SIEREN, Lottie died 1911

SIEREN

Posted By: S. Ferrall - IAGenWeb volunteer
Date: 12/23/2021 at 19:04:03

Mr. L. Woolstrom of Waterloo township gives us the following particulars of a terrible affair which occurred in his neighborhood Monday. Joe Sieren, wife and four children have been living in the house on the old Dan Thies place, two miles south of Dorchester.

Monday Mr. and Mrs. Sieren were up at the Steinbach place, leaving the children at home alone. The oldest one was a boy of thirteen. About 2 p.m., the second oldest boy with the youngest child appeared at the Steinbach home and said that the house was burning and the second youngest child, a girl of eight years, was in it. When the parents got there the house was a mass of flame and nothing could be done.

Later the remains of the little girl were found near the kitchen door. The thirteen year old boy, who remained at the fire, was badly frightened, and how the fire started and why the eight year old girl could not escape, remains unexplained.

~Allamakee Journal, Wednesday, January 25, 1911; pg 2

Notes:
- The burial place of Lottie is unknown.
- Per 1910 U.S. census, Waterloo twp., Allamakee co. - her name was Lottie, and she was 6 yrs old, rather than 8 yrs in the news report:

Sieren, Joe: HOH, age 43, married 6 yrs., born Iowa
Sieren, Lizzie: wife, age 38, married 6 yrs., mother of 4 (all living), born IL
Sieren, Leo: son, age 12, born IL
Sieren, Allison: son, age 8, born IL
Sieren, Lottie: daughter, age 5, born MN
Sieren, Henry: son, age 1, born IA