Individual Details
Johanna Gesine "Elsie / Zenia" Fehners
(21 Mar 1881 - 1 Apr 1967)
We are glad to note that Mrs. Eibo Eiben Is much better. (May 2, 1899)
Events
| Birth | 21 Mar 1881 | Germany, Ostfriesland |  | ||
| Immigration | 1889 | | |||
| Marriage | 6 Apr 1899 | SS Peter & Paul Lutheran Church, Castle Grove Township, Jones, Iowa, United States - Eibo Frederick Eiben |  | | |
| Census (family) | 4 Jun 1900 | Castle Grove Township, Jones, Iowa, United States - Eibo Frederick Eiben | | | |
| Census (family) | 1910 | Castle Grove Township, Jones, Iowa, United States - Eibo Frederick Eiben | | | |
| Census (family) | 22 Jan 1920 | Castle Grove Township, Jones, Iowa, United States - Eibo Frederick Eiben | | | |
| Census (family) | 1925 | Castle Grove Township, Jones, Iowa, United States - Eibo Frederick Eiben | | | |
| Census (family) | 14 Apr 1930 | Castle Grove Township, Jones, Iowa, United States - Eibo Frederick Eiben | | | |
| Census (family) | 1940 | Monticello, Jones, Iowa, United States - Eibo Frederick Eiben | | ||
| Death | 1 Apr 1967 | St. Luke's Hospital, Cedar Rapids, Linn, Iowa, United States | | | |
| Burial | 14 Apr 1967 | Oakwood Cemetery, Jones, Iowa, United States | |
Families
| Spouse | Eibo Frederick Eiben (1872 - 1951) |
| Child | Fenna Christine "Fannie" Eiben (1900 - 1935) |
| Child | Johann Friederick "John" Eiben (1901 - 1971) |
| Child | Gerhard Wilhelm "Garrett" Eiben (1903 - 1977) |
| Child | Benhard Edward "Ben" Eiben (1905 - 1999) |
| Child | Maria Helene "Mary" Eiben (1908 - 1996) |
| Child | Augusta Henriette "Gusty" Eiben (1911 - 2007) |
| Child | Emma Mathilda Eiben (1913 - 2006) |
| Child | Louise Johanna Eiben (1917 - 2012) |
| Child | Carl Heinrich Eiben (1921 - 2006) |
| Father | Johann D "John" Fehners (1851 - 1891) |
| Mother | Christine Helene "Lena" Hedden (1856 - 1924) |
| Sibling | John Henry Fehners (1882 - 1952) |
| Sibling | Freidrich Martin Fehners ( - ) |
| Sibling | Living |
| Sibling | Helena Fredericka "Lena" Fehners (1885 - 1954) |
Notes
Marriage
Parent: Gerd Eiben & Christina Vanbertin, John Fehners & Helen HeddarMr. Eibo F. Eiben and Miss Gesina Fehners, both of Castle Grove township, were married today in the German Lutheran church of that township by Rev. H. Lutz. Mr. Eiben is a prosperous and well respected young farmer. The fair young bride is the step-daughter of Mr. John Schaeffer.
Census (family)
ED 50, sheet 2A20, 20 Eiben, Eibo, Head, WM, July 1872, 27, Married 1 yr, GER GER GER, 1875, 25 yrs, Na, Farmer, yes yes yes, rent farm
Hannah G, Wife, WF, Mar 1881, 19, M-1, 0 children, GER GER GER, 1889, 11 yrs, yes yes yes
Fanecks, Henry, Servant, WM, Nov 1886, ?, Single, IA GER GER, at school 8 mos, yes yes yes
Census (family)
23 23 Eibo Eiben Head Male White 37 Married 10 years Germ. English, Germ German, Germ German, 1874, NA, English, Farmer, Farm, Own Account, yes read, yes write, Own, Mortgaged, Free, Farm Schedule 22Hanna Wife F W 28 M 10 5,5 (children born, alive) Germ.English, Germ.English, Germ.English 1872 (immigration) English (spoke) None (occupation)
Fannie Daughter F 9 Iowa
John Son M 7 Iowa
Garrett Son M 6 Iowa
Benjamin Son M 4 Iowa
Mary Daughter F 1 Iowa
Fehnurs, John Hired man M 26 Ger. English Germ German, Germ Germany 1895 NA
Census (family)
115, Eiben Eibo F Head Own Mortgage 47 M 1875 Na 1886 Witmund, Hanover, Hanover, Farmer - general farmHannah G Wife, 38 M 1878 Na 1899 East Friesland, Hanover, Hanover
Fannie C Daughter, 19 Iowa, Witmund, East Friesland
John F Son, 18 Iowa, Witmund, East Friesland
Gerhard W Son, 16 Iowa, Witmund, East Friesland
Bernhard D Son, 14 Iowa, Witmund, East Friesland
Mary H Daughter 11 Iowa, Witmund, East Friesland
Augusta H Daughter 8 Iowa, Witmund, East Friesland
Emma M Daughter 6 Iowa, Witmund, East Friesland
Louise J Daughter 2 8/12, Iowa, Witmund, East Friesland
Census (family)
66 EIBEN EIBO F 53 GER Head EIBEN, GERD GER VANBEESTEN, CHRISTINE GER GER67 EIBEN HANNAH G 43 GER Wife FEHNERS, JOHN GER HEDDEN, CHRISTINE GER GER
68 EIBEN FANNIE C 24 IA Daughter IA
69 EIBEN JOHN F 23 IA Son IA
70 EIBEN BERNHARD E 19 IA Son IA
71 EIBEN MARY H 16 IA Daughter IA
72 EIBEN AUGUST H 13 IA Daughter IA
73 EIBEN EMMA M 11 IA Daughter IA
74 EIBEN LOUISE J 7 IA Daughter IA
75 EIBEN CARL H 3 IA Son IA
Census (family)
70, 70 Eiben, Eibo F., Head, Own farm, has radio, MW 57, Married at age 27, No, Yes, Germany, Germany, Germany, German, 1875 Na, Farmer, General, Vetern-no.Hannah G. Wife, FW 49, Married at 18, No, yes, Germany, Germany, Germany, German, 1889 Na,
John F. Son MW 28 Iowa
Mary H. Daughter FW 22 Iowa
Emma M. Daughter FW 16 Iowa
Louise J. Daughter FW 12 Iowa
Carl H. Son MW 8 Iowa
Census (family)
411 North Sycamore StreetHead Eibo Eiben M 67 Germany, 8th grade
Wife Hannah Eiben F 59 Germany, 5th grade
Residence in 1935: Rural, Jones, Iowa
Death
Mr. Eibo EibenMonticello-- Funeral services for Mrs. Eibo Eiben, 86, were held Tuesday afternoon, April 4, at St. Matthew Lutheran church, Interment was in Oakwood cemetery. The Rev. Anton Kirkegaard officiated.
