Individual Details
Anton Eilers
(8 Nov 1813 - 24 Mar 1886)
The parents of Mrs. Matthiessen wore Anton and Talke Eilers, who lived at Sante Dukedom, Oldenburg, Germany at the time of her birth August 16th 1837. In 1850, the family came to America, and settled in Illinois (Monticello Express, 1906).
Gerhard Eilers, is the son of Anton and Talke Eilers, who came to this country in 1850, and settled in Lee Co., Ill., but removed to Jones Co. in 1856. Renk is the son of Anton and Talke Eilers, who came to this country in 1850; they lived in Lee Co., Ill., six years, and came to Jones Co. in 1856; his father settled near Monticello, where he still resides.
[Monticello (Iowa) Express, Nov 15, 1906]
Mr. Anton Eilers has gone to Vicksburg, where he will observe the ceremonies connected with the unveiling of the Iowa soldiers' monuments.
Events
| Birth | 8 Nov 1813 | Zetel, Friesland, Weser-Ems, Niedersachsen, Germany |  | ||
| Christen | Aft 8 Nov 1813 | Zetel, Friesland, Weser-Ems, Niedersachsen, Germany | | ||
| Residence (family) | 1836 | Sande, Weser-Ems, Niedersachsen, Germany - Talke Oetken | |||
| Marriage | 5 Jan 1836 | Zetel, Friesland, Weser-Ems, Niedersachsen, Germany - Talke Oetken | | ||
| Immigration | 19 Feb 1851 |  | | ||
| Census (family) | 10 Jul 1860 | Monticello, Jones, Iowa, United States - Talke Oetken | | | |
| Census (family) | 2 Aug 1870 | Monticello, Jones, Iowa, United States - Talke Oetken | | | |
| Marriage | 12 Aug 1879 | Wayne Zion Evangelical Lutheran Church, Wayne Township, Jones, Iowa, United States - Gesche (Dirks) | | | |
| Census (family) | 19 Jun 1880 | Wayne Township, Jones, Iowa, United States - Gesche (Dirks) | | | |
| Will | 10 Dec 1885 | Jones, Iowa, United States | | | |
| Death | 24 Mar 1886 | Langworthy, Jones, Iowa, United States | | | |
| Burial | Zimmerman Cemetery, Wayne Township, Jones, Iowa, United States | | |
Families
| Spouse | Talke Oetken (1804 - 1878) |
| Child | Honorable Gerhardt "Garret" Eilers (1837 - 1906) |
| Child | Anna Elizabeth Gesine Eilers (1837 - 1906) |
| Child | Renke Eilers (1844 - 1926) |
| Child | Edward Eilers (1851 - 1886) |
| Spouse | Gesche (Dirks) (1824 - ) |
| Father | Gerd Eilers (1773 - 1828) |
| Mother | Talke Catharine Harms (1784 - 1872) |
| Sibling | Cathrine Margrete Eilers (1810 - 1810) |
| Sibling | Hermann Eilers (1811 - 1887) |
| Sibling | Gerd Diedrich Eilers (1816 - 1848) |
| Sibling | Anne Margarete Eilers (1820 - 1821) |
| Sibling | Jürgen Eilers (1822 - 1896) |
| Sibling | Peter Friedrich Ludwig August Eilers (1827 - 1827) |
Notes
Immigration
Auswanderung–2 (Emigration)Datum 19.2.1851 (Date Feb 19 1851)
Ort Amt Jever (Location of departure Jever)
Anmerkungen Quelle: Staatsarchiv Oldenburg Bestand 70 (written origin: city archives held Oldenburg )
Seite: 21.2
Reg.–Nr.: 6.013 II
Ausstellende Behörde: Amt Jever am 19.02.1851 (showed to the government: departed Jever Feb 19, 1851)
Eltern: Keine Angaben. (Parents: no declaration)
Sonst. Ausgewandert ist die Familie, beide Eltern und 3 Kinder. (Otherwise. Travelling with the family, parents and their 3 children.)
Reisegeld 200 RT.
Anton and Talke Eilers came to this country in 1850. They lived in Lee Co., Illinois for six years and then came to Jones Co. Iowa in 1856. They settled near Monticello, where Anton still resides. (Jones Co. History, 1879)
Census (family)
Antone Eilers 46, Farmer, 1050 real estate, 1540 personal estate, OldenburgTalke Eilers 56, Oldenburg
Gerhard Eilers, 24, Farmer, 1640 Real Estate, Oldenburg
Margaret Eilers, 17, Hanover
Renke Eilers, 16, Oldenburg
Census (family)
Next household from Garret and Margaret Eilers129, 131 Eilers, Anton 57 M W Farmer 5000 Oldenburg
Take 67 F W Keeping House Oldenburg
Marriage
Marriage record:Eilers Anton, Dirks Geshe, 08/12/1879, Wayne Twp., 756, 157
No parent info listed.
