Anna (Jansen) Balk (1838 - 1916)

Born 4 Nov 1838 in Aurich-Oldendorf, Hannover, Deutscher Bund

Died 13 Jun 1916 at age 77 in Wanda, Redwood, Minnesota

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Biography

Anna (Jansen) Johnson Lubben was born on November 4, 1838 in Aurich-Oldendorf, Aurich, Niedersachsen, Germany (formerly the Kingdom of Hannover). She is the daughter of Forker Johnson and __________ . (Note: Anna was born a Jansen and changed her last name to Johnson when she came to the United States. Later, she added Lubben to her last name.) ^{[1] [2] [3]}

The 1860 Federal Census listed Anna and her brother Garrett as living with Heinrich "Henry" Garbers, his wife Gesche Ulfers (Balk) (Wilts) (Freese) Garbers, their daughters Ann and Mary and their son Henry in Township 19 Range 7, Menard, Illinois. ^[4] (Note: Gesche Ulfers (Balk) (Wilts) (Freese) Garbers' brother was Jurgen Balk, Anna's future husband.)

Anna (Jansen) Johnson Lubben married Jurgen Focken Ulfers Balk on August 30, 1862 in Petersburg, Menard, Illinois by the Rev. Paul Sorentsen. ^{[5] [6]}

The 1870 Federal Census listed Anna as living with her husband Jurgen, her son John Henry and her daughters Maria Anna "Mary" and Amelia in Township 19, Range 7, Menard, Illinois. ^[7]

The 1880 Federal Census listed Anna as living with her husband Jurgen, her sons John Henry and Dirk Jurgen and her daughters Maria Anna "Mary", Amelia and Emma in Ash Grove Township, Iroquois, Illinois. ^[8]

Circa 1889, Anna and her family moved to Waterbury Township, Redwood, Minnesota.

The 1895 Minnesota State Census listed Anna as living with her husband Jurgen and her sons Dirk Jurgen and Albert Jurgen in Waterbury Township, Redwood, Minnesota. ^[9] (Note: Anna had been living in Waterbury Township and Minnesota for 6 years.)

The 1900 Federal Census listed Jurgen as living with his wife Anna, his sons Alfred Jurgen and Dirk Jurgen and his daughter-in-law Pauline Caroline (Karau) in Waterbury Township, Redwood, Minnesota. ^[10]

The 1905 Minnesota State Census listed Anna as living with her husband Jurgen, her sons Alfred Jurgen and Dirk Jurgen, her daughter-in-law Pauline Caroline (Karau) and her grandson Erich Henry in Waterbury Township, Redwood, Minnesota. ^[11] (Note: Anna had been living in Waterbury Township and Minnesota for 17 years.)

The 1910 Federal Census listed Anna as living with her husband Jurgen in Waterbury Township, Redwood, Minnesota. ^[12]

Anna passed away on June 13, 1916 in Wanda, Redwood, Minnesota at age 77. ^{[13] [14] [15]} She was buried in Wanda Cemetery in Wanda, Redwood, Minnesota. ^[16]

Sources

1. ↑ Entered by Stephen Fritz, secondhand knowledge, Oct 20, 2015
2. ↑ Leonard John Flesner - Genealogy data base printout, December 28, 1994 - data found under Anna Jansen
3. ↑ ancestry.com - Family Trees - Balk_Gresham_Tree - data found under Anna johnson Lubben
4. ↑ ancestry.com - 1860 United States Federal Census - data found under Ann Johnson
5. ↑ ancestry.com - Illinois, Marriage Index, 1860-1920 - data found under Anna Johnson
6. ↑ The State of Illinois, Menard County Marriage License - data found under Anna Johnson
7. ↑ ancestry.com - 1870 United States Federal Census - data found under Ann Bolk
8. ↑ ancestry.com - 1880 United States Federal Census - data found under Anna Balk
9. ↑ ancestry.com - Minnesota, Territorial and State Censuses, 1849-1905, Census Date: 1895 - data found under Anna Balk
10. ↑ ancestry.com - 1900 United States Federal Census - data found under Annie Jurgen
11. ↑ ancestry.com - Minnesota, Territorial and State Censuses, 1849-1905, Census Date: Jun 1905 - data found under Anna Balk
12. ↑ ancestry.com - 1910 United States Federal Census - data found under Anna Balk
13. ↑ ancestry.com - Minnesota, Death Index, 1908-2002 - data found under Anna Balk
14. ↑ FamilySearch.org - Minnesota Deaths and Burials, 1835-1990 - data found under Anna Balk
15. ↑ State of Minnesota, County of Redwood, Certificate of Death - data found under Anna Balk
16. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images ( https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/71809579 : accessed 18 November 2020), memorial page for Anna Balk (4 Nov 1838–13 Jun 1916), Find a Grave Memorial no. 71809579, citing Wanda Cemetery, Wanda, Redwood County, Minnesota, USA ; Maintained by menardill (contributor 48230045) .

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