George C Friesen

Male 1891 - 1957  (66 years)


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  • Name George C Friesen  [1, 2, 3, 4
    Born 7 Mar 1891  Nebraska, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3, 4
    Gender Male 
    Residence 1900  Cub Creek, Jefferson, Nebraska, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    Residence 1910  Cub Creek, Jefferson, Nebraska, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 4
    Died 9 Sep 1957  Rock Falls, Whiteside, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Buried Sterling, Whiteside, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • Reformed Mennonite Churchyard Cemetery, Find A Grave Memorial# 84314503
    Person ID I9407  Clark Benscoter
    Last Modified 4 Mar 2020 

    Father Isaac Braun Friesen,   b. 14 Sep 1858, Neukirch, Molotschna, Russia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 25 Mar 1929, Beatrice, Gage, Nebraska, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 70 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Mother 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) 
    Relationship natural 
    Married 26 Dec 1879  Jefferson, Nebraska, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Family ID F2536  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Katie Friesen,   b. 2 Oct 1894,   d. 10 Jul 1970  (Age 75 years) 
    Married 14 Mar 1915  Lincoln, Nebraska, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
     1. H. Friesen
     2. B. Friesen
     3. L.G. Friesen
     4. Max Franklin Friesen,   b. 19 Nov 1918,   d. 30 Nov 1946  (Age 28 years)  [natural]
    Last Modified 4 Mar 2020 
    Family ID F2909  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBorn - 7 Mar 1891 - Nebraska, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarried - 14 Mar 1915 - Lincoln, Nebraska, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDied - 9 Sep 1957 - Rock Falls, Whiteside, Illinois, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBuried - - Sterling, Whiteside, Illinois, USA Link to Google Earth
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  • Notes 
    • George C. Friesen,66, of Rock Falls, died Sunday Evening [8 Sep.,1957] at CGH hosprital in Sterling, after an extended illness.

      He was born 7 March 1891 in Fairbury, Nebraska. A Son of Isaac and Kathryn Clausen Friesen. He married Katie Friesen 14 March 1914 in Lincoln Nebraska.

      They moved to the Sterling area in 1926 and farmed in this community until their retirement in 1950. He was a member of the reformed Mennonite Church in Sterling.

      Surviving; his wife Katie, two daughters, Helen (John) Sedig, Blanche (Harry) Stauffer,one Son, Leslie G. Friesen; 12 grandchildren; two sisters Mrs. Hudson Hill, Mrs. Katherine Ratzlaff; five brothers; Frank, Abraham, John, Henry, and Jacob. and several Nieces and Nephews.

      We was preceded in death by his parents, one Son Max, who died 30 Nov. 1946, one brother and one sister.

      The body was removed to Melvin Funeral Home where family and friends may call after 7 pm. Tuesday. Funeral Services will be held at The Reformed Mennonite Church Thursday at 2:30pm. With Emmitt Bankert of Valparaiso, IN., officiating. Burial will take place in the adjoining Churchyard Cemetery wih Elmer Sedig officiating. Pallbearers were Harold, Elmer, Irvin Ratzlaff, Guy, Vernon Wiens and Marvin J. Frey.

      The Sterling-Rock Falls Gazette
      9 Sep. 1957

  • Sources 
    1. [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

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

    3. [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

    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