Lindenman, Emil A. 1855-1951 & Clara Susanna Hamilton Family

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Date: 7/31/2023 at 15:34:48

Lindenman, Emil A. 1855-1951 and Clara Susanna Hamilton Family

This story was taken from page 429 of the Ireton Centennial Book (1882-1982). Author unknown. The story was transcribed for this BIOS by Beth De Leeuw of the Greater Sioux County Genealogical Society. Some research notes were added by Wilma J. Vande Berg .

Emil Adolph Lindenman was born Jan. 1, 1855 in Teufentahl, Switzerland and came to the U.S. at the age of twelve. He and his family first settled in Bates Co., Mo., then came to LeMars in 1884, then on to Sioux Co.

His first employer, in the Ireton area, was a Mr. Post, who lived on the farm now occupied by Edwin Winterfeld. Later he was employed by G.A. Darling, on what is now known as the Bertram Farm.

Clara Susanna Hamilton was born Aug. 7, 1866 in Cordova, Il. Her mother passed away when she was 2 years old and, since her father was a soldier in the Civil War, she was brought to Sioux Co. in a covered wagon by an uncle, Sylvanus Cox. She lived with his family until she was old enough to work out and make her own living. She was employed in the G.A. Darling home where she met Emil. They were married in the Ireton Methodist Church on Dec. 4, 1887 and moved to Schell City, Mo., where Emil’s family was living. Their daughter, Mary, was born there.

They returned to Ireton in 1890 and settled on the T.H. Pryor farm, now occupied by Paul Winterfeld, and lived there for 16 years. The other members of their family were born there: Albert, Lyddie, Emil, Clara, Edith, and Rose. Later they farmed the M.M. Elder farm east of Ireton, now occupied by Fred Van Dieren, until Mar. 1919, when they retired from farming and moved into the home in the NE part of Ireton, now occupied by Mrs. Frank Bowden. They purchased this home from G.L. Houlton.

Clara passed away Aug. 1939. Emil lived alone a while, then moved to Sioux City to be near Mary. He passed away Aug. 1951. Both are buried in the Ireton Cemetery.

They were both faithful members of the Ireton Methodist Church. Clara was a member of the Ladies Aid Society and Emil was on the Church Board. They helped finance the building of three Methodist churches.

Their children as described in book and also listed individually below under Research.
-Mary never married but did housework many years, then was banquet waitress at the Mayfair Hotel in Sioux City. She is deceased;
-Albert married Elizabeth “Lizzie” Taylor who died in the early 1940’s and he remarried. He lives in Forest Grove, Ore.;
-Lyddie lived in Sioux City and died in 1942;
-Clara married Harry Woods and she lives at McAlester, Ok.;
-Edith married Merle Yates and they farmed north of Ireton until 1958 when they moved to a new home in Hawarden. They had 3 sons: Lloyd and Wesley were both in the U.S. Navy. Both live in Calif. Lloyd works for a shipping firm and Wesley is Professor of Agri. at the Univ. at Davis, Ca. Stanley is on his parents’ farm. He has 4 daughters. Merle passed away in 1979 and Edith died in 1980.
-Rose married Jessie Yates and farmed west of Ireton on Highway #10 from 1921 to 1951. The farm is now occupied by Mrs. Elizabeth Kruid. The Yates retired to Hawarden in 1951. Jesse was bin-site Supt. for Sioux Co. until his health failed in 1958. They raised four children: Marilyn married Robert Richmond. They live in Butler, Mo. She is a cook in the hospital there; Lyle served in the Navy, then went to the Univ. of Iowa where he earned his medical degree. He is a surgeon at Oakland, Ca.; Charlene married Kenneth Janssen. She is business manager of the Hawarden Independent; Rosalie married Ronald Peters of Ireton. She is editor of the Sibley Gazette Tribune, a paper published twice a week in Sibley. Rose still lived in Hawarden.

RESEARCH NOTES: Added by Wilma J. Vande Berg From a report on ancestry.com public member trees submitted by other than this submitter.

