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Ella Genora Fuhrmeister

Female 1867 - 1927  (59 years)


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  • Name Ella Genora Fuhrmeister 
    Born 29 Jun 1867  , Jefferson, Iowa, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2
    Gender Female 
    _UID 9D8EB01D3E0F4E43A83E911375813A4BDBFC 
    Died 1927  ,,Iowa, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Buried Evergreen Cemetery Vinton, Benton, Iowa, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Notes 
    • SOURCES:
      BURIAL:
      Find-A-Grave.com:
      Ella G Fuhrmiester Bassett Birth: 1867 Death: 1927 Married TO Sherman Family links: Children: Floyd Bassett (1891 - 1938) * Lois E Bassett Davis (1894 - 1972)* Spouse:W Sherman Bassett (1865 - 1937) *
      Burial: Evergreen Cemetery Vinton, Benton County, Iowa, USA



      BIOGRAPHY:
      1880 US Census
      Ella G. FUHRMEISTER Female
      Other Information: Birth Year <1868> Birthplace IA Age 12 Occupation At School Marital Status S Race W Head of Household Charles FUHRMEISTER Relation Dau Father's Birthplace PRUS Mother's Birthplace OH
      Source Information: Census Place Big Grove, Johnson, Iowa Family History Library Film NA Film Number T9-0347 Page Number 32A ('1880USCensus/www.ancestry.com/FamilySearch

      BIOGRAPHY: http://sdrc.lib.uiowa.edu/iwa/findingaids/html/FuhrmeisterEmeline.htm

      BIOGRAPHY: IOWA WOMEN’S ARCHIVES
      UNIVERSITY OF IOWA LIBRARIES
      IOWA CITY, IOWA


      TITLE:»EMELINE FUHRMEISTER
      SUBTITLE:LETTERS, 1908 and undated
      QUANTITY:»4 letters
      ACQUISITION:The letters (donor no. 784) were donated by Marlene Brown and Charlotte Lehmann, in 2001.
      ACCESS:The letters are open for research.
      COPYRIGHT:Copyright has been transferred to the University of Iowa.
      PROCESSED BY: Doris Malkmus, 2001. [FuhrmeisterE.doc]
      Biography
      Begin text here: The birth date and maiden name of Emeline Fuhrmeister are unknown. She grew up on a farm near Ely, Iowa, in the late nineteenth century and married Peter Fuhrmeister. The Fuhrmeisters raised a family on a farm in or near Benton County. After the death of her husband, Fuhrmeister lived at the homes of her grown children in various parts of the state. While staying with them, she helped with sewing and other chores. She wrote the letters in this collection to her daughter Ella Fuhrmeister Bassett. The date of Fuhrmeister’s death is unknown, but was shortly before 1912.
      Biographical information was obtained from the donor, Charlotte Lehman, a granddaughter of Ella Fuhrmeister.
      Scope and Content Note: This collection consists of four, undated letters to Mrs. Ella Bassett signed “Mother.” A date of 1908 is penciled on the verso of an envelope. The letters share family news and information about Fuhrmeister’s travel plans. The collection also includes a recipe for making soap written on the back of an unidentified and undated letter fragment.


      The Vinton Cook Book ~ Second Edition ~ Methodist Episcopal Church Vinton, Iowa Compiled by the First Division Pastor's Aid Society 1928
      Bassett Mrs. Bassett Hazel Mrs. (Charles) Bassett S. Mrs. Bassett Sherman Mrs. (Ella)
      (found on: http://www.rootsweb.com/~iabenton/people/meth_ep_1928.htm)
    Person ID I10268  7B William Bassett of Cross Plains, Indiana
    Last Modified 3 Mar 2010 

    Married 1 Feb 1859  Linn Co. Ia Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F3380  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family William Sherman Bassett,   b. 16 Aug 1865, Ely, Linn, Iowa, United States Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 28 Feb 1934, Vinton, Benton, Iowa,United States Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 68 years) 
    Married 22 Jan 1890  Ely, Linn, Iowa, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Notes 
    • Marriage may have taken place in Vinton, Benton, Iowa.
      Marriage 1 Ella Genora FUHRMEISTER b: 29 Jun 1867 in Johnson Co. Ia
      Married: 22 Jan 1890 in Vinton Ia
    Children 
    +1. Charles Floyd Bassett,   b. 20 Apr 1891, Ely, Linn, Iowa, United States Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1938, Vinton, Benton County, Iowa, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 46 years)
    +2. Lois Elizabeth BASSETT,   b. 6 Jun 1893, , , Iowa, United States Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 24 Aug 1972, Last, Torgau-Oschatz, Sachsen, Germany Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 79 years)
    +3. Lola Emeline BASSETT,   b. 6 Jun 1893, , , Iowa, United States Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Last, Torgau-Oschatz, Sachsen, Germany Find all individuals with events at this location
    Family ID F803  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Sources 
    1. [S13] 1880 US Census, US Gov., (Ancestry.com).

    2. [S23] International Genealogical Index (R), The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, (Copyright (c) 1980, 2002, data as of January 11, 2004).