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Personal data Johanna Cornelia Meyer 

  • She was born on February 15, 1851 in Grimersumer-Altendeich, Ostfriesland, Hannover.
  • Immigrated in the year 1890 vanuit in proximo, Wellsburg, Grundy Co., IA.Source 1
  • (note1) .Source 1
    Source: Lisa Hart, Leah Koltz, Teri Schriner, Keeta Hall MacKay; Hans-Georg Boyken
  • (Illness) on September 27, 1924 in Iowa Fls., Hardin Co., IA.
    cancer
  • She died on September 27, 1924 in Iowa Fls., Hardin Co., IA (Mommer home), she was 73 years old.
  • She is buried on September 30, 1924 in Wellsburg Ref. Cem., Shiloh Twp., Grundy Co., IA.
  • This information was last updated on October 18, 2023.

Household of Johanna Cornelia Meyer

She is married to Jan (Johann) Heinrich (Hinderks) (Hinrichs) Bruns.

They got married in the year 1877 at fortasse, Ostfriesland, Hannover, Preußen, she was 25 years old.


Child(ren):



Notes about Johanna Cornelia Meyer

Johanna Cornelia Meyer

Sources: Title: «u»The History of Lincoln County South Dakota«/u», (Publication site: Canton SD, Publisher: The Lincoln Co. History Comm., Publication date: MCMLXXXV), pg. 289, Repository: Dallas TX pub. lib.

Author: Mackay, Keeta Hall; Schriner, Teri; Koltz, Leah; Hart, Lisa; Title: "Johanna Meyer," (Publication site: Salt Lk. City, UT, Publisher: FamilySearch, Publication date: xxvi July MMXXI), Repository: The Cloud

Link: https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/G3WJ-CL8

"... Johanna Meyer Last Changed: October 3, 2019 by Keeta Hall Mackay Sex Female Birth 15 February 1851 Germany Last Changed: January 28, 2020 by Teri Schriner Death 27 September 1924 Iowa Falls, Hardin, Iowa, United States Reason This Information Is Correct: Findagrave Memorial ID 34886136 Burial Wellsburg Reformed Church Cemetery, Wellsburg, Grundy, Iowa, United States Reason This Information Is Correct: FindAGrave Memorial ID 34886136

Immigration 1890
Residence 1900 Shiloh Township Wellsburg town, Grundy, Iowa, United States
Residence 1910 Grundy, Iowa
Residence 1910 Shiloh, Grundy, Iowa, United States Reason This Information Is Correct: Not Related. Participating in Community Reconstruction Project

Souses and Children

John Jan Hinderks Bruns 1850 - 1904
Marriage: about 1876 Germany
Johanna Meyer 1851 - 1924

Children of Johanna Meyer and John Jan Hinderks Bruns (4)

[1] Hinderk Jurgen Bruns 1878 - 1966
[2] Dick Jansan Bruns 1881 - 1948
[3] Trentje Tena Bruns 1884 - 1964
[4] Katherine J Bruns 1890 - 1930

Parents and Siblings

Dick Meyer 1820 - Deceased
No Marriage Events
Catherine 1825 - Deceased

Children of Catherine and Dick Meyer (1)

[1] Johanna Meyer 1851 - 1924"

Author: Boyken, Ruth & Hans-Georg; Title: «u»Wo sind sie geblieben - Ostfriesen in Amerika«/u» Vol v, (Publication site: Bancroft IA, Publisher: Boyken & Boyken, Publication date: MMIVI), pg. 138, Repository: Dallas TX pub. lib.

[Pg. 138]

"Johanna Cornelia BRUNS*MEYER
* 15 Feb 1851 Grimersumer-Altendeich/Ostfreisland \\ oo 1877 Johann Heinrich BRUNS \\ > 1890 onto a farm near Wellsburg, IA \\ + 27 Sept 1924 Wellsburg, IA \\ = 30 Sep 1924 Wellsburg, IA \\ R: (h), 2 s, 2 d, si Mrs. (Harm) Meester*Meyer in Ellsworth, MN \\\\ O"

Author: Leffler, Gerhardt; Title: "Johanna Meyers Bruns," (Publication site: Wellsburg, IA, Publisher: Find-a-Grave, Publication date: xvi Mar MMIX)

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/34886136/johanna-bruns

"Photo [Johanna's stone] added by KDB
Picture of [Bruns family memorial obelesque] Added by KDB

Johanna Meyers Bruns Birth 15 Feb 1851 Germany Death 27 Sep 1924 (aged 73) Iowa Falls, Hardin County, Iowa, USA Burial Wellsburg Reformed Church Cemetery Wellsburg, Grundy County, Iowa, USA Memorial ID 34886136

Daughter of Dick & Catherine Meyers, both born Germany.
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Mrs. Bruns died at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Henry Mommer, at Iowa Falls last Friday night. Cancer was the cause of her death. She suffered from this trouble for more than a year and the past few months her suffering was intense. Her remains were brought here by the Beving & Flessner hearse on Saturday and taken to her home in Wellsburg. Funeral services were at the Reformed church in Wellsburg at two o'clock Tuesday afternoon. Mrs. Bruns was 72 years old. She was born in Germany and had been a resident of this community for many years. She is survived by two sons and two daughters. The sons are Henry from Lennox, S.D. and Dick from Bigelow, Minn. The daughters are Mrs. Ase Rust from this county and Mrs. Mommer of Iowa Falls. Mrs. Bruns was held in very high regard by all who knew her.
--The Grundy Register (Grundy Center, Iowa), 2 October 1924, pg 3--

