Henry Charles Wirth (1875 - 1953)

Born 5 Apr 1875 in Mariposa Township, Jasper County, Iowa USA

Ancestors

Husband of Frieda Sophia (Hokanson) Wirth — married 15 Apr 1920 in Glenwood Pope County MN USA

Descendants

Died 6 Dec 1953 at age 78 in U of MN Hospital; Minneapolis, Hennepin County, MN USA

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Biography

First Generation American. Junior as nickname as Eldest Son of his Father though their names would not denote the fact of it. Born on an Iowan Farmland of immigrant parents as his Father made the journey from Holstein Germany with his parents and other siblings some single other married with children and a few siblings with family stayed behind. Most of his Ancestry was discovered and researched by a professor of Kiel University in Kiel, Germany by Pro. Johannes Witt for numerous years prior to connecting with my distant cousin Johannes Witt in the early 2000's His Ancestor was a cousin to my ancestor. More about the ancestry that combined our's together as distant cousins of the three Wirth brothers Hans Christian Wirth, Friedrich Heinrich Wirth and Hans Christopher Wirth.

Sources

• K. Wirth and Johannes Witt of Kiel, Germany.

http://iagenweb.org/census/textdisplay.php?file=/census/jasper/1885-IA-jasper-mariposa.txt 556 3 71 71 Wirth Henry Jr. 9 M S Scott Father born in Germany Mother Birth Place Germany.

Henry Charles Wirth 1875-1953 lived in: Mariposa Township, Jasper County Iowa U.S.A. born to immigrant parents First Home was located on Farm land here Township 81 North, Range 18 West of the Fifth Principal Meridan. In Grid Lot # 1. Mitchell, Iowa U.S.A. Pueblo, Colorado: Occupation: Surveyor Glenwood, Pope County, MN USA marriage 5 April 1920 First Lutheran Church Of Glenwood MN. Sedan, Pope County, MN USA Long Prairie, Todd County, MN USA. Settled and homestead many acres up the road from County Fair Grounds and Evergreen Cemetery on hill across road with systemic trees lined and to the property line at the door of Long Prairie Memorial Hospital. Died from Heart Complications 5 Dec. 1953 at University of Minnesota Hospital, Minneapolis, Hennepin County, MN USA Buried 6 Dec 1953 Long Prairie, Todd County, MN USA interned at Evergreen Cemetery located behind the County Fair Grounds in the Trinity Lutheran Church Section of Graveyard. Will upload photos later and tombstone.