
Ancestors and Descendants of
Michael Hammes, Jr & Margaretha Hammen
Descendants of Theresa Lutz

Father: Frances Anton Lutz
(15 Apr 1823 Richelbach, Neunkirchen, Miltenberg, Unterfranken, Bavaria, Germany - 3 May 1906 Clear Creek Township, Keokuk County, Iowa)

Mother: Catherine Conrad
(20 May 1822 Neunkirchen, Bavaria, Germany - 27 Feb 1879 Clear Creek Township, Keokuk County, Iowa)

Theresa Lutz (31 Mar 1855 Lebanon County, Pennsylvania - 3 Jan 1946 Keokuk County, Iowa)


Iowa)(m. 6 Apr 1875 Ss. Peter & Paul Catholic Church, Clear Creek Township, Keokuk, County, Iowa)
   ├─ Paul Peiffer
(24 Jan 1876 Clear Creek Township, Keokuk County, Iowa -
   │ 26 Nov 1940 University of Iowa Hospital, Iowa City, Johnson County, Iowa)

   │ 26 Nov 1940 University of Iowa Hospital, Iowa City, Johnson County, Iowa)
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Elizabeth Berg
(21 Dec 1874 Clear Creek Township, Keokuk County, Iowa - 2 Sep 1953 Washington, Washington
   │ County, Iowa)(m. 6 Feb 1900 Ss. Peter & Paul Catholic Church, Clear Creek Township, Keokuk County, Iowa)


   │ County, Iowa)(m. 6 Feb 1900 Ss. Peter & Paul Catholic Church, Clear Creek Township, Keokuk County, Iowa)
   │    ├─ Bernard Peiffer
(18 Jan 1901 Keokuk County, Iowa - 25 Apr 1980 Phoenix, Arizona)

   │    ├─ Emil Ignatius Peiffer
(25 Apr 1903 Near Waterloo, Blackhawk County, Iowa -
   │    │ 8 Jun 1955 Washington, Washington County, Iowa)

   │    │ 8 Jun 1955 Washington, Washington County, Iowa)
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   │    ├─ Marcella Matilda Peiffer
(13 Mar 1905 Near Kinross, Keokuk County, Iowa - 9 Jun 2001)

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Edward Daniel Vittetoe
(20 Jan 1904 One mile west of Sigourney, Keokuk County, Iowa - 9 Nov 1940
   │    │ University of Iowa Hospital, Iowa City, Johnson County, Iowa)(m. 31 Aug 1928 St. Mary\'s Catholic
   │    │ Church, Keota, Keokuk County, Iowa)


   │    │ University of Iowa Hospital, Iowa City, Johnson County, Iowa)(m. 31 Aug 1928 St. Mary\'s Catholic
   │    │ Church, Keota, Keokuk County, Iowa)
   │    │    ├─ Sister Marie Clare Vittetoe
(19 May 1927 Rural Family Home East of, Keota, Keokuk County, Iowa -
   │    │    │ ??)

   │    │    │ ??)
   │    ├─ Ernest Otto Peiffer
(7 Nov 1906 Liberty Township, Keokuk County, Iowa - 20 Dec 1945 Van Home, Iowa)

   │    └─ Wilfrid Nicholas Peiffer
(30 May 1908 Liberty Township, Keokuk County, Iowa - ??)

   ├─ Magdalena Peiffer
(2 Apr 1877 Clear Creek Township, Keokuk County, Iowa -
   │ 10 Mar 1949 Harper, Keokuk County, Iowa)

   │ 10 Mar 1949 Harper, Keokuk County, Iowa)
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Nicholas Sondag
(23 Dec 1871 Clear Creek Township, near Baden, Keokuk County, Iowa -
   │ 16 Jun 1960 Harper, Keokuk County, Iowa)(m. 15 Feb 1898)


   │ 16 Jun 1960 Harper, Keokuk County, Iowa)(m. 15 Feb 1898)
   │    ├─ Coletta Regina Sondag
(18 Jul 1899 Harper, Keokuk County, Iowa - ??)

