Individual Details
Michel Rudolph Tobiassen
(23 Jul 1877 - 18 Apr 1960)
Events
Families
Spouse | Gretke Elise "Lizzie" Hayen (1884 - 1967) |
Father | Johann Hinrich "John Henry" Tobiassen (1841 - 1891) |
Mother | Kathrina Margarethe "Meta" Ricklefs (1846 - 1887) |
Sibling | Anna Engeline Elisabeth Tobiassen (1874 - 1928) |
Sibling | Rhinehard Hinrich Tobiassen (1879 - 1926) |
Sibling | Adelina Gertrude "Della" Tobiassen (1884 - 1958) |
Notes
Census
5 34 35 Kasper Andrew 34 M M Germany " " Farmer "6 Kasper Kate 25 F M Jones Co Ia " " "
7 Tobiassen Rudolph 17 M S " " " "
8 Tobiassen Ring 15 M S " " " "
9 Tobiassen Adaline 10 F S " " " "
10 Kasper Rudolph 4 M S " " " "
Death
Rudolph TobiassenFuneral services for M. Rudolph Tobiassen, 83, will be held from the St. Matthew Lutheran church, Monticello, this afternoon at 2 o'clock. The Rev, Arnold E. Schlueter, pastor, will officiate with burial at Oakwood, Monticello.
The deceased was born July 23, 1877, in Wayne township, near Monticello, the son of John H, Tobiassen and Margaretha K, Ricklefs Tobiassen. He was married on Mar. 7, 1905, to G. Elize Hoyen, Monticello, and they farmed their married life in the rural area until moving to Monticello in 1921. They are members of St. Matthew Lutheran church, Monticello.
Mr. Tobiasseen's death, Monday Apr. 18, 12:05 a.m., was due to pneumonia. He had been a patient of the John McDonald hospital for the past two weeks.
Mrs. Tobiassen, his wife, is the only survivor. He was preceded in death by a brother, two sisters, and two half sisters. Pallbearers include Herman Folkers, Henry Tobiason, Wilke Behrends, Hayo Tobiason, Henry Rieniets, and Will Zimmerman. The Goettsch Funeral Home has charge of arrangements.
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. 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).
3. "Rudolph Tobiassen ," obituary, Monticello (Iowa) Express, 21 April 1960; Ross & Elizabeth Baty Public Library (http://batypl.newspaperarchive.com : accessed 30 March 2012), Newspaper Digital Archives.
4. Oakwood Cemetery burial list, US Genweb and Jones Co. Genealogy Society online http://iowajones.org/cemetery/Oakwood03.htm], accessed March 2008.