Individual Details
Gesche Margaretha "Grace" Kruse
(6 Oct 1817 - 6 Sep 1895)
Events
| Birth | 6 Oct 1817 | Schnapp Leerhafe, Ostfriesland |  | ||
| Baptism | 8 Oct 1817 | Leerhafe, Germany, Ostfriesland | | ||
| Marriage | 7 Nov 1840 | Leerhafe, Germany, Ostfriesland - Arend Siemers Peters | | ||
| Marriage | 26 Apr 1845 | Leerhafe, Germany, Ostfriesland - Gerhard Gerdes | | ||
| Immigration | 1872 | ||||
| Census (family) | 16 Jun 1880 | Cass Township, Jones, Iowa, United States - Gerhard Gerdes |  | | |
| Census (family) | 1885 | Cass Township, Jones, Iowa, United States - Gerhard Gerdes | | | |
| Census (family) | 1895 | Cass Township, Jones, Iowa, United States - Gerhard Gerdes | | | |
| Death | 6 Sep 1895 | Cass Township, Jones, Iowa, United States | | | |
| Burial | 8 Sep 1895 | Wayne Zion Cemetery, Monticello, Jones, Iowa, United States | |
Families
| Spouse | Gerhard Gerdes (1819 - 1900) |
| Child | Ancke Maria Gerdes (1846 - 1846) |
| Child | Anna Margaretha Gerdes (1847 - 1901) |
| Child | Hinrich Janßen Gerdes (1849 - 1917) |
| Child | Arend Janßen "Johnson" Gerdes (1852 - 1920) |
| Child | Knabe [boy] Gerdes (1854 - 1854) |
| Child | Ricklef Gerdes (1855 - 1935) |
| Child | Johann "John" Gerdes (1858 - 1902) |
| Spouse | Arend Siemers Peters (1818 - 1844) |
| Child | Herman M. Peters (1840 - 1897) |
| Child | Anna Catherina Peters (1843 - 1930) |
| Father | Heere Janßen Kruse (1796 - 1873) |
| Mother | Anna Margareta Janßen Juilfs (1797 - 1881) |
| Sibling | Trientke Maria Kruse (1821 - ) |
| Sibling | Greetke Kruse (1824 - 1901) |
| Sibling | Taalke Margareth Kruse (1826 - ) |
| Sibling | Sohn Kruse (1829 - 1829) |
| Sibling | Catharina Kruse (1830 - 1830) |
| Sibling | Anna Margaretha Kruse (1830 - 1909) |
| Sibling | Anna Catharina Kruse (1833 - 1894) |
| Sibling | Johann Kruse (1836 - ) |
| Sibling | Etta Margaretha Kruse (1843 - 1887) |
Notes
Census (family)
Garret GERDES Self M Male W 60 PRUSSIA Farmer PRUSSIA PRUSSIAMargurett GERDES Wife M Female W 61 PRUSSIA Keeping House PRUSSIA PRUSSIA
John GERDES Son S Male W 20 PRUSSIA At Home PRUSSIA PRUSSIA
Census (family)
17 41 35 Gerdes John 85 4 13 SW NW 26 M M Farmer Germany F F Militia, Voter18 41 35 Gerdes Anna 20 F M Keeping house Germany F F
19 41 35 Gerdes Grace 2 F Jones F F
20 41 35 Gerdes John A. 0 M Jones F F
21 41 35 Gerdes Garret 65 M M Boarder Germany F F Alien, Illiterate
22 41 35 Gerdes Grace 67 F M Boarder Germany F F Alien, Illiterate
Census (family)
1 21 21 Gerdes John 36 M M Germany Farmer Lutheran2 Gerdes Anna 33 F M " " "
3 Gerdes Grace 12 F Jones Co F F
4 Gerdes John 10 M " " " " "
5 Gerdes Gerhard 5 M " " " " "
6 Gerdes Annie 7 F " " " " "
7 Gerdes August 3 M " " " " "
8 Gerdes Daily 0 M " " " " "
9 Gerdes Gerhard 75 M M Germany Lutheran
10 Gerdes Grace 77 F M " " " "
Death
(Aug 1, 1895)Mrs. Gerhard Gerdes of Wayne, is dangerously ill of a dropsical trouble.
Endnotes
1. Steve Read, "Descendants of Gerhard Gerdes," e-mail message from
2. , Ortssippenbuch Leerhafe (N.p.: n.p., n.d.), selected pages emailed by Jeanee Thompson (Ostfriesen List).
3. , Ortssippenbuch Leerhafe (N.p.: n.p., n.d.), selected pages emailed by Jeanee Thompson (Ostfriesen List).
4. , Ortssippenbuch Leerhafe (N.p.: n.p., n.d.), selected pages emailed by Jeanee Thompson (Ostfriesen List).
5. Steve Read, "Descendants of Gerhard Gerdes," e-mail message from
6. , Ortssippenbuch Leerhafe (N.p.: n.p., n.d.), selected pages emailed by Jeanee Thompson (Ostfriesen List).
7. U.S. Census images. Heritage Quest Online. Subscription database through the Sonoma County Public Library. (ProQuest LLC, 2009.), 1880 > IOWA > JONES > CASS Series: T9 Roll: 348 Page: 351.
8. 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).
9. 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).
10. Steve Read, "Descendants of Gerhard Gerdes," e-mail message from
11. "Home news," Monticello (Iowa) Express, 1 August 1895; Ross & Elizabeth Baty Public Library (http://batypl.newspaperarchive.com : accessed 9 March 2011), Newspaper Digital Archives.
12. , Seventy-fifth anniversary of the Zion Evangelical Lutheran Congregation 1872-1947. (Wayne Township, Jones Co. Monticello, Iowa.:, 1947), p 94.