Martha Sophia (Jaeger) Goetsch (1855 - 1927)

Born 15 Jan 1855 in Lebanon Township, Dodge County, Wisconsin, United States

Ancestors

Died 5 Jun 1927 at age 72 in Houston, Harris County, Texas, United States

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Biography

Martha was born about 1855 in Dodge County, Wisconsin, United States to immigrant parents Wilhelm F Jaeger and Sophia Hennig.^[1] She married Heinrich Goetsch before April 15, 1879 when their son Arthur was born.^[2]

They raised their family in Kossuth County for some time. By June of 1900, they had moved to Nebraska, United States.^[3]

Martha passed away June 5, 1927 in Harris County, Texas, USA.^[1] She is interred at Hollywood Cemetery, Houston, Texas, United States.^[1]

Children

• Bertha, ~1870, Wisconsin
• Edward, ~1873, Wisconsin
• Lena, ~1875, Iowa (Died Young)
• Arthur, 15 April 1879, Iowa
• Henry, ~1881, Iowa (Died Young)
• William, ~1882, Iowa (Died Young)
• Isadora, ~1885, Iowa
• Alfred, ~1887, Iowa (Died Young)
• Walter, ~1891, Iowa (Died Young, Age 10)
• Martin, ~1893, Iowa
• Frederick, ~1900, Nebraska

Census Data

• 1860: United States, Wisconsin, Dodge, Lebanon^[4]
• 1870: United States, Wisconsin, Dodge, Lebanon^[5]
• 1880: United States, Iowa, Kossuth, Lotts Creek^[6]
• 1900: United States, Nebraska, Dakota County, Homer village^[3]
• 1910: United States, Nebraska, Dakota County, Covington^[7]
• 1920: United States, Texas, Harris County^[8]

Research Notes

• According to the 1880 census, they had their first two children, Bertha and Edward, were born in 1870 and 1873 in Wisconsin. This would point to the marriage of Martha and Henry taking place in Wisconsin about 1870.

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Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2} Find a Grave, database and images (www.findagrave.com/memorial/6294597/martha-sophia-goetsch : accessed 10 August 2021), memorial page for Martha Sophia Jaeger Goetsch (15 Jan 1855–5 Jun 1927), Find a Grave Memorial ID 6294597, citing Hollywood Cemetery, Houston, Harris County, Texas, USA ; Maintained by Ohio River Valley Families (contributor 46528272) .
2. ↑ "Iowa, Delayed Birth Records, 1850-1939," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q24Z-K5HQ : accessed 11 August 2021), Sophia Martha Jaeger in entry for Arthur Alton Goetsch, 15 Apr 1879, Iowa, Iowa, United States; citing reference ID 11575, State Historical Society of Iowa, Des Moines; FamilySearch digital folder 101693726.
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1} "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M3B5-RW9 : accessed 11 August 2021), Martha S Goueth in household of Henry Goueth, Omadi Precinct Homer village, Dakota, Nebraska, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 70, sheet 5B, family 105, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,240,920.
4. ↑ "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MWMR-KDG : 18 February 2021), Martha Yeager in entry for William Yeager, 1860.
5. ↑ "United States Census, 1870", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MN9Z-451 : 29 May 2021), Martin Jaeger in entry for William Jaeger, 1870.
6. ↑ "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MD2R-PLD : 19 February 2021), Martha Goetsch in household of Henry Goetsch, Lotts Creek, Kossuth, Iowa, United States; citing enumeration district ED 141, sheet 262A, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm 1,254,349.
7. ↑ "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:ML4M-6NF : accessed 11 August 2021), Martha Goetsch in household of Henry Goetsch, Covington, Dakota, Nebraska, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 73, sheet 16A, family 278, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 841; FHL microfilm 1,374,854.
8. ↑ "United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MHBR-MTN : accessed 11 August 2021), Martha Goetsch in household of Henry Goetsch, Harris, Texas, United States; citing , sheet , line , family , NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1992), roll ; FHL microfilm .

Acknowledgements

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