Emuel Adolph Lindenman born 1 Jan 1866 Fahrwangen, Aargau, Switzerland died 16 Aug 1951 Iowa. He was the son of Jacob Adolf Lindenman 1837-1892 and Elizabetha Pluec/Pleuss 18133-1919. Emuel ‘Emil’ married Clara Suzanna Hamilton 4 Dec 1887 Sioux County IA .

Clara Susanna Hamilton born Aug 1866 Illinois died 15 Aug 1939 Iowa. She was the daughter of Henry Hamilton and Mary Cox.

CHILDREN of Emil and Clara Lindenman. Obits found in local and Plymouth county digital Archive newpspers.

1-Mary Elizabeth Lindenman born 23 Sep 1889 Iowa died Dec 1978 Iowa Mary never married but did housework many years, then was banquet waitress at the Mayfair Hotel in Sioux City.

2-Albert Henry Lindenman born 22 Dec 1892 Ireton IA died 16 Dec 1984 Vancouver WA. From the Hawarden Independent, January 17, 1985: Albert Henry Lindenman, 93, of Forest Grove, OR, formerly of Ireton, died Sunday, Dec. 16, 1984. Services were at 11:30 a.m. Wednesday, Dec. 19, in the Fuiten Mortuary Chapel in Forest Grove. Mr. Lindenman was born Dec. 22, 1891, in Ireton. He married Edith Anna La Moine Stake at Van Couver, WA, on Jan. 29, 1942. They made their home in Van Couver until retirement. They then moved to Forest Grove. Survivors include two daughters, Mrs. Joseph (Marguerite) Gutherie, Van Couver; and Mrs. Vernon (Mildred) Adams of Quartzite, AZ, two sisters, Rose M. Yates of Hawarden and Clara Woods of McAlester, OK. Also surviving are seven grandchildren.

3-Lyddie Pearl Lindenman Hardenburger born 1893 died 1943 Hawarden Independent of May 6, 1943 Death Follows Long Illness
Mrs. Ira Hardenburger of Sioux City passed away at her home Saturday evening. She had been in failing health for a long time and submitted to operations which seemed to bring relief but she suffered set backs. It became known a few weeks ago that her condition was critical and no hope for a cure was given.
Lydia P. Lindenman, daughter of E. A. and the late Clara Lindenman, was born Oct. 20, 1893 on a farm near Ireton, where she grew up. She was married to Ira Hardenburger and this union was blessed with three daughters.
Since her marriage she lived in Sioux City. Besides her husband and three daughters, Viola and Eileen, both of Sioux City and Mrs. Ester Wupple of Los Angeles, Calif., and one son, Earl Miller of Washington, D, C.. by a former marriage; four sisters, Miss Mary Lindenman of Sioux City, Mrs. Clara Wools of Oklahoma City, Okla., and Mrs. Edith Yates and Mrs. Rose Yates of Ireton, and one brother, Albert Lindenman of Forest Grove, Ore.
Funeral services were held at the Christy chapel at Morningside at 10:30 Monday morning. Burial was made in Pleasant Hill cemetery at Ireton. Pall bearers at the cemetery were C. C, Cooper, Wm. Miller, Geo. Richmond, Frank Taylor, Hans Swanson and John Smith.

4-Emil Oscar Lindenman born 23 Mar 1895 died 29 Aug 1898
From the Alton Democrat of Sep 3, 1898 Ireton News.
Monday morning came the sad news of the death of Mr. and Mrs. Emil Linderman's little son. He was buried on Tuesday.

