Diederich, Mary Ann

Diederich, Mary Ann

Female 1851 - 1937  (86 years)    Has 4 ancestors but no descendants in this family tree.

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  • Name Diederich, Mary Ann 
    Born 20 Jan 1851  Lawrence, Brown, Wisconsin, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Female 
    Birth - Civil Record 20 Jan 1851 
    1880 Census 1880  Stanton, Stanton, Nebraska, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
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    • MARY ANN5 DIEDERICH (JOHANNES4, JOHANN NICOLAUS3, CORNELIUS2 DIEDERICHS, P ETER1) was born 20 January 1851 in Probably at Town of Lawrence, Brown Cou nty, Wisconsin, and died 25 August 1937 in Hugoton, Stevens County, Kans as and is buried in the Hugoton Cemetery.. She married LEROY OSCAR KER NS 16 June 1884 in Geneva, Fillmore County, Nebraska.
      LeRoy Oscar2 Kerns (_____________1) was born 23 December 1855 at _________ ____, _______________ County, ____________, the son of __________ and ____ _______ (_____________) Kerns. His birth is recorded in ______________ Cou nty birth records, v ___, no ___.
      He died Saturday, 20 February 1897, age 42, of ___________ at his homeste ad near Hillsdale, Garfield County, Oklahoma Territory. The funeral was he ld ____________________ at ___________ church, _________, according to h is obituary, he was buried in the Coldwater church cemetery at Garfield Co unty. Sometime after his widow moved to Hugoton in 1925, his body was mov ed to the Hugoton cemetery at Hugoton, Stevens County, Kansas. His dea th is recorded in __________________ County death records, v ____, no. ___ __.
      He married, first, Molly Mae Lightbody __ _______ 18__ at ________________ ___ church, _______________, ______________ County, ___________________ _. Reverend _________________ presided. Witnesses were ________________ __ and ________________. The marriage is recorded in the marriage regist er of the church. See also ______________ County marriage records, v __ _, no. ________.
      Molly Lightbody was born __ ______ 18__ at _____________, ___________ Coun ty, ___________, the daughter of _____________ and _____________ (________ ___) Lightbody. Her birth is recorded in ___________ County birth record s, v ___, p ___.
      She died __ __________ 18__, age __, of _____________ at _____________, __ ____________ County, __________. The
      funeral was held _____________________ at _________________ church, ______ ____, and she is buried in ___________ cemetery at ____________. Her dea th is recorded in _____ County death records, v ____, p _____.
      He married, second, Mary Ann Diederich 16 June 1884 at _________________ __ church, Geneva, Fillmore County, Nebraska. Reverend _________________ p resided. Witnesses were __________________ and ________________. The marri age is recorded in the marriage register of the church. See also _________ _____ County marriage records, v ___, no. ________.
      Mary Diederich was born 20 January 1851 probably at Town of Lawrence, Bro wn County, Wisconsin, the daughter of John and Anna (Clasen) Diederich. S he was the third child born in Wisconsin after her parents migrated from G ermany. Her birth is recorded in _______ County birth records, v ___, n o. _____.
      She died Wednesday, 25 August 1937, age 86, of _________ at Hugoton. T he funeral was held _____________________ at _________________ church, ___ _______, and she is buried in Hugoton cemetery at ____________. See Steve ns County death certificates, v ______, no. ________.
      Mary Ann Diederich's birth is recorded in Brown County birth record s, v 1, p 328, as Mary Dietriech, daughter of John Dietrich and Ann Klasse n. According to the birth record she was born at Green Bay but it is mo re likely that she was born on the family farm at Town of Lawrence.
      She grew up on her parents' farm in the Town of Lawrence. In 1879, she mov ed to Stanton Precinct, Fillmore County, Nebraska where three of her broth ers intended to establish homesteads.
      On 1 April 1880, she sold her one-eight interest in her deceased parent s' 51-acre tract in Town of Lawrence to her brother Mathias for $133.33. S ee Brown County Deed Book 42, p 318. On 12 April 1880, "Mary Diederi ch of Fillmore County, Nebraska" sold her one-eight interest in the remain der of the estate to Peter, John and Antoon Keyzers for $150. See Brown Co unty Deed Book 42, p 311.
      In the June 1880 Census of Nebraska, p 520C, she is recorded as livi ng in her brother John's household. Her brothers Antone and Joseph and the ir families were nearby neighbors. John and Antone Diederich returned to B rown County, Wisconsin in 1881 but she and her brother Joseph remain ed in Fillmore County, Nebraska.
      She and her husband evidently lived at or near Geneva, the county se at of Fillmore County, after their marriage. In 1894, they established a 1 60 acre homestead in the Northwest 1/4 of Section 22, Town 24 North, Ran ge 8 West of the Indian principal Meridian in Cheohee Township, Garfield C ounty, Oklahoma Territory, three miles west and one mile south of the pres ent town of Hilsdale. Two years later, LeRoy Oscar Kerns died. His brief o bituary was published Wednesday 24 February 1897 in the Enid Daily Wav e, p 3:
      Mr. L. O. Kerns, who lived with his family, consisting of a wife and fo ur children, ranging from 12 to 3 years old, on the northwest 22-24- 8, in Cheochee township, died Saturday evening at 5 o'clock, of ulcerati on of the stomach, after a few days of intense suffering. He was 41 yea rs of age; was buried in the Coldwater church cemetery.
      Mary Ann Diederich Kerns evidently raised her family on the homestead, rem aining there until 1925 when she moved to Hugoton, Kansas to live with h er son Earl John Kerns. The latest plat book of Garfield County shows th at Ira L. Swan, a grandson, currently owns the quarter-section homestead.
      When she died, The Hugoton Hermes of Friday 27 August 1937 reported:
      Mrs. M. A. Kerns died at the home of her daughter, Mrs. R. M. Swan in th is city at 5:50 Wednesday morning, at the age of 84-1/2 years. Mrs. Ker ns moved to Stevens County in 1925. For a long time she made her home wi th her son Earl, but of late she has been with her daughter. She leaves t wo sons and two daughter: Howard Kerns, of Greeley, Colorado, Mrs. Allie H ooker of South Gate, California, Mrs. R. M. Swan and Sheriff Earl Ker ns of Hugoton. At this writing funeral arrangements have not been made.
      Her obituary in the Hugoton Hermes of 3 September 1937 states:
      Mary Ann Diederick was born January 20, 1853, at De Pere (sic), Wisconsi n, and departed this life August 25, 1937, at the age of 84 years , 7 mont hs and 5 days.
      She was united in marriage to LeRoy Oscar Kerns of Geneva, Nebraska, Ju ne 16, 1884. To this union four children were born of which three are livi ng. Her husband and a son preceded her in death. She leaves to mourn her l oss four children: Howard A. Kerns, stepson of Greeley, Colorado, Allie Ho oker of South Gate, California, Earl Kerns, Hugoton, Kansas, and Mrs. R oy Swan, Hugoton, Kansas.
      She leaves seven grandchildren and five great grandchildren besides a ho st of friends.
      The funeral services were held at the Christian church, Thursday of last w eek, W. D. Darnall delivering the funeral address. Prine Funeral Home w as in charge of the burial.

