Buena Vista County, IA
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1891 Reported Deaths in Buena Vista County
Contributed by Sheryl McClure

Wharton, Mary age 69 yr 3 mo born England; died Jan. 9, 1891 in Storm Lake of uterineturmos; buried Dubuque Jan. 11, 1891

Peterson, Mary age 76 born Denmark; married; died Jan. 9, 1891 at Newell of consumption; buried Jan. 13, 1891 at Newell

Peterson, Sophia age 48 born Sweden; died Jan. 15, 1891 in Newell of consumption; buried Jan. 18, 1891 at Alta

Johnson, Phinella age 74 born Penn.; died Jan. 16, 1891 in Storm Lake of valvular heart disease; buried Jan. 18, 1891 in Storm Lake

Lovelace, David age 78 yr 1 mo 17 da born Kentucky; died Jan. 17, 1891 at Alta of heart disease; buried Jan. 19, 1891 at Alta Cemetery

Winther, Martin age 14 born Newell; died Jan. 18, 1891 at Newell of pneumonia; buried Jan. 19, 1891 at Newell

Moulton, Louisa age 74 born Canada; died Jan. 23, 1891 at Newell of  acute bronchitis; buried Newell Jan. 25, 1891

Christensen, Nels C. age 1 yr 9 mo born Newell; died Jan. 27, 1891 at Newell of pneumonia; buried Jan. 28, 1891 at Newell

Staples, Jane age 67 born England; married; died Jan. 28, 1891 in Alta of atrophy of the brain; buried Alta Jan. 31, 1891

Toohey, William age 24  born Canada; single; died Feb.7, 1891 at Storm Lake of pneumonia; buried Feb. 9, 1891 at Storm Lake

Jeffery, Anna age 45 born England; died Feb. 1, 1891 in Newell of la grippe; buried Feb. 2, 1891 in Newell

Hansen, Hans Christoff age 73 born Denmark; died Feb. 4, 1891 at Newell of la grippe; buried Feb. 7, 1891 at New Hartford, Ia

Just, Amelia age 30 born Germany; died Feb. 8, 1891 at Newell of consumption; buried Feb. 10, 1891 at Newell

Bean, Lita age 6 born Michigan; died Feb. 10, 1891 in Newell of inflammation of bowels; buried Feb. 13, 1891 in Newell

Long, William age 39 born Indiana; died Feb. 15, 1891 in Newell of la grippe; buried Feb. 17, 1891 in Newell

Goranson, Annatine age 55 born Sweden; died Feb. 24, 1891 in Fairfield Twp. of hepatica (atrophy of liver); buried Fairfield Twp.

Johnson, Clara Sophia age 41 yr 1 mo 16 da born Sweden; died March 18, 1891 near Marathon of post-partum hemorrhage; buried 6 mi. s. of Marathon March 20, 1891

Knudtson, Mrs. A. R. age 76 born Norway; died April 2, 1891 at Linn Grove of la grippe; buried Linn Grove

Wright, William Elberon age 9 born Iowa; died April 20, 1891 at Newell of la grippe; buried April 22, 1891 at Ladora, Iowa

Reding, John age 1 day born Newell; died April 16, 1891 in Newell of premature birth; buried April 19, 1891 in Newell

Newcomb, Joseph Dale age 21 months born Elk Twp; died April 30, 1891 in Elk Twp. of pneumonia following measles; buried May 1, 1891 in Elk Twp.

Meighen, Margaret age 37 born Wisconsin; married; died March 26, 1891 in Newell Twp of tubercular consumption; buried March 29, 1891 in Storm Lake

Just, Male age 1 day born Newell; died Jan. 31, 1891 in Newell of premature birth; buried Feb. 1, 1891 in Newell

Green, William age 30 born ?; died June 12, 1891 in Storm Lake of abscess of liver; buried June 13, 1891 in Storm Lake

Fettkenheuer, Frederick age 33 born Germany; died July 12, 1891 in Newell of tubercular consumption; buried July 13, 1891 in Newell

Clark, Ethel age 2 mo. 6 da. born Maple Valley Twp.; died May 18, 1891 in Nokomis Twp. of capillary bronchitis; buried May 20, 1891 in Alta

Hansen, Herman age 6 born Denmark; died June 21, 1891 in Alta of diphtheria; buried June 21, 1891 in Alta