5-Clara Ethel Lindenman Woods born 9 Oct 1897 Sioux County IA died 8 May 1991 Oklahoma Hawarden Independent of May 23 1991
Clara E. Woods Funeral services for Mrs. Clara E. Woods were held at Mills Funeral Home Chapel, Bill LaPorte and Rev. Jerry Woods officiated. Interment was at Oak Hill cemetery under the direction of Mills Funeral Home. Mrs. Woods, 93, of McAlester, passed away at McAlester Regional Hospital. She was born October 9, 1897 in Ireton to Emil and Clara Hamilton Lindenman. She was reared in Iowa and married Harry H. Woods on September 7, 1916 at South Sioux City. They lived in Oklahoma City for several years, where they were in the grocery business. She was a member of the Methodist church. They moved to McAlester in 1964. She was preceded in death by her husband on July 11, 1977; a son, Robert L. Woods; a granddaughter Glenda Freeman; a great-grandson, Kelson David Freeman; three sisters; and a brother. Survivors include a son and daughter-in-law, Elmer and Thelma Woods of McAlester; a daughter, Edith Miksell of McAlester; a daughter-in-law, Violet A. Woods of Del City; five grandchildren, Randy Miksell of Tulsa, Dennis Miksell of Arlington, TX, Bobby Ann Heimback of Oklahoma City, Ricky L. Woods of Des City and Rev. Jerry Woods of Vilonia, AR. Additional survivors include 10 great-grandchildren, Tracey Bell, Vincent and Rick Freeman, Randi Miksell, Shawn and Tasha Cooper, Amber and Autumn Silva and Derek and Kirk Woods; a great-great-grandchild and a sister, Rose Yates of Hawarden

6-Edith Esther Lindenman Yates born 26 Jun 1899 Washington Twp. Sioux County IA died 10 Mar 1980. March 20, 1980 Hawarden Independent
Mrs. Merle Yates, 80, of Hawarden died Monday, March 10 at the Hawarden Hospital. Services were at 10 a.m. Saturday in the United Methodist Church at Hawarden. The Rev. Marion Bloodworth officiated. Burial was in Grace Hill Cemetery. There was a prayer service at 9 pm. Friday, at the Dow Funeral Home.
Mrs. Yates, the former Edith Lindenman, was born June 26, 1899 near Ireton. She was married Nov. 30, 1922 at Ireton. They farmed in the Ireton area before retiring and moving into Hawarden in January of 1959. Mr. Yates died Sept. 5, 1978. She was a member of the United Methodist church Mrs. Yates had been a resident of Hillcrest Care Center in Hawarden for the last year.
Survivors include three sons, Lloyd of Mill Valley, Calif., Wesley of Davis, |Calif. And Stanley of, Ireton; eight granddaughters; two sisters, Mrs. Clara Woods of McAlester, Okla., and Mrs. Rose Yates of Hawarden; and one brother, Albert, of Forest Grove, Ore.

7-Rose Mae Lindenman Yates born 14 Apr 1901 Ireton IA died 29 Oct 2006 Sioux County IA Born: April 14, 1901 Rural Ireton, Iowa Died: October 29, 2006 Hawarden, Iowa
Rose Mae Yates, 105, Hawarden, died Sun. Oct. 29, 2006 at Hillcrest Health Care Center in Hawarden.
Services will be 10:30 a.m. Sat. Nov. 4 at United Methodist Church in Hawarden, with the Rev. Tim Walker officiating. Burial will be at Grace Hill Cemetery in Hawarden, under the direction of Porter Funeral Home in Hawarden.
Rose Yates, daughter of Emil and Clara (Hamilton) Lindenman, was born April 14, 1901, on a farm near Ireton. She was the youngest daughter of a family of seven children. She graduated from Ireton High School in 1918. After working as a dental assistant for an Ireton dentist, she married Jesse A. Yates on Dec. 8, 1921. They farmed for 30 years east of Hawarden, where their five children were born. They moved into Hawarden in 1951, following his retirement from farming. He died Jan. 9, 1968. She was a homemaker and caregiver for her family for her entire life. She was a lifelong member of the United Methodist Church, the Mary Magdalene Circle and Progressive Quilters Club. She served as secretary of the Senior Citizens organization and the quilting group. Her hobbies included being an avid quilter, doing embroidery work and solving crossword puzzles. She was known for her baking skills, especially apple pies.
Survivors include three daughters, Marilyn Dowdey of Hawarden, Charlene and Kenneth Janssen of Hawarden, and Rosalie and Steve Block of Albert Lea, MN; a son, Dr. Lyle and Madelyn Yates of Moraga, CA; 12 grandchildren; several great-grandchildren; and several great-great-grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Jesse A. Yates; an infant son, Donald Wayne Yates; a grandson; three great-grandsons; four sisters; and three brothers.
Source: Northwest Iowa Review 11/2006

8-Infant son Lindenman born 17 May 1906 died 18 May 1906.

