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Lena Charlotte (Junge) Homire (1873 - 1951)

Lena Charlotte Homire formerly Junge
Born in Duchy of Holsteinmap
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Wife of — married 2 Mar 1894 in Vinton, Benton County, Iowa, United Statesmap
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Died at age 77 in Keystone, Benton County, Iowa, United Statesmap
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Biography

Lena Charlotte Junge, daughter of Hans Junge and Gesche Dolling, was born on 20 Dec 1873 in Germany.[1]

Lena immigrated to the United States with her family at age 8. The family originated in Lansheide, Schleswig-Holstein, departed from Hamburg on 24 May 1883 aboard the "Polaria", and arrived in New York, New York on 13 Jun 1883. Steerage passengers traveling were: Hans 51, Gesche 46, Maria 18, Gesche 17, Peter 14, Anna 9, Lena 8, Heinrich 4, and Emma 6 months.[2]

Lena married Lewis Homire (1867-1946) on 2 Mar 1894 in Vinton, Iowa.[1][3] They had three children:[1]

  1. Clara, b. 18 Dec 1900, m. Harry Andresen, 4 ch.;
  2. Rudolph (twin), b. 19 Nov 1903, d. 3 Aug 1977, m. Elfreda Jacobs, 3 ch.;
  3. Roy (twin), b. 19 Nov 1903, m. Ella Schieb, 4 ch.

Also three children that died in infancy:[4]

  1. Emma;
  2. Herman;
  3. Willie.

Lena died on 20 Sep 1951.[1] She was buried at Keystone Cemetery in Keystone, Benton County, Iowa.[4]

CENSUS AND RESIDENCE HISTORY

1885 • Leroy, Benton, Iowa, USA - Young household: Hans 57, Gedie 46, Johan 29, Peter 16, Lena 11, Henry 7, and Emma 2.[5]
1895 • York, Tama, Iowa - Homire household: Louis 28 and Lenie 22.[6]
1900 • Homer, Benton, Iowa, USA - Hamire household: Louis 33, Lena 27, Herman 1 and hired man, John Kubu 18.[7]
1910 • Homer, Benton, Iowa, USA - Homire household: Louis 45, Clara 37, Lena 9, Ruby 6, Roy 6 and hired man, John Doose 20.[8]
1915 • Homer, Benton, Iowa, USA - age 42, married.[9]
1925 • Homer, Benton, Iowa, USA - Homire household: Louis 58, Lena 53, Roy Robert 21, and Ella S 19 (daughter-in-law).[10]
1930 • Kane, Benton, Iowa, USA - Homire household: Louis 63 and Lena 57.[11]
1935 • Keystone, Benton, Iowa, USA.[12]
1940 • Keystone, Benton, Iowa, USA - Homire household: Louie 73 and Lena 66.[12]

Sources

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Junge, Emma Esther Seeck, "The Family History of the Descendants of Hans and Gesche (Dolling) Junge, 1898-," accessed through ExLibris Rosetta, Genealogical Society of Utah d.b.a FamilySearch, 1980 - pub'd 2010, Utah. Pages 11, 179-188.
  2. ↑ Ancestry.com. Staatsarchiv Hamburg. Hamburg Passenger Lists, 1850-1934 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2008. Hamburg, Deutschland; Hamburger Passagierlisten; Volume: 373-7 I, VIII A 1 Band 048 C; Page: 832; Microfilm No.: K_1729.
  3. ↑ "Iowa, County Marriages, 1838-1934," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XJVR-GYW : 25 September 2017), Louis Homire and Lena Young, 02 Mar 1894, Vinton, Benton, Iowa, United States; citing reference cn 62 pg 413, county courthouses, Iowa; FHL microfilm 987,634.
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 Find A Grave, database and images: accessed 7 Jul 2019, memorial page for Lena Junge Homire (1873–1951), Find A Grave: Memorial #82200197, citing Keystone Cemetery, Keystone, Benton County, Iowa, USA: headstone photo.
  5. ↑ "Iowa State Census, 1885," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:HH7T-QZM : 11 March 2018), Lena Young in household of Hans Young, Kane, Benton, Iowa; citing p. 25, 1885, State Historical Society, Des Moines; FHL microfilm 1,021,441.
  6. ↑ "Iowa State Census, 1895," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VTQL-776 : 11 March 2018), Louis Homire, Tama, Iowa, United States; citing p. 528, 1895, State Historical Society, Des Moines; FHL microfilm 1,022,184.
  7. ↑ "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M9KM-5Z9 : accessed 7 July 2019), Lena Hamire in household of Louis Homire, Big Grove & Homer Townships, Benton, Iowa, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 4, sheet 1B, family 9, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,240,417.
  8. ↑ "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:ML1S-W2Y : accessed 7 July 2019), Clara Homire in household of Louis Homire, Homer, Benton, Iowa, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 12, sheet 2A, family 20, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 391; FHL microfilm 1,374,404.
  9. ↑ "Iowa State Census, 1915," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QK45-HGB9 : 16 March 2018), Lena Homire, 1915; citing Benton, Benton, Iowa, United States, card no. 332, Iowa State Historical Department, Des Moines; FHL microfilm 1,379,466.
  10. ↑ "Iowa State Census, 1925," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QKQW-C6YS : 16 March 2018), Lena Homire in household of H Jacob Breiholz, Benton, Benton, Iowa, United States; citing Benton, Benton, Iowa, United States, Iowa State Historical Department, Des Moines; FHL microfilm 1,429,211.
  11. ↑ "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XMNH-V7Y : accessed 7 July 2019), Lena Homire in household of Louis Homire, Kane, Benton, Iowa, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 23, sheet 2B, line 77, family 56, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 641; FHL microfilm 2,340,376.
  12. ↑ 12.0 12.1 "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KMRB-RRV : 15 March 2018), Lena Homire in household of Louie Homire, Keystone, Kane Township, Benton, Iowa, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 6-23, sheet 61A, line 20, family 59, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 1138.




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