      Their gravestone is inscribed:

      KERNS
      LeRoy O. Mary Ann
      Dec. 23, 1855 Jan. 20, 1853
      Feb 20, 1897 Aug. 25, 1937
      HOMESTEADED 1894 31 MISW
      HILLSDALE, OKLAHOMA
      Although her death certificate, obituary and gravestone give her birthda te as 20 January 1853, her birth certificate says 20 January 1851 and th at is probably correct. Her death certificate (Kansas Death Certificate s, v 95, p 595) tells when and where she died and is buried.
      LeRoy Oscar and his first wife, Molly Mae (Lightbody) Kerns, had one son:

      Howard Abner Kerns = Ethel Gladys Stepp
      LeRoy Oscar and his second wife, Mary Ann (Diederich) Kerns had two sons a nd two daughters.

      Children of MARY ANN DIEDERICH and LEROY OSCAR KERNS are:
      18. i. ANNIE ROSALIA6 KERNS, b. 10 February 1886, probably at or near Gene va, Fillmore County, Nebraska; d. 15 December 1937, Hugoton, Stevens Count y, Kansas and is buried in the Hugoton Cemetery. Married Louis Franklin H ooker.
      ii. EARL JOHN KERNS, b. 22 July 1888, at or near Geneva, Fillmore Count y, Nebraska; d. 13 December 1949, Hugoton, Stevens County, Kansas; m. EVAL INA WHITE. Burial: Hugoton Cemetery, Hugoton, Stevens County, Kansas. Oc cupation: Sheriff.
      iii. PHILLIP KERNS, b. probably at or near Geneva, Fillmore County, Nebras ka; d. Geneva, Fillmore County, Nebraska.
      19. iv. LEONA MARY KERNS, b. 03 March 1893, probably at or near Geneva, Fi llmore County, Nebraska; d. 16 December 1966, Hugoton, Stevens County, Kan sas and is buried in the Hugoton Cemetery. Married Roy Melvin Swan.
    Died 25 Aug 1937 
    Obituary 27 Aug 1937 
    Buried Hugoton Cemetery, Hugoton, Kansas Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I60112  1FamilyTree
    Last Modified 24 Aug 2017 

    Father Diederich, John,   b. 4 May 1812, Lierstall, Germany Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 18 Aug 1874, De Pere, Brown, Wisconsin, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 62 years) 
    Mother Classen, Anna,   b. 22 Jun 1814, Arbach, , Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Abt Jun 1879, De Pere, Brown, Wisconsin, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 64 years) 
    Family ID F16876  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Kerns, Leroy Oscar,   b. 23 Dec 1855,   d. 20 Feb 1897, Hugoton, Stevens, Kansas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 41 years) 
    Married Aft 1875 
    Last Modified 11 Apr 2013 
    Family ID F37068  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

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    Link to Google MapsBorn - 20 Jan 1851 - Lawrence, Brown, Wisconsin, USA Link to Google Earth
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