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Rosa Lily Edna (Wilke) Meyer (1903 - 1975)

Rosa Lily Edna Meyer formerly Wilke
Born in Wheaton, Traverse, Minnesota, United Statesmap
Ancestors ancestors
[spouse(s) unknown]
[children unknown]
Died at age 72 in Stirum, Sargent, North Dakota, United Statesmap
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Biography

Birth

Rosa was born on January 31, 1903 in Wheaton, MN to Herman Wilke and Lillie (Schwarz) Wilke. She was the 3rd of 12 children.[1]


Family

On December 8, 1921, at the age of 18, Rosa married Fred Meyer (1902-1986) in Breckenridge, MN.[2]

Children:
  1. Lorraine (1922-1964)
  2. Marvin Eugene (1923-2017)
  3. Glennys Lily Ann (1932-1948)
  4. James Fredrick (1942-1942)


Death

On May 17, 1975, at the age of 72, Rosa passed away in Stirum, ND. She is buried in Stirum Cemetery.[3][4][5]


Census Data

1905 Minnesota Census:
Age 2, living in Monson, Traverse, MN with her parents and 3 siblings.[6]
1910 U.S. Census:
Age 7, living in Willey, Sargent, ND with her parents, 5 siblings, and a hired man. She was attending school.[7]
1915 North Dakota Census:
Age 5-20, living in Sargent County, ND with her parents and 8 siblings.[8]
1920 U.S. Census:
Age 16, living in Willey, Sargent, ND with her parents and 8 siblings. She was attending school.[9]
1930 U.S. Census:
Age 27, living in Vivian, Sargent, ND with her husband and 2 children.[10]
1940 U.S. Census:
Age 37, living in Vivian, Sargent, ND with her husband and 2 children.[11]

Sources

  1. Minnesota Birth Certificates Index, Minnesota Historical Society; (http://people.mnhs.org/finder/bci/1903-29131 : accessed 2 Jun 2019).
  2. Minnesota Official Marriage System, Minnesota Association of County Officers; (https://www.moms.mn.gov/ : accessed 4 Jun 2019).
  3. Minnesota, Birth Index, 1900-1934 (http://people.mnhs.org/finder/bci/1903-29131 : accessed 27 September 2018). Minnesota Historical Society, People Records Search.
  4. "United States Social Security Death Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JYTF-T2H : 20 May 2014), Rose Meyer, May 1975; citing U.S. Social Security Administration, Death Master File, database (Alexandria, Virginia: National Technical Information Service, ongoing).
  5. Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/95689363 : accessed 07 December 2019), memorial page for Rose L. Wilke Meyer (31 Jan 1903–17 May 1975), Find A Grave Memorial no. 95689363, citing Stirum Cemetery, Stirum, Sargent County, North Dakota, USA ; Maintained by Find A Grave (contributor 8).
  6. "Minnesota State Census, 1905," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:SPQX-XDF : 3 August 2017), Rosa Wilke, Monson township, Traverse, Minnesota; citing p. 4, line 31, State Library and Records Service, St.Paul; FHL microfilm 928,819.
  7. "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MLG2-9K4 : accessed 7 December 2019), Rosa Wilker in household of Herman T Wilker, Willey, Sargent, North Dakota, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 200, sheet 13A, family 208, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 1148; FHL microfilm 1,375,161.
  8. "North Dakota Census, 1915," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QK9C-TBNQ : 17 March 2018), Rose Wilke in household of Lillie Wilke, Sargent, North Dakota, United States; citing family number , line number 226, State Historical Society of North Dakota; FHL microfilm 1,731,426.
  9. "United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MC8L-WSB : accessed 7 December 2019), Rose L Wilke in household of Herman F Wilke, Willey, Sargent, North Dakota, United States; citing ED 149, sheet 10A, line 50, family 12, NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1992), roll 1340; FHL microfilm 1,821,340.
  10. "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XKVF-S3V : accessed 7 December 2019), Rose L Meyer in household of Fred W Meyer, Vivian, Sargent, North Dakota, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 27, sheet 3A, line 39, family 39, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 1742; FHL microfilm 2,341,476.
  11. "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KM95-79D : 21 November 2019), Rose L Meyer in household of Fred W Meyer, Stirum, Vivian Township, Sargent, North Dakota, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 41-27, sheet 4A, line 19, family 69, 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 3012.




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