   │    │    
Mary Magdalen Hammes
(27 Dec 1926 - 26 Mar 2018 Keokuk County Health Center, Sigourney, Keokuk
   │    │     County, Iowa)(m. 5 Sep 1946 Ss. Peter & Paul Catholic Church, Clear Creek Township, Keokuk,
   │    │     County, Iowa)


   │    │     County, Iowa)(m. 5 Sep 1946 Ss. Peter & Paul Catholic Church, Clear Creek Township, Keokuk,
   │    │     County, Iowa)
   │    │        │        ├─ Living

   │    │        │        ├─ Regina Theresa Huff
(Iowa Methodist Hospital, Des Moines, Polk County, Iowa;
   │    │        │        │ 21 Sep 2005 - 21 Sep 2005)

   │    │        │        │ 21 Sep 2005 - 21 Sep 2005)
   │    │        │        ├─ Living

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   │    │        │    └─ Jessica Marie Webb
(29 Oct 1979 Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa -
   │    │        │     25 Feb 2005 Mercy Hospital Medical Center, Des Moines, Polk County, Iowa)

   │    │        │     25 Feb 2005 Mercy Hospital Medical Center, Des Moines, Polk County, Iowa)
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   ├─ Regina Anna Peiffer
(19 Jun 1878 At Home on Farm, Clear Creek Township, Keokuk County, Iowa -
   │ 13 Feb 1974 At Home, Harper, Keokuk County, Iowa)

   │ 13 Feb 1974 At Home, Harper, Keokuk County, Iowa)
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Jacob Theodore Sondag
(8 Jul 1873 Keokuk County, Iowa - 4 Dec 1908 Keota, Keokuk County, Iowa)
   │ (m. 15 May 1900 Ss. Peter & Paul Catholic Church, Clear Creek Township, Keokuk, County, Iowa)


   │ (m. 15 May 1900 Ss. Peter & Paul Catholic Church, Clear Creek Township, Keokuk, County, Iowa)
   │    ├─ Margaret Theresa Sondag
(5 Nov 1903 Harper, Keokuk County, Iowa -
   │    │ 20 Feb 1988 Sigourney Care Center, Sigourney, Keokuk County, Iowa)

   │    │ 20 Feb 1988 Sigourney Care Center, Sigourney, Keokuk County, Iowa)
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Peter Richard Merz
(30 Jul 1903 Near Harper, Keokuk County, Iowa - 11 Feb 1980 Harper, Keokuk County
   │    │ Iowa)(m. 8 Feb 1927 St. Elizabeth Church, Harper, Keokuk County, Iowa)


   │    │ Iowa)(m. 8 Feb 1927 St. Elizabeth Church, Harper, Keokuk County, Iowa)
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Floyd Joseph Hammes
(22 Feb 1927 At Home on Farm, Sigourney, Keokuk County, Iowa - 21 Jan 2003 At
   │    │    │ Home, Sigourney, Keokuk County, Iowa)(m. 17 Apr 1948 St. Mary's Catholic Church, Keota, Keokuk
   │    │    │ County, Iowa)


   │    │    │ Home, Sigourney, Keokuk County, Iowa)(m. 17 Apr 1948 St. Mary's Catholic Church, Keota, Keokuk
   │    │    │ County, Iowa)
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Matthew Phillip Beckman
(8 Feb 1946 Burlington Hospital, Burlington, Des Moines, Iowa, USA -
   │    │    │    │ 20 May 2018 Sigourney, Keokuk County, Iowa)


   │    │    │    │ 20 May 2018 Sigourney, Keokuk County, Iowa)
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   │    │    ├─ Burnita Ellen Merz
(17 Jan 1929 Harper, Keokuk County, Iowa -
   │    │    │ 12 Jun 2019 Wheat Ridge, Jefferson County, Colorado)

   │    │    │ 12 Jun 2019 Wheat Ridge, Jefferson County, Colorado)
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Jerome Franklin Besser
(4 Jan 1926 - 7 Feb 2002 bur.Denver, Colorado)


   │    │    │     :   └─ Levi Scott Besser
(20 Sep 1983 Wheatridge, Jefferson, Colorado, USA - ??)