OBITUARY OF EMIL LINDENMAN
From the Thursday, August 23, 1951 Hawarden Independent:
Ireton, Ia -- Emil A. Lindenman, 85, long time resident of Sioux county, died August 16 at the Cummings Nursing Home in Sioux City following a four-month illness.
Mr. Lindenman was born January 1, 1866, in Teufenthal, Switzerland. He came to America with his parents in June 1878; and settled with them first near Le Mars and then Shell City, Mo. At the age of 16 he came to Sioux county to make his way in a new country where he worked as a farm hand. Here he met and married Clara S. Hamilton on December 4, 1887, at the Methodist church in Ireton, Rev. E. J. Davenport officiating.
After their marriage they returned to Missouri for two years, then came back to Sioux county where they farmed for many years, retiring to Ireton in 1919.
To this union were born five daughters and three sons. Two sons died in infancy and one daughter, Mrs. Lyddie Miller Hardenburger, preceded her father in death.
Mr. and Mrs. Lindenman celebrated their golden wedding anniversary December 4, 1937. Following his wife's death on August 15, 1939, Mr. Lindenman lived alone in Ireton for several years, then made his home with his daughter Mary in Sioux City. Mr. Lindenman was a member of the Ireton Methodist church since 1887, served on the church board many years and was a member of the Ireton town council for several years.
Survivors include one son, Albert of Forest Grove, Ore.; four daughters, Mary of Sioux City, Mrs. Clara Woods of McAlester, Okla., Mrs. Edith Yates of Ireton and Mrs. Rose Yates of Hawarden; one brother, J. A. Lindenman of Ireton and 15 grandchildren and 15 great grandchildren.
Funeral services were held on Saturday afternoon from the Satterlee Funeral home and the Methodist church with Rev. Baker and Rev. Phillip Masters officiating. Burial was made in the Pleasant Hill cemetery beside his wife.
Two hymns, "The Old Rugged Cross" and "In The Garden" were sung by a mixed quartet, Mr. and Mrs. Marlin Eilts, Mrs. George Rose and Lloyd Simons.
Pall bearers were Arthur Kluter, Hans Swanson, George Rose, Edward Kading, Melvin Tarrell and Elmer Vander Hamm.
Out-of-town relatives present were, as follows; Mr. and Mrs. Harry Woods and Mr. and Mrs. Robert Woods of McAlester, Okla.; Mr. and Mrs. Roy Miksell of Oklahoma City; Mr. and Mrs. Robert Richmond of Independence, Mo., and Miss Mary Lindenman of Sioux City.
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OBITUARY OF CLARA LINDENMAN
From the Thursday, August 17, 1939 Hawarden Independent:
Beloved Ireton Woman Called
The whole community was deeply saddened and shocked when word reached here that Mrs. E. A. Lindenman was called by death about 5:15 Tuesday afternoon at the Oelrich hospital at Sioux Center where she submitted to a major operation August 9th. The operation was successful and she was doing as well as could be expected until some time Tuesday morning when a sudden turn for the worse developed, the cause of her death being a blood clot in her lungs. Mrs. Lindenman had been in poor health for some time and the last few months was subject to severe attacks of gall bladder and liver trouble.
Clara Hamilton was born August 7, 1866, in Rock Island County, Ill., where she spent the first ten years of her life. She came to Plymouth County in 1876 with an uncle with whom she made her home and in the spring of 1887 she came to Sioux county which has been her home, with the exception of two years when she lived on the George Ewers farm in Preston township, Plymouth county. She worked for Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Darling on the present Lorenz Bertram farm where she made the acquaintance of her future husband, who was also working on the Darling farm. She was married to E. A. Lindenman December 4, 1887, by the first Methodist minister in Ireton after which they left for southwestern Missouri where they farmed for two years. They then returned to Ireton and lived on the Pryor farm for many years and they also lived on the M. Elder farm for several years.
Eight children were born to them, six of whom, together with her husband, survive her. The children are Mary of Sioux City; Albert of Forest Grove, Ore.; Mrs. Lydia Hardenburger of Sioux City; Mrs. Clara Wood of Oklahoma City, Okla.; and Mrs. Edith Yates and Mrs. Rose Yates of Ireton. A son, Oscar, passed away at the age of 2 1/2 years as well as an infant son, the youngest in the family. There are 14 grandchildren, two great-grandchildren and many other relatives and friends.
Mr. and Mrs. Lindenman observed their golden wedding more than a year ago and her death is a severe blow to the husband who traveled life's pathway with her for more than 51 years. She was a loyal, faithful wife and mother, a real Christian in all her attitudes and those who knew her speak only good of her.
Mrs. Lindenman joined the Methodist church at the age of 17 years and loved her religion and church, being steadfast and true through the many years. She was the oldest member of the local organization, having become a member in 1887. "True hearted, faithful and loyal," was the motto she followed. She had nothing but kind words and helpful hands toward those with whom she came in contact.
Funeral arrangements were not complete when this was written as considerable depended on relatives from a distance. Mrs. Clara Wood expected to arrive from Oklahoma City in Sioux City about midnight Wednesday. Albert, the son, sent a message from his home at Forrest Grove, Ore., that it was impossible for him to attend the funeral.

