Martha Gubbels, 83, died on October 19, 1907, and she was buried in St. Boniface Catholic Church Cemetery, in Westphalia, Iowa, in Shelby County. Her gravestone gives her birth date as July 26, 1824, a day earlier than the online record at www.genlias.nl.
Zij is getrouwd met Joannes Gubbels.
Zij zijn getrouwd op 10 oktober 1847 te Horn, zij was toen 23 jaar oud.
John and Martha Gubbels, with children Peter, Jacob, Mathias, and Peter John, emigrated from the Netherlands to America; they sailed on the Plymouth Rock from London, England to New York, New York, where they arrived on May 15, 1862.
The Gubbels family settled in Jamestown Township, Grant County, Wisconsin, where in 1870, the U.S. Census has the household consisting of John, age 49, farmer; Martha, 46, keeping house; Peter, 21, works on farm; Jacob, 17, works on farm; Mathias, 14, works on farm; John, 11; and Wilhelm, 5.
In 1874, the Gubbels family moved further west, to Shelby County in Iowa, where they again farmed. In 1880, the Gubbels family was split between two households: The first was in Cass Township and consisted of John, age 59, farmer; Martha, 56, keeping house; Matthias, 23, farms; John, 19, farms; and William, 14, farms. The second was in Westphalia Township, where Jacob Gubbels, age 26, farmer, now had his own family, and also in his household was his brother Peter, 30, farmer.
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Pijls is her surname given in records online for her marriage and for the births of her first two children; in other online records the surname appears as Pels, Piels, Peels, Peils, and Pyls. Her given name of Martina also appears as Matina; in the United States, her name was anglicized to Martha. Joannes Gubbels's given name also appears as Jan, and in the U.S. was anglicized to John.
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