MEINZER, Marie Dorothea 1855-1913
MEINZER, JAHN
Posted By: County Coordinator (kermit)
Date: 10/7/2011 at 15:56:53
MEINZER, Marie Dorothea 1855-1913
1 MAY 1855 -- 5 NOV 1913
Marie Dorothea Jahn was born on May 1, 1855 in Lorenzhof, Germany. At the age of 15 she came to the United States and settled at Ives Grove, Wisconsin. In 1875 she moved to Iowa.
On June 8, 1873, she married John Philip Meinzer. They were the parents of ten children, namely: Marie, August, Augustus, Wilhelmina, Philip, Lennie, Charlotte, Frank Harvey, Frank Emil, and George.
Services were conducted on November 7 by the Rev. Karl Rudolph of St. Peter's Lutheran Church with burial in the church cemetery.
Survivors include her husband, John; and five children, Philip, Charlotte, F. Harvey, Frank and George.
NOTES:
1. Transcribed from a typed document at the Riceville Public Library, Riceville, Iowa.
2. She is buried at St. Peter's Cemetery, Riceville (Douglas twp., Mitchell County), Iowa.
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