Elsbernd, Anthony

1890 - 1968  (77 years)    Has 26 ancestors and more than 100 descendants in this family tree.

• Name	Elsbernd, Anthony
  Alt. Birth	2 Oct 1889
  possible birth date 10/02/1889
  Born	2 Oct 1890	Festina, Winneshiek, Iowa, USA
  Gender	Male
  1920 Census	1920
  Washington Township ; Listed living with wife and 2 children
  Family History Researcher	From Nancy Brincks Elsbernd Family History 2002.; Memories of Anton and Ro salia Elsbernd by Leo ElsberndAnton Elsbernd married Rosalia Timp on February 16, 1916. They farm ed on about 120 acres of land one mile east of Fort Atkinson, IA. They a re the parents of ten children, five boys and five girls. The youngest bo y, Edward, was born in October 1934 and died in December 1935 when he w as 14 months old. Rita Elsbernd Nolte died November 28, 1995 of cancer a nd Andrew Elsbernd died June 14, 1999 from a blood iron disease which beca me leukemia. The remaining seven children live within 25 miles of their c hildhood home.For some years (around 1915) as young men, Anton and his cousin Frank Moel lers owned a threshing machine. One year they finished the stack threshi ng the day before Christmas. At one place, as they pulled into the yar d, they broke the telephone wire. The owner of the place went "wild," bec ause now he couldn't call the help. He thought that the "magic" which w as in the line was gone for sure. Anton told him that they would splice t he wire and everything would be all right. The owner was sure that wou ld never work. They went ahead and spliced the wire and sure enough, it w orked as good as before.In the 1930's Leo and Wilfrid were old enough to do the farm work, so Ant on took a job for the ASC, measuring the land that was in the hog and co rn programs. Anton was also the director and president of the Farmers' Co op in Fort Atkinson, a member of the Winneshiek County Fair Board, and a m ember of the Catholic Order of Foresters. He held local offices in the Fo resters and was a Trustee of the Iowa State Court of the COF for a few yea rs.In 1952 he retired from farming and moved to Fort Atkinson. He became t he town treasurer for a number of years and sold Funk's G seed corn. He d rove a light colored Packard for years. He was social and visited his chi ldren and grandchildren often. Anton died of stomach cancer.Rosalia was a very hard worker. She had a large garden. Her grandchildr en remember her kolaches and her poppy seed cake with lemon pudding and wh ite frosting. She also had an electric roaster for family events to ke ep dozens of young fryers hot for the meal. Rosalia made quilts for mo st of her grandchildren before she died. She began with quilts for her go dchildren, then for Anton's godchildren and then the others. Rosalia h ad a stroke on Thanksgiving Day six months after Anton's death. She had c ompany in the afternoon. When some other children stopped by in the eveni ng, they found her. She died about a week later in the hospital.
  Died	8 May 1968	Fort Atkinson, Winneshiek, Iowa, USA
  Person ID	I37763	1FamilyTree
  Last Modified	12 Oct 2015

  
  

  Father	Elsbernd, Joseph,   b. 26 Sep 1856, Legden, Isingort, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany ,   d. 13 Oct 1936, Festina, Winneshiek, Iowa, USA  (Age 80 years)
  Mother	Moellers, Mary,   b. 17 Feb 1861, Festina, Winneshiek, Iowa, USA ,   d. 6 May 1938, Festina, Winneshiek, Iowa, USA  (Age 77 years)
  Family ID	F1921	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Timp, Rosalia,   b. 10 Sep 1891, Calmar, Winneshiek , Iowa, USA ,   d. 30 Nov 1968, Fort Atkinson, Winneshiek, Iowa, USA  (Age 77 years)
  Married	16 Feb 1916	St. Alousius Church, Calmar, Iowa, USA
  Children	+ 1. Elsbernd, Leo,   b. 3 Jan 1917, Fort Atkinson, Winneshiek, Iowa, USA ,   d. 8 Jul 2009, Ossian, Winneshiek, Iowa, USA  (Age 92 years) + 2. Elsbernd, Marie   3. Elsbernd, Wilfrid,   b. 22 Jul 1920,   d. 22 Jun 2007, Fort Atkinson, Winneshiek, Iowa, USA  (Age 86 years) + 4. Elsbernd, Rita,   b. 1 Oct 1922, Fort Atkinson, Winneshiek, Iowa, USA ,   d. 28 Nov 1995, St. Lucas, Fayette, Iowa, USA  (Age 73 years) + 5. Elsbernd, Andrew,   b. 3 Oct 1924, Fort Atkinson, Winneshiek, Iowa, USA ,   d. 10 Jun 1999, Fort Atkinson, Winneshiek, Iowa, USA  (Age 74 years) + 6. Elsbernd, Serenus + 7. Elsbernd, Rose + 8. Elsbernd, Darlene   9. Elsbernd, Edward,   b. 16 Oct 1934, Fort Atkinson, Winneshiek, Iowa, USA ,   d. 27 Dec 1935, Fort Atkinson, Winneshiek, Iowa, USA  (Age 1 years) + 10. Elsbernd, Alice
  Last Modified	1 May 2010
  Family ID	F14746	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map	Load the map	Born - 2 Oct 1890 - Festina, Winneshiek, Iowa, USA Married - 16 Feb 1916 - St. Alousius Church, Calmar, Iowa, USA Died - 8 May 1968 - Fort Atkinson, Winneshiek, Iowa, USA  = Link to Google Earth
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