Extract from the 1900 Census:
Name: Vincent H Fillenwarth
Age at last birthday: 2
Date of birth: 1 Apr 1898
Birthplace: Iowa
Race: white
Sex: male
Relationship to head-of-house: son
Home in 1900: Erin, Hancock, Iowa
Marital status: single
Father's birthplace: Iowa
Mother's birthplace: Pennsylvania
Occupation: none
Sibling living at home: Mary M (age 5/12)
Census place: Erin, Hancock, Iowa; Roll: T623 434; Page: 10A; Enumeration District: 122
Date: Jun 1900

Extract from the 1910 Census:
Name: Vincent Fillenwarth
Age in 1910: 12
Estimated birth year: 1898
Birthplace: Iowa
Race: white
Sex: male
Relation to head-of-house: son
Home in 1910: Erin Township, Hancock, Iowa
Marital status: single
Able to speak English: yes
Able to read and write: yes
Father's birthplace: Iowa
Mother's birthplace: Pennsylvania
Occupation: attending school
Sibling living at home: Margaret (age 10)
Census place: Erin, Hancock, Iowa; Roll: T624_393; Page: 3A; Enumeration District: 134; Image: 464
Date: 18 Apr 1910

Extract from World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918:
Name: Vincent Howard Fillenwarth
City: not stated
County: Hancock
State: Iowa
Birth date: 1 Apr 1898
Race: white
Roll: 1643111
Draft board: 0
Address: RFD # 2, Britt, Hancock, Iowa
Occupation: farming
Employer: Frank Fillenwarth
Where employed: RFD # 2, Britt, Hancock, Iowa
Nearest relative: Frank Fillenwarth
Address: RFD # 2, Britt, Hancock, Iowa
Age: 20
Height: tall
Build: slender
Eyes: blue
Hair: auburn
Disability: none
Date: 12 Sep 1918

Extract from the 1920 Census:
Name: Vincent Fillenwarth
Age: 21
Estimated birth year: 1899
Birthplace: Iowa
Race: white
Sex: male
Relationship to head of house: son
Home in 1920: Erin, Hancock, Iowa
Address: farm
Marital status: single
Able to speak English: yes
Able to read and write: yes
Father's birthplace: Iowa
Mother's birthplace: Pennsylvania
Occupation: none
Sibling living at home: Margaret (age 20)
Census place: Erin, Hancock, Iowa; Roll: T625_492; Page: 13B; Enumeration District: 148; Image: 254
Date: 4 Feb 1920

Extract from the 1930 Census:
Name: Vincent H Fillenwarth
Age: 32
Estimated birth year: 1898
Birthplace: Iowa
Race: white
Sex: male
Relation to head-of-house: head
Home in 1930: Erin, Hancock, Iowa
Marital status: married
Age at first marriage: 27
Education: able to speak English
Education: able to read and write
Father's birthplace: Iowa
Mother's birthplace: Iowa [sic]
Military service: no
Rent/home value: rents; lives on farm
Owned a radio: yes
Occupation: farmer
Industry: general farm
Salary or wage worker: working on own account
Census place: Erin, Hancock, Iowa; Roll: 657; Page: ; Enumeration District: 18; Image: 825.0
Date: 3 Apr 1930

Extract from the 1940 Census:
Name: Vincent Fillenwarth
Age: 42
Estimated birth year: 1898
Birthplace: Iowa
Race: white
Sex: male
Relation to head-of-house: head
Home in 1940: Erin, Hancock, Iowa
Marital status: married
Highest grade of school completed: 8
Living on farm: yes
Home owned or rented: owned
Value of home: $1100
Place of residence in 1935: same house
Occupation: farmer
Industry: farm
Salary or wage worker: working on own account
Number of weeks worked in 1939: 52
Amount of money wages or salary: $0
Has other income of more than $50: yes
At work during week of March 24-30: yes
Number of hours worked: 72
Census place: Erin, Hancock, Iowa; Roll: T627_1164; Page: 4A; Enumeration District: 41-18
Date: 14 Apr 1940

