Joseph (Gerhard) Gerhartz (1856 - 1939)

Born 20 Jan 1856 in Johnsburg, McHenry County, Illinois

Ancestors

Husband of Susanna (Heimer) Gerhartz — married 14 Jun 1883 in Sacred Heart Catholic Church, Meyer, Mitchell County, Iowa

Descendants

Died 2 Feb 1939 at age 83 in Meyer Township, Mitchell County, Iowa

Biography

NOTE: The family surname in Germany was Gerhard, and later changed to Gerhartz in America

Son of Michael Gerhartz (Gerhard) and Anna Maria Weiler

7 June 1900: Stacyville Township, Mitchell Co., Iowa; Married 16 years, 7 children, 6 living; Ocupation of Joseph: Farmer; Joseph Gerhartz Head of Household 44 Iowa; Susan Gerhartz Wife 37 Illinois; Katherina Gerhartz Dau 14 Iowa; Mathias Gerhartz Son 13 Iowa; Mary Gerhartz Dau 10 Iowa; William Gerhartz Son 7 Iowa; Christina Gerhartz Dau 5 Iowa; Matilda Gerhartz Dau 2 Iowa

Mitchell County Press-Osage News; Feb. 9, 1939

Joseph Gerhartz, 83, died on his home farm, near Meyer last Thursday after a brief illness. He had been making his home with his son, Matt.

Mr. Gerhartz was born on January 20, 1856, at Johnsburg, Illinois, and came to Mitchell County about sixty years ago. He had lived on one farm for forty-three years.

He married Susanna Heimer June 14, 1884 [1883]. In 1914 Mr. Gerhartz, retired from farming and erected a pleasant home in Meyer where his wife died March 14, 1934.

He was the father of nine children, five of whom survive and are as follows: Matt and William, of Meyer; Mrs. Nick A. Freund, of Marshfield, Wis.; Mrs. Joseph Winkels of LeRoy, Minn., Mrs. Fred Blake, of McIntire. There are also twenty-three grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren. A daughter, Mrs. Anton Klapperich, of Meyer, died in 1925; three children died in infancy.

Sources

Iowa, County Marriages, 1838-1934; Joseph Gerhartz; Event Type: Marriage; Event Date: 14 Jul 1883; Event Place: Stacyville, Mitchell, Iowa; Spouse's Name: Susanna Heimer;

Find A Grave: Memorial #5643831 Joseph Gerhartz

Iowa, Death Records, 1904-1951; Joseph Gerhartz; Event Date: 02 Feb 1939; Event Place: Meyer, Mitchell, Iowa; Age: 83; Birth Year (Estimated): 1856; Birth Place: Illinois; Father's Name: Micheal Gerhartz; Mother's Name: Weiler; Spouse's Name: Susan Gerhartz; Certificate Number: 6627