Mars, Simon, 1865-1943

MARS, VANDERMEER, ELLERBROEK

Posted By: Lydia Lucas - Volunteer (email)
Date: 2/8/2022 at 17:38:54

From the Sioux County Capital, September 16, 1943:

Simon Mars Dies

Simon Mars, 80, of Hornick, Iowa, died in Sioux City Monday. He was an uncle of Lige Mars of Seney. Services were held in the Van Etten Funeral Home here with Rev. Mr. Lake of Hornick officiating. Burial was in Hospers cemetery Wednesday.

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RESEARCH NOTES

He is not listed in the Sioux County Cemetery Index.

His FindaGrave.com page has Simon Mars, born 7 ??? 1865 in Pella, Iowa, died 13 Sep 1943 in Sioux City, buried in Hospers Cemetery, Sioux County, Iowa. Parents Lurje Mars (1821-1898) and Jannetje Vander Meer Mars (1823-1907). Siblings Peter Ellerbroek (1851-1931), John Ellerbroek (1852-1932), Mary Ellerbroek Hornstra (1858-1944), Peter Mars (1860 or 1861-1939), Adeline Mars Kuipers (1863-1943). (Note that Simon and Adeline appear to be twins).

The 1870 U.S. census shows Luije and Jannie Marse (born in Holland) and children Isaac (16), Mary (12), Peter (9), Simon (6), and Adiline (6), all born in Iowa, living in Oregon City, Clackamas County, Oregon, where Luije and Isaac are factory workers. In 1880 Luitje and Jannetje Mars are farming in West Branch Township, Sioux County with children Peter (19) Alida (17) and Simon (17). In the 1895 Iowa state census Luily (73), Jeneta (69), and Simon (30) Mars are in Willow Township [Hornick?], Iowa, where Luily’s occupation is “hardware”; Simon is noted as born in Marion [County], Iowa, with no occupation given.

In 1900 Simon (34) is living in Hornick with his widowed mother Jeanetta (immigrated from Holland in 1860), where he is a tinsmith. In 1910 Simon is living alone in Hornick, where he is a tinner with his own shop. In 1920 he is a tinner in a hardware store in Hornick; his surname is spelled Mears. In 1930 (age 65) he is an odd jobs laborer in Hornick, and in 1940 (age 77) he is again a tinner in a hardware store there.