Individual Details

Marriage

[Monticello (Iowa) Express Thu, Nov 19, 1936]
Couple Pass The Golden Milepost
This German Couple Has Lived In Jones County For Fifty Years

Mr. and Mrs. John Peters, living at 330 E. Third street, celebrated their fiftieth wedding anniversary, Sunday, Nov. 15. Twenty-two guests including their three children and seven grandchildren were present at the dinner in honor of the event.
M. Peters was born in Oldenburg, Germany, on Nov. 21, 1858, leaving there to come to America in 1884. His wife, Elizabeth Collman Peters, was born in Friesland, Germany, May 3, 1866.

Came to U.S. in 1885
Mrs. Peters came to this country in 1885, and it was here that she met her husband for the first time. The young couple were married in Wayne, November 15, 1886, by Rev. Christoph Mardorf, pastor of the Lutheran church.
For 15 years they continued to make their home in Wayne township where they operated a farm. In 1900, Mr. and Mrs. Peters, accompanied by their three children, aged 11, 9, and 6 at the time, returned to Germany for a three months' visit with Mrs. Peters' parents.

Don't Wish to Return
That has been their only return to their native land, and neither has any desire to return a second time.
On their return to American, Mr. and Mrs. Peters located on Bowen's Prairie, where they stayed until they moved to Monticello in 1922.
Mr. and Mrs. Peters have three children, Mrs. John Wolken of Wayne, Mrs. John Husman of Castle Grove, and Gert Henry Peters of Bowen's Prairie.

Census (family)

John Peters M 36
Louisa Peters F 28
Margareta Peters F 5
Mary Peters F 4
Henry Peters M 1

Census (family)

Head John Peters M 42 Germany, Oct 1858
Wife Elizabeth Peters F 34 Germany, May 1866, 3 children born & living
Daughter Margaret Peters F 11 Iowa, Feb 1889
Daughter Mary Peters F 10 Iowa, Dec 1890
Son Henry Peters M 7 Iowa, Oct 1893
Servant John Coleman M 31 Germany 3x, Aug 1869, single, immigration 1886

Census (family)

Head John D Peters M 51 Germany
Wife Eliselth Peters F 43 Germany
Daughter Mary Peters F 19 Iowa
Son Henry Peters M 16 Iowa

Census (family)

Head John H Peters M 61 Germany
Wife Elizabeth Peters F 53 Germany
Son J Henry Peters M 26 Iowa

Census (family)

82 PETERS JOHN H SR 66 GER H PETERS, JOHN GER SCHRADER, MARGARET GER GER
83 PETERS ELIZABETH 58 GER W COLLMANN, JOHN GER DIRKS, MARY GER GER

Census (family)

Head John Peters M 71 Germany 3x, immigration 1884
Wife Elizabeth Peters F 63 Germany 3x, immigration 1885

Census (family)

330 E Third, own $4000
Peters, Johann H, Head, MW, 81 married, 4th grade, Germany
, Elizabeth, Wife, FW, 73, married, 4th grade, Germany

Same residence in 1935

Death

Mrs. Peters Dies Saturday

Funeral Services Held Monday P.M.
Mrs. John H. Peters, for 58 years a resident of Jones county, died a her home at 1 a.m. Saturday, Oct 14. Two weeks ago she fell and fractured a collar bone. She was cared for at the McDonald hospital, and a week later returned to her home. Her death came as a result of the accident and the infirmities of old age.
Funeral services were held Monday afternoon at 1:30 at St. Matthews Lutheran church with Rev Henry L. Adix officiating. Interment was made at Oakwood cemetery.
Elizabeth Collman Peters was born in Ostfriesland, Germany May 3, 1866. She came to this country in 1885, and it was here that she met her husband for the first time. The young couple were married in Zion Lutheran church in Wayne township Nov. 15, 1886 by Rev. Christoph Mardorf, pastor of that church. They were privileged to celebrate their golden wedding Nov. 15, 1936.
For the first 15 years following their marriage, they made their home in Wayne township where they operated a farm. In 1900, accompanied by their three children, aged 11, 9 and 6 at the time, they returned to Germany for a three months' visit with the parents of Mrs. Peters.
Upon their return to the United States, they settled on a farm in Bowen's Prairie, where they lived until 1922, when they came to Monticello to make their home. Mr. and Mrs. Peters became the parents of three children, Mrs. John Wolken, Wayne township; Mrs. John Husman of Castle Grove township, and Gert Henry Peters of Bowen's Prairie. In addition to her husband and children, Mrs. Peters is survived by seven grandchildren and two great grandchildren. She was a lifelong member of the Lutheran church.

Burial

1062 Elizabeth (Mrs) Peters 05/03/1866 10/15/1944
1062 John H Peters 11/21/1858 2/4/1950