Louise B. (Kophamer) Cassens (abt. 1887 - aft. 1974)

Born about Oct 1887 in Illinois, United States

Ancestors

Wife of Heinrich Enos (Preibisius) Cassens — married 12 Feb 1908 in Sterling, Whiteside, Illinois, United States

Died after 21 Oct 1974 after about age 87 in United States

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Biography

Louise B. Kophamer was born in Illinois in about 1887, probably in October. She was a daughter of Louis Kophamer and Mattie Otten.

Louisa B. Kophamer appeared in her father's household for the 1900 U.S. Census at Genesee Township, Whiteside County, Illinois. She was listed as 12 years old, born in October of 1887 in Illinois, was attending school and able to read and write. She was living with her parents and six of her siblings.^[1]

Louise Kophamer married Henry Cassens on 12 February 1908 at St. Paul Lutheran Church, probably in Sterling, Whiteside County.^[2]

Louise Cassens was listed in the household of her husband for the 1910 census at Hopkins Township, Whiteside County as 21 years old, born in Illinois and married 2 years. She was the mother of 1 child, and was able to read and write. She was living on a rented farm with her husband, their son Alfred L. and a hired man, Charles Knight from Maryland.^[3]

Louise B. Cassens appeared again in Hopkins Township, for the 1920 census as 33 years old and born in Illinois. Louise was living with her husband, four of their children, and Henry's brother Ackard (Eckhard).^[4]

Louise and her family had moved to Mount Pleasant, Whiteside County by the time the 1930 census was enumerated. Louise Cassens was recorded as 42 years old, first married at the age of 20. She was living on a rented farm with her husband and four of their children.^[5]

Louise was still in Mount Pleasant Township for the 1940 census, and was recorded as 53 years old and living with her husband Henry, on a rented farm with two children.^[6]

Henry E. Cassens died on 1 November 1952 in Rockford, Winnebago County, Illinois.^[7]

According to an obituary for her son Alfred, Louise Cassens was still alive and living in Prophetstown, Whiteside County, Illinois in December of 1971.^[8]

According to My Ostfriesian Ancestors in Whiteside County, Robert G. Cassens, 2005, Louise B. (Kophamer) Cassens died 21 October 1974. Louise and Henry are both buried at Riverside Cemetery, Sterling, Whiteside County, Illinois.^[2]

Sources

1. ↑ "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MSC3-3JH : accessed 7 September 2020), Louisa B Kophawer in household of Louis J Kophawer, Genesee Township, Whiteside, Illinois, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 146, sheet 3A, family 46, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,240,352.
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1} Robert G. Cassens, My Ostfriesian Ancestors in Whiteside County, Illinois (Gateway Press, Inc. Baltimore, MD 2005) Page 82.
3. ↑ "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MKF3-G8J : accessed 13 September 2020), Louise Cassens in household of Henry C Cassens, Hopkins, Whiteside, Illinois, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 131, sheet 1B, family 12, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 331; FHL microfilm 1,374,344.
4. ↑ "United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MJZ7-BM2 : accessed 13 September 2020), Louise B Cassens in household of Henry E Cassens, Hopkins, Whiteside, Illinois, United States; citing ED 160, sheet 9A, line 48, family 200, NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1992), roll 414; FHL microfilm 1,820,414.
5. ↑ "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X3MB-GPX : accessed 13 September 2020), Louise Cassens in household of Henry E Cassens, Mount Pleasant, Whiteside, Illinois, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 27, sheet 6B, line 75, family 127, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 566; FHL microfilm 2,340,301.
6. ↑ "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KWTM-PQ2 : 16 May 2020), Louise B Cassens in household of Henry E Cassens, Mount Pleasant Township, Whiteside, Illinois, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 98-30, sheet 5B, line 54, family 98, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 905.
7. ↑ "United States, GenealogyBank Historical Newspaper Obituaries, 1815-2011", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QP1D-V5LN : 18 July 2020), Mr Henry E Cassens, 1952.
8. ↑ “Quad-City Area Deaths and Funerals,” digital image, Newspapers.com (https://www.newspapers.com/image/340179576/?terms=Louise%20cassens&match=1 : accessed 12 September 2020); citing original publication for Alfred Cassens in The Dispatch (Moline, Illinois) 02 December 1971, page 6.

• Ancestry.com. U.S., Evangelical Lutheran Church in America Church Records, 1781-1969 [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2015. Citing Evangelical Lutheran Church in America Archives; Elk Grove Village, Illinois; Congregational Records.