Individual Details
Gesche Marie Jacobs
(21 Nov 1830 - 26 Jul 1895)
Events
| Birth | 21 Nov 1830 | Germany, Ostfriesland, Hesel |  | ||
| Marriage | 12 Nov 1854 | Marine City, St. Clair, Michigan, United States - Arend Balster | | ||
| Census (family) | 17 Jul 1860 | 1 Ward, St. Clair, St. Clair, Michigan, United States - Arend Balster |  | | |
| Census (family) | 29 Jun 1870 | Monticello, Jones, Iowa, United States - Arend Balster | | | |
| Census (family) | 1880 | Monticello, Jones, Iowa, United States - Arend Balster | | ||
| Census (family) | 1895 | Monticello, Jones, Iowa, United States - Arend Balster | | | |
| Death | 26 Jul 1895 | after an illness of several weeks - Monticello, Jones, Iowa, United States | | | |
| Burial | Saint Johns Evangelical Lutheran Cemetery, Wayne Township, Jones, Iowa, United States | | |
Families
| Spouse | Arend Balster (1834 - 1922) |
| Child | George Henry Balster (1855 - 1908) |
| Child | Etta Marie "Mary" Balster (1858 - 1937) |
| Child | Helen Louise Balster (1863 - 1938) |
| Child | Mary Balster (1866 - ) |
| Child | Anna Margaret Balster (1861 - 1891) |
| Child | John Christoph Balster (1869 - 1914) |
| Father | Hinrich Janssen "Henry" Jacobs (1802 - 1879) |
| Mother | Gesche Maria "Mary" Heeren (1807 - 1885) |
| Sibling | Anke Margarethe Jacobs (1829 - 1868) |
| 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
Census (family)
Living with his parents:1486, 1456, George Balster, 58 M, Carpenter, 500, 50, Hanover
Mary 60 F "
Arend 25 M, Carpenter, "
Mary 29 F, "
Anna 21 F, "
George 4 M, Michigan
Mary 1 F, Michigan
Census (family)
pg. 8 Scotch Grove Township, P.O. Langworthy, 19618,18 Balsted, A 33 M W Farmer 3,500, 900 Hanover
Mary 36 F W Keeping house Hanover
George 14 M W works on farm Michigan
Mary 12 F W Michigan
Annie 10 F W Michigan
Louisa 6 F W Michigan
John 6/12 M W Iowa Dec.
George, Mary, and Annie attended school within the year.
Census (family)
Arend BALSTER Self M Male W 45 HANOVER GER Farmer HANOVER GER HANOVER GERMary BALSTER Wife M Female W 49 MI Keeping House HANOVER GER HANOVER GER
Mary BALSTER Dau S Female W 20 MI HANOVER GER HANOVER GER
Louiza BALSTER Dau Female W 17 MI HANOVER GER HANOVER GER
Christofer BALSTER Son S Male W 11 MI At Home HANOVER GER HANOVER GER
Henry BONER Other S Male W 21 IA Laborer HANOVER GER HANOVER GER
Census (family)
28 139 139 Arend Balster 62 M M Germany F F mechanic Lutherian29 Mary Balster 65 F M " F F keeping house "
30 Christ Balster 26 M M Jones Iowa F F farmer "
31 Zena Balster 28 F M Germany F F keeping house "
Page #775
1 Arend Balster 0 M Jones Iowa N F
2 Gerd Harms 20 M Germany F F laborer Lutherian
Death
Mrs. Ahrend Balster died at her home in Scotch Grove township, last Friday, after an illness of several weeks. The funeral was held last Sunday at Rev. F. Von Strohe's church. Mrs. Balster was 64 years, 8 months and 5 days old at he time of her death. She was born at Hesel, Province Hanover, Germany, and came to America in the fall of 1854. On the llth of November, of that year, she was married to he husband who survives her. She had been a resident of Jones county about 30 years. Mrs. Balster was the mother of six children, four of whom are living and married. She was a good mother and will be sadly missed.Burial
Jones County Gravestone RecordsPage: 8
Name: Gesche Maria Balster
Birth Date: 21 Nov 1830
Death Date: 28 Jul 1895
Cemetery: St. John's
Town: Wayne
Endnotes
1. Janssen, Ludwig, Erhard Schlte and Hans Rudolph Manger, compiler, Die Familien der Kirchengemeinde Reepsholt (Aurich: Ostfriesische Landschaft, 1982), p 588 #3434.
2. Ramona (Heiken) Mayer, compiler, Heiken and related families (Iowa:, bet 1985 and 1992), Information from Edzards history and from Aunt Mary.
3. "Arend Balster Sr. Is Dead. ," Monticello (Iowa) Express, 17 August 1922; Ross & Elizabeth Baty Public Library (http://batypl.newspaperarchive.com : accessed 19 February 2011), Newspaper Digital Archives.
4. U.S. Census images. Heritage Quest Online. Subscription database through the Sonoma County Public Library. (ProQuest LLC, 2009.), 1860 > MICHIGAN > ST CLAIR > 1-WD ST CLAIR Series: M653 Roll: 559 Page: 601.
5. US Federal Government, Federal Population Census 1870. Jones Co., Iowa Roll 401. Iowa Vol. 16 (1-254A) Jones Co. (read Jun 28, 2001, Nancy Prouty.).
6. U.S. Census images. Heritage Quest Online. Subscription database through the Sonoma County Public Library. (ProQuest LLC, 2009.), 1870 > Iowa > JONES > SCOTCH GROVE TWP Series: M593 Roll: 401 Page: 196.
7. 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).
8. Ramona (Heiken) Mayer, compiler, Heiken and related families (Iowa:, bet 1985 and 1992), Balster information from Susan Balster, daughter of Les.
9. "Home News," Monticello (Iowa) Express, 1 August 1895; Ross & Elizabeth Baty Public Library (http://batypl.newspaperarchive.com : accessed 19 February 2011), Newspaper Digital Archives.
10. Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com/ Copyright © 1998-2000, MyFamily.com Inc. and its subsidiaries.), Iowa Cemetery Records.