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Jann Gehden “John” Agena II

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Jann Gehden “John” Agena II

Birth
Stedesdorf, Landkreis Wittmund, Lower Saxony, Germany
Death
24 Aug 1903 (aged 62)
Sterling, Johnson County, Nebraska, USA
Burial
Sterling, Johnson County, Nebraska, USA Add to Map
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"Sterling Record"
Sterling, Nebraska
Thursday, Aug. 27, 1903

John Agena, aged about 60 years, died at his home west of Sterling Monday, after a long and severe illness. Mr. Agena was a respected citizen, and has lived in Johnson county for 20 years. The funeral was conducted by Rev. Fimhaber from the Lutheran church yesterday, and the remains interred in the cemetery near the church. THE RECORD proffers condolence to the sorrowing relatives and friends.

Recorded in Vol.'I'
Page 124 and 125

Filed Sep 2, 1903
James Livingston
County Judge

In the name of God. Amen.
I, Jann Gehden Agena, of the town of Sterling, in the County of Johnson, in the State of Nebraska, being of sound and disposing mind and memory, and mindful of the uncertainties of this frail and transitory life, do hereby make, publish and declare this to be My Last Will and Testament, in manner following, that is to say:
First: I will and direct that all my just debts and funeral expenses be paid out of my estate.
Second: I give and devise to my wife, Gescke Agena, the following described premises, situated in the County of Johnson, State of Nebraska. To wit: The South half (1/2) of the South West Quarter (1/4) of Section twenty-one (21) Town six (6) Range nine (9), containing eighty (80) acres more or less according to Government Survey thereof, together with the buildings and improvements thereon.
Third: I give and devise to her all the house furnitures, all the implements, all the cattle, horses and hogs.
Fourth: I do nominate and appoint my friend, Heinrich Diedrichs of Sterling, Nebraska, to be the Executor of this, My Last Will and Testament.
In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal this 29th day of December A.D. 1902.
Jann Gehden Agena (Seal)

This is to certify, that the foregoing Instrument was at the date thereof, signed and declared by the testator, Jann Gehden Agena, as and for his Last Will and Testament, in the presence of us, who, in his presence and at his request and in the presence of each other, have hereunto subscribed our names as Witnesses:

A. Firnhaber, Pastor,
Sterling, Nebraska
Heinrich Diedrichs,
Sterling, Nebraska

"Certificate of Probate"

State of Nebraska } §§
County of Johnson } on this 26 day of September, 1903 the last Will and Testament of Jann Gehden Agena was duly proved before me James Livingston, County Judge of said County according to law as the last Will and Testament of the real and personal estate of said deceased and the same was admitted to probated and duly recorded in this office. In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and office seal the day and year above written.
James Livingston
County Judge

Jan Gehden Agena
in the U.S. and Canada, Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1500s-1900s

Name Jan Gehden Agena
Arrival Year 1841-1903
Arrival Place Illinois
Primary Immigrant Agena, Jan Gehden
Source Publication Code 727.11
Annotation Where Did They Stay?East Frisians in AmericaVolume 2. Date and port of arrival or date and place of death or other mention in the New World. Other genealogical and historical information is also provided. Volume 1 was indexed as source number 727.10 in PILI 2003 Part 1.

Source Bibliography BOYKEN, HANS-GEORG. Wo Sind Sie Geblieben?Ostfriesesn in AmerikaVolume 2. Titonka, IA: Boyken & Boyken Partners, Historical Publishing, 2001. 244p.

Germany, Lutheran Baptisms, Marriages, and Burials, 1500-1971
Birth, Marriage, & Death
Name: Jan Gehden Agena
Gender: männlich (Male)
Event Type: Taufe (Baptism)
Birth Date: 9. Mrz 1841 (9 Mar 1841)
Baptism Date: 12. Mrz 1841 (12 Mar 1841)
Baptism Place: Hannover, Deutschland (Germany)
Father: Gehde Gehden Agena
Mother: Antje Janssen Agena
Legitimacy: Ehelich
City or District: Stedesdorf u Strackholt
Author: Evangelische Kirche Stedesdorf (Kr. Wittmund)
Film Number: 1188002

Antje Janssen Agena
in the Germany, Lutheran Baptisms, Marriages, and Burials, 1500-1971

ViewGermany, Lutheran Baptisms, Marriages, and Burials, 1500-1971
Name Antje Janssen Agena
Maiden Name Wichmans
Gender weiblich (Female)
Spouse
Gehde Gehden Agena
Child
Jan Gehden Agena
City or District Stedesdorf u Strackholt
Author Evangelische Kirche Stedesdorf (Kr. Wittmund)
Film Number 1188002
"Sterling Record"
Sterling, Nebraska
Thursday, Aug. 27, 1903

John Agena, aged about 60 years, died at his home west of Sterling Monday, after a long and severe illness. Mr. Agena was a respected citizen, and has lived in Johnson county for 20 years. The funeral was conducted by Rev. Fimhaber from the Lutheran church yesterday, and the remains interred in the cemetery near the church. THE RECORD proffers condolence to the sorrowing relatives and friends.

