Obituary, Anna Gerdes, 1896
description: The Family of Bill Dean collection includes many death notices cut out of mostly German-language newspapers. This obituary tells of Anna Gerdes's, the local preacher's wife. Born in Forsbarg, East Friesland in 1845, she immigrated to America in 1857 with her parents and married twice, first in 1863 to Heinz Kollmann, who died in 1894 and two years later in 1896 to John Gerdes. John and Anna had one adopted son and Anna was a faithful member of the German Methodist Church in Humboldt. Anna Gerdes belonged to the same church as the Schuetz-Sutorius family, maternal ancestors of Bill Dean. The family began with Gottlieb Schuetz and Anna Parli who came from Canton Berne, Switzerland to Humboldt, Nebraska in 1870. A son of soap manufacturers Hans (John) Schuetz and Magdalena Luthi, Gottlieb was born in 1838 in Canton Berne, Switzerland. He married Anna Parli, also from Canton Berne, in 1863 and immigrated to Humboldt, Nebraska in 1870. Their daughter Maria (Mary) Schuetz, born in 1867 in Switzerland started the Dean family line marrying German-born Dirk Sutorius in 1889. Sutorius' daughter Emma, born in 1890 married a recent emigrant from Germany (1908) Edo F. Harms in 1914. All three generations lived in Humboldt, Nebraska in close proximity with various relatives (Emma Sutorius's uncle John Schuetz lived right next door to her family according to the 1930 census). First settled in 1855, Humboldt, Nebraska is very close to the Nebraska borders with the three states: Missouri, Iowa, and Kansas. The town was a home to a vibrant immigrant community uniting people from Germany, Switzerland, Bohemia, and later Czechoslovakia, England, and various other places in the United States and beyond. The German-speaking community organized around the German Methodist mission that established a church in Humboldt in 1879. For interviews and oral histories of this and other items please visit the History Harvest YouTube Channel.
source: Family of Bill Dean, Nebraska City History Harvest, 2010
date: 1896
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Obituary, Anna Schuetz, 1906
description: The Family of Bill Dean collection includes many death notices cut out of mostly German-language newspapers. This obituary tells of Anna Schuetz's death in 1906, at the age of 66. Born in 1840 in Ruegsau, Switzerland, Anna Parli married Gottlieb Schuetz, who lived in the same Burgorf District in Canton Berne, Switzerland in 1863. A son of soap manufacturers Hans (John) Schuetz and Magdalena Luthi, Gottlieb was born in 1838 in Canton Berne, Switzerland. Having lived in various places in the Burgdorf district between 1863 and 1868, they finally immigrated to Humboldt, Nebraska in 1870. Anna's fifth child was born in July of the same year. The obituary reiterates the tragic story of Anna's son, Carl Christian, who became paralyzed and crippled after a barn collapsed on him during a tornado, and died almost two years after the incident. Anna's daughter Maria (Mary) Schuetz, born in 1867 in Switzerland started the Dean family line marrying German-born Dirk Sutorius in 1889. Sutorius' daughter Emma, born in 1890 married a recent emigrant from Germany (1908) Edo F. Harms in 1914. All three generations lived in Humboldt, Nebraska in close proximity with various relatives (Emma Sutorius's uncle John Schuetz lived right next door to her family according to the 1930 census). For interviews and oral histories of this and other items please visit the History Harvest YouTube Channel.
