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Engeline Wilhelmine Margaretha <I>Tietger</I> Mesner

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Engeline Wilhelmine Margaretha Tietger Mesner

Birth
Germany
Death
12 Dec 1918 (aged 41)
O'Brien County, Iowa, USA
Burial
Germantown, O'Brien County, Iowa, USA GPS-Latitude: 42.9560966, Longitude: -95.7804031
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Engeline Wilhelmine Margaretha, daughter of Mr F. Tietger and Anna Schmidt Tietger, was born April 23, 1877, in Oldenburg, Germany. Later she came to this country, settling on a farm west of Paullina.

On December 19, 1901 she was married to Mr. John Mesner. Nine sons and two daughters were born to this union, two sons proceeding her in death.

After ten day's illness with Spanish influenza, Mrs. Mesner died Thursday, December 12, 1918. at the aye of 41 years, 7 months and 19 days, at the farm home, near Germantown.

A private funeral was conducted Saturday afternoon by Rev. F. W. Potratz, of the Germantown Lutheran Church. A sad circumstance in this family is that all the children have been ill with the infuinza and have recovered, but the mother did not survive. Besides the husband, nine children live to mourn the death of a good wife and mother.

Paullina Times 19 Dec 1918
Engeline Wilhelmine Margaretha, daughter of Mr F. Tietger and Anna Schmidt Tietger, was born April 23, 1877, in Oldenburg, Germany. Later she came to this country, settling on a farm west of Paullina.

On December 19, 1901 she was married to Mr. John Mesner. Nine sons and two daughters were born to this union, two sons proceeding her in death.

After ten day's illness with Spanish influenza, Mrs. Mesner died Thursday, December 12, 1918. at the aye of 41 years, 7 months and 19 days, at the farm home, near Germantown.

A private funeral was conducted Saturday afternoon by Rev. F. W. Potratz, of the Germantown Lutheran Church. A sad circumstance in this family is that all the children have been ill with the infuinza and have recovered, but the mother did not survive. Besides the husband, nine children live to mourn the death of a good wife and mother.

Paullina Times 19 Dec 1918

Gravesite Details

unsure of the spelling of her maiden name Tietjer/Tietger/Tiecher



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