Elizabetha 'Elizabeth' Koenig

1883 - 1955  (72 years)

• Name	Elizabetha 'Elizabeth' Koenig  [1]
  Birth	30 Jan 1883	Kronental, North Caucasus, Russia   [2, 3, 4]
  Gender	Female
  Name	Elizabeth Jerke  [1]
  Name	Elizabeth Schaefer  [5]
  Reference Number	1606
  Reference Number	Koe/Jerky1
  Religion	Abt 1954  [6]
  had been a member of the Baptist Church for 35 years
  Death	19 Nov 1955	Greeley, Weld, Colorado, USA   [7, 8]
  Burial	23 Nov 1955	Linn Grove Cemetery, Greeley, Weld, Colorado, USA   [7, 9]
  Person ID	I1606	Ohlhausen
  Last Modified	31 Dec 2017

  
  

  Father	Jacob Koenig,   b. Est 1830
  Mother	Katherine Seigfried
  Marriage	Abt 1870
  Histories		Koenig, Jacob Family History and Descendants of Jacob Koenig
  Family ID	F295	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Johannes 'John' Jerke,   b. 01 Oct 1878, Friedenstal, Bessarabia, Russia d. 22 Jun 1943, Greeley, Weld, Colorado, USA (Age 64 years)
  Marriage	18 Dec 1901	Kronental, North Caucasus, Russia   [1]
  Children	+ 1. Lidia 'Lydia' Jerke,   b. 08 Aug 1902, Kronental, North Caucasus, Russia d. 20 Dec 1990, Gardena, California, USA (Age 88 years)   2. Friedrich I Jerke,   b. 28 Jul 1904, Kronental, North Caucasus, Russia d. 16 Jan 1906, Kronental, North Caucasus, Russia (Age 1 year)   3. Friedrich II Jerke,   b. 05 Oct 1906, Kronental, North Caucasus, Russia d. 21 Jan 1908, Granada, Prowers, Colorado, USA (Age 1 year)   4. Johann 'Johnny' Jerke,   b. 16 Nov 1908, Granada, Prowers, Colorado, USA d. 10 Feb 1915, Ault, Weld, Colorado, USA (Age 6 years) + 5. Maina 'Mina' Caroline Jerke,   b. 24 Sep 1910, Ault, Weld, Colorado, USA d. 22 Oct 1946, Anaheim, California, USA (Age 36 years) + 6. Edward John Jerke,   b. 01 Mar 1912, Ault, Weld, Colorado, USA d. 07 Jul 1980, Greeley, Weld, Colorado, USA (Age 68 years) + 7. Herre 'Harry' Jerke,   b. 07 Feb 1914, Ault, Weld, Colorado, USA d. 24 Jul 1969, La Salle, Weld, Colorado, USA (Age 55 years) + 8. Albert Jerke,   b. 15 Mar 1915, Ault, Weld, Colorado, USA d. 09 Apr 1976, Greeley, Weld, Colorado, USA (Age 61 years)
  Photos » Slide Show		Jerke, John and Elizabeth (Koenig) Family Bible 1 Front
  		Jerke, John and Elizabeth (Koenig) Family Bible 2 Translation
  		Jerke, John and Elizabeth (Koenig) Family Bible 3 Spine
  		Jerke, John and Elizabeth (Koenig) Family Bible 4 Publisher
  		Jerke, John and Elizabeth (Koenig) Family Bible 5 Year Published
  		Jerke, John and Elizabeth (Koenig) Family Bible 6 BIRTHS1 - Translation Johannes Jerke was born in Friedenstal, Bessarabien (Bessarabia) on 1 October in the year 1878. Elisabetha Jerke (maiden name Koenig was born on 30 January in the year 1883 in Kronenthal, Kaukafus (Kronental, Caucasus).
  		Jerke, John and Elizabeth (Koenig) Family Bible 7 BIRTHS2 - Translation Lidia Jerke was born on 8 August in the year 1902 Friedrich # 1 Jerke was born on 28 July in the year 1904 Friedrich #2 Jerke was born on 5 October in the year 1906 Johann Jerke was born on 16 November in the year 1908 Maina Jerke was born on 24 September in the year 1910 Edward Jerke born on 1 March in the year 1912 Herre Jerke was born on 7 February in the year 1914 Albert Jerke was born on 15 March in the year 1915
  		Jerke, John and Elizabeth (Koenig) Family Bible 8 DEATHS - Translation Friedrich #1 Jerke died on 16 January in the year 1906 Friedrich #2 Jerke died on 21 January in the year 1908 Johann Jerke died on 10 February in the year 1915
  		Jerke, John and Elizabeth (Koenig) Family Bible 9 MARRIAGES - Translation Johannes and Elisabetha Jerke entered into the state of marriage on 18 December 1901 in Russia in the village of Kronental (Kronental). Married by Praed (Pastor) Buse.
  		Jerke, John and Elizabeth (Koenig) Family Back: Elizabeth, Lydia, John Front:Mina, Edward and Johnny (who died in 1915)
  Histories		Jerke, Gottlieb Family History and Descendants of Gottlieb Jerke
  		Koenig, Jacob Family History and Descendants of Jacob Koenig
  Family ID	F710	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	13 Aug 2019

