Individual Details
Meta Engeline Herren
(Feb 1883 - 1956)
Events
| Birth | Feb 1883 | Jones, Iowa, United States | |||
| Marriage | 3 Feb 1904 | Wayne Zion Evangelical Lutheran Church, Wayne Township, Jones, Iowa, United States - Gerd Hinrich "Garret" Heiken |  | ||
| Census (family) | 15 Apr 1910 | Union Township, Delaware, Iowa, United States - Gerd Hinrich "Garret" Heiken |  | | |
| Census (family) | 12 Jan 1920 | Union Township, Delaware, Iowa, United States - Gerd Hinrich "Garret" Heiken | | | |
| Census (family) | 1930 | Milo Township, Delaware, Iowa, United States - Gerd Hinrich "Garret" Heiken | | ||
| Census | 1940 | Milo Township, Delaware, Iowa, United States | | ||
| Census | 1950 | Milo Township, Delaware, Iowa, United States | | ||
| Death | 1956 |
Families
| Spouse | Gerd Hinrich "Garret" Heiken (1874 - 1937) |
| Child | Elsie Margaretha Heiken (1905 - ) |
| Child | Augusta Gerdina Heiken (1908 - ) |
| Child | Leslie Albert Heiken (1913 - ) |
| Child | Reva Marie Heiken (1918 - 1980) |
| Child | LaVonne J Heiken (1928 - ) |
| Father | Deitrich Behrend "Dirk" Herren (1854 - 1931) |
| Mother | Engel Margaretha Harms (1857 - 1923) |
| Sibling | John H. Herren (1879 - ) |
| Sibling | Diedrick Behrend "Ben D." Herren (1880 - 1944) |
| Sibling | Anna Maria Herren (1884 - 1968) |
| Sibling | Edward Heinrich Herren (1887 - 1955) |
| Sibling | Herman Henry Herren (1889 - 1960) |
| Sibling | William Herren (1892 - ) |
| Sibling | George Christopher Herren (1894 - 1954) |
| Sibling | Mary G Herren (1896 - ) |
| Sibling | Rheinhard F Herren (1898 - ) |
Notes
Census (family)
2, 2, Heiken, Gerd, Head, MW, 36 Married1-6 yrs, Germany 3x, Immigrated 1875, Farmer, General farm, can speak English, Own free farm" , Meta, Wife, FW, 27 M1-6 yrs, 2 children born & living, IA Germany Germany
" , Elsie, Daughter, FW, 4 single, IA Germany IA
, Augusta, Daughter, FW, 1 11/12, single, IA Germany IA
Census (family)
Fm 40 40, Heiken, Gerd H, Head, Own Free, MW, 45 Married, Germany3x, Farmer, general farm" , Meta E, Wife, FW, 36 Married, IA,Germany Germany
, Elsie M, Daughter, FW, 14 single, IA Germany Iowa
, Augusta F, Daughter, FW, 11 single, IA Germany Iowa
, Leslie A, Son, MW, 6 single, IA Germany Iowa
, Reva M, Daughter, FW, 1 4/12, single, IA Germany Iowa
Census (family)
Gerd H Heiken M 56, head, married, Germany Germany Germany, immigration yr 1876Meta E Heiken F 47, wife, married, IA Germany Germany
Leslie A Heiken M 16, son, single, IA Germany IA
Reva M Heiken F 11, daughter, single, IA Germany IA
Lavon J Heiken F 2, Daughter, single, IA Germany IA
Census
Head Meta Heiken F 57 Iowa, widow, 6th grade, houseworkDaughter Elsie Heiken F 35 Iowa, College 3, at school
Daughter Agusta Heiken F 33 Iowa, College 2, Teacher, Manchester City School, GW, 36 wks-$900 in 1939
Son Leslie Heiken M 26 Iowa, 5th grade, Laborer, Farm PW, 52 wks-$300 in 1939
Daughter Favion Heiken F 12 Iowa, 7th grade, at school
Residence in 1935: Same House
Census
Lesley A Heiken, Head, WM, 37 [1913], never been married, Farming, IA USA GermanyMeta E Heiken, mother, WF, 67 [1883], widowed, IA
Augusta G Heiken, sister, WF, 41 [1909], never been married, Night Cook - Glen, Charles H, IA
Endnotes
1. , Seventy-fifth anniversary of the Zion Evangelical Lutheran Congregation 1872-1947. (Wayne Township, Jones Co. Monticello, Iowa.:, 1947), p. 85.
2. "Iowa, County Marriages, 1838-1934," database, Family Search, (https://familysearch.org: accessed 22 December 2013), Berend Herren in entry for Gerd Henry Heiken and Meta E Herren, 1904.
3. U.S. Census images. Heritage Quest Online. Subscription database through the Sonoma County Public Library. (ProQuest LLC, 2009.), 1910 > IOWA > DELAWARE > UNION TWP Series: T624 Roll: 400 Page: 205Series: T624 Roll: 400 Page: 205.
4. U.S. Census images. Heritage Quest Online. Subscription database through the Sonoma County Public Library. (ProQuest LLC, 2009.), 1920 > IOWA > DELAWARE > UNION Series: T625 Roll: 487 Page: 199.