Individual Details
George Frederick Tobiassen
(3 May 1877 - 6 Aug 1946)
Events
Families
Spouse | Mary Trientke "Lina" Bohlken (1877 - 1967) |
Child | Tobias F Tobiassen (1903 - ) |
Child | Milton G H Tobiassen (1916 - 1990) |
Father | Tobias Tobiassen (1838 - 1907) |
Mother | Anke Maria "Anna" Heiken (1840 - 1923) |
Sibling | Frederick Tobiassen (1867 - 1907) |
Sibling | Katherina Sophie Tobiassen (1872 - 1883) |
Sibling | Anna Marie "Mary" Tobiassen (1880 - 1955) |
Notes
Census (family)
Head George F Tobiason M 32 IowaWife Mary F Tobiason F 32 Iowa
Son Tobias F Tobiason M 6 Iowa
Mother Anna Tobiason F 69 Germany
Hired man Herman Brookhols M 29 Germany
Military
Tall Height, Stout Build, Blue eyes, Light HairCensus (family)
Head George F Tobiason M 42 IowaWife Mary T Tobiason F 42 Iowa
Son Tobias F Tobiason M 16 Iowa
Son Milton G H Tobiason M 3 Iowa
Mother Anna Tobiason F 79 Germany
Census (family)
93 TOBIASON GEO F 47 IA H TOBIASON, TOBIA GER TOBIASON, ANNA GER IA94 TOBIASON T M 47 IA W BOHLKEN, G H 76 GER TOBIASON, ANNA M 71 GER IA
95 TOBIASON TOBIAS F 21 IA S IA
96 TOBIASON MILTON G H 8 IA S IA
Census (family)
Head Geo F Tobiason M 62 IowaWife Mary Katrinka Tobiason F 63 Iowa
Son Milton Tobiason M 21 Iowa
Hired man Rhinehart Eggers M 21 Idaho
Death
Geo. Tobiason Rites PlannedDeath Followed Heart Attack
George F. Tobiason, a Wayne township farmer, died suddenly Tuesday morning following a heart attack. He had been picking berries along the railroad right of way near his home and must have been enroute home for dinner when he suffered on attack.
Tobiason's body was found lying on the ties along side of the track. It was first noticed by the engineer on the Milwaukee railroad freight train, which left Monticello at 2:30 p.m. The train was stopped and a messenger sent to the Tobiason home to notify Mrs. Tobiason and telephone for the county coroner. Coroner F. L. Harrington of Wyoming made an investigation and held that no inquest was necessary.
Funeral services for Mr. Tobiason will be held tomorrow (Friday) at 1:30 at the family home, and at 2 o'clock at St. John's Lutheran church. Rev. Rufus P. Young, pastor of the church, will officiate. Interment wilt be made at Oakwood cemetery.
Mr. Tobiason was a son of Tobias and Anna Tobiason. He was born May 3, 1877, on the Tobiason homestead in Wayne township. He continued to live on the same farm "throughout his life. After attending rural schools he assisted his father with the work on the farm.
Mr. Tobiason was married January 30, 1902, to Mary Bohlken The marriage occurred at the home of the bride's parents and was performed by Rev. W. H. L Schuetz, former pastor of St John's Lutheran church. Mr. and Mrs. Tobiason had lived for 44 years on the same farm. They became the parents of two sons Tobias F. Tobiason, Atkins, Iowa and Milton G. H. Tobiason, who lives on the home farm. The two boys were enroute into northern Minnesota on a fishing trip when their father's death occurred. They were notified by the Minnesota state police over the radio and thus were enabled to return home immediately.
In addition to his wife and son, Mrs. Tobiason is survived by one sister, Mrs. Herman Hanken, of Wayne township.
Endnotes
1. U.S. Census images. Heritage Quest Online. Subscription database through the Sonoma County Public Library. (ProQuest LLC, 2009.), 1900 census.
2. Hanken, Steve, "Iowa, Jones Co., genealogy" e-mail messages from
3. "United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ : accessed 23 November 2013), George Frederick Tobiassen, 1917-1918; citing Jones County, Iowa, United States, NARA microfilm publication M1509.
4. Hanken, Steve, "Iowa, Jones Co., genealogy" e-mail messages from
5. "Iowa, County Marriages, 1838-1934," database, Family Search, (https://familysearch.org: accessed 23 November 2013), George F Tobiason and Trintke M Bohlken, 1902.
6. "United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ : accessed 23 November 2013), George Frederick Tobiassen, 1917-1918; citing Jones County, Iowa, United States, NARA microfilm publication M1509.
7. Jones Co. Iowa Census, Jones Co. Iowa GenWeb online [http://iowajones.org/census/census.htm], accessed.
8. Hanken, Steve, "Iowa, Jones Co., genealogy" e-mail messages from
9. "Geo. Tobiason Rites Planned," Monticello (Iowa) Express, 8 August 1946; Ross & Elizabeth Baty Public Library (http://batypl.newspaperarchive.com : accessed 21 March 2011), Newspaper Digital Archives.
10. Oakwood Cemetery burial list, US Genweb and Jones Co. Genealogy Society online http://iowajones.org/cemetery/Oakwood03.htm], accessed March 2008.