Marie Bernice Graff

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• Name: Bernice
• Name: Hassmann
• Name: O'Herron
• Reference Number: 7029
• Residence: 1924, Caledonia, O'Brien County, Iowa
• Residence: 1924, Caledonia, O'Brien County, Iowa

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PerID:
7029

Residence:
owned 231 acres, section 5

Role: Witness

Residence:
owned 231 acres, section 5

Role: Witness

Buried:
Section P, Site 739

Marie married Edward Joseph O'Herron 15 Jun 1937, Granville, Sioux County, Iowa.

Marie — Edward Joseph O'Herron. Edward (son of James J. O'Herron and Elizabeth Bromert) was born Abt 1914, Carroll, , Iowa; died 8 Nov 1943, Storm Lake, , , Iowa; was buried Aft 8 Nov 1943, Saint Marys Cemetery, Storm Lake, Buena Vista County, Iowa. [Family Group Sheet]

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1. Joseph John O'Herron was born 19 Dec 1943, Storm Lake, Buena Vista County, Iowa; died 24 Dec 1943, Storm Lake, Buena Vista County, Iowa.

Marie married Robert James Hassmann 21 Jan 1946.

Marie — Robert James Hassmann. Robert (son of Henry Fred Hassmann and Anna E. Mullen) was born 26 Nov 1917, Merrill, , Iowa; died 1 Mar 1979, Houston County, Georgia; was buried Mar 1979, Andersonville National Historical Site, Andersonville, , Georgia. [Family Group Sheet]

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• Reference Number: 3104
• Residence: 1924, Caledonia, O'Brien County, Iowa

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PerID:
3104

Residence:
owned 231 acres, section 5

Died:
tuberculosis

John married Anna Catherine Bunkers 20 Feb 1900, St. Joseph's Catholic Church, Granville, Sioux County, Iowa. Anna (daughter of Henry Bunkers and Barbara Simmerl) was born 10 Oct 1879, Luxemburg, Dubuque County, Iowa; died 29 Sep 1941, Granville, Sioux County, Iowa; was buried Aft 29 Sep 1941, St. Joseph's Cemetery, Granville, Sioux County, Iowa. [Family Group Sheet]

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• Name: Catherine Mary Bunkers
• Name: Graff
• Reference Number: 3103
• Residence: 1924, Caledonia, O'Brien County, Iowa
• Obit: Sep 1941

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Photo:
The Five Daughters of Henry and Barbara (Simmerl) Bunkers

Role: Witness

PerID:
3103

Residence:
owned 231 acres, section 5

Obit:
Mrs. Catherine Graff of Granville passed away at her home Monday, September 29 after and illness of two months.

Funeral services will be held Thurdsay, October 2, at St. Joseph's Church in Granville. Solemn Requiem Mass will be sung by Rev. J. J. Dalhoff, with Msgr. Schemmel of Remsen acting as Deacon and Father Sylvester Grady of Schaller asSubdeacon. Father Clemons Knobbe will be Master of Ceremonies. Bearers will be Adolph Fischer, Arnold Nemmers, Anton Hunt, Frank Beckman, Jerome Grady and Joseph Blatt. Burial will be in St. Joseph's Cemetery at Granville.

Mrs. Graff had lived in the Granville area most of her life, coming there as a child. Her parents were Henry Bunkers and Barbara Youngbluth Bunkers. She was born October 10, 1879, in Iowa and passed away at the age of 61 years, 11months and 19 days. On February 20, 1900, she was married to John w. Graff by Father Stromberg, the ceremony taking place at Granville. Mr. Graff preceded her in death on April 5, 1925. One daughter Geraldine died on December 8, 1923.

Surviving are four sons and five daughters: Joseph of Spirit Lake, Barbara (Mrs. J. S. Jacobs) of Granville, Florence (Mrs. A. J. Miller) of Granville, Milo of Granville, Gertrude (Mrs. R. B. Schilmoeller) of Granville, Magnus ofHospers, Bernice (Mrs. E. J. O'Herron) of Storm Lake, Otto of Granville and Charlotte (Mrs. Bert Ballard) of Granville; her mother, Mrs. Barbara Bunkers of Granville, three brothers: John Bunkers of Garretson, S.D., Anton Bunkers ofMadison, Minn., and Emil Bunkers of Dell Rapids, S.D.; two sisters: Mrs. Joseph Bachman of Granville and Edmunda Bunkers of Des Moines; also 21 grandchildren.

Mrs. Graff was a member of the Christian Mothers Society of the Catholic Church and was a woman held in the highest esteem by all.

(This obituary appeared in the Granville area newspaper, September 1941.)

Died:
Stomach cancer

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• Reference Number: 7022
• Birth_Poss: Abt 1834, Luxembourg

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PerID:
7022

Theodore — Mary Treinen. Mary was born 15 Dec 1833, Luxembourg; died 27 Aug 1887. [Family Group Sheet]

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• Name: Graff
• Reference Number: 7023

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7023

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• Reference Number: 1616
• Funeral: 18 Feb 1924, St. Joseph's Catholic Church, Granville, Sioux County, Iowa

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1616

Henry married Barbara Simmerl 20 Jul 1875, Dyersville, Dubuque County, Iowa. Barbara (daughter of Susanna Simmerl) was born 30 Dec 1856, Oberfeulen, , , Luxembourg; died 4 Feb 1943, Des Moines, Polk County, Iowa; was buried 8 Feb 1943, St. Joseph's Cemetery, Granville, Sioux County, Iowa. [Family Group Sheet]

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• Name: Barbara Zimmer
• Name: Bunkers
• Reference Number: 1617
• Immigration: 4 May 1866
• Immigration: 4 May 1866

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Photo:
Barbara (Simmerl) Bunkers

PerID:
1617

Immigration:
Ship - William Penn, From London to New York arrived on 04 May 1866

(Nicholas Schwebach was on the same ship)

Role: Witness

Immigration:
Ship - William Penn, From London to New York arrived on 04 May 1866

(Nicholas Schwebach was on the same ship)

Role: Witness

Died:
||. She died in Granville, IA per letter recevied from Ray Bunkers on 03 July 1998.

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Married:
(Date is 10 July 1875 per letter received from Suzanne Bunkers on 19 July 1996.)

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Photo:
Barbara (Simmerl) and Henry Bunkers family

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• Name: Buenker
• Name: H. Dirk B?nker
• Reference Number: 3130
• Baptism: 18 Jan 1815, Emsb?ren, , , Germany

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Dirk (or Dierck) is low German for Theodor

PerID:
3130

Herman married Marie Elizabeth Niegengert 1 Jun 1845, Old St. Mary's Church, Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio. Marie was born 15 May 1815, Hanover, , , Germany; died 25 May 1892, Remsen, Plymouth County, Iowa; was buried 27 May 1892, St. Mary's Cemetery, Remsen, Plymouth County, Iowa. [Family Group Sheet]

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• Name: B?nker
• Name: Bunkers
• Name: Heitmeyer
• Reference Number: 3131

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3131

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• Name: Youngblut
• Reference Number: 3127
• Birth_Poss: 1829, Phalen, , , Luxembourg
• Birth_Poss: 6 Apr 1831
• Immigration: 6 May 1857, New York, , New York

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PerID:
3127

Immigration:
William B. Travis||Le Havre, France, in spring 1857||Peter Simmerl is listed as passenger 132, age 25. Susanne Simmerl is listed as passenger 133, age 21. Captain's Name: D. J. Mess. Purpose for travel: staying in the USA. Mode oftravel: steerage