Anna Catharina Weber Behrends (1868-1940)

Anna Catharina Weber Behrends

Birth

18 Mar 1868

Germany

Death

3 Apr 1940 (aged 72)

Kress, Swisher County, Texas, USA

Burial

Kress Cemetery

Kress, Swisher County, Texas, USA Add to Map

Plot

Lot 15

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Father: Rank Weber
Mother: Okalena Loop

Marriage:
John Henry Behrends (aka Johann Hinrich) in 1884
St John Lutheran Church, Lizard, Pocahontas, Iowa
50th Anniversary photo in "Interments" (see sources below).

Residence:
1968-? Germany
? Came to America
Abt 1884-1910 Gilmore City, Iowa
23 Dec 1910 - 1929 moved with husband and children to Kress, Swisher, Texas
1929 - 1932 Hereford, Texas
1932 - 1938 moved back to Kress, Swisher, Texas. Lived with son Rank until her death.

Children:

Henry (Lena), Andrew (Helen Story), Lydia (Carl Frederick Sjogren), Grace (John Saathoff), George, Ann, Otto, Mattie, Rank.

Religion: Lutheran Church

"Interments in Swisher County, Texas and Vicinity 1890-1990." Tule Creek Genealogical Society, Kress, Texas, pg 39.

Death Certificate of Anna Catherina Behrends, #20911, Texas Department of Health Bureau of Vital Statistics. (available for free at familysearch.org).

Death Certificate of John Henry Behrends, #15258, Texas Department of Health Bureau of Vital Statistics. (available for free at familysearch.org).

Death Certificate of Rank J Behrends, #9383, Texas Department of Health Bureau of Vital Statistics. (available for free at familysearch.org).

"Windmilling in Swisher County, Texas. Swisher County Historical Commission." pg 157-158.

Klapp family Tree by [email protected]
(marriage place and alternate name spellings).

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Services for Mrs. Anna Catherine Behrends were held at the Kress Methodist Church. She died at her home near Kress. Born in Germany, she moved to the United States with her parents in 1869, settling in Pocahontas County, Iowa. She had been a member of the Lutheran Church for 57 years. She was laid to rest beside her husband who preceded her in death. Survived by eight children - Grace Saathoff, Mattie Ricklif, Lydia Sjogren, Anna Mosely, Henry G, Andrew, Rank, and George Behrends; 23 grandchildren; six great-grandchildren; sisters - Mrs. George Assing, Mrs. Fred Carson, Mrs. B. Selfkin, Lydia Willard, Mrs. Henry Welmers.

Amarillo Sunday News Globe
April 7, 1940