Individual Details
Gesche Margarethe "Grace Meta" Weers
(10 Dec 1868 - 27 Nov 1951)
Events
Families
Spouse | Wilkie Husmann (1860 - 1945) |
Child | Anke Margaretha "Anna" Husmann (1890 - 1965) |
Child | Marie Amalia "Mamie" Husmann (1892 - 1924) |
Child | Wilkie Janssen "Bill" Husmann (1894 - 1976) |
Child | John Fredrick "Jack" Husmann (1897 - 1976) |
Child | Katherine Augusta "Kate" Husmann (1899 - 1985) |
Child | Geraldine Wilhelmina "Dena" Husmann (1901 - 1995) |
Child | Henry Husmann (1903 - ) |
Child | Meta Johanna "Matie" Husmann (1905 - 1986) |
Child | Edward Heinrich "Ed" Husmann (1908 - 1924) |
Child | Louise Alma Husmann (1910 - 1992) |
Child | Alvina Gesine Husmann (1912 - 2013) |
Father | John Henry Weers (1837 - 1914) |
Mother | Maria Amelia "Mary or Mollie" Daniels (1839 - 1923) |
Sibling | Alma Elise "Lizzie" Weers (1864 - 1950) |
Sibling | Albert Weers (1872 - 1954) |
Sibling | Johanna Weers (1875 - ) |
Sibling | Gerhardine Mary Henrietta Weers (1875 - 1963) |
Notes
Census (family)
Willie Husmann M, Self, Jan 1860, Germany 3x, married 11 yrs (1889), immigration yr 1885Mate Husmann F, Wife, Dec 1868, Germany 3x, M-11, imm 1885, 5 children born & living
Anna Husmann F, Daughter, Sep 1890, single, IA Germany Germany
Mamie Husmann F, Daughter, Jul 1892, single, IA Germany Germany
Wilke J Husmann M, Son, Aug 1894, single, IA Germany Germany
John F Husmann M, Son, Jan 1897, single, IA Germany Germany
Catharina Husmann F, Daughter, Jan 1899, single, IA Germany Germany
Enumeration District: 0059
Page: 6
Sheet Letter: B
Family Number: 71
Reference Number: 68
Film Number: 1240440
Image Number: 00827
Census (family)
Parent Wilks Husman M 50yParent Meta Husman F 41y
Anna Husman F 19y
Mamie Husman F 17y
Willie Husman M 15y
John Husman M 13y
Katie Husman F 11y
Dina Husman F 9y
Henry Husman M 7y
Matie Husman F 4y
Eddie Husman M 2y
Louisa Husman F y 1m
Family Number: 14
Page Number: 1
Census (family)
Wilk Husmann M 70, (1860) Self, married, Germany Germany Germany, Immigration yr 1885Spouse Matie M Husmann F 61, (1869) Wife, Germany Germany Germany, Immigration yr 1885
Child Louise Husmann F 20, (1910) Daughter, single, IA Germany Germany
Child Alvena G Husmann F 18, (1912), Daughter, single, IA Germany Germany
Child Henry Husmann M 27, (1903), Son, single, IA Germany Germany
Raymond E Tuethen M 12, (1918), Grandson, single, IA IA IA
Enumeration District Number: 0023
Family Number: 25
Sheet Number and Letter: 2A
Line Number: 11
NARA Publication: T626, roll 662
Film Number: 2340397
Digital Folder Number: 4584418
Image Number: 00472
Death
Mrs. W. Husmann Died Tuesday A.M.Service's will be held this afternoon, (Thursday, Nov. 29) at 1:30 at the Goettsch funeral home and then at 2 o'clock at the Wayne Zion Evangelical Lutheran church for Mrs. Grace M. Husmann. Mrs. Husmann passed away at the home of her daughter , Mrs. Henry Wennekamp Tuesday morning following a long illness. She had been making her home with her daughter for the past few months.
Grace M. Weers was born in Ostfriesland, Germany, Dec. 10. 1868, the daughter of John and Maria Daniels Weers. She entered the United Slates when she was 16 years old and her home had been made in Jones county since then. She was united in marriage to Wilke Husmann who preceded her in death May 26, 1945. They were the parents of eleven children nine of whom survive.
Survivors include: William Husmann, Wyoming; John Husmann, Anamosa; Henry Husmann, Backus , Minn.; Mrs. Henry Wennekamp, Monticello: Mrs. Kate Dirks, Wyoming; Mrs. D. John Dirks, Scotch Grove; Mrs. John F. Dirks, Anamosa, and Mrs. Owen Conley and Mrs. Henry Rink jr. , both of Monticello. Also surviving are 43 grandchildren and 45 great grandchildren; one brother, Albert, Anamosa and two sisters, Mrs. Tom Schoon of Anamosa and Mrs. Henry Harms of Amber.
Pallbearers included John Wennekamp. Gerhard Tuetken, Lavern Husmann, Ernest Husmann, Leroy Dirks, and Robert Dirks. Interment was made at the Wayne Zion cemetery with Rev. F. H. Kehren officiating at the services.
Burial
Husman Edward H. 1908-1924 #170-1Husman Margareta 1868-1951 #170-5
Husman Wilke 1860-1945 #170-6
Endnotes
1. Jones Co. Iowa Census, Jones Co. Iowa GenWeb online [http://iowajones.org/census/census.htm], accessed.
2. U.S. Census images. Heritage Quest Online. Subscription database through the Sonoma County Public Library. (ProQuest LLC, 2009.), 1900 > IOWA > JONES > MADISON TWP Series: T623 Roll: 440 Page: 147 .
3. "Golden Wedding," Monticello (Iowa) Express, 30 November 1939; Ross & Elizabeth Baty Public Library (http://batypl.newspaperarchive.com : accessed 23 May 2011), Newspaper Digital Archives.
4. Jones Co. Iowa Cemeteries, Wayne Zion burial list, reading was provided by Ron Siebels online [http://iowajones.org/cemetery/WayneZion3.htm], accessed Dec 2008.
5. "Mrs. W. Husmann Died Tuesday A.M. ," Obituary, Monticello (Iowa) Express, 29 November 1951; Ross & Elizabeth Baty Public Library (http://batypl.newspaperarchive.com : accessed 1 February 2012), Newspaper Digital Archives.
6. Jones Co. Iowa Cemeteries, Wayne Zion burial list, reading was provided by Ron Siebels online [http://iowajones.org/cemetery/WayneZion3.htm], accessed Dec 2008.