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| Peter Mesch & Katie Heber |
Peter Mesch was the oldest child of Ferdinand Mesch and Margaret Duehr, born in Feb 1874 in Dubuque County, Iowa. There were a total of 13 children of this union.
Peter was a good looking fella'. He married Catherine "Katie" Heber on 21 Sep 1897 in Dubuque County. In 1900, they were living with her mother and several of her siblings on their farm near Balltown. He was doing farm labor there and by then had had their first two children: Elizabeth and Nicholas. In 1902, Margaret came along and in 1904, they had an infant daughter who died shortly after birth.
On 20 Feb 1905, Katie died after a terrible accident the previous week, where she had taken a fall. She left her husband and three children to mourn her. She was only 32 years old.Peter married relatively quickly, the following year on 30 Oct 1906 to Lavina Theresa Alexander, who was born 06 Aug 1878 in Washington Mills, Dubuque County. They began their family in 1907 and would ultimately have eight children. Peter moved to Delaware County near Manchester and farmed on a rented property.
Lavina also died young. On 24 Jul 1931, she died in Milo Township of stomach cancer. She had suffered for some 18 months prior to her death.
Peter lived until 18 Sep 1962 and died in Manchester. Eight of his 12 children survived him.
Besides the infant who died in 1904, three other children predeceased him. On 26 Apr 1926, his daughter Margaret, who had married Walter Salzsiedler, on 16 Apr 1925 in Campbell County, South Dakota, died just a year after her marriage in Mound City, South Dakota, with no children.
Daughter Mary Mabel, only 13 years old, died at the Dittmer hospital on 18 Apr 1928. She had a tumor on her spleen that was inoperable.
And, in 1920, Peter and Lavina lost their infant daughter Martha Luella.
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| Caption on photo reads: Top Row: Joseph Mesch, Catherine (Kate), Albert, John, Rachel and Nicholas. Bottom row: Peter, Mary, Catherine Arend |
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