source: Family of Bill Dean, Nebraska City History Harvest, 2010
date: 1906
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Obituary, David Speiser, 1899
description: The Family of Bill Dean collection includes many death notices cut out of mostly German-language newspapers. This obituary tells of David Speiser's death of lung fever. Born in Kehl, Baden in 1827, he married Elizabeth Uhri and had five children with her, four of whom survived him. He came first to St. Joseph Missouri in 1855 and then moved to Humboldt, Nebraska. Although he was raised Lutheran, Speiser visited a Methodist church for a long time, and joined it the year before his death. David Speiser might have been a family or church friend of the Schuetz-Sutorius-Harmses, maternal ancestors of Bill Dean. The family began with Gottlieb Schuetz and Anna Parli who came from Canton Berne, Switzerland to Humboldt, Nebraska in 1870. A son of soap manufacturers Hans (John) Schuetz and Magdalena Luthi, Gottlieb was born in 1838 in Canton Berne, Switzerland. He married Anna Parli, also from Canton Berne, in 1863 and immigrated to Humboldt, Nebraska in 1870. Their daughter Maria (Mary) Schuetz, born in 1867 in Switzerland started the Dean family line marrying German-born Dirk Sutorius in 1889. Sutorius' daughter Emma, born in 1890 married a recent emigrant from Germany (1908) Edo F. Harms in 1914. All three generations lived in Humboldt, Nebraska in close proximity with various relatives (Emma Sutorius's uncle John Schuetz lived right next door to her family according to the 1930 census). First settled in 1855, Humboldt, Nebraska is very close to the Nebraska borders with the three states: Missouri, Iowa, and Kansas. The town was a home to a vibrant immigrant community uniting people from Germany, Switzerland, Bohemia, and later Czechoslovakia, England, and various other places in the United States and beyond. The German-speaking community organized around the German Methodist mission that established a church in Humboldt in 1879, of which Gottlieb Schuetz was a member and maybe even a pastor. For interviews and oral histories of this and other items please visit the Histor…
source: Family of Bill Dean, Nebraska City History Harvest, 2010
date: 1899
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Obituary, Friedrich Schuetz, 1912
description: The Family of Bill Dean collection includes many death notices cut out of mostly German-language newspapers. This obituary tells of Friedrich Schuetz's death in 1912, at the age of forty-four. Born in 1868 in Switzerland, a son of Gottlieb and Anna Schuetz, Friedrich travelled with them to Humboldt, Nebraska and helped them farm. He was a quiet man, loved by his family and community. Apparently he never married and died at the home of his brother Arnold surviving his father only by two years. Firedrich's sister Maria (Mary) Schuetz, born in 1867 in Switzerland started the Dean family line marrying German-born Dirk Sutorius in 1889. Sutorius' daughter Emma, born in 1890 married a recent emigrant from Germany (1908) Edo F. Harms in 1914. All three generations lived in Humboldt, Nebraska in close proximity with various relatives (Emma Sutorius's uncle John Schuetz lived right next door to her family according to the 1930 census). For interviews and oral histories of this and other items please visit the History Harvest YouTube Channel.
source: Family of Bill Dean, Nebraska City History Harvest, 2010
date: 1912
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Obituary, Gertie Vanzhas
description: The Family of Bill Dean collection includes many death notices cut out of mostly German-language newspapers. This obituary tells of Gertie Vanzhas's death. Born in 1863 in Sandhorst, East Friesland, she came to America in 1884.Three years later she married Christian Vanzhas and had six children with him. Gertie might have been a family or church friend of the Schuetz-Sutorius-Harmses, maternal ancestors of Bill Dean. The family began with Gottlieb Schuetz and Anna Parli who came from Canton Berne, Switzerland to Humboldt, Nebraska in 1870. A son of soap manufacturers Hans (John) Schuetz and Magdalena Luthi, Gottlieb was born in 1838 in Canton Berne, Switzerland. He married Anna Parli, also from Canton Berne, in 1863 and immigrated to Humboldt, Nebraska in 1870. Their daughter Maria (Mary) Schuetz, born in 1867 in Switzerland started the Dean family line marrying German-born Dirk Sutorius in 1889. Sutorius' daughter Emma, born in 1890 married a recent emigrant from Germany (1908) Edo F. Harms in 1914. All three generations lived in Humboldt, Nebraska in close proximity with various relatives (Emma Sutorius's uncle John Schuetz lived right next door to her family according to the 1930 census). First settled in 1855, Humboldt, Nebraska is very close to the Nebraska borders with the three states: Missouri, Iowa, and Kansas. The town was a home to a vibrant immigrant community uniting people from Germany, Switzerland, Bohemia, and later Czechoslovakia, England, and various other places in the United States and beyond. The German-speaking community organized around the German Methodist mission that established a church in Humboldt in 1879, of which Gottlieb Schuetz was a member and maybe even a pastor. For interviews and oral histories of this and other items please visit the History Harvest YouTube Channel.
