hmtl5 Joseph Schmeiser b. 10 Feb 1876 Franklin Mills, Des Moines County, Iowa d. 9 Nov 1940 Wapello, Louisa County, Iowa: Wunnenberg family
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Joseph Schmeiser

Male 1876 - 1940  (64 years)

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  • Name Joseph Schmeiser 
    Born 10 Feb 1876  Franklin Mills, Des Moines County, Iowa Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3, 4] 
    Gender Male 
    Census 1910  Wapello Township, Louisa County, Iowa Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Census 1920  Wapello Township, Louisa County, Iowa Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Census 1925  Wapello Township, Louisa County, Iowa Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Census 1940  Wapello Township, Louisa County, Iowa Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Occupation farmer  [4, 5] 
    Died 9 Nov 1940  Wapello, Louisa County, Iowa Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 3, 4] 
    Buried 12 Nov 1940  Wapello Cemetery, Wapello, Louisa County, Iowa Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 3, 4] 
    Person ID I101  Wunnenberg
    Last Modified 4 Jan 2025 

    Father Jacob Schmeiser,   b. Mar 1827, Germany Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 24 May 1906, Burlington, Des Moines County, Iowa Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 79 years) 
    Mother Mary Magdalena Rees,   b. 8 Jul 1837, Millstadt, Saint Clair County, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1911  (Age 73 years) 
    Family ID F57  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Mary Elizabeth Riemann,   b. 09 Aug 1877, Des Moines County, Iowa Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 18 May 1980, McAllen, Hidalgo County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 102 years) 
    Married 10 Apr 1901  Kingston, Des Moines County, Iowa Find all individuals with events at this location  [6, 7] 
    Children 
     1. Vera Dorothy Schmeiser,   b. 12 May 1905, Wapello, Louisa County, Iowa Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 06 Jun 1993, San Juan, Hidalgo County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 88 years)
     2. Orval Milton Schmeiser,   b. 26 Feb 1908, Louisa County, Iowa Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 29 Jun 1998, Wapello, Louisa County, Iowa Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 90 years)
     3. Ora Marie Schmeiser,   b. 26 Feb 1908, Louisa County, Iowa Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 09 Jul 1911, Wapello, Louisa County, Iowa Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 3 years)
     4. Alice Lucille Schmeiser,   b. 28 Jun 1913, Wapello, Louisa County, Iowa Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 19 May 1997, McAllen, Hidalgo County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 83 years)
    Last Modified 18 Mar 2018 
    Family ID F56  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBorn - 10 Feb 1876 - Franklin Mills, Des Moines County, Iowa Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarried - 10 Apr 1901 - Kingston, Des Moines County, Iowa Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsCensus - 1910 - Wapello Township, Louisa County, Iowa Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsCensus - 1920 - Wapello Township, Louisa County, Iowa Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsCensus - 1925 - Wapello Township, Louisa County, Iowa Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsCensus - 1940 - Wapello Township, Louisa County, Iowa Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDied - 9 Nov 1940 - Wapello, Louisa County, Iowa Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBuried - 12 Nov 1940 - Wapello Cemetery, Wapello, Louisa County, Iowa Link to Google Earth
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    Pin Legend  : Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  • Photos
    Schmeiser,Mary002.jpg    		Schmeiser,Mary002.jpg
    Schmeiser, Joe and Mary Riemann    		Schmeiser, Joe and Mary Riemann
    Schmeiser, Joe    		Schmeiser, Joe
    Wunnenberg & Bremer families    		Wunnenberg & Bremer families
    Bremer, Riemann and Wunnenberg families.
    Left to right, back row: Alice Wunnenberg, Vernon Wunnenberg, Joseph Schmeiser, unknown man, Frederick William "Will" Bremer, Fred Meyer, Uncle William Bremer, Herbert Wunnenberg, and Nellie E. Riepe.
    Seated middle row: Anna Mary Riemann Wunnenberg, Louise Marie Ruckenbrod Bremer, Mary Elizabeth Riemann Schmeiser, Aunt Mathilda Kuchel Bremer, Grandma Dorthea Marie Bremer Riemann, Elizabeth “Lizzie” Margaret Peters Bremer, Unknown Riepe, Minnie Riemann Meyer, Unknown Riepe, and unknown woman in hat.
    Children seated on lawn: Ralph Wunnenberg, Mildred and Ralph Bremer, Vera and Orval Milton Schmeiser, unknown, unknown, Pearl Wunnenberg, unknown, and Eddy Slater.

  • Notes 
    • Joseph Schmeiser, 64, Wapello, Dies; Funeral Tuesday
      Special to the Democrat
      Wapello, Ia. – Joseph Schmeiser, 64, retired farmer, died suddenly in his home in West Wapello Saturday night following a heart attack. The son of Jacob and Mary Magdalene Reese Schmeiser, he was born at Franklin Mills, north of Burlington, Feb. 10, 1876, and April 10, 1901, married Mary Rieman. The ceremony was performed by his father, pastor of St. Paul’s Lutheran church. To this union four children: Orval, Wapello; twin sister, Ora Marie, who died 29 years ago; Mrs. Mearl Melson, Richland, and Mrs. Clayton Robertson, Morning Sun, where born. Mr. Schmeiser resided on a farm near Burlington until [can't read date], when the family moved to the farm west of Wapello, now operated by his son, Orval. The home had been in Wapello the past two years.
      Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Tuesday in the Presbyterian church which he had attended the past few years. The Rev. John R. Fraser and the Rev. B.G. Hankins, Mt. Pleasant, will officiate. The service will be preceded by prayer in the Jamison Dudgeon funeral home. Burial will be in the Wapello cemetery. The widow and children and two sisters, Mrs. Tabitha Riepe and Miss Talitha Schmeiser, Burlington, and two brothers, Emmanuel, Wapello, and Ben Schmeiser, Sperry, survive.
      Quad-City Times, Davenport, Iowa. Monday, 11 November 1940.

      [4, 8]

  • Sources 
    1. [S14] 1900 US census.

    2. [S6] Find a Grave.

    3. [S5] Death certificate.

    4. [S7] Obituary.

    5. [S31] census.

    6. [S1] Genealogical Records of Celia Crawford.

    7. [S15] Iowa Marriage Records, 1850-1937.

    8. [S36] Newspaper article.


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