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Robert Dennis Leo Hammes
(20 Sep 1928 At Home on Farm, Clear Creek Township, Keokuk County, Iowa -
   │    │    │ 29 Jul 2017 University Hospitals, Iowa City, Johnson County, Iowa)(m. 23 Feb 1952)


   │    │    │ 29 Jul 2017 University Hospitals, Iowa City, Johnson County, Iowa)(m. 23 Feb 1952)
   │    │    │    │
Ron Mefford
(11 Jun 1947 Mater Hospital, Knoxville, Iowa -
   │    │    │    │ : 18 Sep 1996 Mercy Medical Center, Des Moines, Polk County, Iowa)


   │    │    │    │ : 18 Sep 1996 Mercy Medical Center, Des Moines, Polk County, Iowa)
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   │    │    ├─ Rose Mary Merz
(17 Oct 1934 Harper, Keokuk County, Iowa -
   │    │    │ 2 Aug 2020 Sigourney, Keokuk County, Iowa)

   │    │    │ 2 Aug 2020 Sigourney, Keokuk County, Iowa)
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Raymond Patrick Shannon
(17 Mar 1934 Sigourney, Keokuk County, Iowa - 20 Oct 2020 Sigourney Health
   │    │    │ Care Center, Sigourney, Keokuk County, Iowa)(m. 29 Dec 1954 St. Mary Church, Keota, Keokuk,
   │    │    │ Iowa, USA)


   │    │    │ Care Center, Sigourney, Keokuk County, Iowa)(m. 29 Dec 1954 St. Mary Church, Keota, Keokuk,
   │    │    │ Iowa, USA)
   │    │    │    ├─ Timothy Michael Shannon
(23 Nov 1960 Keokuk County Hospital, Sigourney, Keokuk, Iowa, USA -
   │    │    │    │ 25 Dec 1974 University of Iowa Hospitals, Iowa City, Johnson, Iowa, USA)

   │    │    │    │ 25 Dec 1974 University of Iowa Hospitals, Iowa City, Johnson, Iowa, USA)
   │    │    │    └─ Jeffrey Gerard Shannon
(27 Oct 1962 Keokuk County Hospital, Sigourney, Keokuk, Iowa, USA -
   │    │    │     ??)

   │    │    │     ??)
   │    │    ├─ Ronald Richard Merz
(Harper, Keokuk County, Iowa;22 Nov 1938 - 27 Mar 2019)

   │    │    │
Sharon Moothart
(12 Aug 1939 - ??)(m. 16 Aug 1960)


   │    │    │    ├─ Brooke Suzanne Schmidt
(8 Jun 1970 - ??)

   │    │    
Dr. Gene Earl Rostermundt
(18 Jul 1937 - 8 Oct 2013)


   │    │     + Raymond James Pergeau
(18 Jan 1936 Detroit, Michigan, USA - 25 May 1998 Phoenix, Arizona, USA)

   │    ├─ Joseph Lawrence Sondag
(30 Jan 1906 -
   │    │ 26 Aug 1996 St. Elizabeth's Cemetery, Harper, Keokuk County, Iowa)

   │    │ 26 Aug 1996 St. Elizabeth's Cemetery, Harper, Keokuk County, Iowa)
   ├─ Catherine Peiffer
(1 Aug 1879 Keokuk County, Iowa - 19 Nov 1974 St. Francis Convent, Milwaukee, Wisconsin)

   ├─ Frank I Peiffer
(1 Feb 1881 Keokuk County, Iowa - 25 Apr 1915 Clear Creek Township, Keokuk County, Iowa)

   ├─ Margaret Peiffer
(24 Jun 1882 Keokuk County, Iowa - 31 Aug 1966 St. Francis Convent, Milwaukee, Wisconsin)

