Individual Details
Johann Diedrich Specht
(2 Sep 1839 - 24 May 1923)
Events
| Birth | 2 Sep 1839 | Friedeburg, Wittmund, Weser-Ems, Niedersachsen, Germany |  | ||
| Marriage | 2 May 1869 | Germany, Ostfriesland, Reepsholt - Gerdje (Gertrude) Harberts "Meta" Gerdes | | ||
| Occupation | Bet 1869 and 1880 | Heuermann (tenant farmer & Häusling (son who didn't inherit, but had a house on family land) - Germany, Ostfriesland, Hoheesche | | ||
| Immigration | Abt 1881/82 | ||||
| Census | 1885 | Jones, Iowa, United States |  | | |
| Census | 1895 | Castle Grove Township, Jones, Iowa, United States | | | |
| Death | 24 May 1923 | Jones, Iowa, United States | | ||
| Alt name | John D. Specht | ||||
| Burial | Prairie Hill Cemetery, Castle Grove Township, Jones, Iowa, United States | |
Families
| Spouse | Gerdje (Gertrude) Harberts "Meta" Gerdes (1844 - 1931) |
| Child | Christina Margaretha Specht (1870 - 1872) |
| Child | Antje Harmine "Anna" Specht (1871 - ) |
| Child | Christian "Chris" Specht (1873 - 1933) |
| Child | Margaretha Johanna Specht (1876 - 1877) |
| Child | Herman Specht (1878 - ) |
| Child | Myrtle Elise "Meta" Specht (1880 - ) |
| Child | Johann Henrich "John" Specht (1883 - ) |
| Child | George Friederich Specht (1887 - 1964) |
| Father | Christian Specht (1802 - 1879) |
| Mother | Margaretha Elisabeth Heiken (1812 - 1846) |
| Sibling | Friedrich Heiken Specht (1846 - ) |
Notes
Census
14 Specht J. D. 86 4 32 NW SW 45 M M Farmer Germany F F Alien15 Specht Mrs. J. D. 40 F M Germany F F
16 Specht Anna 13 F Germany F F
17 Specht Christian 11 M Germany F F
18 Specht Herman 6 M Germany F F
19 Specht Meta 4 F Germany F F
20 Specht John 1 M Jones F F
Census
24 80 80 John Specht 55 M M Germany " " Farmer " Deceased26 Mallie Specht 51 F M " " " Keeping house "
27 Mertie (Meta) Specht 14 F S " " " "
28 John Specht 11 M " Jones Co Ia " " "
29 George Specht 7 M " " " " "
Next is Albert and Mary Heiken
Endnotes
1. Janssen, Ludwig, Erhard Schlte and Hans Rudolph Manger, compiler, Die Familien der Kirchengemeinde Reepsholt (Aurich: Ostfriesische Landschaft, 1982), p 893 #6036.
2. Janssen, Ludwig, Erhard Schlte and Hans Rudolph Manger, compiler, Die Familien der Kirchengemeinde Reepsholt (Aurich: Ostfriesische Landschaft, 1982), p 893 #6036.
3. Janssen, Ludwig, Erhard Schlte and Hans Rudolph Manger, compiler, Die Familien der Kirchengemeinde Reepsholt (Aurich: Ostfriesische Landschaft, 1982), p 893 # 6036.
4. 1885 State Census, Iowa, Jones Co. Ln=Line Number Dw=Dwelling number Fm=Family number Tw=Township Rn=Range Se=Section Loc=Location M=Marital status Fa=Father (Native/Foreign) Mo=Mother (Native/Foreign) (transcribed by Don Thomson for Rootsweb http://www.rootsweb.com/~iajones/census/85castle.htm 2002).
5. 1895 Iowa State Census. Castle Grove Township PAGES 44-67 + 931 Monticello Township PAGES 463-490 Monticello City PAGES 494-515, PAGES 516-537 Scotch Grove PAGES 753-776 (transcribed by Joanne Wilken http://www.rootsweb.com/~iajones/census/census.htm 2002).
6. SS Peter & Paul Lutheran Church Centennial Book. 100th Anniversary 1879-1979. (Monticello, Iowa: Church Committee. 1979.), p. 46 - has 1922.
7. SS Peter & Paul Lutheran Church Centennial Book. 100th Anniversary 1879-1979. (Monticello, Iowa: Church Committee. 1979.), Page 46 - has 1922.
8. Tombstone, Prairie Hill Cemetery, USA, Iowa, Jones Co., Castle Grove Twp. (Section 21 ); Jim Christianson for Jones County Genealogy Society,