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Mayme Kimm

Female 1868 - 1925  (56 years)


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  • Name Mayme Kimm 
    Born 12 Apr 1868  Atkins, Benton, Iowa, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Gender Female 
    Census 15 Aug 1870  Fremont, Benton, Iowa, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    _FSFTID L8MQ-N3V 
    Died 1 Jan 1925  Cedar Rapids, Linn, Iowa, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Buried Watkins, Benton, Iowa, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I2070  Tarbert - Waldo
    Last Modified 5 Nov 2017 

    Father Justus Heinrich Kimm,   b. 11 Sep 1839, Sand, Hesse Kassel, Germany Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 11 Sep 1931, Blairstown, Benton, Iowa, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 92 years) 
    Mother Emma Schneider,   b. 26 Feb 1850, Deavertown, Morgan, Ohio, United States Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 30 Oct 1931, Blairstown, Benton, Iowa, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 81 years) 
    Married 26 Dec 1866 
    Alt. Marriage 26 Dec 1876  Marengo, Iowa, Iowa, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Notes 
    Alt. Marriage:

    • "Mother of 17 Children Dies At Blairstown"
      Benton County news
      Special to Daily Times
      Blairstown, Oct. 31-Mrs. Emma Kimm, 81 years old, widow of G. H. Kimm, died Friday morning at her Blairstown home of pneumonia following an illness of only a few days. Her husband's death occured six weeks ago.
      Services will be held sunday at 2.00 p.m. in the Presbyterian church here, with the Rev. J.B. C. Peck conducting the rites. Burial will be in Mound cemetery at Watkins. Six grandsons, who were pallbearers for Mr. Kimm, will act as casket bearers for their aged grandmother Mrs. Kimm was the mother of seventeen children.
      Emma Schneider, daughter of Gregory and Regina Schneider, was born Feb. 26, 1850, at Deavertown, Ohio, coming to Iowa, when a small child with her parents. She was married Dec.. 26, 1876 at Marengo. the Kimms moved to a farm northeast of Blairstown in 1886 from a place near Norway. They went to Huron, S. D., in 1010 retuning here last year.
      Fourteen children surviving are: Henry, Archie, Martin, Matt, and Gus H., of Blairstown, Charles of Coggon, Mrs. Laura Hotchkiss and Mrs. Ella Merrifield of Cedar Rapids, Aurthur of Wolsey, S, D., Mrs. Emma Lowe. Mrs. Allce Boone, Mrs. Maggie Johnson, Mrs. Abbie Wodstrichill and John, of Huron S.D.. The family includes sixty grandchildren and forty-five great grandchildren.
      Other relatives living are four sister Mrs. A. S. Kimm of Blairstown, Mrs. John Lauger of Des Moines, Mrs Rose Bansch of Atkinson, Neb., and Mrs. Laura Swick of Watkins, her twin.

    Family ID F541  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

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  • Notes  Census:
    • Notes from Census event:
      18, 18, 18, Kimmo, Augustus, 29, [1841], Male, White, Farmer 4000, 1150, Hesse-Darmstadt, Father of foreign birth - Y, Mother of foreign birth - Y, male citizen - y.
      19, 18, 18, Kimmo, Emma, 20, [1850], Female, White, Keeping House, Ohio, Father of foreign birth - Y, Mother of foreign birth - Y.
      20, 18, 18, «b»Kimmo, Mary«/b», 2, [1868], Female, White, Iowa, Father of foreign birth - Y.
      21, 18, 18, Kimmo, Laura, 1, [1869], Female, White, Iowa, Father of foreign birth - Y.
      22, 18, 18, Sire, Henry, 14, [1856], Male, White, Farm Laborer, New York.
      23, 18, 18, Snyder, Laura, 20, [1850], Female, White, Ohio, Father of foreign birth - Y, Mother of foreign birth - Y

  • Sources 
    1. [S207] Iowa, Benton County - 1870 - U.S. census, Iowa, Benton, (www.familysearch.org: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), M593, roll 376, FHL film 000545875, Florence Township, p. 4 (handwriten), dwelling 18, family 18, Augustus Kimms household, accessed 5 Nov 2017 (Reliability: 2).
      18, 18, 18, Kimmo, Augustus, 29, [1841], Male, White, Farmer 4000, 1150, Hesse-Darmstadt, Father of foreign birth - Y, Mother of foreign birth - Y, male citizen - y; 19, 18, 18, Kimmo, Emma, 20, [1850], Female, White, Keeping House, Ohio, Father of foreign birth - Y, Mother of foreign birth - Y;
      20, 18, 18, Kimmo, Mary, 2, [1868], Female, White, Iowa, Father of foreign birth - Y; 21, 18, 18, Kimmo, Laura, 1, [1869], Female, White, Iowa, Father of foreign birth - Y; 22, 18, 18, Sire, Henry, 14, [1856], Male, White, Farm Laborer, New York; 23, 18, 18, Snyder, Laura, 20, [1850], Female, White, Ohio, Father of foreign birth - Y, Mother of foreign birth - Y
      15 Aug 1870.

    2. [S82] Iowa, Benton County, Vinton -Cedar Valley Daily Times (Newspaper), Iowa. Venton., "Mother of 17 Children Dies at Blairstown," 31 Oct 1931, p. 3; digital images. (Reliability: 3).
      "Mother of 17 Children Dies At Blairstown" Blairstown, Oct. 31-Mrs. Emma Kimm, 81 years old, widow of G. H. Kimm, died Friday morning at her Blairstown home of pneumonia following an illness of only a few days. Her husband's death occured six weeks ago. Services will be held sunday at 2.00 p.m. in the Presbyterian church here, with the Rev. J.B. C. Peck conducting the rites. Burial will be in Mound cemetery at Watkins. Six grandsons, who were pallbearers for Mr. Kimm, will act as casket bearers for their aged grandmother Mrs. Kimm was the mother of seventeen children. Emma Schneider, daughter of Gregory and Regina Schneider, was born Feb. 26, 1850, at Deavertown, Ohio, coming to Iowa, when a small child with her parents. She was married Dec.. 26, 1876 at Marengo. the Kimms moved to a farm northeast of Blairstown in 1886 from a place near Norway. They went to Huron, S. D., in 1010 retuning here last year. Fourteen children surviving are: Henry, Archie, Martin, Matt, and Gus H., of Blairstown, Charles of Coggon, Mrs. Laura Hotchkiss and Mrs. Ella Merrifield of Cedar Rapids, Aurthur of Wolsey, S, D., Mrs. Emma Lowe. Mrs. Allce Boone, Mrs. Maggie Johnson, Mrs. Abbie Wodstrichill and John, of Huron S.D.. The family includes sixty grandchildren and forty-five great grandchildren. Other relatives living are four sister Mrs. A. S. Kimm of Blairstown, Mrs. John Lauger of Des Moines, Mrs Rose Bansch of Atkinson, Neb., and Mrs. Laura Swick of Watkins, her twin.
      31 Oct 1931.