source: Family of Bill Dean, Nebraska City History Harvest, 2010
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Obituary, Gottlieb Schuetz, 1910
description: The Family of Bill Dean collection includes many death notices cut out of mostly German-language newspapers. This obituary tells of Gottlieb Schuetz's death in 1910, at the age of seventy-two. A son of soap manufacturers Hans (John) Schuetz and Magdalena Luthi, Gottlieb was born in 1838 in Canton Berne, Switzerland. He married Anna Parli who lived in the same Burgorf District in Canton Berne, Swtizerland in 1863. Having lived in various places in the Burgdorf district between 1863 and 1868, they finally immigrated to Humboldt, Nebraska in 1870. Gottlieb and Anna had ten children, of whom only five survived by the time of Gottlieb's death. Gottlieb might have been a pastor of the German Methodist Church from 1874 and retired some time before his death because of declining mental ability. Gottlieb's daughter Maria (Mary) Schuetz, born in 1867 in Switzerland took care of him in his last days and started the Dean family line marrying German-born Dirk Sutorius in 1889. Sutorius' daughter Emma, born in 1890 married a recent emigrant from Germany (1908) Edo F. Harms in 1914. All three generations lived in Humboldt, Nebraska in close proximity with various relatives (Emma Sutorius's uncle John Schuetz lived right next door to her family according to the 1930 census). For interviews and oral histories of this and other items please visit the History Harvest YouTube Channel.
source: Family of Bill Dean, Nebraska City History Harvest, 2010
date: 1910
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Obituary, Jakob Gutknecht
description: The Family of Bill Dean collection includes many death notices cut out of mostly German-language newspapers. This obituary tells of Jacob Gutknecht's death in or around 1886. Born in 1825 in Baden, Jakob came to America at the age of thirty with his family. His wife soon died leaving him with five children. In 1871 he married Susanna Koenig with whom he had seven more children one of whom died. As with other obituaries, the writer devotes much space to Jakob's participation in the church activities and the praise of his faith. Jakob Gutknecht might have been a family or church friend of the Schuetz-Sutorius-Harmses, maternal ancestors of Bill Dean. The family began with Gottlieb Schuetz and Anna Parli who came from Canton Berne, Switzerland to Humboldt, Nebraska in 1870. A son of soap manufacturers Hans (John) Schuetz and Magdalena Luthi, Gottlieb was born in 1838 in Canton Berne, Switzerland. He married Anna Parli, also from Canton Berne, in 1863 and immigrated to Humboldt, Nebraska in 1870. Their daughter Maria (Mary) Schuetz, born in 1867 in Switzerland started the Dean family line marrying German-born Dirk Sutorius in 1889. Sutorius' daughter Emma, born in 1890 married a recent emigrant from Germany (1908) Edo F. Harms in 1914. All three generations lived in Humboldt, Nebraska in close proximity with various relatives (Emma Sutorius's uncle John Schuetz lived right next door to her family according to the 1930 census). First settled in 1855, Humboldt, Nebraska is very close to the Nebraska borders with the three states: Missouri, Iowa, and Kansas. The town was a home to a vibrant immigrant community uniting people from Germany, Switzerland, Bohemia, and later Czechoslovakia, England, and various other places in the United States and beyond. The German-speaking community organized around the German Methodist mission that established a church in Humboldt in 1879, of which Gottlieb Schuetz was a member and maybe even a pastor. For interviews and oral histories of t…
source: Family of Bill Dean, Nebraska City History Harvest, 2010
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Obituary, Karl Zulik, 1896