Recorded in Vol.'I'
Page 124 and 125

Filed Sep 2, 1903
James Livingston
County Judge

In the name of God. Amen.
I, Jann Gehden Agena, of the town of Sterling, in the County of Johnson, in the State of Nebraska, being of sound and disposing mind and memory, and mindful of the uncertainties of this frail and transitory life, do hereby make, publish and declare this to be My Last Will and Testament, in manner following, that is to say:
First: I will and direct that all my just debts and funeral expenses be paid out of my estate.
Second: I give and devise to my wife, Gescke Agena, the following described premises, situated in the County of Johnson, State of Nebraska. To wit: The South half (1/2) of the South West Quarter (1/4) of Section twenty-one (21) Town six (6) Range nine (9), containing eighty (80) acres more or less according to Government Survey thereof, together with the buildings and improvements thereon.
Third: I give and devise to her all the house furnitures, all the implements, all the cattle, horses and hogs.
Fourth: I do nominate and appoint my friend, Heinrich Diedrichs of Sterling, Nebraska, to be the Executor of this, My Last Will and Testament.
In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal this 29th day of December A.D. 1902.
Jann Gehden Agena (Seal)

This is to certify, that the foregoing Instrument was at the date thereof, signed and declared by the testator, Jann Gehden Agena, as and for his Last Will and Testament, in the presence of us, who, in his presence and at his request and in the presence of each other, have hereunto subscribed our names as Witnesses:

A. Firnhaber, Pastor,
Sterling, Nebraska
Heinrich Diedrichs,
Sterling, Nebraska

"Certificate of Probate"

State of Nebraska } §§
County of Johnson } on this 26 day of September, 1903 the last Will and Testament of Jann Gehden Agena was duly proved before me James Livingston, County Judge of said County according to law as the last Will and Testament of the real and personal estate of said deceased and the same was admitted to probated and duly recorded in this office. In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and office seal the day and year above written.
James Livingston
County Judge

Jan Gehden Agena
in the U.S. and Canada, Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1500s-1900s

Name Jan Gehden Agena
Arrival Year 1841-1903
Arrival Place Illinois
Primary Immigrant Agena, Jan Gehden
Source Publication Code 727.11
Annotation Where Did They Stay?East Frisians in AmericaVolume 2. Date and port of arrival or date and place of death or other mention in the New World. Other genealogical and historical information is also provided. Volume 1 was indexed as source number 727.10 in PILI 2003 Part 1.

Source Bibliography BOYKEN, HANS-GEORG. Wo Sind Sie Geblieben?Ostfriesesn in AmerikaVolume 2. Titonka, IA: Boyken & Boyken Partners, Historical Publishing, 2001. 244p.

Germany, Lutheran Baptisms, Marriages, and Burials, 1500-1971
Birth, Marriage, & Death
Name: Jan Gehden Agena
Gender: männlich (Male)
Event Type: Taufe (Baptism)
Birth Date: 9. Mrz 1841 (9 Mar 1841)
Baptism Date: 12. Mrz 1841 (12 Mar 1841)
Baptism Place: Hannover, Deutschland (Germany)
Father: Gehde Gehden Agena
Mother: Antje Janssen Agena
Legitimacy: Ehelich
City or District: Stedesdorf u Strackholt
Author: Evangelische Kirche Stedesdorf (Kr. Wittmund)
Film Number: 1188002

Antje Janssen Agena
in the Germany, Lutheran Baptisms, Marriages, and Burials, 1500-1971

ViewGermany, Lutheran Baptisms, Marriages, and Burials, 1500-1971
Name Antje Janssen Agena
Maiden Name Wichmans
Gender weiblich (Female)
Spouse
Gehde Gehden Agena
Child
Jan Gehden Agena
City or District Stedesdorf u Strackholt
Author Evangelische Kirche Stedesdorf (Kr. Wittmund)
Film Number 1188002


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