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Personal data Mary Ann Blank 

  • She was born on March 8, 1876 in Carroll Co., IA.

    Waarschuwing Attention: Age at marriage (May 14, 1891) below 16 years (15).

  • (note1) .Source 1
    Source: Shelly Tindall
  • She died on November 19, 1948 in Beaman, Grundy Co., IA, she was 72 years old.
  • She is buried on November 22, 1948 in Maple Hill Cem., Indian Vlg. Twp., Tama Co., IA.
  • This information was last updated on September 30, 2020.

Household of Mary Ann Blank

She is married to Henry Christian (Chris) Vahrenwald.

They got married on May 14, 1891 at Carroll, Carroll Co., IA, she was 15 years old.


Child(ren):



Notes about Mary Ann Blank

Mary Ann Blank

Sources: Author: Tindal, Shelly, Title: "Mary Ann Blank Vahrenwald," (Publication location: Gladbrook, IA, Publisher: Find-a-Grave, Publication date: xvii June MMVIII), Repository: The Cloud

Link: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/27649316/mary-ann-vahrenwald

"Photo[graph of stone shared with Henry Chris Vahrenwald] added by Shelly Tindal

Mary Ann Blank Vahrenwald BIRTH 8 Mar 1876 Carroll County, Iowa, USA DEATH 19 Nov 1948 (aged 72) Beaman, Grundy County, Iowa, USA BURIAL Maple Hill Cemetery Gladbrook, Tama County, Iowa, USA MEMORIAL ID 27649316

Obituary:

Waterloo Daily Courier Waterloo, Black Hawk, Iowa Sunday, November 21, 1948

MRS. H. C. VAHRENWALD IS TAKEN BY DEATH

(Courier Special Service)

Gladbrook, Ia. - Mrs. Henry C. Vahrenwald, 73, a resident of Gladbrook for about 50 years, died at the home of her son-in-law and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Hotopt, Beaman, Friday afternoon following a long illness with carcinoma. She had been a widow for about three years.

Surviving are five daughters and four sons. They include the following: Mrs. Carl Marshall, Mrs. James Karkosh, both of Waterloo; Mrs. Roger W. Wardin, Cedar Falls; Mrs. Joseph Hotopt, Beaman; Mrs. William Godfrey, Forest Park, Ill.; H. J. Vahrenwald, Denmark, Ia.; Christ, Ft. Collins, Colo.; Alva, Windsor, Colo., and Charles, Chicago.

There are also 16 grandchildren and three great grandchildren.

The body is to be returned here for burial and funeral service will be Monday afternoon at the Goettch Funeral home in Gladbrook.

Parents
Aloysius Blank 1817-1901
Helena Klienmeier Blank-Daugel 1842-1894

Spouse
Photo[graph of stone shared with Mary Ann Vahrenwald] Henry Chris Vahrenwald 1866-1944 (m. 1891)

Siblings

Photo[graph of her stone] Barbara Blank 1864-1893
Charles James Blank 1866-1932
Andrew Blank 1867-1902
Photo[graph of her stone] Elizabeth Blank 1870-1959
Photo[gaph of BLANK family stone] Simon Blank 1873– 1950
Adam J. Blank 1874-1945

Children

Photo[graph of her stone] Viola Vahrenwald 1895-1902
Photo[graph of a man in uniform with text listing service details] Henry Jacob Vahrenwald 1897-1983
Photo[graph of stone shared with John A. L. Hotopp] Elizabeth Helena Vahrenwald Hotopp 1900-1984
Photo[graph of stone shared with James V. Karkosh] Minnie Pauline Vahrenwald Karkosh 1901-1992
Photo[graph of stone shared with Marian Y. Vahren] Chris Julius Vahrenwald 1903-1966
Ruth Louise Vahrenwald Wardin 1905-1995
Photo[graph of stone shared with William E. Godfrey] Genevieve Emma Vahrenwald Godfrey 1908-1993
Photo[graph of stone shared with Catherine Y. Vahrenwald] Alva A Vahrenwald 1910-1978
Photo[graph of the reverse of a stone with no family name] Clarence Otto Vahrenwald 1912-1929
Photo[graph of her stone] Irene Marie Vahrenwald Heetland 1914-1972
Charles Peter Vahrenwald 1916-1997

Created by: Shelly Tindal Added: 17 Jun 2008 Find a Grave Memorial 27649316"
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Ancestors (and descendant) of Mary Ann Blank

Mary Ann Blank
1876-1948

1891

Henry Christian (Chris) Vahrenwald
1866-1944

Irene Marie Vahrenwald
1914-1972

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Historical events

Birthday March 8, 1876

  • The temperature on March 8, 1876 was about 6.5 °C. There was 2 mm of rain. The air pressure was 25 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the south-southwest. The airpressure was 74 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 95%. Source: KNMI
  • Koning Willem III (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1849 till 1890 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
  • From August 27, 1874 till November 3, 1877 the Netherlands had a cabinet Heemskerk - Van Lijnden van Sandenburg with the prime ministers Mr. J. Heemskerk Azn. (conservatief) and Mr. C.Th. baron Van Lijnden van Sandenburg (AR).
  • In the year 1876: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 4.0 million citizens.
    • January 15 » The first newspaper in Afrikaans, Die Afrikaanse Patriot, is published in Paarl.
    • February 2 » The National League of Professional Baseball Clubs of Major League Baseball is formed.
    • March 7 » Alexander Graham Bell is granted a patent for an invention he calls the "telephone".
    • April 20 » The April Uprising begins. Its suppression shocks European opinion, and Bulgarian independence becomes a condition for ending the Russo-Turkish War.
    • May 10 » The Centennial Exposition is opened in Philadelphia.
    • December 23 » First day of the Constantinople Conference which resulted in agreement for political reforms in the Balkans.

