hmtl5 Henry Wunnenberg b. 03 Sep 1854 Benton Township, Des Moines County, Iowa d. 10 Mar 1934 Des Moines County, Iowa: Wunnenberg family
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Henry Wunnenberg

Henry Wunnenberg

Male 1854 - 1934  (79 years)

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  • Name Henry Wunnenberg  [1] 
    Born 03 Sep 1854  Benton Township, Des Moines County, Iowa Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 3, 4] 
    Gender Male 
    Census 1900  Benton Township, Des Moines County, Iowa Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Census 1910  Benton Township, Des Moines County, Iowa Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Census 1920  Benton Township, Des Moines County, Iowa Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Census 1925  Benton Township, Des Moines County, Iowa Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Census 1930  Benton Township, Des Moines County, Iowa Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Died 10 Mar 1934  Des Moines County, Iowa Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 4] 
    Buried Latty Church Cemetery, Burlington, Des Moines County, Iowa Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I3  Wunnenberg
    Last Modified 19 Mar 2023 

    Father Heinrich August Joachim Wunnenberg,   b. 15 Feb 1821, Calvorde, Germany Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 04 Apr 1900, Des Moines County, Iowa Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 79 years) 
    Mother Emelie Rehfeldt,   b. 05 Dec 1833, Lenzarsigle, Germany Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 16 Apr 1888, Des Moines County, Iowa Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 54 years) 
    Married 04 Apr 1853  Germany Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 5] 
    Family ID F1  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Lydia A. Gieselman,   b. 07 Oct 1862, Benton Township, Des Moines County, Iowa Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 20 Feb 1890, Des Moines County, Iowa Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 27 years) 
    Married 06 Oct 1881  Benton Township, Des Moines County, Iowa Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
     1. Infant Wunnenberg,   b. 26 Aug 1882, Benton Township, Des Moines County, Iowa Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 26 Aug 1882, Benton Township, Des Moines County, Iowa Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 0 years)
     2. Ida Wunnenberg,   b. 26 Aug 1882, Franklin Township, Des Moines County, Iowa Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1962  (Age 79 years)
    +3. Otto Henry Wunnenberg,   b. 05 Feb 1884, Des Moines County, Iowa Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 13 Oct 1970, Burlington, Des Moines County, Iowa Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 86 years)
     4. Arthur John Wunnenberg,   b. 03 Oct 1887, Benton Township, Des Moines County, Iowa Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 18 Sep 1926  (Age 38 years)
     5. Frederick E. Wunnenberg,   b. 03 May 1888, Iowa Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 25 Sep 1906  (Age 18 years)
    Last Modified 31 Jan 2023 
    Family ID F3  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 2 Elizabeth Wiegert,   b. 15 Feb 1870, Benton Township, Des Moines County, Iowa Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 23 Mar 1937  (Age 67 years) 
    Married 02 Apr 1892  Des Moines County, Iowa Find all individuals with events at this location  [3, 6, 7] 
    Children 
     1. Goldie Emma Wunnenberg,   b. 08 Feb 1893, Sperry, Des Moines County, Iowa Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 27 Dec 1965, Iowa Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 72 years)
     2. Elsie Wunnenberg,   b. 24 Feb 1895, Des Moines County, Iowa Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 12 Mar 1918, Iowa Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 23 years)
     3. Ernest Chris Wunnenberg,   b. 18 Nov 1900, Benton Township, Des Moines County, Iowa Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 29 Jul 1901, Benton Township, Des Moines County, Iowa Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 0 years)
     4. Esther Wunnenberg,   b. 01 Sep 1903, Des Moines County, Iowa Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 25 Feb 1939, Sperry, Des Moines County, Iowa Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 35 years)
    Last Modified 18 Mar 2023 
    Family ID F4  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBorn - 03 Sep 1854 - Benton Township, Des Moines County, Iowa Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarried - 06 Oct 1881 - Benton Township, Des Moines County, Iowa Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarried - 02 Apr 1892 - Des Moines County, Iowa Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsCensus - 1900 - Benton Township, Des Moines County, Iowa Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsCensus - 1910 - Benton Township, Des Moines County, Iowa Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsCensus - 1920 - Benton Township, Des Moines County, Iowa Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsCensus - 1925 - Benton Township, Des Moines County, Iowa Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsCensus - 1930 - Benton Township, Des Moines County, Iowa Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDied - 10 Mar 1934 - Des Moines County, Iowa Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBuried - - Latty Church Cemetery, Burlington, Des Moines County, Iowa Link to Google Earth
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    Pin Legend  : Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  • Photos
    Wunnenberg saw mill in Benton Township, Des Moines County, Iowa 1907    		Wunnenberg saw mill in Benton Township, Des Moines County, Iowa 1907

    Documents
    Obituary of Henry Wunnenberg    		Obituary of Henry Wunnenberg

    Headstones
    Henry and Elizabeth Wunnenberg    		Henry and Elizabeth Wunnenberg
    Henry and Elizabeth Wunnenberg headstone. Elizabeth Wiegert was Henry's second wife.
    Wunnenberg headstones at Latty Church cemetery    		Wunnenberg headstones at Latty Church cemetery
    Henry Wunnenberg and his second wife, Elizabeth. Their daughter Elsie is next to their stone. Henry's son Fredrick E. by his first wife, Lydia is nearby.

