FELDT, Ernestine (Stelter) 1852-1919

FELDT, BRUNK, STELTER

Posted By: County Coordinator
Date: 12/1/2011 at 13:18:20

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Mrs. August Feldt passed away at her home in Rock last Thursday. Mrs. Feldt has been a patient sufferer with a cancer for over two months. The services were conducted at the home on Sunday afternoon at 2 o'clock by Rev. Reineke, after which the remains were laid to rest in the Rock Creek cemetery.

[ Mitchell County Press October 8, 1919 ]

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Ernestine Stelter was born March 16, 1852 in Germany, the daughter of Michael Stelter and Wilhelmine (Brunk) Stelter.

She married August Feldt who was born August 1844 in Germany. He died in 1920.

In the 1900 US Census: Rock, Mitchell; Ernestine’s mother, Minna, was still alive and living with Ernestine and her husband. Her parents and a brother Wilhelm, are buried in the Calvary Cemetery. In this census, they still had eight children living with them: William, Martha, Willimena, Mary, Fredrick, Anna, August, and Anetta, ranging in age from 25 down to 2 years old.
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Iowa Cemetery Records--

Name: Ernestine Feldt
Death Date: 1919
Page #: 38
Birth Date: 1852
Cemetery: Rock Twp.
Town: Rock
Level Info: Mitchell County, Iowa Grave Records
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NOTE: The Iowa Historical Society Death Records for Mitchell County list: Feldt, Erstena, maiden name Brunk. Died Oct. 2, 1919.

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(Credit: M. O'Connor and D.M. Scott)