Family: Wellemeyer, Rev. Frank Henry / Klaus, Mary Malvina (F100)
m. 3 Jun 1875-
Father | Male
Wellemeyer, Rev. Frank Henry
Born 11 Dec 1849 Warren County, Missouri, USA 
Died 2 Jul 1909 Rudd, Floyd County, Iowa, USA Buried 6 Jul 1909 Garner, Hancock County, Iowa, USA Married 3 Jun 1875 [1, 2, 3, 4, 5] Colesburg, Delaware County, Iowa, USA [1, 2, 3, 4, 5] Father Wellemeyer, Henry Frank | F99 Group Sheet Mother Fiegenbaum, Christine Elisabeth | F99 Group Sheet
Mother | Female
Klaus, Mary Malvina
Born 28 Jan 1853 Colesburg, Delaware County, Iowa, USA Died 29 Mar 1930 Charles City, Floyd County, Iowa, USA Buried Garner, Hancock County, Iowa, USA Father Klaus, Johan D. | F1459 Group Sheet Mother Hartbecken, Elizabeth | F1459 Group Sheet
Child 1 | Female
Wellemeyer, Elizabeth Catherine
Born 30 Apr 1876 Garner, Hancock County, Iowa, USA Died 9 Feb 1917 Marshalltown, Marshall County, Iowa, USA Buried Garner, Hancock County, Iowa, USA
Child 2 | Male
+ Wellemeyer, Carl Wesley
Born 12 May 1877 Sleepy Eye, Brown County, Minnesota, USA Died 23 Nov 1933 Colesburg, Delaware County, Iowa, USA Buried Colesburg, Delaware County, Iowa, USA Spouse Merten, Sarah | F1797 Married 12 Jun 1907 Colesburg, Delaware County, Iowa, USA
Child 3 | Female
Wellemeyer, Estella
Born 12 Oct 1878 Sleepy Eye, Brown County, Minnesota, USA Died 14 Apr 1907 Garner, Hancock County, Iowa, USA Buried Garner, Hancock County, Iowa, USA
Child 4 | Male
+ Wellemeyer, Franz Arthur
Born 22 Feb 1880 Henderson, Sibley County, Minnesota, USA Died 29 Dec 1960 Klemme, Hancock County, Iowa, USA Buried Klemme, Hancock County, Iowa, USA Spouse Griewe, Lydia Dora | F1799 Married 22 Feb 1906 Liberty Township, Hancock County, Iowa, USA
Child 5 | Male
+ Wellemeyer, Ernest Edward
Born 23 Jan 1882 Le Mars, Plymouth County, Iowa, USA Died 28 Feb 1943 Patterson, Stanislaus County, California, USA Buried Spouse Schultz, Myrtle | F1838 Married 3 Jun 1920 Douglas, Cochise County, Arizona, USA
Child 6 | Male
+ Wellemeyer, John Fletcher
Born 26 Dec 1883 Freeport, Stephenson County, Illinois, USA Died Apr 1967 Kansas City, Wyandotte County, Kansas, USA Buried Spouse Gethmann, Olinda | F1842 Married 5 Aug 1909 Gladbrook, Tama County, Iowa, USA
Child 7 | Female
+ Wellemeyer, Hulda Marie
Born 18 Sep 1886 Giard, Clayton County, Iowa, USA Died 8 Sep 1957 Guthrie, Logan County, Oklahoma, USA Buried Spouse Merten, Robert William | F1846 Married 13 Jun 1910 Charles City, Floyd County, Iowa, USA
Child 8 | Female
+ Wellemeyer, Ruth Lizette
Born 15 Jan 1889 Le Mars, Plymouth County, Iowa, USA Died 19 Dec 1964 California, USA Buried Spouse Melcher, Clarence Lewis | F1849 Married 8 Sep 1917 Charles City, Floyd County, Iowa, USA
Child 9 | Female
Wellemeyer, Clara Lois
Born 24 Oct 1890 Garner, Hancock County, Iowa, USA Died 1 Sep 1891 Garner, Hancock County, Iowa, USA Buried Garner, Hancock County, Iowa, USA
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Notes Residence (family):
- Because of Frank Wellemeyer's ill health, the family lived on their farm near Garner.
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Sources - [S175] Frances Gretchen (Klein) Leenerts, Descendants of Father Fiegenbaum (Chinook, Washington: F. Leenerts, 2002), p. 60.
Frank Henry Wellemeyer and Mary Malvina Klaus were married on 3 June 1875 at Colesburg, Delaware County, Iowa. - [S175] Frances Gretchen (Klein) Leenerts, Descendants of Father Fiegenbaum (Chinook, Washington: F. Leenerts, 2002), pages 60-61.
A transcription of an obituary for Frank Henry Wellemeyer reported to have appeared on Wednesday, 14 July 1909 in the Garner Signal, of Garner, Iowa.
"On 3 June 1875 he was married to Mary Klaus of Colesburg, Iowa." - [S133] E. W. Henke, et al, Die Nordwest Deutsche Konferenz der Bischöflichen Methodistenkirche: Geschichtlich, Sachlich und Biographisch Geschildert (Charles City, Iowa: The Conference, 1913), pages 99-101.
Biographical sketch of Rev. Frank H. Wellemeyer, deceased pastor of the Northwest Germany Conference. In German. Translation by J. Mark Fiegenbaum.
"...on 3 June of the same year [1875] married Mary Klaus of Colesburg, Iowa." - [S175] Frances Gretchen (Klein) Leenerts, Descendants of Father Fiegenbaum (Chinook, Washington: F. Leenerts, 2002), pages 61-62.
A transcription supplied by Frances Gretchen (Klein) Leenerts of an obituary which she reported had appeared on Wednesday, 2 April 1930 in an unidentified newspaper of Garner, Iowa.
"On 3 June 1875 she was married to Frank Henry Wellemeyer and to this union were born nine children of whom six children survive. Lois died as an infant in 1891. Estelle passed away in 1907 and Elizabeth in 1917." - [S206] History of Delaware County, Iowa and its People, edited by John F. Merry; 2 volumes (Chicago: S. J. Clarke Publishing Company, 1914), volume 2, page 121.
Biographical sketch of Samuel Wesley Klaus. "To their [John D. and Elizabeth (Hartbeck) Klaus] union were born six children, namely: Mary, the wife of Rev. F. H. Wellemeyer, of Charles City, Iowa;...."
- [S175] Frances Gretchen (Klein) Leenerts, Descendants of Father Fiegenbaum (Chinook, Washington: F. Leenerts, 2002), p. 60.