  • Notes 
    • H. Wunnenberg died suddenly.
      Funeral Tuesday afternoon at the Latty Church.
      Henry Wunnenberg died at his home near Sperry Saturday morning, March 10, 1934. He did not get up when breakfast was ready and on going to his room it was found he had passed away.
      Mr. Wunnenberg started to Mediapolis in his car Friday morning and when some distance from his home his car skidded and turned over, damaging the car considerably, but he did not appear to be much injured, but the shock was probably what hastened his death.
      The remains were brought here to the Fry Funeral Parlors. The funeral will be held Tuesday at 1:30 o’clock at the Latty church.
      newspaper clipping. 13 March 1934
      [6, 8]
    • 1925 Iowa State census record, Des Moines County, Benton Township. Henry Wunnenberg age 70; Elizabeth Wunnenberg age 54; and Ester A. Wunnenberg age 22.
      [9]

  • Sources 
    1. [S35] https://archive.org/details/biographicalrevi02hoba, (Chicago, Hobart Publishing Co., 1905), pages 753-754.
      Henry Wunnenberg
      That the life of Henry Wunnenberg, of Benton township, illustrates a high and noble ideal of American manhood is due, in part, to a rigid discipline in the school of experience and honest labor during his early years, as well as to those personal characteristics which are peculiarly his own. Mr. Wunnenberg was born Sept. 3, 1855, in Benton township, and has claimed Des Moines county for his home throughout his entire life, being one of her native sons to whom she can always point the finger of pride. He was the son of Henry and Amelia Wunnenberg.
      Both parents of Mr. Wunnenberg were natives of Germany, and came to America in 1854. They located in Benton township, and on the third day after their arrival in the county bought a farm of forty acres. Under their skillful farming and careful management they prospered greatly, so that after a number of years, when the father sold this farm, he was able to buy a much larger farm, consisting of one hungred and twenty acres of rich farm land, and forty-five acres of timber, which is now the home farm.
      Here Mr. Henry Wunnenberg, the father, lived, carrying on very successfully a general farming business, and stock-raising. He made this his home, and made all the improvements, until there were not many farms in the community better fitted with the comforts and conveniences to be found in modern farm homes. Mr. Wunnenberg was a devoted number of the German Lutheran church until the time of his death, which occurred on the home farm when he was seventy-nine years of age. He was a follower of the principles of the Democratic party, and was a faithful helper to the leaders of that part.
      The mother, died some fourteen years before the father. She was an earnest Christian woman, and a faithful member of the Evangelical church. She was the mother of eleven children, nine of whom are still living.
      The subject of our review obtained his education in the common schools of Benton township, and assisted upon the home farm, remaining there until he was twenty-one years of age. After this he worked by the month upon different neighboring farms til he was twenty-seven, when he went to farming for himself, renting for some years in Franklin township, then in Washington township, and finally coming to his present place twenty-two years ago. This is a fine, well-kept place of eighty-sic acres, nearly all of which is under cultivation, and showing everywhere the thorough knowledge of farming and care of its owner. Besides this farm, Mr. Wunnenberg owns sixty-two acres of good land elsewhere in Benton township, some of which has already been improved. Mr. Wunnenberg has recently erected a large substantial two-story dwelling upon the place.
      Mr. Wunnenbert early allied himself with the Democracy, believing its principles to be more consistent with American ideas of liberty and popular government than those of any other party. In religious matters he has affiliated himself with the Evangelical church, of whose teachings he is follower.
      In 1881 Mr. Wunnenberg was united in marriage to Miss Lydia A. Gieselman, daughter of Henry Gieselman, who was an early settler of Des Moines county. Mr. Gieselman formerly owned the place where our subject now resides. He was a man who was prominent in all local enterprises, and was respected by all who came in contact with him. He died at the age of seventy-seven years. His widow still resides on the old homestead of thirty acres in Benton township, one and a half miles west of Latty, with her son, Henry Gieselman.
      Mrs. Wunnenberg, who was also a member of the Evangelical church, died in 1890, leaving behind her the five children who were born to this union. These children were as follows: Ida, wife of Peter Smith, a farmer of Benton township, to whom has been born one child; Otto, who is married to Miss Anna Steffener, and resides at home; Frederick and Arthur, who live a home; and one child who died in infancy.
      Mrs. Wunnenberg is a member of the Evangelical church. She possesses those thrifty housewifely qualities which are so much needed to make a worthy help-meet for a man whose success must come from tilling the soil to the best advantage.
      Mr. Wunnenberg is a well-known citizen of Benton township. The circle of his acquaintance is wide, and co-extensive therewith is the circle of those who honor him for what he is.

    2. [S1] Genealogical Records of Celia Crawford.

    3. [S14] 1900 US census.

    4. [S3] Tombstone, Latty Church Cemetery.

    5. [S2] History of Des Moines County, Iowa, (Western Historical Company, Chicago, Ill., 1879).

    6. [S7] Obituary.

    7. [S32] marriage record.

    8. [S24] newspaper clipping.

    9. [S34] 1925 Iowa census.


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