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Personal data Gertrude Carolina Mescher 


Household of Gertrude Carolina Mescher

She is married to Marcus Heetland Johns.

They got married on October 4, 1941 at Butte, Boyd Co., NE, she was 25 years old.


Child(ren):

  1. (Not public)
  2. (Not public)
  3. Donald Eugene Johns  1947-1997
  4. (Not public)


Notes about Gertrude Carolina Mescher

Gertrude Carolina Mescher

Sources: Author: Obray, Wendy; Obray, Aaron Kirk; & Johns, Harold; Title: "Gertrude Carolina Mescher," (Publication location: Lehi, UT, Publisher: FamilySearch, Publication date: xvii Jan MMXXI), Repository: The Cloud

Link: https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/KHB7-KJQ

"... Gertrude Carolina Mescher Last Changed: May 26, 2012 by Harold Johns Sex Female Birth 25 Jan 1916 Emery, Hanson, South Dakota, USA Death 23 January 1997 Paullina, O'Brien, Iowa, United States Reason This Information Is Correct: My mother died at home in Paullina Last Changed: May 28, 2016 by Harold Johns

Residence 1920 Emery, Hanson, South Dakota, United States Reason This Information Is Correct: This census record shows the residence of the family of Ben and Mary Mescher in 1920. It also lists the children they had at that time and their approximate birth years.

Education Enrollment 1922 Emery, Hanson, South Dakota, United States Last Changed: April 25, 2018 by Aaron Kirk Obray
Education Enrollment 1925 Emery, Hanson, South Dakota, United States
Residence 1930 Emery, Hanson, South Dakota, United States Reason This Information Is Correct: Name and Birth Year and Residence are correct
Education Enrollment 1932 Emery, Hanson, South Dakota, United States
Education Enrollment 1933 Hanson, South Dakota, United States Reason This Information Is Correct: His name and her name match and the birth year also matches
Education Enrollment 1934 Emery, Hanson, South Dakota, United States

Residence 1935 Emery ward 1, Hanson, South Dakota Reason This Information Is Correct: This South Dakota census shows Gertrude's residence in 1935 and verifies her year of birth.
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School+enrollment 1935 Emery, Hanson, South Dakota, United States Reason This Information Is Correct:
All the info in the picture is correct with the date that she was born and the age that she was at the time that she had enrolled in School and her Parents information is correct.

Education Enrollment 1936 Emery, Hanson, South Dakota, United States

Residence 1940 Emery City, Emery, Hanson, South Dakota, United States Reason This Information Is Correct: This 1940 census shows the residence of Ben and Mary Mescher and five of their children.

Education Enrollment Emery, Hanson, South Dakota, United States
Residence South Dakota, United States Reason This Information Is Correct: The name and birth year match

Spouses and Children

Marcus Heetland Johns 1909-1994
Marriage: 04 Oct 1941 Butte, Boyd, Nebraska, USA
Gertrude Carolina Mescher 1916-1997

Children of Gertrude Carolina Mescher and Marcus Heetland Johns (1)

[1 m] Donald Eugene Johns 1947-1997

Parents and Siblings

Bernard Jacob Mescher 1885-1952
Marriage: 25 Apr 1910 Emery, Hanson, South Dakota
Mary Bunger 1890-1984

Children of Mary Bunger and Bernard Jacob Mescher (11)

[1 m] Henry A Mescher 1911-Deceased
[2 m] George E Mescher 1912-2008
[3 m] Frank Alvin Mescher 1914-1978
[4 f] Gertrude Carolina Mescher 1916-1997
[5 m] Ben Weye Mescher 1918-1995
[6 f] Esther Marcella Mescher 1919-2013
[7 f] Marie Loretta Mescher 1922-Deceased
[8 m] Andrew James Mescher 1923-1924
[9 f] Barbara Angeline Mescher 1924-2020
[10 f] Eva Mae Mescher 1926-Deceased
[11 m] Earl Kenneth Mescher 1928-Deceased"

Author: Austin, Jane, Title: "Gertrude C Mescher Johns," (Publication location: Paulina, IA, Publisher: Find-a-Grave, Publication date: ix Aug MMXV), Repository: The Cloud

Link: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/150427645/gertrude-c-johns

"Photo[graph of stone shared with Marcus H. Johns] added by jane austin

Gertrude C Mescher Johns Birth 1916 Death 1997 (aged 80-81) Burial Prairie View Cemetery Paullina, O'Brien County, Iowa, USA Plot 3-37 Memorial ID 150427645

