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Henrietta Gesche Katharina Witt

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Henrietta Gesche Katharina Witt

Birth
Benton County, Iowa, USA
Death
4 Oct 1885 (aged 3)
Remsen, Plymouth County, Iowa, USA
Burial
Remsen, Plymouth County, Iowa, USA Add to Map
Plot
Block 2 East, Row 10, Lot 106, Stone G
Memorial ID
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Iowa Death and Burials, 1880-1904, Plymouth County. (ancestry.com)
Record #: 736
Record Date: October 21, 1885
Name: Henrietta Witt
Sex: Female
Age: 3 years, 4 months
Death Date: October 4, 1885
Birth Place: Benton County, Iowa
Place of Death: Remsen
Cause of Death: Diphtheria
Complications: Laryngeal Affection
Duration: 6 days
Place of Burial: Remsen, Ia
Date of Burial: October 5, 1885
Doctor: Theo. Worde, M.D. of Remsen, Ia

CHURCH BAPTISM RECORD. St. Paul Lutheran, Luzerne, Benton, Iowa, USA
Name: Henriette Gesche Katharina Witt, female
Baptism: 17 Sep 1882
Birth: 7 May 1882
Father: Karsten Witt
Mother: Margarethe Haack

Iowa Deaths and Burials, 1850-1990—familysearch.org
Name: Henriette Witt, female
Age: 3
Death: 5 Oct 1885 at Remsen (one record says October 4)
Burial: 5 Oct 1885 at Remsen, Plymouth, Iowa, USA
Birth (estimated): 1882
Birthplace: Benton Co., Ia.

Note: George Witt 7, and Henrietta Witt , 3, share the same larger stone. Each has a smaller individual stone. Both died in October of 1885—likely in the diphtheria epidemic in Remsen.
Iowa Death and Burials, 1880-1904, Plymouth County. (ancestry.com)
Record #: 736
Record Date: October 21, 1885
Name: Henrietta Witt
Sex: Female
Age: 3 years, 4 months
Death Date: October 4, 1885
Birth Place: Benton County, Iowa
Place of Death: Remsen
Cause of Death: Diphtheria
Complications: Laryngeal Affection
Duration: 6 days
Place of Burial: Remsen, Ia
Date of Burial: October 5, 1885
Doctor: Theo. Worde, M.D. of Remsen, Ia

CHURCH BAPTISM RECORD. St. Paul Lutheran, Luzerne, Benton, Iowa, USA
Name: Henriette Gesche Katharina Witt, female
Baptism: 17 Sep 1882
Birth: 7 May 1882
Father: Karsten Witt
Mother: Margarethe Haack

Iowa Deaths and Burials, 1850-1990—familysearch.org
Name: Henriette Witt, female
Age: 3
Death: 5 Oct 1885 at Remsen (one record says October 4)
Burial: 5 Oct 1885 at Remsen, Plymouth, Iowa, USA
Birth (estimated): 1882
Birthplace: Benton Co., Ia.

Note: George Witt 7, and Henrietta Witt , 3, share the same larger stone. Each has a smaller individual stone. Both died in October of 1885—likely in the diphtheria epidemic in Remsen.

Inscription

"HENREATI WITT; DIED Oct 5, 1885; Aged 3 Yr's 3 Mo's 29 Days"

Gravesite Details

"H.W" on small stone



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