Spouse
[Photo John's stone] John Bruns 1850-1904

Children
[Photo-stone shared with Aise H. Rust] Trientje Tena Bruns Rust 1884-1964

Maintained by: Renae Originally Created by: Gerhardt Leffler Added: 16 Mar 2009 Find a Grave Memorial 34886136"
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Ancestors (and descendant) of Johanna Cornelia Meyer

Johanna Cornelia Meyer
1851-1924

1877

Jan (Johann) Heinrich (Hinderks) (Hinrichs) Bruns
1850-1904

Hinderk Janssen (Jurgen) Bruns
1878-1966

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Birthday February 15, 1851

  • The temperature on February 15, 1851 was about -0.6 °C. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 88%. Source: KNMI
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    De Republiek der Verenigde Nederlanden werd in 1794-1795 door de Fransen veroverd onder leiding van bevelhebber Charles Pichegru (geholpen door de Nederlander Herman Willem Daendels); de verovering werd vergemakkelijkt door het dichtvriezen van de Waterlinie; Willem V moest op 18 januari 1795 uitwijken naar Engeland (en van daaruit in 1801 naar Duitsland); de patriotten namen de macht over van de aristocratische regenten en proclameerden de Bataafsche Republiek; op 16 mei 1795 werd het Haags Verdrag gesloten, waarmee ons land een vazalstaat werd van Frankrijk; in 3.1796 kwam er een Nationale Vergadering; in 1798 pleegde Daendels een staatsgreep, die de unitarissen aan de macht bracht; er kwam een nieuwe grondwet, die een Vertegenwoordigend Lichaam (met een Eerste en Tweede Kamer) instelde en als regering een Directoire; in 1799 sloeg Daendels bij Castricum een Brits-Russische invasie af; in 1801 kwam er een nieuwe grondwet; bij de Vrede van Amiens (1802) kreeg ons land van Engeland zijn koloniën terug (behalve Ceylon); na de grondwetswijziging van 1805 kwam er een raadpensionaris als eenhoofdig gezag, namelijk Rutger Jan Schimmelpenninck (van 31 oktober 1761 tot 25 maart 1825).
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  • In the year 1851: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 3.3 million citizens.
    • May 15 » The first Australian gold rush is proclaimed, although the discovery had been made three months earlier.
    • May 21 » Slavery in Colombia is abolished.
    • September 11 » Christiana Resistance: Escaped slaves led by William Parker fight off and kill a slave owner who, with a federal marshal and an armed party, sought to seize three of his former slaves in Christiana, Pennsylvania, thereby creating a cause célèbre between slavery proponents and abolitionists.
    • November 14 » Moby-Dick, a novel by Herman Melville, is published in the USA.
    • December 2 » French President Louis-Napoléon Bonaparte overthrows the Second Republic.
    • December 24 » The Library of Congress in Washington, D.C., burns.

Day of death September 27, 1924

  • The temperature on September 27, 1924 was between 7.2 °C and 12.9 °C and averaged 10.9 °C. There was 0.9 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-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 19, 1922 to August 4, 1925 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck II, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1924: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 7.2 million citizens.
    • March 3 » The 407-year-old Islamic caliphate is abolished, when Caliph Abdülmecid II of the Ottoman Caliphate is deposed. The last remnant of the old regime gives way to the reformed Turkey of Kemal Atatürk.
    • March 16 » In accordance with the Treaty of Rome, Fiume becomes annexed as part of Italy.
    • May 8 » The Klaipėda Convention is signed formally incorporating Klaipėda Region (Memel Territory) into Lithuania.
    • June 2 » U.S. President Calvin Coolidge signs the Indian Citizenship Act into law, granting citizenship to all Native Americans born within the territorial limits of the United States.
    • July 11 » Eric Liddell won the gold medal in 400m at the 1924 Paris Olympics, after refusing to run in the heats for 100m, his favoured distance, on the Sunday.
    • November 27 » In New York City, the first Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade is held.

Day of burial September 30, 1924

  • The temperature on September 30, 1924 was between 7.6 °C and 18.8 °C and averaged 12.7 °C. There was 4.9 hours of sunshine (42%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southeast. 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 19, 1922 to August 4, 1925 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck II, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1924: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 7.2 million citizens.
    • June 10 » Fascists kidnap and kill Italian Socialist leader Giacomo Matteotti in Rome.
    • July 24 » Themistoklis Sofoulis becomes Prime Minister of Greece.
    • October 31 » World Savings Day is announced in Milan, Italy by the Members of the Association at the 1st International Savings Bank Congress (World Society of Savings Banks).
    • November 4 » Nellie Tayloe Ross of Wyoming becomes the first female elected as governor in the United States.
    • December 1 » The National Hockey League's first United States-based franchise, the Boston Bruins, played their first game in league play at home, at the still-extant Boston Arena indoor hockey facility.
    • December 19 » The last Rolls-Royce Silver Ghost is sold in London, England.


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