Ancestors and Descendants of
 Michael Hammes, Jr
& Margaretha Hammen

Katherine Vogel

Female 1852 - 1930  (78 years)    Has 56 ancestors and 153 descendants in this family tree.

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  • Name Katherine Vogel 
    Birth 22 Sep 1852  Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Female 
    Death 15 Dec 1930  Harper, Keokuk County Iowa Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Burial St. Elizabeth Cemetery, Harper, Keokuk County, Iowa Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I376  Peter and Anna
    Last Modified 31 Jul 2019 

    Father Johannes Nicolaus Vogel,   b. 10 May 1824, Vinningen, Rhein, Germany Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 17 Oct 1898, Clear Creek Township, Keokuk County, Iowa Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 74 years) 
    Mother Anna Ottilia Greiner,   b. 15 Apr 1824, Vinningen, Rhein, Germany Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 5 May 1893, Clear Creek Township, Keokuk County, Iowa Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 69 years) 
    Marriage 5 May 1850  Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F82  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Peter Mertz,   b. 1843, Eft, Saarland, Germany Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 30 Nov 1926, Harper, Keokuk County, Iowa Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 83 years) 
    Marriage 16 Feb 1874  Baden, Keokuk County, Iowa Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Notes 
    • Peter and Katherine Vogel Merz were farmers in the Harper, Iowa area.
    Children 
    +1. John Jacob Merz,   b. 3 Jan 1875, Keokuk County, Iowa Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 27 Feb 1933, Harper, Keokuk County Iowa Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 58 years)
    Last Modified 23 Mar 2016 
    Family ID F84  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBurial - - St. Elizabeth Cemetery, Harper, Keokuk County, Iowa Link to Google Earth
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  • Notes 
    • OBITUARY
      MRS. KATHERINE MERZ was born at Cincinnatio, Ohio on Sept. 22, 1852 and passed away at her home in Harper at the age of 78 years. She was one of a family of ten children, being the oldest daughter of John and Otilia Voegel. At the age of three years, she came with her parents to Iowa and settled on a farm at Clear Creek.
      On Feb. 19, 1873 she was united in marriage to Mr. Peter Merz at Clear Creek and to this union four children were born, John of Harper, Will of Maynard, Minn., Mrs. Margaret Sieren of Harper, Mrs. Elizabeth Smith passed away seventeen years ago. Mr. and Mrs. Merz lived on a farm at Clear Creek and moved to Harper about eighteen years ago. The husband passed away four years ago and she has been
      faithfully cared for in her declining years by herdaughter, Mrs. Margaret Sieren. She was a loving mother, untiring in her efforts to do for those near and dear to her.
      Besides the three children she is survived by 21 grandchildren and two great grandchildren, one sister, Mrs. Margaret Conrad of Keota and by three brothers, Frank of Sigourney, John of Clear Creek and Geo. of Waterloo.
      The funeral was held from St. Elizabeth's church of which the deceased was a faithful member. Interment was made beside the husband in St. Elizabeth cemetery.

      [Clipping from Keokuk County News - issue of January 8, 1931]