Notizen zu dieser Person
Tochter von Joachim Wilkens 1817-1887 und Catharina Maria Behrens 1819-1890
ihr Geburtsname lautete: Susanna Catharina, aber nach Auswanderung hieß sie nur noch Catharina
lt. US Census 1880
Wohnorte
1880 - Goodhue, Goodhue, Minnesota, USA
marital status: married, relation to head of house: Wife
MRS. REESE, OLD SETTLER IN COUNTY, IS DEAD
Dies Sunday at Age of 86 at the Home of Her Son, J. J. Reese
The death of Mrs. Christine Susanna Reese occurred late Sunday morning August 21 at the home of her son, J. J. Reese. Death from infirmities of old age was given as the cause.
Mrs. Reese was nearly 87 years of age at the time of her death, having been born in Hanover, Germany February 15, 1846. She came to America and settled in Red Wing in 1868, and in the same year married Hein Hinrichs who died in 1873. In 1875 shemarried Diedrich Reese who died in 1923, leaving nine children, eight of whom survive. A daughter died in 1899.
The surviving children are Mrs. Henn of Lake City, Mrs. Duden and Henry Hinrichs of Featherstone and John Reese of Zumbrota, Mrs. Kurt Diercks, Mrs. John Witt of Goodhue, Mrs. Wickern and William Reese of McIntosh, and a brother, William Reese ofMcIntosh, and a brother, William Wilkins of Ada, Minn. The deceased is also survived by 30 grandchildren and 39 great grand children.
Services for Mrs. Reese were held Wednesday from the home of her son, J. J. Reese, at 1:30 pm and later at Grace Lutheran Church, with Rev. Horn officiating. Pallbearers were grandsons: Walter Reese, Walter Duden, Orrin Henn, Arleigh Tipke, Kermit Diercks and Norman Diercks.
from the Red Wing Daily Republican - September, 1932
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"They found their way to a community without boundaries, which had its nucleus about two miles north of Goodhue village in Goodhue County, Minnesota. This community had been given the name "Neu Felde" (veldt, meaning new field or world). Many Germans came to this area to acclimate themselves to their new surroundings, and then move out to seek their fortune."
"When his {Hein Hinrichs} estate was settled, his farm, the original clay farm near Claybank, was sold to the Red Wing Union Stoneware Company."
"Grandma Reese, as I knew her, was a rather important person in the community in which she lived. There were no medical facilities or doctors, and she became the community nurse. She delivered the newborn babies and cared for the mothers. When there was sickness in the family people hitched up a team of horses and got Grandma Reese"
- Excerpts from Henry C. Hinrichs' 1982 book, "As I Remember - A Treatise on Early Rural Life in Goodhue County, Minnesota"
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