Johannes 'John' Jerke

1878 - 1943  (64 years)

• Name	Johannes 'John' Jerke  [1]
  Birth	01 Oct 1878	Friedenstal, Bessarabia, Russia   [1, 2]
  Gender	Male
  Immigration	07 Dec 1907	Galveston, Texas, USA   [3]
  The family immigrated on a ship the 'Hannover' leaving Bremen, Germany 14 November 1907 and arriving
  Residence	Between 1909 and 1923	Ault, Weld, Colorado, USA   [4]
  Living	1923	La Salle, Weld, Colorado, USA   [5]
  3 miles S. of La Salle (CR 39)
  Census	17 Apr 1930	La Salle, Weld, Colorado, USA   [6]
  Illness	1938	La Salle, Weld, Colorado, USA   [7]
  lost one leg as the result of a blood clot after a heart attach.
  Reference Number	1607
  Reference Number	Jerke1
  Residence	La Salle, Weld, Colorado, USA   [7]
  The family then moved to the James Stewart place which was still owned by the family at the time of the interview and is
  Retired	1939	La Salle, Weld, Colorado, USA   [7]
  Death	22 Jun 1943	Greeley, Weld, Colorado, USA   [8, 9]
  Burial	25 Jun 1943	Linn Grove Cemetery, Greeley, Weld, Colorado, USA   [10]
  Person ID	I1607	Ohlhausen
  Last Modified	23 Jan 2016

  
  

  Father	Gottfried Jerke,   b. 05 May 1832, Paris, Bessarabia, Russia
  Mother	Justina Xanke,   b. 30 Dec 1837, Paris, Bessarabia, Russia d. 27 May 1888, Paris, Bessarabia, Russia (Age 50 years)
  Marriage	27 Dec 1856	Fere Champenoise, Bessarabia, Russia   [11]
  Histories		Jerke, Gottlieb Family History and Descendants of Gottlieb Jerke
  Family ID	F712	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Elizabetha 'Elizabeth' Koenig,   b. 30 Jan 1883, Kronental, North Caucasus, Russia d. 19 Nov 1955, Greeley, Weld, Colorado, USA (Age 72 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

  
  

• Event Map		Marriage - 18 Dec 1901 - Kronental, North Caucasus, Russia Residence - Between 1909 and 1923 - Ault, Weld, Colorado, USA Living - 1923 - La Salle, Weld, Colorado, USA Census - 17 Apr 1930 - La Salle, Weld, Colorado, USA Illness - 1938 - La Salle, Weld, Colorado, USA Residence - - La Salle, Weld, Colorado, USA Retired - 1939 - La Salle, Weld, Colorado, USA Death - 22 Jun 1943 - Greeley, Weld, Colorado, USA Burial - 25 Jun 1943 - 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
  		Jerke, Edward family and Johann Koenig family Left 1. Amelia Reichenberger Jerke, wife of Edward 2. Edward Jerke, 3. likely oldest daughter of Johann Koenig 4. May be the Mother of Johann, Amelia, or Johann's wife 5. behind, likely Gottfried Jerke b. 1901, son of Edward Jerke 6. likely son of Johann Koenig 7. Johann Koenig 8. likely Ottelia Jerke b. 1904 dau of Edward 9. Wife of Johann Koenig and their new baby 1906 summer, Kronental, North Caucasus, Russia
  		Jerke, Edward family and Johann Koenig family Back of the picture above, names written on the back 1. Johann Koenig 2. Johannes Jerke (brother of Edward Jerke) (written in the upper right corner. 3. J.C. Baker, Ault, Colorado, [USA]
  		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

  farmed || where one son was born and another died. During these years the Jerke family became very good friends with Elizabeth's brother-in-law, Daniel Wonnenberg family, who was also working on beet farms just north of Granada. The two families moved north to the Greeley area and we know that they worked in the same area as we have several formal pictures taken together. It appears that this friendship lasted all their life. We now read in John's obituary that he was also survived by a sister Matilda Strauch of Shamrock Saskatchewan, Canada.

  
  

• Sources

  [S282] Jerke Family Bible, (Mongomery Ward & Co., Chicago, ILL, 1882), Jerke1, page 1, Jerke1, page 1. [S310] Funeral Home Death Certificate, The Allnutt Funeral Services records show that Johannas' father was Gottfried and his mother was Justina Xanke; Koe2, page 12, Koe2, page 12. [S283] Margaret Sandau Trojan, Family 'Jerke' Research, (2004), Elizabeth's eldest daughter, Lydia, wrote that Elizabeth came to the USA in 1907 and went to Granada CO to meet her brother, who unfortunately had passed away shortly before she arrived (this was Gottlieb Koenig who married Justine Wonnenberg and who died near Granada Colorado 8 March 1907).; Jerke1, page 11,15a,16a, 17, Jerke1, pages 11-16. [S283] Margaret Sandau Trojan, Family 'Jerke' Research, (2004), Jerke1, page 17, Jerke1, pages 11-16. [S284] La Salle History Book Committee, Around and About, (Curtis Media Corporation, Dallas, Texas, 1988), Jerke 1, page 17, Jerke1, pages 17-20. [S285] Census, USA Federal 1930, Jerke, (17 April 1930), Jerke1, page 23. [S284] La Salle History Book Committee, Around and About, (Curtis Media Corporation, Dallas, Texas, 1988), Jerke1, page 17, Jerke1, pages 17-20. [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. [S309] Funeral Home Death Certificate, Jerke1, page 2, Jerke1, page 2. [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. Block 9, lot 62, space 6 [S348] Germans from Russia Historical Society, Compiler: Odessa Digital Library, St. Petersburg Archives/Besserabian Collection, GRHS, Odessa Digital Library, 2007, (2007), Jerke1, page 2a.