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Phoebe Christina Dorothea <I>Roesch</I> Martens Meyer

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Phoebe Christina Dorothea Roesch Martens Meyer

Birth
Schleswig-Holstein, Germany
Death
30 Nov 1945 (aged 85)
Sibley, Ford County, Illinois, USA
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Sibley, Ford County, Illinois, USA Add to Map
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Fourth of seven children of Paul Heinrich & Magdalena Dreschen Roesch, Christine was born in Leith, Germany.

She married Johan Heinrich Martens on Aug. 26, 1878 in Germany & in March 1881 they immigrated with two children & settled near Hooper, NE. They were parents of 14 children. In 1910 Johann Martens died and is buried in Bloomfield, NE.

Christina was introduced to widower Martin Meyer and they married on Jan. 15, 1914 in NE. With her four youngest children she came to a Sibley, IL farm to care for Martin's six children still at home. The families blended, with several of the step-children marrying each other. Martin and Christina retired from farming in 1919.

Christina died after nearly 32 years of marriage to Martin. She was mother or step-mother to 24 children and celebrated two silver wedding anniversaries. At one time she appeared in Ripley's "Believe It or Not" column of the newspaper.

The Martens-Meyer reunion continued yearly on the first Sunday in August into the 1980's.

Details courtesy Eunice Martens Blissard
Fourth of seven children of Paul Heinrich & Magdalena Dreschen Roesch, Christine was born in Leith, Germany.

She married Johan Heinrich Martens on Aug. 26, 1878 in Germany & in March 1881 they immigrated with two children & settled near Hooper, NE. They were parents of 14 children. In 1910 Johann Martens died and is buried in Bloomfield, NE.

Christina was introduced to widower Martin Meyer and they married on Jan. 15, 1914 in NE. With her four youngest children she came to a Sibley, IL farm to care for Martin's six children still at home. The families blended, with several of the step-children marrying each other. Martin and Christina retired from farming in 1919.

Christina died after nearly 32 years of marriage to Martin. She was mother or step-mother to 24 children and celebrated two silver wedding anniversaries. At one time she appeared in Ripley's "Believe It or Not" column of the newspaper.

The Martens-Meyer reunion continued yearly on the first Sunday in August into the 1980's.

Details courtesy Eunice Martens Blissard

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