Individual Details
Gesche Margaretha "Maggie" Edzards
(25 Jun 1863 - 11 Jan 1934)
Events
Families
Spouse | Charles Lorenz Wahl (1860 - ) |
Child | Lawrence Wahl (1886 - ) |
Child | Elmer H Wahl (1888 - ) |
Child | Ernest A Wahl (1890 - 1963) |
Child | Louis G Wahl (1892 - ) |
Child | Carl E Wahl (1898 - ) |
Child | Fred Conrad Wahl (1900 - ) |
Father | Harm Edzards (1828 - 1880) |
Mother | Anke Margarethe Jacobs (1829 - 1868) |
Sibling | Hinrich Eden "Henry E" Edzards (1852 - 1883) |
Sibling | Gesche Maria "Grace Mary" Edzards (1854 - 1927) |
Sibling | Magdalena Edzards (1856 - 1868) |
Sibling | Hermann Dirks Edzards (1858 - 1868) |
Sibling | Anna Engelina Margaretha Edzards (1860 - 1867) |
Sibling | Hinrich Janssen "John H" Edzards (1867 - 1925) |
Notes
Immigration
288 Harm Edzards, 49, male, Prussia to USA, SteerageAnke Edzards, 39 fem
Maria Edzards, 7 fem
Margaretha, 5 fem
Maria, 0, 10, fem
Census
108, 115, Toel, HAB, 43, MW, Works in Elevator, 1300, 300, Oldenburg, Parents of foreign birthAnna C, FW, keeping house, Hanover, Parents of foreign birth
Edzards, Maggie, 6, FW, Hanover, Parents of foreign birth
August and Anna (Jacobs) Toel is Maggies Aunt & Uncle
Census
August TOEL Self M Male W 55 HANNOVER HANOVER HANOVERAnna TOEL Wife M Female W 42 HANNOVER HANOVER HANOVER
Carl VANDERHAMM Other S Male W 12 HANNOVER Working On Farm HANOVER HANOVER
Mag. EDZARDS Niece S Female W 17 HANNOVER At Home HANOVER HANOVER
Marriage
Edzards Maggie to Wall Charles, 12/10/1885, 2020 142, Springfield, IL, GerEdzards Maggie
parents: Edzards H and Jacobs, Margaretha
Wall Charles
parents: Wahl Jacob and Schaefer Mary
Census (family)
16 70 71 Wahl Chas L 36 M M Ill " N " "17 Wahl Maggie 31 F M Germany " F "
18 Wahl Laurence 8 M S Jones Co Ia N " "
19 Wahl Elmer 6 M S " " " "
20 Wahl Ernest 4 M S " " " "
21 Wahl Louis 2 M S " " " "
Next household is -
22 71 72 Jacobs Angeline ? 53 F W Germany F F " "
Census (family)
Charles L Wahl Head M 41 IllinoisMargaret G Wahl Wife F 37 Germany
Lawrence Wahl Son M 14 Iowa
Elmer H Wahl Son M 12 Iowa
Ernest A Wahl Son M 10 Iowa
Louis G Wahl Son M 8 Iowa
Carl E Wahl Son M 2 Iowa
Death
Margaret(he) Edwards/Edzards was born 6/25/1863 at Reepsholt, Ostf. Ger.Parents were Harm Edwards/Edzards and nee Margaret (he) Jacobs. Immigrated
in 1868. She married Charles/Karl C. Wahl. Printing date of issue was
1/18/1934.
Monticello Express January 18, 1934
Mrs. C L Wahl Died Thursday
She Was The Mother Of Ernest Wahl, Residing Near Monticello.
Mrs. Charles L. Wahl, of Marion,passed away at her home at 2:10 last Thursday afternoon, January 11. She had been in failing health for several years. She was the mother of Ernest Wahl, who resides on a farm five miles north of Monticello.
Funeral services were held last Sunday afternoon at 1 o'clock, at the Yocum funeral home in Marion, and burial was made on the family lot at Springville.
Mrs. Walhl, whose maiden name was Margaret Edzards, was born at Repsholdt, Germany, June 25, 1863. Her parents were Harm and Margaret (nee Jacobs) Edzards. The subject of this sketch emigrated to the United States from Germany when she was five years of age. Her mother passed away when the family reached East Dubuque on its way to the new home in America. She was given a home with her uncle and aunt, Mr. and Mrs. August Toel, of Monticello.
She was baptized in the Lutheran faith while she was a child in Germany, and later was confirmed at St. John's Lutheran church in Wayne township. Her marriage to Charles L. Wahl occurred at Langworthy, December 10, 1884. Mr. and Mrs. Wahl lived on what is now known as the Harm Fechtmann farm near Langworthy until 1901, when they removed to a farm between Marion and Springville, where they lived until 1920. At that time they retired from active farm life, and have made their home in Marion during the past thirteen years.
Mr. and Mrs. Wahl became the parents of six sons and one daughter. One son, Carl, preceded his mother in death. In addition to her husband, Mrs. Wahl is survived by the following children: Lawrence, of Roubaix, South Dakota; Elmer, of Gunnison, Colo.; Ernest, Monticello; Louis, Central City; Fred, Santa Ana, Calif., and Ella Marie, of Cedar Rapids. He is also survived by eight grandchildren.
During her active life, Mrs. Wahl was a consistent attendant of the Lutheran church. At the time her passing she was a member St. Paul's Lutheran church at Marion. Those who have had the privilege of knowing her in this vicinity will be pained to learn of her passing.
Endnotes
1. Ostfriesens mentioned in the "Monticello Express," A weekly newspaper of Monticello, Jones Co., Iowa.
Obituaries are of people who died between Aug. 11, 1922 and February 15, 1934.
(Joanne Wilken,
2. Janssen, Ludwig, Erhard Schlte and Hans Rudolph Manger, compiler, Die Familien der Kirchengemeinde Reepsholt (Aurich: Ostfriesische Landschaft, 1982), p 329 #1368.
3. Ostfriesens mentioned in the "Monticello Express," A weekly newspaper of Monticello, Jones Co., Iowa.
Obituaries are of people who died between Aug. 11, 1922 and February 15, 1934.
(Joanne Wilken,
4. U.S. Census images. Heritage Quest Online. Subscription database through the Sonoma County Public Library. (ProQuest LLC, 2009.), 1870 > IOWA > JONES > MONTICELLO Series: M593 Roll: 401 Page: 145.
5. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints., Transcription of the United States Federal Population Census - 1880 (http://www.familysearch.org/ Oct. 2002), Wayne, Jones, Iowa Page Number 364B .
6. St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Sand Hill/Monticello , Jones Co., Iowa GenWeb online [http://iowajones.org/churches/LuthStJohns.htm], accessed 2002 -2008.
7. Jones Co. Iowa marriage books, online.
BOOK D 1877-1884 :: BOOK E 1884-1891 :: BOOK F 1891-1898 (USGenWeb
8. "Iowa, County Marriages, 1838-1934," database, Family Search, (https://familysearch.org: accessed 21 April 2014), H Edzares in entry for Charles Wahl and Maggie Edzares, 10 Dec 1885.
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).