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Isaac Braun Friesen

Male 1858 - 1929  (70 years)


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  • Name Isaac Braun Friesen  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9] 
    Born 14 Sep 1858  Neukirch, Molotschna, Russia Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 9] 
    Gender Male 
    Arrival 1874  [2, 4, 7, 10] 
    Residence 1880  Cub Creek, Jefferson, Nebraska, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [9] 
    Residence 1900  Cub Creek, Jefferson, Nebraska, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [7] 
    Residence 1910  Cub Creek, Jefferson, Nebraska, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [4] 
    Residence 1920  Fairbury, Jefferson, Nebraska, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    Died 25 Mar 1929  Beatrice, Gage, Nebraska, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [3, 5, 8] 
    Buried Jansen, Jefferson, Nebraska, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [3] 
    • Jansen Cemetery, Find A Grave Memorial# 74907067
    Person ID I8343  Clark Benscoter
    Last Modified 4 Mar 2020 

    Father Klass F Friesen,   b. 15 Feb 1818, Schoenau, Molotschna, South Russia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 8 Mar 1871, Neukirch, Molotschna, South Russia Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 53 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Mother Margaretha Braun,   b. 2 Jul 1817, Lindenau, Molotschna, South Russia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1873, Russia Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 55 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Married 1846  Russia Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F2373  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Katharina Jansen Classen,   b. 16 Feb 1860, Southern Russia, Near the Black Sea, at Nikopol Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 13 Aug 1937, Beatrice, Gage, Nebraska, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 77 years) 
    Married 26 Dec 1879  Jefferson, Nebraska, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [8] 
    Children 
     1. Margaret Classen Friesen,   b. 11 Mar 1900, Jansen, Jefferson, Nebraska, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 26 Dec 1977, Hemet, Riverside, California, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 77 years)  [natural]
     2. Henry C Friesen,   b. 3 Jun 1889, Nebraska, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 3 Sep 1963, Los Angeles, California, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 74 years)  [natural]
     3. Abraham C Friesen,   b. 16 May 1887, Jefferson, Nebraska, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 20 Jun 1975, Carlisle, Cumberland, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 88 years)  [natural]
     4. Katherine Friesen,   b. 11 Oct 1892, Jansen, Jefferson, Nebraska, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 25 Feb 1979, Rock Falls, Whiteside, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 86 years)  [natural]
     5. George C Friesen,   b. 7 Mar 1891, Nebraska, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 9 Sep 1957, Rock Falls, Whiteside, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 66 years)  [natural]
     6. Jacob C Friesen,   b. 4 Feb 1881, Jansen, Jefferson, Nebraska, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 23 May 1959, Sterling, Whiteside, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 78 years)  [natural]
     7. Katie Friesen,   b. 1884,   d. 1884  (Age 0 years)  [natural]
     8. John K Friesen,   b. 8 Sep 1885, Nebraska, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 12 May 1963, Los Angeles, California, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 77 years)  [natural]
     9. Isaac C Friesen,   b. 10 Dec 1882, Nebraska, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 28 Mar 1950, Arcadia, Los Angeles, California, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 67 years)  [natural]
     10. Frank C Friesen,   b. 12 Aug 1894, Nebraska, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 3 Nov 1968, California, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 74 years)  [natural]
    Last Modified 4 Mar 2020 
    Family ID F2536  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsMarried - 26 Dec 1879 - Jefferson, Nebraska, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - 1920 - Fairbury, Jefferson, Nebraska, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDied - 25 Mar 1929 - Beatrice, Gage, Nebraska, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBuried - - Jansen, Jefferson, Nebraska, USA Link to Google Earth
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  • Notes 
    • Isaac B. Friesen, Born In Russia, Lost His Parents When But A Child.He Came To America With His Brothers And 5 Sisters. After His Marriage They Settled Northwest Of Jansen,Jefferson County, Nebraska. He Followed The Carpenter Windmill Trade,Later Moving To Jansen Where He Entered The Coal And Lumber Business. Later He Became Prominent Horse And Mule Buyer And A Prosperous Farmer.They Retired In 1917,Moving To Fairbury, Nebraska. In The Summer Of 1928 Isaac B. Friesen Took Sick,Not Regaining His Strength. He Entered The Lutheran Hospital In Beatrice, Nebraska March 11, 1929 And Submitted To An Operation, On March 13, 1929. He Passed Away March 25, 1929. Mr. And Mrs. Had United With The Mennonite Church In 1887. His Funeral Services Were Held In The Fairbury Christian Chuch Conducted By Rev. Peter Steiner Of Lima, Ohio. Isaac B. Friesen Was Laid To Rest In The Jansen Cemetery.
      By Mrs. John K. Friesen