From the Thursday, August 24, 1939 Hawarden Independent:
Last Rites for Mrs. Lindenman
The funeral of Mrs. E. A. Lindenman was held last Friday afternoon at 2:15 at the home and 2:30 at the Methodist church. It was one of the largest in attendance for some time. Friends and neighbors from far and near and relatives from great distances were present to pay respect to the departed and speak consoling words to the husband and children. Rev. I. C. McNulty preached from Mark 14, verse 8: "She Hath Done What She Could," which touched on the life of the departed in the years of service for her Master. The quartette composed of Mrs. Fern Hooper, Miss Neva Jean Houlton, Chas. Houlton and Keith Vande Water, with Mrs. Arthur Bartlett as accompanist, sang the departed's favorite hymns, "The Old Rugged Cross," "When the Roll is Called Up Yonder" and "Safe in the Arms of Jesus." The floral tributes were many and beautiful. The following neighbors and friends carried her remains to the last resting place in the family plot in Pleasant Hill cemetery: A. M. Richardson, C. B. Houlton, Wm. Taylor, E.E. Gandy, Hans Swanson and Albert Moser. So another mother in Israel has joined the throng that is mentioned in Revelations 7:14. These are they that have come out of great tribulation and have washed their robes and made them white in the blood of the Lamb.
The Ladies' Aid of the church served a plate dinner to a large number at the home at noon and the Legion Auxiliary served a lunch to a large number after the funeral.
Relatives and friends from out of town who attended the funeral were: Mr. and Mrs. Fred Moser, Windom, Minn.; Mr. and Mrs. Albert Moser, Vermillion, S. D.; Mrs. Leslie Moser, Rapid City, S.D.; Mrs. Marjorie Abell, Beresford; Mrs. Jennie Moser, Rock Rapids; Mr. and Mrs. Ruel Olson and daughter, Des Moines; Mr. and Mrs. Ira Hardenburger and family, Earl Miller, Mrs. Joe Whipple and son, Miss Mary Lindenman and E. M. Anderson and daughter Evelyn, Sioux City; Mr. and Mrs. F. W. Lindenman, Mrs. Fay Houlton, Fred Pluss and daughter Irene, Mr. and Mrs. W. C Newton, Mr. and Mrs. Albert Baugus and son, Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Bancroft, George Cox and Floyd Nelson, Hawarden; Mrs. Mary Cox and son Clifford, Mr. and Mrs. Jesse Cox, Mrs. Chas. Cox and Mr. and Mrs. John Edson, Alcester; Mrs. Clayton Theodorff, Hospers; Mr. and Mrs. Fred Dillavon and son, Scranton, Iowa.
Poster's note: In the 1925 Iowa census, Clara gave her parents names as Mary (Cox) and Henry Hamilton.