Extract from U.S. World War II Draft Cards Young Men, 1940-1947:
Name: Vincent Howard Fillenwarth
Age: 43
Birth date: 1 Apr 1898
Birth place: Hancock, Iowa
Race: white
Residence: Erin, Hancock, Iowa
Mailing address: same
Telephone: Britt 4100
Name of person who will always know your address: Mrs Ella Marie Fillenworth
Relationship: not listed
Address of that person: Britt, Iowa
Employer: self
Place of employment: Britt, Hancock, Iowa
Height: 6 feet 1 inch
Weight: 190
Eyes: blue
Hair: brown
Complexion: light
Other characteristics: scar on right thumb
Registration date: 16 Feb 1942

Extract from the 1950 Census:
Name: Vincent Fillenwarth
Age: 52
Estimated birth year: 1898
Birthplace: Iowa
Race: white
Sex: male
Relation to head-of-house: head
Home in 1950: Erin, Hancock, Iowa
Address: NE section 20
Marital status: divorced
Living on farm: yes
Occupation: farmer
Industry: farm
At work during last week: yes
Number of hours worked: 91
Class of worker: own business
Census place: Erin, Hancock, Iowa
Date: 3 Apr 1950

Article from the "Globe-Gazette" of Mason City, Iowa dated 7 Jan 1963:
Rites pending
at Britt for
V. Fillenwarth
Britt - Vincent Fillenwarth 64, a farmer and cattle feeder, died Sunday at a Mason City hospital. He had been in poor health the last year.
Funeral arrangements are incomplete at the Boughton Funeral Home. Burial will be in Evergreen Cemetery.
Surviving are four daughters, Mrs. Ralph (June) Hauser, Algona; Mrs. Duane (Rose) Francis, Britt; Mrs. Earl (Fern) Robinson, Wesley; Mrs. Robert (Judy) Brunsvold, Forest City; two sons, Vernon, Britt; Paul, at home; and a sister, Mrs. Mary Fillenwarth, Britt.

Obituary from the "News-Tribune" of Britt, Iowa dated 10 Jan 1963:
Services Held on Wednesday
For Vincent Fillenwarth
Funeral services were held Wednesday at 1 p.m. at the Broughton Funeral Home and 1:30 p.m. at the Baptist church at Britt for Vincent Fillenwarth, a long-time resident of this vicinity. Burial was made in the Fillenwarth lot in Evergreen Cemetery at Britt. The Rev. B.A. Rust and the Rev. Keith Wiyinger were in charge of the rites.
Vincent Howard Fillenwarth was born on a farm in Erin Township, south of Britt, April 1, 1898, a son to the later Frank and Ann Jane Ward-Fillenwarth. He grew to manhood on the farm of his birth and took over the farming interests in 1926 when his parents retired to a home in Britt. He was married to Marie Earles at Britt on June 9, 1926.
There for thirty-six years he farmed until last summer when an illness of several months forced him to give up his work. He spent several weeks in hospitals at both Britt and Rochester, Minn, after which he made his home with his sister, Miss Margaret Fillenwarth in Britt.A son, Vernon and his wife, Darlene, and their three children took over the farming interests in August. Mr Fillenwarth's last illness dates back to Dec. 28 when he was hospitalized at Britt. On January 2 he was moved to the Mercy Hospital at Mason City, where death came at 4:50 p.m. Sunday, Jan 6. He had reached the age of 64 years, 9 months, and 5 days.
Others surviving besides those already mentioned include the following children: Mrs. Ralph (June) Hauser, Algona; Mrs. Duane (Rose) Francis, Britt; Mrs. Earl (Fern) Robinson, Wesley; Mrs Robert (Judy) Brunsvold, Forest City and their families and Paul Fillenwarth, Britt.
[Source: Louis Schleuger 48469498]

He married Ella Murre Earles 9 Jun 1926 in the Little Brown Church in Nashua, Chickasaw, Iowa.