Esther Margaret Kock (1901 - 1979)

Born 26 Dec 1901 in Ulster, Floyd, Iowa, USA

Ancestors

Died Jun 1979 at age 77 in Iowa, USA

Problems/Questions Profile manager: L Adcox [send private message]

Biography

Esther Margaret Kock

Daughter of Otto Henry Kock and Clara Emma Wallbaum

Middle Name: Margaret, per christening record

BIRTH AND DEATH:

Birth Date: 26 Dec 1901, per SS death index, and christening record

Birth Place: Ulster, Floyd, Iowa, per christening record

Death Date: Jun 1979, per SS death index

Death Place: assume Iowa, based on her last SS residence

Burial: Riverside Cemetery, Rockford, Floyd Co., IA

EVIDENCE OF PARENTS:

Esther has childhood census with parents in 1910, 1920, 1930, 1940

Esther's christening record names parents "Otto Kock and Clara Walbaum"

Esther shares a gravestone with her parents

Named as "Esther, at home" in mother's 1952 obituary

Named as "Esther Kock, of Charles City" in father's 1970 obituary

Sources

CHRISTENING INDEX:

familysearch, Iowa Births and Christenings, 1830-1950

Name: Esther Margaret Kock

Christening Date: 15 Jun 1902

Birth Date: 26 Dec 1901

Birthplace: Ulster, Floyd, Iowa

Father's Name: Otto Kock

Mother's Name: Clara Walbaum

SS DEATH INDEX:

Ancestry.com. U.S., Social Security Death Index, 1935-2014

Name: Esther Kock

SSN: 478-68-0273

Last Residence: 50616 Charles City, Floyd, Iowa, USA

BORN: 26 Dec 1901

Died: Jun 1979

State (Year) SSN issued: Iowa (1966)

BURIAL:

Find A Grave Memorial# 129616173 (gravestone pictured)

Inscription: Esther M. Kock

Birth: 1901

Death: 1979

Burial: Riverside Cemetery, Rockford, Floyd County, Iowa, USA

Plot: Section 12

Created by: Chris

Added: 11 May 2014

MARRIAGE:

Esther never married.

Her surname at death was Kock

CENSUS

1910 census: Rockford, Floyd, Iowa, #187

Otto H Kock ................ 32 ... IA,Germany,Germany ... married 9 years

Clara Kock ................... 28 ... IA,Germany,IA ... 3 children, 3 living

Esther Kock ................... 8 ... IA,IA,IA <--------

George Kock ................. 7 ... IA,IA,IA

Lillian Kock .................... 4 ... IA,IA,IA

William Junkermeyer . 30 ... Germany,Germany,Germany ... hired man

1920 census: Rockford, Floyd, Iowa, #9

Otto H Kock ............. 41 ... IA,Germany,Germany

Clara E Kock ............ 38 ... IA,Germany,IA

Esther M Kock ......... 18 ... IA,IA,IA <--------

George H Kock ........ 16 ... IA,IA,IA

Lillian C Kock ........... 14 ... IA,IA,IA

Irene E Kock .............. 6 ... IA,IA,IA

1930 census: Rockford, Floyd, Iowa

Otto Koch ................ 52 ... Germany,Germany,Germany ... married at age 22

Clara Koch ............... 48 ... IA,IA,IA ... married at age 19

Esther Koch ............. 27 ... IA,IA,IA <--------

Irene Koch ............... 16 ... IA,IA,IA

1940 census: Rockford, Floyd, Iowa

Otte H Kock ............ 62 ... IA

Clara E Kock ........... 59 ... IA

Esther M Kock ........ 39 ... IA <--------

Harold De Buhr ..... 12 ... IA ... grandson ... [child of Lillian]