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- [S175] Frances Gretchen (Klein) Leenerts, Descendants of Father Fiegenbaum (Chinook, Washington: F. Leenerts, 2002), p. 62.
Carl Wesley Wellemeyer, child of Frank Henry Wellemeyer and Mary Malvina Klaus, was born on 12 May 1877 at Sleepy Eye, Brown County, Minnesota.
- [S48] Cemetery or burial marker, IA GenWeb Project. Delaware County, Iowa Cemetery Directory. Zion Cemetery.
Gravestone transcriptions from Zion Cemetery at Colesburg, Section 6, Colony Township, Delaware County, Iowa provided by Robert Schwietert to the USGenWeb Tombstone Transcription Project for Iowa at (http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/ia/delaware/cemeteries/zioncem.txt). File updated February 1999. Accessed 14 April 2006.
Row 29: Carl W. Wellemeyer; born 12 May 1877; died 23 November 1933.
- [S175] Frances Gretchen (Klein) Leenerts, Descendants of Father Fiegenbaum (Chinook, Washington: F. Leenerts, 2002), p. 62.
Carl Wesley Wellemeyer died on 22 November 1933 at Colesburg, Delaware County, Iowa.
Gretchen provided no explanation for her date of 22 November and the date of 23 November that appeared in her transcription of Carl Wesley Wellemeyer's obituary.
- [S175] Frances Gretchen (Klein) Leenerts, Descendants of Father Fiegenbaum (Chinook, Washington: F. Leenerts, 2002), pages 111-112.
A transcription supplied by Frances Gretchen (Klein) Leenerts of an obituary for Carl Wesley Wellemeyer which she reported had appeared on 29 November 1933 in an unidentified Garner, Iowa newspaper.
"Mr. Wellemeyer was usually in good health. On Thursday afternoon, 23 November, he suffered a heart attack while at work, from which he failed to recover. He reached the age of 58 years, 6 months and 11 days."
- [S175] Frances Gretchen (Klein) Leenerts, Descendants of Father Fiegenbaum (Chinook, Washington: F. Leenerts, 2002), pages 111-112.
A transcription supplied by Frances Gretchen (Klein) Leenerts of an obituary for Carl Wesley Wellemeyer which she reported had appeared on 29 November 1933 in an unidentified Garner, Iowa newspaper.
"Burial was made in the family lot beside his daughter, Helen, in the Zion Cemetery west of Colesburg."
- [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;...."
- [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."
- [S175] Frances Gretchen (Klein) Leenerts, Descendants of Father Fiegenbaum (Chinook, Washington: F. Leenerts, 2002), p. 111.
Carl Wesley Wellemeyer and Sarah Merten were married on 12 June 1907 at Colesburg, Delaware County, Iowa.
- [S175] Frances Gretchen (Klein) Leenerts, Descendants of Father Fiegenbaum (Chinook, Washington: F. Leenerts, 2002), pages 111-112.
A transcription supplied by Frances Gretchen (Klein) Leenerts of an obituary for Carl Wesley Wellemeyer which she reported had appeared on 29 November 1933 in an unidentified Garner, Iowa newspaper.
"Departed was married 12 June 1907 to Sarah Merten. From this union came two children, one son Howard, who is working at home, and one daughter, Helen, who preceeded him in death."
- [S175] Frances Gretchen (Klein) Leenerts, Descendants of Father Fiegenbaum (Chinook, Washington: F. Leenerts, 2002), p. 112.
A transcription supplied by Frances Gretchen (Klein) Leenerts of an obituary for Sarah (Merten) Wellemeyer which she reported had appeared on Thursday, 9 June 1966 in the Manchester Press, of Manchester, Iowa.
"She was married to Carl Wellemeyer of Garner 12 June 1907."
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