FAAS, George 1866-1946

FAAS, SCHUSTER, PENNEY, HALSEY

Posted By: Diane Scott (email)
Date: 8/26/2010 at 15:42:35

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Retired Farmer Dies; Rites at Stacyville

Stacyville, Iowa – Funeral services were held Thursday at the American Legion hall in Stacyville for George Faas, 80, who died at his home Tuesday after four years illness.

He spent his young manhood on a farm near Stacyville and was married to Mina Penny. To this union four children were born, two daughters and two sons.

He farmed near Stacyville for several years, retired about 20 years ago and purchased a home in Stacyville.

His wife, children and two grandchildren survive.

Mason City Globe Gazette, Friday, July 12, 1946
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George Faas (#2) was the son of Benedict Faas 1823- 1894 and Kunigunda Schuster Faas 1828-1912. He married Ermina Blanche Penney 1873-1941, the daughter of William Penney and Hannah (Halsey) Penney

Benedict Faas and Kunigunda Schuster had two sons named George; the first George Faas (#1) was born October 1857 and died November 1933. He married Susan Adams.
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CENSUS:

1900 US Census: Liberty, Mitchell, Iowa
George Faas, 31, born January 1866 Wisconsin; Nina, 27, born March 1873 Iowa; George Penney, brother, 22, born Sept. 1877, Iowa; Edna Penney 20, sister born Nov. 1879, Iowa.

1925 Iowa Census:
Georgie Faas lists his parents as Benedict and Kunigunda (Schuster) Faas and Minnie lists her parents as William Penney and Hannah Halsey
children; Ida 24, Paul 22, Fannie 15, Delos 12.

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Photo of George from STANDARD HISTORICAL ATLAS OF MITCHELL COUNTY, IOWA, 1911

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