Elpert, John

1873 - 1952  (79 years)    Has 34 ancestors and 42 descendants in this family tree.

• Name	Elpert, John
  Born	10 Jul 1873	Washington, Winnesheik, Iowa, USA
  Gender	Male
  1880 Census	1880	Washington, Winnesheik, Iowa, USA
  page 10; Listed liv ing with parents age 7, born in Iowa
  1900 Census	1900	Washington, Winnesheik, Iowa, USA
  listed as John age 26 bo rn July 1873 in Iowa, farm laborer at house of Barney klene?
  Biography	JOHN ELPERTJohn, was the first child of Johann and Anna (Elsbernd) Elpert, born in Fe stina, Iowa on July 10, 1873. John, spent his childhood in Festina with h is parents and also received his education in the Catholic School there.As a young man he worked for some of the area farmers, as those were abo ut the only jobs available for young men living in a small town. In tho se days farm work was done with horses or by hand, there were no farm trac tors as we know them today. There were a few steam-powered tractors us ed on threshing rigs.When John was not working for farmers or on other available jobs he wou ld help his parents in their Grocery Store at home. His parents also own ed a Livery Stable, which was a long barn that held sixteen teams of horse s, where farmers would keep their horses when they came to town for churc h, school or shopping, The barn had to be kept clean and in good repair.John, had two younger brothers, Joseph and Ben and one sister Catherine w ho died of Diphtheria at the young age of eight years, On March 12, 1900 J ohn's Father Passed away, age 69. Being the oldest of the family it plac ed more responsibility on him.John had been courting a young lady by the name of Mary Tieskoetter who al so lived near Festina. They were married in Festina on February 7, 1911.At that time there were people from the area moving to Wisconsin, where t he future in farming looked very promising. Shortly after their marria ge John and his young bride also decided to make the move to Wisconsin.They made their new home on a farm near Medford, Wisconsin where they liv ed until September 1929. All seven of their children were born there. Af ter they left the Medford farm they lived in Curtiss for six months unt il April 1930. Then they moved to Withee, Wisconsin until 1932 at which t ime they moved to Maplehurst for two years, and then back to Withee in 19 34 to 1938. In 1938 they moved to Abbotsford until 1944 when they made th eir final move to Loyal, Wisconsin.Mary passed away on September 15, 1945 at the age of 60 years. John liv ed another seven years after Mary's death and reached the age of 79 wh en he passed away on August 11, 1952.To date the three youngest boys, Walter, Joe and Francis now own and opera te the farm and have expanded the operation.Most of the above information was obtained from Ida Goodwin, daughter of J ohn and Mary Elpert. (This note pertains to info recd from Ida to the subm itter John Tieskotter)
  Family History Researcher	Some info from WFT Vol 16 Tree #1853 (Submitter John Tieskotter, 1724 We st 3rd St Waterloo, IA, 50701, sent a letter to him in June 2000, but no r eply)
  Died	11 Aug 1952	Loyal, Clark, Wisconsin, USA
  Person ID	I13711	1FamilyTree | CraigDiekvoss4020
  Last Modified	12 Oct 2015

  
  

  Father	Elpert, Johann Bernard Joseph Heinrich "John",   b. 20 Nov 1830, Legden, Wehr, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany ,   d. 12 Mar 1900, Festina, Winneshiek, Iowa, USA  (Age 69 years)
  Mother	Elsbernd, Anna Maria,   b. 16 Dec 1850, Legden, Isingort, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany ,   d. 18 Dec 1933, Festina, Winneshiek, Iowa, USA  (Age 83 years)
  Family ID	F5109	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Tieskoetter, Mary,   b. 29 May 1885, Festina, Winneshiek, Iowa, USA ,   d. 15 Sep 1945, Loyal, Clark, Wisconsin, USA  (Age 60 years)
  Married	7 Feb 1911	Festina, Winneshiek, Iowa, USA
  Children	+ 1. Elpert, Erma,   b. 12 Dec 1911, Medford, Taylor, Wisconsin, USA ,   d. 24 May 1986, Loyal, Clark, Wisconsin, USA  (Age 74 years) + 2. Elpert, Arnold A.,   b. 31 Mar 1913, Medford, Taylor, Wisconsin, USA ,   d. 31 Dec 1959  (Age 46 years) + 3. Elpert, Ewald Edward,   b. 25 Jul 1915, Medford, Taylor, Wisconsin, USA ,   d. 27 Sep 1976, Unity Township, Marathon, Wisconsin, USA  (Age 61 years) + 4. Elpert, Ida,   b. 12 Mar 1917, Medford, Taylor, Wisconsin, USA ,   d. 17 May 1996, Loyal, Clark, Wisconsin, USA  (Age 79 years)   5. Elpert, Walter,   b. 7 Aug 1918, Medford, Taylor, Wisconsin, USA ,   d. 5 Feb 2002  (Age 83 years)   6. Elpert, Joe Paul,   b. 2 Mar 1921, Medford, Taylor, Wisconsin, USA ,   d. 17 Oct 2000, Colby, Clark, Wisconsin, USA  (Age 79 years)   7. Elpert, Francis,   b. 21 Jul 1924, Medford, Taylor, Wisconsin, USA ,   d. 30 Jul 1994, Loyal, Clark, Wisconsin, USA  (Age 70 years)
  Last Modified	1 May 2010
  Family ID	F5113	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map	Load the map	Born - 10 Jul 1873 - Washington, Winnesheik, Iowa, USA 1880 Census - 1880 - Washington, Winnesheik, Iowa, USA 1900 Census - 1900 - Washington, Winnesheik, Iowa, USA Married - 7 Feb 1911 - Festina, Winneshiek, Iowa, USA Died - 11 Aug 1952 - Loyal, Clark, Wisconsin, USA  = Link to Google Earth
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