Individual Details
Arend Gerhard Toenjes
(18 Jun 1880 - 8 Mar 1926)
Events
| Birth | 18 Jun 1880 | Jones, Iowa, United States |  | ||
| Marriage | 4 Apr 1907 | Wayne Zion Evangelical Lutheran Church, Wayne Township, Jones, Iowa, United States - Maria Henriette "Mary" Zimmerman | | ||
| Census (family) | 1925 | Wayne Township, Jones, Iowa, United States - Maria Henriette "Mary" Zimmerman |  | | |
| Death | 8 Mar 1926 | Wayne Township, Jones, Iowa, United States | | ||
| Burial | Wayne Zion Lutheran Cemetery, Jones, Iowa, United States |
Families
| Spouse | Maria Henriette "Mary" Zimmerman (1880 - 1969) |
| Father | Herman August Toenjes (1856 - 1938) |
| Mother | Anke Margaretha "Margaret" Zimmerman (1859 - 1941) |
| Sibling | Johann Christoph "John" Toenjes (1877 - 1962) |
| Sibling | Anna Elisabeth Toenjes (1878 - 1965) |
| Sibling | Augusta Maria Friederike "Gusta" Toenjes (1882 - ) |
| Sibling | Juliane Engeline "Julia" Toenjes (1884 - 1969) |
| Sibling | Gertrude Johanna "Hannah" Toenjes (1886 - 1916) |
| Sibling | George Dietrich Toenjes (1889 - 1938) |
| Sibling | Elise Maria "Lizzie" Toenjes (1892 - 1974) |
| Sibling | Clara M Toenjes (1896 - ) |
| Sibling | Lorene Katharina "Laura" Toenjes (1899 - 1967) |
Notes
Census (family)
11 TOENJES A G 44 IA H TOENJES, H A GER ZIMMERMAN, MARGRET IA IA12 TOENJES MARY 44 IA W ZIMMERMAN, WILKE GER HAYEN, ELIZA GER GER
13 TOENJES EDNA 16 IA D IA
14 TOENJES IRMA 14 IA D IA
15 TOENJES LUELLA 12 IA D IA
16 TOENJES LESLIE 9 IA S IA
17 TOENJES IRVIN 6 IA S IA
Death
SOURCE: Zimmerman Family Genealogy...Page 47Gerd Toenjes was a successful farmer. He died of an acute heart attack. He had gone to Amber to get a load of coal for his farm. Midway between Monticello and Anamosa, on the Military Road, he was found by Mrs. Will Siebels and Mrs. Howard Soper. They assisted him to the Siebels home where he died shortly after entering.
Gerd and Mary had lived their first married years near Amber and the past seventeen on a farm in Wayne Township.
The funeral was held at Wayne Zion Lutheran Church and burial at Wayne Zion Lutheran Cemetery at Wayne Church, Jones Co, IA.
Mary was the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Wilke Zimmerman.
Endnotes
1. 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).
2. U.S. Census images. Heritage Quest Online. Subscription database through the Sonoma County Public Library. (ProQuest LLC, 2009.), 1900 census.
3. , Seventy-fifth anniversary of the Zion Evangelical Lutheran Congregation 1872-1947. (Wayne Township, Jones Co. Monticello, Iowa.:, 1947), p 85.
4. Jones Co. Iowa Census, Jones Co. Iowa GenWeb online [http://iowajones.org/census/census.htm], accessed.