Mrs. Eiben died at the St. Luke Hospital, Cedar Rapids, Saturday afternoon, April 1. She had entered the hospital a week previous for surgery on a fractured hip.
Hannah G. Fehners Eiben was born March 22, 1881, at Ostfriesland, Germany, the daughter of John an Lena Hedden Fehners. She came to the United States with her family in 1889.
On April 6, 1899, she married Eibo Eiben and the couple farmed in the Castle Grove township area, prior to moving to Monticello in 1935.
Survivors include eight children, John of Scotch Grove, Garrett of Cedar Rapids, Ben of Monticello, Mrs. Carl (Mary) Jacobi of Hot Springs, Ark., Mrs. Augusta Crary of Cedar Rapids, Mrs. Edward (Emma) Ploetz of Sheboygan Wis., Mrs. Herman (Louise) Egger of Hopkinton, and Carl of Amherst, Mass; 22 grandchildren; 27 great-grandchildren; a half-brother, Herman Schafer of Anamosa; three half-sisters, Mrs. Fannie Siebels and Mrs. Etta Rieken, both of Monticello, and Mrs. Dena Ortgies of Anamosa.
She was preceded in death by her husband in 1951 and a daughter Fannie Stadtmueller in 1935.
Pallbearers were Ernest Heiken, Harold Eiben, Henry Heiken, Lawrence Siebels, Edward Siebels and Richard Mardorf.
Endnotes
1. US Population Census - Iowa, Jones Co., 1920 (read Dec 17, 2001 by Nancy Prouty).
2. U.S. Census images. Heritage Quest Online. Subscription database through the Sonoma County Public Library. (ProQuest LLC, 2009.), 1900 census.
3. Ramona (Heiken) Mayer, compiler, Heiken and related families (Iowa:, bet 1985 and 1992).
4. US Population Census - Iowa, Jones Co., 1920 (read Dec 17, 2001 by Nancy Prouty).
5. U.S. Census images. Heritage Quest Online. Subscription database through the Sonoma County Public Library. (ProQuest LLC, 2009.), 1900 census - 1889 11 yrs.
6. SS Peter & Paul Lutheran Church Centennial Book. 100th Anniversary 1879-1979. (Monticello, Iowa: Church Committee. 1979.), page 42.
7. 1910 Federal Census, USA, Iowa, Jones Co. (read July 2000 by Nancy Prouty).
8. "Home news," Wedding announcement, Monticello (Iowa) Express, 6 April 1899; Ross & Elizabeth Baty Public Library (http://batypl.newspaperarchive.com : accessed 7 February 2011), Newspaper Digital Archives.
9. Rev. G. Wolf, Pastor, History of St. Peter and St. Paul's Evangelical Lutheran Church, 1879-1929 (Castle Grove Township, Jones County, Monticello, Iowa: n.p., 1929), pg 29.
10. U.S. Census images. Heritage Quest Online. Subscription database through the Sonoma County Public Library. (ProQuest LLC, 2009.), 1900 > Iowa > JONES > CASTLE GROVE TWP Series: T623 Roll: 440 Page: 11 .
11. 1900 Federal Census, Iowa, Jones Co. (read by Nancy Prouty, Nov. 24, 2000).
12. 1910 Federal Census, USA, Iowa, Jones Co. (read July 2000 by Nancy Prouty).
13. US Population Census - Iowa, Jones Co., 1920 (read Dec 17, 2001 by Nancy Prouty), SD 5 ED 63 sheet 6A.
14. Jones Co. Iowa Census, Jones Co. Iowa GenWeb online [http://iowajones.org/census/census.htm], accessed.
15. 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.
16. Ramona (Heiken) Mayer, compiler, Heiken and related families (Iowa:, bet 1985 and 1992).
17. "Mrs. Eibo Eiben," obituary, Monticello (Iowa) Express, 6 April 1967; Ross & Elizabeth Baty Public Library (http://batypl.newspaperarchive.com : accessed 30 January 2011), Newspaper Digital Archives.
18. Oakwood Cemetery burial list, US Genweb and Jones Co. Genealogy Society online http://iowajones.org/cemetery/Oakwood03.htm], accessed March 2008.