description: The Family of Bill Dean collection includes many death notices cut out of mostly German-language newspapers. This obituary tells of Karl Zulik's death at the age of 74 in Humboldt, Nebraska. Born in Podmaklan in Bohemia in 1822, Karl Zulik came first to Illinois in 1854 and then to Nebraka in 1856 with his wife Katharina Hamal from Hungary. Although originally Catholic, Zulik joined the German Methodist Church in Humboldt in 1863 and became one of its trustees, which speaks to the strength of Methodist community in Humboldt. Zulik might have been a family or church friend of the Schuetz-Sutoriuses, maternal ancestors of Bill Dean. The family began with Gottlieb Schuetz and Anna Parli who came from Canton Berne, Switzerland to Humboldt, Nebraska in 1870. A son of soap manufacturers Hans (John) Schuetz and Magdalena Luthi, Gottlieb was born in 1838 in Canton Berne, Switzerland. He married Anna Parli, also from Canton Berne, in 1863 and immigrated to Humboldt, Nebraska in 1870. Their daughter Maria (Mary) Schuetz, born in 1867 in Switzerland started the Dean family line marrying German-born Dirk Sutorius in 1889. Sutorius' daughter Emma, born in 1890 married a recent emigrant from Germany (1908) Edo F. Harms in 1914. All three generations lived in Humboldt, Nebraska in close proximity with various relatives (Emma Sutorius's uncle John Schuetz lived right next door to her family according to the 1930 census). First settled in 1855, Humboldt, Nebraska is very close to the Nebraska borders with the three states: Missouri, Iowa, and Kansas. The town was a home to a vibrant immigrant community uniting people from Germany, Switzerland, Bohemia, and later Czechoslovakia, England, and various other places in the United States and beyond. The German-speaking community organized around the German Methodist mission that established a church in Humboldt in 1879, of which Gottlieb Schuetz was a member and maybe even a pastor. For interviews and oral histories of this and other item…
source: Family of Bill Dean, Nebraska City History Harvest, 2010
date: 1896
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Obituary, Karolina Bettenhausen, 1896
description: The Family of Bill Dean Collection includes many death notices cut out of mostly German-language newspapers. This obituary tells of Karolina Bettenhausen's death in 1896, at the age of seventy-two. She might have been a wife of the pastor in the German Methodist Church of Humboldt, Nebraska and her obituary went into the collection because the Schuetz-Sutorius-Harms families were very active in church. The family began with Gottlieb Schuetz and Anna Parli who came from Canton Berne, Switzerland to Humboldt, Nebraska in 1870. A son of soap manufacturers Hans (John) Schuetz and Magdalena Luthi, Gottlieb was born in 1838 in Canton Berne, Switzerland. He married Anna Parli, also from Canton Berne, in 1863 and immigrated to Humboldt, Nebraska in 1870. Their daughter Maria (Mary) Schuetz, born in 1867 in Switzerland started the Dean family line marrying German-born Dirk Sutorius in 1889. Sutorius' daughter Emma, born in 1890 married a recent emigrant from Germany (1908) Edo F. Harms in 1914. All three generations lived in Humboldt, Nebraska in close proximity with various relatives (Emma Sutorius's uncle John Schuetz lived right next door to her family according to the 1930 census). First settled in 1855, Humboldt, Nebraska is very close to the Nebraska borders with the three states: Missouri, Iowa, and Kansas. The town was a home to a vibrant immigrant community uniting people from Germany, Switzerland, Bohemia, and later Czechoslovakia, England, and various other places in the United States and beyond. The German-speaking community organized around the German Methodist mission that established a church in Humboldt in 1879, of which Gottlieb Schuetz was a member and maybe even a pastor. For interviews and oral histories of this and other items please visit the History Harvest YouTube Channel.
source: Family of Bill Dean, Nebraska City History Harvest, 2010
date: 1906
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Obituary, Katharina Schuetz, 1899
description: The Family of Bill Dean collection includes many death notices cut out of mostly German-language newspapers. This obituary tells of Katharina Schuetz's death in 1899, at the age of twenty-six. Born in 1873, Katharina came from Switzerland and was the wife of Jacob Schuetz, whose parents Gottlieb and Anna Schuetz came from Canton Berne. She left two kids, and her husband married again in 1902. Jacob's elder sister Maria (Mary) Schuetz, born in 1867 in Switzerland started the Dean family line. For interviews and oral histories of this and other items please visit the History Harvest YouTube Channel.
source: Family of Bill Dean, Nebraska City History Harvest, 2010
date: 1899
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language: German
type: image
coverage: Humboldt (Neb.)