  
  

  Family 2	John Schaefer   d. 1947, Idaho, USA
  Marriage	Abt 1947  [5]
  	A few years after her husband died she married || and moved to Idaho where he died shortly after and she moved back to La Salle, CO where she remained for the rest of her life.
  Family ID	F711	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	13 Aug 2019

  
  

• Event Map		Birth - 30 Jan 1883 - Kronental, North Caucasus, Russia Marriage - 18 Dec 1901 - Kronental, North Caucasus, Russia Death - 19 Nov 1955 - Greeley, Weld, Colorado, USA Burial - 23 Nov 1955 - Linn Grove Cemetery, Greeley, Weld, Colorado, USA  = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Photos » Slide Show		Jerke, John and family 1916
  		Wonnenberg, Wilhelmina Bauch This picture was likely taken Sept 16, 1929 in LaSalle, Colorado, USA on the occasion of Wilhelmina Bauch Wonnenberg's 80th Birthday. Left to right standing 1. Elizabeth Koenig Jerke – wife of John Jerke of La Salle, 1883-1955 buried in Linn Grove d. 1955 2. Louisa Wonnenberg Littau – Daughter of Wilhelmina (Bauch) Wonnenberg, wife of Samuel Littau she 1880-1958 3. Maria Charlette Hoffman Wonnenberg–wife of Daniel Wonnenberg, 1879-1966 buried in Linn Grove, 4. Magdalena Unknown 5. Monique Unknown 6. Katharina Reisvig Renke wife of William, Renke she came from Kronental, Russian in 1907 to Granada, CO 1890-1981 (not family) 7. Lydia Jerke Sandau – wife of Jacob Conrad Sandau, she 1902-1990, buried in Linn Grove 8. Wilhelmina Heer Hetterle – wife of Paul Hetterle, she 1875-1954 buried in Linn Grove, Greeley Sitting Wilhelmina Bauch Wonnenberg – wife of Ludwig Wonnenberg, he d. in 1904 and she d. & buried in 1931 in Briggsdale, CO (she married Fred Link before she died) she 1849-1931
  		Jerke, Johannes (b. 1878) Family Back L. Johannes Jerke, Myron Johnny Sandau (b.1921), Lydia (Jerke) Sandau, Jakob Conrad Sandau, Elizabeth (Koenig) Jerke; Front L. Maina (Salmina) 'Mina' Jerke. Albert Jerke, Herre 'Harry' Jerke, Edward John Jerke
  		Jerke, John and Daniel Wonnenber and wives From Left: 1. Daniel Wonnenberg b. 1872, was the brother of Justine (Wonnenberg) Koenig, who married Gottlieb Koenig. 2. Mary (Hoffman) Wonnenberg b. 1879, wife of Daniel 3. Elizabeth (Koenig) Jerke b. 1883, sister of Gottlieb and wife of John Jerke 4. John Jerke b. 1878, husband of Elizabeth Daniel W and his sister Justine W (then m. to Gotlieb K.) immigrated to the USA 1899. Daniel was in Granada, CO. in 1907 to help his sister on a rented farm as Gottlieb K. had died in March 1907. John Jerke and Elizabeth (Koenig) Jerke immigrated to Granada in Dec 1907 to be united with her brother and family, only to discover that Gottlieb had died in March of that year. The four people in this picture ended up in the Greeley-La Salle area of Colorado where they raised their families and are buried in Lynn Grove Cemetery in Greeley. The John Jerke Family Bible ended up in the Daniel Wonnenberg family, who several generations later assumed it was a Wonnenberg family bible (the Bible is in German). Happily it ended up back with the Jerke family. This picture reminds us that these two families must have been very close and we do not know the circumstances surrounding the bible, but we can imagine a situation whereby it may have ended up in the wrong family.

