Johnny A. Fenske

Notes:

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name: Johnny A. Fenske
gender: Male
burial date: 04 Sep 1917
burial place:
death date: 03 Sep 1917
death place: Portland, Akron
age: 3
birth date: Feb 1914
birthplace: Michigan
occupation:
race:
marital status:
spouse's name:
father's name: John Fenske
father's birthplace: Germany
mother's name: Elizabeth Cook
mother's birthplace:
indexing project (batch) number: B86921-2
system origin: Iowa-EASy
source film number: 1412141
reference number: b 2 p 78 cn 31
Collection: "Iowa, Deaths and Burials, 1850-1990," Johnny A. Fenske, 1917

Notes:

(Research):

Census Listings:

1900 Federal Census
Michigan, St. Joseph County, Sherman,
ED #124
14-14
Fenski, John Head W Dec 1874 25 Single Germany Germany Germany 1863
Fenski, Mary Mother W Mar 1835 65 Wd 6 children/2 living? 1865 35?

1910 Federal Census
Michigan, St. Joseph County, Sherman,
ED #136
108-108
Fenske, John H 35 M1 4 Germany Germany Germany 1888? Farmer
Fenske, Lizzie W 25 M1 4 3/2 Michigan Michigan Germany
Fenske, Francis Daug 2 MI Germ MI
Fenske, Adelia D 0/12 Mi Ger MI
Fenske, Mary Mother 74 Wd Ger Ger Ger 1885?

142-142
Fenske, Savery F Head of Household age 42 single Germany 1884? Farmer

1920 Federal Census
Minnesota, Aitken, Shovel Lake,
ED #13
Fenske, John Head Age 45 Immigrated 1884 Naturalized 1888 Germany Germany Germany Farmer Fenske, Elizabeth Wife Age 34 Michigan Michigan Germany
Fenske, Francis Daughter Age 12 Michigan
Fenske, Odilia Daughter Age 9 Michigan
Fenske, Clarence Son Age 8 Michigan
Fenske, Josephine Daughter Age 7/12 Minnesota

John married Elizabeth Cook on 27 Feb 1906 in Sturgis, St. Joseph County, Michigan. Elizabeth was born about 1884 in Michigan; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

The daughter of ??? HUSTY and Frank COOK.

Notes:

Married:
They were married by Henry J. KAUFMAN, a clergyman. Witnesses: Sammy FENSKE of Sherman, Michigan and Gertrude HUDSON of Sturgis, Michigan.

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groom's name: John Fenske
groom's race:
groom's age: 31 years
groom's birth date: 1875
groom's birthplace: Germany
bride's name: Elizabeth Cook
bride's race:
bride's age: 20 years
bride's birth date: 1886
bride's birthplace: Michigan
marriage type:
marriage date: 27 Feb 1906
marriage place: Sturgis, St Joseph, Michigan
groom's father: Gottleib Fenske
groom's mother: Jesse
bride's father: Frank Cook
bride's mother: Husty
groom's marital status:
groom's previous wife:
bride's marital status:
bride's previous husband:
film number: 2342675
frame number:
digital folder number: 4209085
image number: 497
reference number: v 4 p 5 rn 4183
Collection: "Michigan, Marriages, 1868-1925," Elizabeth Cook, 1906

Notes:

Arrvived in New York on 15th May 1884. (signature unreadable)
List or Manifestof Passengers taken on board the S S Rugia (page torn)
A Albers is Master, from Hamburg, burthen 2454 (page torn).
Columns represent: Name, Age (years/months), Sex, Occupation or Calling, the County of which they are Citizens; Intended Destination or Location;
Date and Cause of Death (information shown in passenger notes); Location of compartment or space Occupied; Number of pieces of baggage; Transient or In Transit.

585 Josef Skurath 49 m workm Russia US D Intrans
586 Anna Skurath 54 f wife Russia US D Intrans
587 Pauline Skurath 17 f child Russia US D Intrans
588 Franz Skurath 5 m child Russia US D Intans
589 Mariane Fesse 70 f wife Russia US D Intrans

On same ship.
751 Gottlieb Fenske 49 m workm Prussia US C 1 Intrans
752 Mariane Fenske 49 f wife Prussia US C Intrans
753* ?taver Fenske 16 m child Prussia US C Intrans
754 Joh Fenske 8 m child Prussia US C Intrans

(Courtesy of Sandra Sauceda)

Gottlieb married Maria "Mary" Jesse. Maria (daughter of Andrew Jesse and Mary Bajrovik) was born on 1 Mar 1835 in Strelitz, Kreis Kolmar, Posen, Prussia; died on 23 Mar 1914 in Sherman Township, St. Joseph County, Michigan. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Fern has a note from her grandmother Augusta saying that Maria married a Venske or Fenske, and for a time lived in Sturgis, Michigan. Her grandmother remembers that a Skyler Su(a)venski/Fenski came to see her in Sturgis in the late 50's. Maria lived with her son John at the time of the St. Joseph County, Michigan census of 1900 and 1910.

Notes:

AKA Andrew GESSE.

Andrew married Mary Bajrovik in Prussia. Mary was born before 1815 in Prussia; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Barbara LaChance [lachance@ccis.com] notes that "in a lot of the slavic names many of the letters are either not pronounced or are pronounced like an entirely different letter. I tried looking up your name "BAJROVIK" and the closest I could get in my books was: BAJOREK (Pol.) Dweller by the slough or muddy place. (Source: New Dictionary of American Family Names by E.C. Smith).

Notes:

Married:
The names of the children Mary and Andrew JESSE, are based on list prepared by their granddaughter, Augusta Jesse Buchholz. Augusta's granddaughter, Fern Falkenstein Bengelsdorf, has the original list, and gave a copy of it to Dorothy Ball Williams. It APPEARS that George and Anna were the oldest children, and Amelia the youngest. This seems logical since George and Anna appear to have been the first to emigrate. The birthdates of the other children are ESTIMATED based on this assumption. If they were not listed in birth order, this is likely incorrect.