Spouse
Photo[graph of stone shared with Gertrude C. Johns] Marcus H Johns 1909-1994 (m. 1941)

Inscription Married 4 Oct. 1941 Parents of Harold, Dale, Donald, Vernon

Created by: jane austin Added: 9 Aug 2015 Find a Grave Memorial 150427645"
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    Historical events

    Birthday January 25, 1916

    • The temperature on January 25, 1916 was between 2.0 °C and 7.7 °C and averaged 4.1 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. There was 2.0 hours of sunshine (23%). 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 1948 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
    • In The Netherlands , there was from August 29, 1913 to September 9, 1918 the cabinet Cort van der Linden, with Mr. P.W.A. Cort van der Linden (liberaal) as prime minister.
    • In the year 1916: Source: Wikipedia
      • The Netherlands had about 6.4 million citizens.
      • February 29 » Child labor: In South Carolina, the minimum working age for factory, mill, and mine workers is raised from 12 to 14 years old.
      • May 10 » Sailing in the lifeboat James Caird, Ernest Shackleton arrives at South Georgia after a journey of 800 nautical miles from Elephant Island.
      • July 19 » World War I: Battle of Fromelles: British and Australian troops attack German trenches as part of the Battle of the Somme.
      • September 8 » In a bid to prove that women were capable of serving as military dispatch riders, Augusta and Adeline Van Buren arrive in Los Angeles, completing a 60-day, 5,500 mile cross-country trip on motorcycles.
      • November 21 » Mines from SM U-73 sink the HMHS Britannic, the largest ship lost in the First World War.
      • December 30 » Russian mystic and advisor to the Tsar Grigori Yefimovich Rasputin was murdered by a loyalist group led by Prince Felix Yusupov. His frozen, partially-trussed body was discovered in a Moscow river three days later.

    Day of marriage October 4, 1941

    • The temperature on October 4, 1941 was between 7.8 °C and 19.6 °C and averaged 12.7 °C. There was 8.2 hours of sunshine (72%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east-northeast. Source: KNMI
    • Koningin Wilhelmina (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1948 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
    • In The Netherlands , there was from September 3, 1940 to July 27, 1941 the cabinet Gerbrandy I, with Prof. dr. P.S. Gerbrandy (ARP) as prime minister.
    • In The Netherlands , there was from July 27, 1941 to February 23, 1945 the cabinet Gerbrandy II, with Prof. dr. P.S. Gerbrandy (ARP) as prime minister.
    • In the year 1941: Source: Wikipedia
      • The Netherlands had about 8.9 million citizens.
      • January 17 » Franco-Thai War: Vichy French forces inflict a decisive defeat over the Royal Thai Navy.
      • January 22 » World War II: British and Commonwealth troops capture Tobruk from Italian forces during Operation Compass.
      • April 16 » World War II: The Nazi-affiliated Ustaše is put in charge of the Independent State of Croatia by the Axis powers after Operation 25 is effected.
      • May 13 » World War II: Yugoslav royal colonel Dragoljub Mihailović starts fighting against German occupation troops, beginning the Serbian resistance.
      • June 2 » World War II: German paratroopers murder Greek civilians in the villages of Kondomari and Alikianos.
      • July 6 » The German army launches its offensive to encircle several Soviet armies near Smolensk.

    Day of death January 23, 1997

    • The temperature on January 23, 1997 was between 1.3 °C and 8.5 °C and averaged 4.5 °C. There was -0.1 mm of rain. There was 2.2 hours of sunshine (26%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south-southwest. Source: KNMI
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    • In the year 1997: Source: Wikipedia
      • The Netherlands had about 15.6 million citizens.
      • April 13 » Tiger Woods becomes the youngest golfer to win the Masters Tournament.
      • June 25 » An unmanned Progress spacecraft collides with the Russian space station Mir.
      • July 1 » China resumes sovereignty over the city-state of Hong Kong, ending 156 years of British colonial rule. The handover ceremony is attended by British Prime Minister Tony Blair, Charles, Prince of Wales, Chinese President Jiang Zemin, and U.S. Secretary of State Madeleine Albright.
      • September 3 » Vietnam Airlines Flight 815 (Tupolev Tu-134) crashes on approach into Phnom Penh airport, killing 64.
      • September 6 » The Funeral of Diana, Princess of Wales takes place in London. Well over a million people lined the streets and 2​⁄2 billion watched around the world on television.
      • December 22 » Acteal massacre: Attendees at a prayer meeting of Roman Catholic activists for indigenous causes in the small village of Acteal in the Mexican state of Chiapas are massacred by paramilitary forces.
    

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