288 Harm Edzards, 49, male, Prussia to USA, SteerageAnke Edzards, 39 fem
Maria Edzards, 7 fem
Margaretha, 5 fem
Maria, 0, 10, fem
Endnotes
1. Janssen, Ludwig, Erhard Schlte and Hans Rudolph Manger, compiler, Die Familien der Kirchengemeinde Reepsholt (Aurich: Ostfriesische Landschaft, 1982), p. 329 #1368.
2. Janssen, Ludwig, Erhard Schlte and Hans Rudolph Manger, compiler, Die Familien der Kirchengemeinde Reepsholt (Aurich: Ostfriesische Landschaft, 1982), p. 329 #1368.
3. "Jacobs / Early family members earn reputation as farmers ," Monticello (Iowa) Express, 2 July 1986; Ross & Elizabeth Baty Public Library (http://batypl.newspaperarchive.com : accessed 5 July 2011), Newspaper Digital Archives.