      Mennonite # 317459

      Isaac Braun Friesen was born on Sep. 14th,1858 in Neukirch, Molotschnia, South Russia. He was the 7th child of Nichol "Klaas" and Margaretha Braun Friesen. His father was born at Schoenau, Molotschnia, South Russia on Feb.15,1818,his mother at Linenau, Molotschnia, South Russia on July 2nd, 1817. His siblings were Elizabeth 1840,Margaretha 1848,Abraham 1852,Helena 1854, Anna 1855,Klaus 1857, Maria 1861.Isaac's parents died when he was very young and never came to America.
      Isaac immigrated on July 17th 1874 on the S.S. Hammonia.
      He married Katherine Classen on Dec. 26th 1879 near Jansen Neb. in the presence of Jacob Klassen and Gerhard Rempel by the Rev. Abraham S. Friesen.
      In Oct., 1887 Isaac and Katherine were accepted into the Reformed Mennonite Church, and a year later were baptized.
      This union brought 10 children, Jacob 1881,Isaac 1882, Katie 1884, John 1885, Abraham 1887,Henry 1889,George 1891,
      Katherine 1892, Frank 1894, Margaret 1900.
      They lived near Jansen Neb. and were engaged in farming and raising horses. In 1917 they sold and moved to Fairbury Neb. and went into the Gasoline Oil Station business operating various stations in that community.
      He died in a hospital in Beatrice Neb. on March 25th,1929 after a 3 month illness. Isaac had underwent a operation for a internal tumor and complications developed which resulted in his death. He was survived by his wife and nine of his children.

  • Sources 
    1. [S789] U.S. City Directories, 1822-1995, Ancestry.com, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2011;).

    2. [S50] 1920 United States Federal Census, Ancestry.com, (Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2010. Images reproduced by FamilySearch.Original data - Fourteenth Census of the United States, 1920. (NARA microfilm publication T625, 2076 rolls). Records of the Bureau of the Census, Reco;), Database online. Year: 1920; Census Place: Fairbury, Jefferson, Nebraska; Roll: T625_991; Page: 5A; Enumeration District: 101; Image: 876.
      Record for Isaak B Friesen

    3. [S59] Web: Nebraska, Find A Grave Index, 1854-2012, Ancestry.com, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2012;), Database online.
      Record for Isaac B Friesen

    4. [S787] 1910 United States Federal Census, Ancestry.com, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2006;), Database online. Year: 1910; Census Place: Cub Creek, Jefferson, Nebraska; Roll: T624_848; Page: 6B; Enumeration District: 0090; Image: ; FHL microfilm: 1374861.
      Record for Isaac B Friesen

    5. [S60] Millennium File, Heritage Consulting, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2003;), Database online.
      Record for Margaret Classen Friesen

    6. [S75] Illinois, Deaths and Stillbirths Index, 1916-1947, Ancestry.com, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2011;), Database online.
      Record for Kathrin Friesen

    7. [S149] 1900 United States Federal Census, Ancestry.com, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2004;), Database online. Cub Creek, Jefferson, Nebraska, ED , roll , page .
      Record for Isaac O Friessen

    8. [S775] OneWorldTree, Ancestry.com, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA;), Database online.
      Record for Isaac B Friesen

    9. [S225] 1880 United States Federal Census, Ancestry.com and The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2010;), Database online. Year: 1880; Census Place: Cub Creek, Jefferson, Nebraska; Roll: 750; Family History Film: 1254750; Page: 587C; Enumeration District: 284; Image: 0621.
      Record for Isaac Friessen

    10. [S118] 1910 United States Federal Census, Ancestry.com, (Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2006.Original data - Thirteenth Census of the United States, 1910 (NARA microfilm publication T624, 1,178 rolls). Records of the Bureau of the Census, Record Group 29. National Archives, Was;), Database online. Year: 1910; Census Place: Cub Creek, Jefferson, Nebraska; Roll: T624_848; Page: 6B; Enumeration District: 0090; Image: ; FHL microfilm: 1374861.
      Record for Isaac B Friesen


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