Census (family)
137, 140, Eilts, Anton, WM 66, Married, Farmer, Oldenburg Oldenburg OldenburgG., WF, 56, Wife, Keeping house, Hanover Hanover Hanover
Dirks, Didrich, WM, 26, stepson, single, works on farm, Hanover
Dirks, Herman, WM, 25, stepson, single, works on farm, Hanover
Will
Anton Eilers of the County of Jones and State of Iowa. Being of lawful age, sound in Minds and Memory, but in view of the uncertainty of life, I hereby make ordain & publish this my last Will and Testament revoking all former wills by me [] or executed:Item 1st I give bequeath t my daughter Ann Eliza Gesine Eils. born in 1837 (and married to Frederick Matthiessen) the following lots in Langworthy viz. Lots no 7 and 8 in Block No 21: And Lot No 2 in Block No 22: And all of Block No 30-31-32: All in the town of Langworthy Jones County Iowa
Item 2 I give and Bequeath to son Gerhard Eiler the sum of Five Dollars Born 1836
Item 3 I give and bequeath to son Renke Eiler born in 1844 the sum of Five Dollars
Item 4 I give and bequeath to Beloved wife Gesche Margaretha Eiles the sum of one thousand five hundred dollars in notes outstanding for money loaned or cush. and the house hold good in and about the dwelling:
Item It is my wishes that if after my death and the payment of the above legacies with all charges & expenses of burial there still remain a surplus of money or property then my executor divide the sum equally between my daughter Anna Eliza Matthiessen and my son Renke Eils share and share alike
I hereby appoint my trusty friend Harm Harms my executor of this my will and relive him from all Boil as I have full confidence in his integrity to perform this trust
December 10th 1885
Anton Eilers
The foregoing instrument was at the date thereof subscribed by Anton Eilers in our presence and he at the same time dellaised it to be his last will and testament and by his request we signed our names there to as witness both in his presence and in the presence of each other
A J [Mossoe] Witness Monticello Iowa
Harm Harms Witness Wayne Tsp Iowa
Death
Anton Eilers, the venerable father of Gerhard Eilers, Renk Eilers and Mrs. J. F. Matthieson, died at his home near Langworthy yesterday. Mr. Eilers was seventy-two years old, and had been a respected resident of Jones county since 1850. Funeral services Saturday.Burial
Iulau? Eilers 4-3-1878 74y 6 Inge? Frau Von Unton EilersUnton Eilers 1813/1824 Marz 1886
Endnotes
1. U.S. Census images. Heritage Quest Online. Subscription database through the Sonoma County Public Library. (ProQuest LLC, 2009.), 1860 census.
2. Edgar Much, "Eilers Family," e-mail message from
3. "Oldenburgische Gesellschaft für Familienkunde," database, (http://www.auswanderer-oldenburg.de/getperson.php?personID=I118869&tree=Auswanderer: accessed 1 September 2019), Eilers, Anton Family; citing Ortsfamilienbuch Zetel, Hartwig Meyer, (Oldenburgische Gesellschaft für Familienkunde e. V.), OFB, C, 21. .
4. "Oldenburgische Gesellschaft für Familienkunde," database, (http://www.auswanderer-oldenburg.de/getperson.php?personID=I118869&tree=Auswanderer: accessed 1 September 2019), Eilers, Anton Family; citing Ortsfamilienbuch Zetel, Hartwig Meyer, (Oldenburgische Gesellschaft für Familienkunde e. V.), OFB, C, 21. .
5. "Oldenburgische Gesellschaft für Familienkunde," database, (http://www.auswanderer-oldenburg.de/getperson.php?personID=I118869&tree=Auswanderer: accessed 1 September 2019), Eilers, Anton Family; citing Ortsfamilienbuch Zetel, Hartwig Meyer, (Oldenburgische Gesellschaft für Familienkunde e. V.), OFB, C, 21. .
6. The history of Jones county, Iowa, containing a history of the county, its cities, towns &c., biographical sketches of citizens ... history of the Northwest, history of Iowa ... (Chicago, Western historical company, 1879. iv, 19-705 (i.e. 667) p. incl. illus., ports. 25 cm.), p. 666.
7. Oldenburgische Gesellschaft für Familienkunde e.V., Auswanderer aus dem Großherzogtum Oldenburg, [http://s281837246.online.de/emigrants/index.php], accessed May 2009, Sources [S7224] (Staatsarchiv Oldenburg Bestand 70, #6.013 II, 6.013 II, pp.21.2)..
8. U.S. Census images. Heritage Quest Online. Subscription database through the Sonoma County Public Library. (ProQuest LLC, 2009.), 1860 > IOWA > JONES > MONTICELLO TWP Series: M653 Roll: 328 Page: 681.
9. U.S. Census images. Heritage Quest Online. Subscription database through the Sonoma County Public Library. (ProQuest LLC, 2009.), 1870 > Iowa > JONES > MONTICELLO TWP Series: M593 Roll: 401 Page: 136.
10. , Seventy-fifth anniversary of the Zion Evangelical Lutheran Congregation 1872-1947. (Wayne Township, Jones Co. Monticello, Iowa.:, 1947), p 81.
11. U.S. Census images. Heritage Quest Online. Subscription database through the Sonoma County Public Library. (ProQuest LLC, 2009.), 1880 > IOWA > JONES > WAYNE Series: T9 Roll: 348 Page: 362 .
12. Iowa. District Court (Jones County), , Probate Case Files, 1873-1903, 603-628, Anton Eilers 3 Apr 1886; "Probate Records, 1844-1965," digital images, Ancestry.com (: accessed 30 April 2020).
13. The history of Jones county, Iowa, containing a history of the county, its cities, towns &c., biographical sketches of citizens ... history of the Northwest, history of Iowa ... (Chicago, Western historical company, 1879. iv, 19-705 (i.e. 667) p. incl. illus., ports. 25 cm.), p. 666.
14. "Home News," Monticello (Iowa) Express, 25 March 1886; Ross & Elizabeth Baty Public Library (http://batypl.newspaperarchive.com : accessed 8 February 2011), Newspaper Digital Archives.
15. tombstone, Zimmerman Cemetery AKA Evergreen, Jones Co., Iowa, Wayne Twp, section 13 (); transcribed by Jim Christianson and proofread by Joanne Wilken.