  
  

  Headstones

  Jerke, John and Elizabeth (Koenig) he leadeth me beside the still waters JERKE Elizabeth 1883-1955 John 1878-1943

  
  

• Notes

  The family immigrated to the USA on a ship 'Hannover' leaving Bremen, Germany 14 Nov 1907 and arriving Galveston, TX, 7 Dec 1907. They went to Granada CO to meet her brother, Gottlieb only to find that he had passed away earlier that year.

  
  

• Sources

  [S282] Jerke Family Bible, (Mongomery Ward & Co., Chicago, ILL, 1882), Jerke1, page 1, Jerke1, page 1. [S282] Jerke Family Bible, (Mongomery Ward & Co., Chicago, ILL, 1882), This bible shows that her maiden name was Koenig and gives the birth date and place.; Jerke1, page 1, Jerke1, page 1. [S310] Funeral Home Death Certificate, The Allnutt Funeral records from Greeley, CO show that Elizabeth's father was Jacob Koenig and her mother was Katherine Seigfried.; Koe2, page 12, Koe2, page 12. [S239] Compiler: Arthur Flegel, Bessarabian Communities, (Germans from Russia Heritage Collection, NDSU Libraries, Fargo ND 58105, 2005), In his book, Arthur Flegel shows Elizabeth's parents as Gottlieb and Karoline Zink. He wrote an email to Wayne Fuller on 29 Nov 2006 in which he said "I personally interviewed Jacob Koenig in 1971 at Greeley. He was then a very old man. He gave me Gottlieb Koenig as his father and Wilhelmine Guenther also called Salomine as his mother. Wilhelmine died a few months after Jacob was born in 1878 and his father, Gottlieb married Karoline Zink, who he said was the mother of Elisabeth and that couple also had two more children. According to Jacob, he and Elisabeth were half brother, half sister--same father, different mothers.” Jacob Koenig, who changed his name to Jacob Konig, to avoid confusion with his mail, also lived in the Grover area of Colorado and Wayne Fuller interviewed several of his descendants in 2004, but has not been able to make a 'direct' connection between this Jacob and Elizabeth (Jerke) and Wayne's great grandfather Gottlieb Koenig. During the interviews with the Konig family, Shirley Konig Klingensmith gave Wayne a copy of a note she had about the relationship between Elizabeth and this Jacob, which states that they were cousins. Also the Konig family has a hand written document that says Jacob's father was Joseph and that he was a cousin to Elizabeth. This contradicts the Flegel interview information. [see koe2, page 13,14].; A1, page 19-372/373, A1, page 19. [S283] Margaret Sandau Trojan, Family 'Jerke' Research, (2004), Jerke1, page 13, Jerke1, pages 11-16. They moved to Idaho until his death later in 1947 [S385] Obituary - Greeley Tribune, Koe2, page 12b, Koe2, page 12b. [S98] City of Greeley, Cemetery record, Linn Grove,, (Greeley, Colorado, City of Greeley, Colorado, October 2004), Jerke1, page 3, Won3,pp 3b,23-28; Won2,p3. [S310] Funeral Home Death Certificate, Death Certificate per Allnutt Funeral Home; State: Colorado Death Place: Greeley, Weld County General Hospical Length of stay: 2 days Name: Elizabeth Jerke Schafer, white, female, housewife Usual Address: Box 314. LaSalle, CO Birth: 30 Jan 1883, Russia Father: Jacob Konig Mother Katherine Seigfried Informant: Harry Jerke (son) Death: acute ceronary occlusion (2 days) Death: 11-19, 1955 at 10:34 am Death: Richard Foe, MD Burial: 11-23, Linn Grrove Cemetery, Greeley, CO Service: Macy Drawing Room at 2:00 pm; Koe2, page 12, Koe2, page 12. Allnutt Funeral Services 702 13th Street Greeley, CO 80631 [S310] Funeral Home Death Certificate, Allnutt Funeral Services 702 13th Street Greeley, CO 80631; Koe2, page 12, Koe2, page 12.