Minnie (Hahn) Brass (1871 - 1943)

Born 8 May 1871 in Meeme, Manitowoc County, Wisconsin

Wife of Herman Brass — married 20 Apr 1892 in St. John's Evangelical Church, Herman, Sheboygan County, Wisconsin

Descendants

Died 6 Apr 1943 at age 71 in Rhine, Sheboygan County, Wisconsin

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Biography

Funeral services for Mrs. Herman Brass, aged 71, who passed away at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Walter Depping, town Rhine, early Tuesday morning, will be conducted at the residence in the town of Herman and at St. John's Evangelical church in Schwartzwald. The Rev. William Schultz will officiate and burial will be made in the family lot. Mrs. Brass had been ill since last fall. The former Minnie Hahn, who was the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William Hahn, was born in the town of Meeme on May 8, 1871. On April 20, 1892, she was married to Herman Brass in a ceremony performed by the Rev. A J. H. Bierbaum in St. John's Evangelical church. Since that time Mrs. Brass resided in the town of Herman, where last year she and her husband were privileged to celebrate their golden wedding anniversary. Throughout her lifetime Mrs. Brass was a member of St. John's Evangelical church of Schwartzwald and she was a faithful member of the Ladies' Aid society there. ^[1]

Census Records

• 1880 US ^[2] Lived with parents William and Catharine and siblings Christiana, Herman, Bertha, Fred, William, Carl and Valentine in Meeme.
• 1900 US ^[3] Lived with husband Herman and children Theodore, Hubert, Esther and Lydia in Herman.
• 1920 US ^[4] Lived with husband Herman, children Lydia, Sebrina, Minnie and Hubert, plus Hubert's wife Malinda and son Eugene in Herman.
• 1930 US ^[5] Lived with husband Herman, son Hubert, daughter-in-law Malinda and grandchildren Eugene, Elroy and Archie in Herman.
• 1940 US ^[6] Lived with husband Herman, son Hubert, daughter-in-law Malinda and grandchildren Eugene and Archie in Herman.

Sources

1. ↑ http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=64500153
2. ↑ "United States Census, 1880," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/MN41-RQQ : accessed 14 Jul 2014), Minnie Hahn in household of William Hahn, Meeme, Manitowoc, Wisconsin, United States; citing sheet 279C, NARA microfilm publication T9.
3. ↑ "United States Census, 1900," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MM2X-XZR : accessed 4 April 2015), Herman Brass, Herman town, Sheboygan, Wisconsin, United States; citing sheet 15A, family 271, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 1,241,818.
4. ↑ "United States Census, 1920," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MFK4-TGW : accessed 4 April 2015), Herman Brass in household of Hubert Brass, Herman, Sheboygan, Wisconsin, United States; citing sheet 4A, family 69, NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 1,822,016.
5. ↑ "United States Census, 1930," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X9SY-RF7 : accessed 4 April 2015), Herman Brass in household of Hubert Brass, Herman, Sheboygan, Wisconsin, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 0007, sheet 2A, family 23, line 18, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 2612; FHL microfilm 2,342,346.
6. ↑ "United States Census, 1940," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K7VX-5NY : accessed 4 April 2015), Herman Brass in household of Hubert W Brass, Herman Town, Sheboygan, Wisconsin, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 59-7, sheet 6A, family 95, NARA digital publication T627 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012), roll 4526.

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• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 11 April 2021), memorial page for Minnie Hahn Brass (8 May 1871–6 Apr 1943), Find a Grave Memorial no. 64500153, citing Saint Johns UCC Cemetery, Herman, Sheboygan County, Wisconsin, USA ; Maintained by Rose Mohnsam (contributor 47105797) .