Knoll, Katharina (Mrs. Herman H.), 1864-1937

KNOLL, LUBSEN, FOLKERS

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Date: 6/13/2021 at 20:33:38

From the Alton Democrat, January 21, 1938:

Friends here have received news of the death of Mrs. Henry Knoll, a former Alton resident, at her home in Grand Rapids. She was 73 years of age.

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From the Hawarden Independent, January 13, 1938:

Received Word of Death of Niece

P. J. Lubsen received word of the sudden death of his niece, Miss Margie Knoll, which occurred at her home at Grand Rapids, Mich., Sunday morning. Mr. and Mrs. Lubsen were in Grand Rapids at Christmas time to visit his sister, Mrs. H. Knoll, who was critically ill at that time. She passed away Dec. 30th, but her daughter who died Sunday morning was apparently in good health at that time. The daughter was about 18 years of age.

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An undated obituary from the Grand Rapids Press on her FindaGrave.com page:

Katherine L. Knoll, 73, Passes Away at Home

Mrs. Katherine Lubsen Knoll, 73, wife of Herman H. Knoll of 933 Leonard St., N.W., died Thursday at her home. The Knolls celebrated their golden wedding anniversary last May. They came here from Alton, Iowa in 1904. Besides her husband she leaves three sons, Harry H., Joseph R and Cornelius H. Knoll; a daughter, Mrs. P. Bajema; a sister, Mrs. C. H. Hanson; a brother, P. J. Lubsen of Hawarden, Iowa, and seven grandchildren. Funeral services will be held at 3 o’clock Saturday at Van’t Hof chapel. Burial will be in Greenwood cemetery.

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Her FindaGrave.com page has her as Katharina “Talina Catrina” Lubsen Knoll; born 1 July 1864 in Zuidwolde, Bedum Municipality, Groningen, Netherlands; died 30 December 1937 in Grand Rapids, Kent County, Michigan; buried in Greenwood Cemetery, Grand Rapids; father Johann Lubsen (1832-1901); spouse Herman H. Knoll (1856-1939, married 1887); children Henry Herman Knoll (1888-1973), Joseph Rudolph Knoll (1890-1957), Nellie Knoll Bajema (1894-1978), and Cornelius H. Knoll (1897-1987). There is a photo of her gravestone. (The Margie Knoll who died in January 1938 (referred to above) was her son Henry Herman Knoll’s daughter.)

Her death certificate has her as Mrs. Katherine Knoll, born 1 July 1864 in the Netherlands; father Joseph Lubsen, mother’s name unknown to the informant, Herman H. Knoll; died at 12:20 a.m. December 30, 1937; cause, bilateral hemiplagia, duration 5 days, and myocardial failure, duration 3 days; contributory cause, chronic myocarditis, duration 1 year.

The 1900 U.S. census shown the Knoll family – Herman (42), Catherine (35), Harry (12), Johan R. (9), Nellie E. (6), and Cornelius (2) living in Alton, where Herman is a carpenter. They immigrated in 1892 and Herman is naturalized.

WieWasWie.nl has a birth index record for Talina Catrina Lubsen, born 1 July 1864 in Zuidwolde; parents Jan Lubsen, a carpenter, and Pieterke Folkers. There is a marriage index record for groom Harm Knol, age 30, a carpenter, born in Rottum, Kantens municipality, father Harriet Jurrien Mulder Knol, a landlady, mother Elisabeth Harms Moorlag; bride Talina Catrina Lubsen, age 22, born in Zuidwolde, Bedum municipality, parents Jan Lubsen and Pieterke Folkers; married in Bedum 7 May 1887. (Harm Knol’s birth index record on WieWasWie also has Harriet Jurriens Mulder Knol, a shopkeeper, listed as his father with Elisabeth Harms Moorlag as his mother. His death certificate lists his father as Harry Knoll and mother as Elizabeth Mulder.)