   ├─ Elizabeth Peiffer
(29 Sep 1883 East Lafayette Township, Keokuk County, Iowa -
   │ 21 Jan 1988 St. Anthony's Continuing Care Center, Rock Island, Illinois)

   │ 21 Jan 1988 St. Anthony's Continuing Care Center, Rock Island, Illinois)
   │ + John Henry Sondag
(17 Jan 1881 Clear Creek Township, Keokuk County, Iowa - 18 Mar 1970 Keokuk County Hospital,
   │ Sigourney, Keokuk County, Iowa)(m. 23 Nov 1910 Ss. Peter & Paul Catholic Church, Clear Creek Township,
   │ Keokuk County, Iowa)

   │ Sigourney, Keokuk County, Iowa)(m. 23 Nov 1910 Ss. Peter & Paul Catholic Church, Clear Creek Township,
   │ Keokuk County, Iowa)
   ├─ Charles Peiffer
(1 Feb 1885 Clear Creek Township, Keokuk County, Iowa -
   │ 5 Dec 1957 University Hospitals, Iowa City, Johnson County, Iowa)

   │ 5 Dec 1957 University Hospitals, Iowa City, Johnson County, Iowa)
   │ + Rose A Osweiler
(5 Jun 1889 Clear Creek Township, Keokuk County, Iowa - Jun 1978 Villa del Sol Nursing Home,
   │ Marshalltown, Marshall County, Iowa)(m. 24 Feb 1914 Ss. Peter & Paul Catholic Church, Clear Creek Township,
   │ Keokuk County, Iowa)

   │ Marshalltown, Marshall County, Iowa)(m. 24 Feb 1914 Ss. Peter & Paul Catholic Church, Clear Creek Township,
   │ Keokuk County, Iowa)
   ├─ Joseph Henry Peiffer
(14 Jun 1887 Keokuk County, Iowa - 14 Aug 1969 Hospital, Vancouver, Washington)

   │ + Florence Jeanette Brown
(14 Mar 1906 Waterloo, Blackhawk County, Iowa -
   │ 6 May 1999 Hospital, Centralia, Washington)(m. 1929)

   │ 6 May 1999 Hospital, Centralia, Washington)(m. 1929)
   ├─ Lawrence John Peiffer
(10 Mar 1889 Clear Creek Township, Keokuk County, Iowa -
   │ 27 Dec 1953 Sigourney Hospital, Sigourney, Keokuk County, Iowa)

   │ 27 Dec 1953 Sigourney Hospital, Sigourney, Keokuk County, Iowa)
   │ + Nellie Elizabeth Hall
(12 Dec 1900 chr.St. Mary's Catholic Church, Keota, Keokuk County, Iowa -
   │ 27 Apr 1961 Los Angeles, California)(m. 7 Sep 1922 Sedalia, Missouri)

   │ 27 Apr 1961 Los Angeles, California)(m. 7 Sep 1922 Sedalia, Missouri)
   ├─ Mamie Peiffer
(21 Apr 1891 Keokuk County, Iowa - 6 Mar 1972 Mercy Hospital, Iowa City, Johnson County, Iowa)

   │ + Charles E Hammen
(Harper, Keokuk County, Iowa;6 Mar 1887 - 7 Nov 1931)
   │ (m. 10 Feb 1914 Ss. Peter & Paul Catholic Church, Clear Creek Township, Keokuk County, Iowa)

   │ (m. 10 Feb 1914 Ss. Peter & Paul Catholic Church, Clear Creek Township, Keokuk County, Iowa)
   └─ Priscilla Therisi Peiffer
(7 Nov 1893 Clear Creek Township, Keokuk County, Iowa -
    17 Feb 1983 Varina, Pocahontas County, Iowa)

    17 Feb 1983 Varina, Pocahontas County, Iowa)
    + William Osweiler
(2 May 1891 Clear Creek Township, Keokuk County, Iowa -
    Jan 1966 Varina, Pocahontas County, Iowa)

    Jan 1966 Varina, Pocahontas County, Iowa)