Wellemeyer, Ruth Lizette

Female 1889 - 1964  (75 years)


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  • Name Wellemeyer, Ruth Lizette 
    Born 15 Jan 1889  Le Mars, Plymouth County, Iowa, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Gender Female 
    Died 19 Dec 1964  California, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Person ID I5559  Fiegenbaum
    Last Modified 10 May 2008 

    Father Wellemeyer, Rev. Frank Henry,   b. 11 Dec 1849, Warren County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 2 Jul 1909, Rudd, Floyd County, Iowa, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 59 years) 
    Mother Klaus, Mary Malvina,   b. 28 Jan 1853, Colesburg, Delaware County, Iowa, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 29 Mar 1930, Charles City, Floyd County, Iowa, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 77 years) 
    Married 3 Jun 1875  Colesburg, Delaware County, Iowa, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [3, 4, 5, 6, 7
    Residence (family) Between 1896 and 1901  Hancock County, Iowa, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [8
    • Because of Frank Wellemeyer's ill health, the family lived on their farm near Garner.
    Family ID F100  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Melcher, Clarence Lewis,   b. 21 Dec 1885, Charles City, Floyd County, Iowa, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 21 Feb 1927, Tucson, Pima County, Arizona, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 41 years) 
    Married 8 Sep 1917  Charles City, Floyd County, Iowa, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [9
    Children 
    +1. Melcher, Edward Lewis,   b. 1918, Waverly, Bremer County, Iowa, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Feb 1991, Bend, Deschutes County, Oregon, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 73 years)
    +2. Melcher, Ruth Marilyn
    Last Modified 6 Aug 2018 
    Family ID F1849  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Sources 
    1. [S175] Frances Gretchen (Klein) Leenerts, Descendants of Father Fiegenbaum (Chinook, Washington: F. Leenerts, 2002), pages 64, 114.
      Ruth Lizette Wellemeyer, child of Frank Henry Wellemeyer and Mary Malvina Klaus, was born on 15 January 1889 at LeMars [sic], Plymouth County, Iowa.

    2. [S175] Frances Gretchen (Klein) Leenerts, Descendants of Father Fiegenbaum (Chinook, Washington: F. Leenerts, 2002), pages 64, 114.
      Ruth Lizette died on 19 December 1964 in California.

    3. [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.

    4. [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."

    5. [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."

    6. [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."

    7. [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;...."

    8. [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.
           "Failing health forced him to spend the years 1896-1901 with his family on the farm."

    9. [S175] Frances Gretchen (Klein) Leenerts, Descendants of Father Fiegenbaum (Chinook, Washington: F. Leenerts, 2002), p. 114.
      Clarence Lewis Mecher and Ruth Lizette Wellemeyer were married on 8 September 1917 at Charles City, Floyd County, Iowa.