Wilhelmina Gustafva (Anderson) Gonterman (1895 - 1983)

Born 10 Jun 1895 in Afton Township, DeKalb County, Illinois, USA

Wife of Cyrus Burton Gonterman — married 27 Jun 1914 in DeKalb, DeKalb, Illinois, USA

Descendants

Died 2 Oct 1983 at age 88 in DeKalb, DeKalb, Illinois, USA

Biography

Wilhelmina Gustava or Gustafva "Wilna" Anderson was born on 10 Jun 1895 in Afton Township, DeKalb County, Illinois^[1] to parents, Adolph Theodore Anderson (1865-1922)^[2] and Amanda Wilhelmina (Johansdotter (patronymic name)/Landström (non-patronymic name) Anderson.^[3]

She was baptized on 21 Jul 1895^[3] and later confirmed in 1909 at the First Lutheran Church of DeKalb.^[1]

"Wilna" and Cyrus Gonterman were married on 27 Jun 1914 at the First Lutheran Church of DeKalb, IL.^[1]

She lost her father, Adolph Theodore Anderson (1865-1922) to death on 5 May 1922 in DeKalb, IL.^[4]

She was received into the First Lutheran Church of DeKalb on 14 Apr 1946 (and later incorrectly shown as reinstated into the church on 6 Apr 1943 which was info related to her husband, not her).^[1]

Her mother, Amanda Wilhelmina Johansdotter Landström Anderson, (1867-1947) died on 6 Jul 1947 in DeKalb, IL.^[5]

Her husband, Cyrus Gonterman, (1886-1975) died on 08 Jan 1975 at 224 Rolfe Road in DeKalb, IL.^[6]

"Wilna" G Anderson died eight years later at the age of 88, on 2 Oct 1983 in DeKalb^[7] and later buried in DeKalb, IL. Their three children were shown as Phyllis Gonterman Wickness, (Dorace (Gonterman) Johnson), and Bonnie Gonterman Abbott.^[2]

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Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3} Ancestry.com. U.S., Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, Swedish American Church Records, 1800-1947 [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2017; Original data: Baptisms, Marriages, Deaths/Burials (Swedish Churches), Gustavus Adolphus College, Saint Peter, Minnesota, USA; Note that this source shows the whole family unit of primary head of family, wife, and 3 children and their birth, baptismal, confirmation, marriage, any received/dismissal notes; (no death info for them)
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1} Ancestry.com. Newspapers.com Obituary Index, 1800s-current [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2019; The Daily Chronicle; Publication Date: 3/ Oct/ 1983; Publication Place: De Kalb, Illinois, United States of America; URL: https://www.newspapers.com/image/126825982/?article=c39f1bf5-54ee-4e9a-924d-08a24b55bcb4&focus=0.26606756,0.24698007,0.38800144,0.5330343&xid=2378
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1} U.S., Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, Swedish American Church Records, 1800-1946; Archives of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America; Elk Grove Village, IL, USA; Swedish American Baptisms, Marriages, Deaths, and Burials; Parish: First Lutheran Church; ELCA Film Number: A55(1+2); SSIRC Film Number: A055
4. ↑ DeKalb County, Illinois Deaths, 1843-1992
5. ↑ "Illinois, Deaths and Stillbirths Index, 1916-1947"; FamilySearch, Salt Lake City, Utah, 2010
6. ↑ Ancestry.com. Newspapers.com Obituary Index, 1800s-current [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2019; The Daily Chronicle; Publication Date: 9/ Jan/ 1975; Publication Place: De Kalb, Illinois, United States of America; URL: https://www.newspapers.com/image/123371478/?article=9855e9f0-0baa-4697-ad9b-ab01fc1a7e09&focus=0.2682739,0.55481166,0.38485628,0.61712754&xid=2378
7. ↑ DeKalb County, Illinois Death Index, 1843–1992. DeKalb County Clerk and Recorder, Sycamore, Illinois, 2012