Fanny Elizabeth (Mitchell) Kurth (1887 - 1966)

Born 22 Sep 1887 in Mineral Point, Iowa, Wisconsin, United States

Ancestors

Wife of Joseph M Kurth — married 6 Jan 1905 in Dodgeville, Iowa, Wisconsin, United States

Died 1 Jun 1966 at age 78 in Argyle, Lafayette, Wisconsin, United States

Biography

CENSUS INFORMATION: In the 1900 US Census, she is listed as Fannie E Mitchell, aged 12 and born in Wisconsin in September 1887. She is living with her widowed father, 3 sisters and a brother, in the town of Mineral Point, Iowa county, Wisconsin. (Supervisors District 2, Enumeration District 67, Sheet 12A).
In the 1910 US Census, she is listed as Fannie Kurth, aged 23 and born in Wisconsin. She is living in Yellowstone Road, Blanchard township, Lafayette county, Wisconsin, with her husband, 3 daughters and a son. She has been married for 5 years. and has had 4 children, all of whom are living. (Supervisors District 1, Enumeration District 41, Sheet 1A).
In the 1920 US Census, she is listed as Fannie Kurth, aged 31 and born in Wisconsin. She is living with her husband, 6 daughters and 3 sons, in Monroe Road, Argyle township, Lafayette county, Wisconsin. (Supervisors District 3, Enumeration District 172, Sheet 5A).
In the 1930 US Census, she is listed as Fanny E Kurth, aged 41 and born in Wisconsin. She is living with her husband, 6 daughters and a son, in Argyle Village, Argyle township, Lafayette county, Wisconsin. She first married at the age of 15. (Supervisors District 12, Enumeration District 33-2, Sheet 6A).

GENERAL NOTES: PROVENANCE: Even though none of the descendants that we have contacted claim to have the family Bible (perhaps it burned in the house fire which claimed the life of Fanny Mitchell Kurth's son, Peter), the pension application papers of Thomas Ward Mitchell provide us with the family records, from the Bible. The document is a sworn affidavit dated April 29, 1902, from the Notary Public, Henry Pitts of Mineral Point, who swears that:

I examined the family Bible of the late THOMAS W. MITCHELL. I find the same was printed in the year 1872 by the American Bible Society. It was purchased by THOS. W. MITCHELL in 1873.

MARRIAGE: Married Joe Kurth, who was of German parentage, in 1905.

Fannie Mitchell in the Wisconsin, Marriage Index, 1820-1907:
Name: Fannie Mitchell
Marriage Date: 6 Jan 1905
Marriage Place: Iowa, Wisconsin, USA
Volume: 04
Page: 0082.

DEATH: Fanny Kurth in the U.S., Social Security Death Index, 1935-2014:
Name: Fanny Kurth
SSN: 397-09-0998
Last Residence: 53504 Argyle, Lafayette, Wisconsin, USA
BORN: 22 Sep 1887
Died: Jun 1966
State (Year) SSN issued: Wisconsin (Before 1951).

BURIAL: Fanny Elizabeth Mitchell Kurth:
Birth: Sep. 22, 1888
Mineral Point
Iowa County
Wisconsin, USA
Death: Jun. 1, 1966
Argyle, Lafayette County
Wisconsin, USA

Family links:
Parents:
Thomas Ward Mitchell (1843 - 1902)
Louisa Jane Poquette Mitchell (1854 - 1896)

Spouse: Joseph Kurth (1878 - 1957)

Children:
Mary Agnes Kurth Andrews (1906 - 1975)
Alma Louise Kurth Andrews (1907 - 1987)
Delbert J Kurth (1911 - 1975)
Darwin L Kurth (1912 - 2001)
Bernadine H Kurth Crooks (1915 - 1999)
Peter B Kurth (1925 - 1970)

Siblings:
Nettie Gausilah Mitchell Poquette (1877 - 1959)**
Lee Lewis Mitchell (1886 - 1952)*
Matilda Jane Mitchell Salladay (1889 - 1972)*
Ida Ethel Mitchell (1890 - 1901)*
Mary Adeline Mitchell Sellers (1892 - 1946)*

• Calculated relationship
  • Half-sibling

Buried in: Woodlawn Cemetery
Argyle
Lafayette County
Wisconsin, USA.

OBITUARY: Fanny Elizabeth (Mitchell) Kurth obituary Posted 25 Jun 2015 by Nancy Poquette - unknown newspaper, a June 1966 issue:

Mrs. Fanny Kurth Taken by Death, Wednesday. Mrs. Fanny Kurth, 77, resident of Argyle area for over 50 years, died unexpectedly at her home in the village last Wednesday evening. Funeral services were held Sunday afternoon at 2:15 pm, at the Argyle Lutheran Church. Rev. Lyman Oman officiated and burial was in Woodlawn Cemetery.

Fanny Elizabeth Mitchell was born in Mineral Point, Sept. 22, 1888. She was married Jan. 6, 1905 in Dodgeville to Joseph M. Kurth, who preceded her in death March 15, 1957. The couple farmed before moving to the village of Argyle. They observed their 50th wedding anniversary in 1955. Mrs. Kurth was a member of the American Legion Auxiliary.

Surviving are 8 daughters: Mrs. Florence O'Hara, Chicago; Mrs. Agnes Andrews, Argyle; Mrs. Alma Andrews, Fayette; Mrs. Bernadine Krooks, Mineral Point; Mrs. Walberga Runnels, Benton, IL; Mrs. Arvilla Kurth, San Diego, CA; Mrs. Darleen Marolda, Round Lake, IL; 4 sons, Theodore, San Diego; Delbert, Topeka; Darwin, Darlington; and Peter, Argyle; a sister, Mrs. Tilla Salladay, Beloit; 35 grandchildren; 49 great-grandchildren and 3 great-great grandchildren. She was predeceased by a son in infancy, 2 brothers and 2 sisters.

Sources

• Argall One-name Study.
• Family Bible of Thomas Ward Mitchell - Iowa County WI