Household Record 642

Res.1/Male/Husb}   Gans, Gustav August		Family History} Olson
Res.2/Fem./Wife}   Unknown, Ulreka		HH Type} Historic household
Address/Location:   Name(s)} August & Ulreka Gans Optional} Ottawa County Str./Apt.} Buckeye Twp. City/etc.} Kansas		Household Dates:   Source}     Exa 15 Jun 1900   Move-In}   Bef 15 Jun 1900   Move-Out} Aft  3 Apr 1910
Source 1} 1610=1900 USA cen Source 2} 1178=1905 KS cen Source 3} 416 = 1910 USA cen Source 4} 1614=Cemetery rec	Last Updated by} Karen Hancock Date Updated}   6 Sep 2014 Date Created}  19 Apr  2014
Notes:  In the 1900 U.S. census, Gustav August Gans, 42, and Ulreka Gans, 40, were living in Buckeye Twp., Ottawa, Kansas.  Gus, born 6 Dec 1857 in Germany, was a farmer, and owned his farm.  He had come to the United States in 1885, and was a naturalized citizen.  Recca, born 30 Oct 1859 in Germany had come to the United States at the same time.  They had been married 19 years, and she had had 6 children, four of whom were living.  These were, Villa [Willis], 17, born June 1883 in Germany, who was a farm laborer.  Their three younger children had all been born in Kansas, and all were in school.  They were Mary, 12, born Dec 1987, Henry, 10, born Oct 1889, and Freddie, 5, born Dec 1894*. A daughter, Eva, born 7 Dec 1901, died 27 Dec 1901. In the 1905 Kansas State census, Buckeye Twp., the family was listed as August Gans, 47, farmer, Reka, 45, housekeeper, Willis, 22, farmer, Marry, 17, housekeeper, Henry, 15, scholar, and Fred, 9. In the 1910 U.S. census, Geo, 53, and Reaka, 51, were listed as having been born in Denmark.  Geo was a general farmer.  Henry, 20, and Fred, 14, were working on the family farm. Ulreka died 26 Sep 1917, and Gustav died 19 Jul 1933.  They are buried in the Greenville Cemetery, Niles, Ottawa, Kansas.  Willis, Fredrick, and Eva are also buried here. *All other records give the birth year as 1895.
Total # of Residents} 7   Other Residents:	Household   His Last HH} ___  His Next HH} 678 Links =>  Her Last HH} ___ Her Next HH} 678
3rd Res.} Gans, Willis Fredrick [headstone] 678   4th Res.} Gans, Mary   ___   5th Res.} Gans, Henry August [headstone] ___   6th Res.} Gans, Fredrick Carl (Fred) [headstone] 643   7th Res.} Gans, Eva [headstone] 678
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