Day of marriage May 14, 1891

  • The temperature on May 14, 1891 was about 13.1 °C. The air pressure was 2 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the north-northwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 93%. Source: KNMI
  • Koningin Wilhelmina (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1948 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
  • Regentes Emma (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1898 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
  • In The Netherlands , there was from April 21, 1888 to August 21, 1891 the cabinet Mackay, with Mr. A. baron Mackay (AR) as prime minister.
  • In The Netherlands , there was from August 21, 1891 to May 9, 1894 the cabinet Van Tienhoven, with Mr. G. van Tienhoven (unie-liberaal) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1891: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 5.1 million citizens.
    • January 31 » History of Portugal: The first attempt at a Portuguese republican revolution breaks out in the northern city of Porto.
    • March 10 » Almon Strowger patents the Strowger switch, a device which led to the automation of telephone circuit switching.
    • March 17 » SSUtopia collides with HMSAnson in the Bay of Gibraltar and sinks, killing 562 of the 880 passengers on board.
    • April 1 » The Wrigley Company is founded in Chicago, Illinois.
    • May 15 » Pope Leo XIII defends workers' rights and property rights in the encyclical Rerum novarum, the beginning of modern Catholic social teaching.
    • August 18 » Major hurricane strikes Martinique, leaving 700 dead.

Day of death November 19, 1948

  • The temperature on November 19, 1948 was between 10.0 °C and 12.9 °C and averaged 11.2 °C. There was 0.5 mm of rain during 0.3 hours. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest. Source: KNMI
  • Koningin Wilhelmina (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till September 4, 1948 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
  • Koningin Juliana (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from September 4, 1948 till April 30, 1980 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
  • In The Netherlands , there was from July 3, 1946 to August 7, 1948 the cabinet Beel I, with Dr. L.J.M. Beel (KVP) as prime minister.
  • From August 7, 1948 till March 15, 1951 the Netherlands had a cabinet Drees - Van Schaik with the prime ministers Dr. W. Drees (PvdA) and Mr. J.R.H. van Schaik (KVP).
  • In the year 1948: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 9.7 million citizens.
    • April 1 » Cold War: Communist forces respond to the introduction of the Deutsche Mark by attempting to force the western powers to withdraw from Berlin.
    • April 3 » In Jeju Province, South Korea, a civil-war-like period of violence and human rights abuses begins, known as the Jeju uprising.
    • May 3 » The U.S. Supreme Court rules in Shelley v. Kraemer that covenants prohibiting the sale of real estate to blacks and other minorities are legally unenforceable.
    • September 18 » Margaret Chase Smith of Maine becomes the first woman elected to the United States Senate without completing another senator's term.
    • October 29 » Israeli-Palestinian conflict: Safsaf massacre: Israeli soldiers capture the Palestinian village of Safsaf in the Galilee; after, between 52 and 64 villagers are massacred by the IDF.
    • December 28 » The DC-3 airliner NC16002 disappears 50 miles south of Miami.

Day of burial November 22, 1948

  • The temperature on November 22, 1948 was between 0.5 °C and 10.2 °C and averaged 5.1 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. There was 6.0 hours of sunshine (71%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north-northwest. Source: KNMI
  • Koningin Wilhelmina (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till September 4, 1948 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
  • Koningin Juliana (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from September 4, 1948 till April 30, 1980 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
  • In The Netherlands , there was from July 3, 1946 to August 7, 1948 the cabinet Beel I, with Dr. L.J.M. Beel (KVP) as prime minister.
  • From August 7, 1948 till March 15, 1951 the Netherlands had a cabinet Drees - Van Schaik with the prime ministers Dr. W. Drees (PvdA) and Mr. J.R.H. van Schaik (KVP).
  • In the year 1948: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 9.7 million citizens.
    • January 17 » The Renville Agreement between the Netherlands and Indonesia is ratified.
    • February 28 » Christiansborg Cross-Roads shooting in the Gold Coast, when a British police officer opens fire on a march of ex-servicemen, killing three of them and sparking major riots and looting in Accra.
    • April 1 » Faroe Islands gain autonomy from Denmark.
    • May 12 » Wilhelmina, Queen regnant of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, cedes the throne.
    • May 15 » Following the expiration of The British Mandate for Palestine, the Kingdom of Egypt, Transjordan, Lebanon, Syria, Iraq and Saudi Arabia invade Israel thus starting the 1948 Arab–Israeli War.
    • September 5 » In France, Robert Schuman becomes President of the Council while being Foreign minister; as such, he is the negotiator of the major treaties of the end of World War II.


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