Hansen, William age 8 born Denmark; died June 21, 1891 in Alta of diphtheria;  buried June 21, 1891 in Alta

Christiansen, Amelia age 4 days born Newell; died March 20, 1891 in Newell of unknown cause; buried March 21, 1891 in Newell

Loomis, William age 18 yr 6 mo born Wisconsin; died March 21, 1891 in Newell of la grippe; buried March 23, 1891 in Newell

Layman, Floyd Loundes age 16 born Maryland; died April 21, 1891 in Newell of inflammation of the bowels; buried April 23, 1891 in Newell

Herrick, Adaline D. age 53 born Illinois; died March 12, 1891 in Newell of pneumonia; buried March 14, 1891 in Newell

Warme, John A. age 45 yr 3 mo born Sweden; died June 13, 1891 in Washington Twp. of heart clot due to abscess of liver; buried Alta June 15, 1891

Gates, John A. age 63 born New York; died  June 23, 1891 in Alta of  diarrhial exhaustion; buried June 25, 1891 in Alta

Knudtsen, Andrew age 36 born Denmark; married; died Aug. 20, 1891 in Maple Valley Twp. from shock and exhaustion due to strangulation; buried Aug. 21, 1891 in Alta

Miller, Effie age 2 born Iowa; died Aug. 23, 1891 in Washington twp. from cholera infantum; buried Aug. 24, 1891 in Alta

Dey, Infant son of Henry Dey age 11 days; died July 24, 1891 of capillary bronchitis; buried July 27, 1891 in Des Moines

Durstine, Bernie age 15 born Iowa; died Jan 25, 1891 in Storm Lake from drowning; buried Jan. 26, 1891 in Storm Lake

Johns, Richard age 48 born England; died May 6, 1891 in Newell of pneumonia; buried May 10, 1891 in Newell

Andersen, Hans age 48 born Denmark; died July 28, 1891 in Newell of Bright's Disease; buried July 29, 1891 of Bright's Disease

Robinson, Nels age 2 born Newell; died Sept. 30, 1891 in Newell of accidental burns; buried Oct. 1, 1891 in Newell

Carter, Hial age 82 born New York; died Jan. 27, 1891 in Sioux Rapids of bronchial pneumonia; buried Jan. 28, 1891 Lone Tree Cemetery

Duroe, Mabel age 6 born Sioux Rapids; died June 2, 1891 in Sioux Rapids of scarlet fever; buried June 3, 1891 Lone Tree Cemetery

Phelps, Effie P. age 2 yr 7 mo born Lee Twp.; died Jan. 31, 1891 in Lee Twp. of cerebral hemorrhage; buried Feb. 1, 1891 in Lone Tree Cemetery

Rasmussen, Jens C. age 4 months born Newell; died Aug. 30, 1891 in Newell of cholera infantum; buried Aug. 31, 1891 in Newell

Abbott, William J. age 22 born Iowa; died Aug. 31, 1891 in Washington Twp of typho-malarial fever; buried Sept. 2, 1891 at Woodlawn Cemetery, Alta

Burston, Harvey age 54 born England; married; died Sept. 30, 1891 in Alta of typho-malarial fever; buried Alta Oct. 2, 1891

Moser, Anna (Mrs. J. B.) age 41 yr 6 mo born Illinois; died Oct. 5, 1891 in Nokomis Twp. of Bright's Disease; buried Oct. 6, 1891 in Alta

Miller, Willie age 1 yr 6 mo born Storm Lake; died Oct. 15, 1891 in Storm Lake of burns; buried Oct. 16, 1891 in Storm Lake

Culver, A. F. age 81 born Conn.; died Nov. 21, 1891 in Newell of acute pleurisy; buried Oct. 22, 1891 in Manson, Ia

Hollingsworth, John age 69 born England; died Nov. 25, 1891 in Alta of paralysis of brain; buried Nov. 26, 1891 in Alta

Biggleston, James Royal age 2 yr 7 mo. born England; died Dec. 3, 1891 in Marathon of membranous croup; buried Dec. 5, 1891 in Marathon

Petersen, Anna age 37 yr 7 mo in Denmark; died Dec. 31, 1891 in Elk Twp of puerperal fever; buried Elk Twp.

Degner, Wilhelmine age 63 born Germany; died Dec. 28, 1891 in Newell Twp. of consumption;  buried Coon Twp.

Redfield, H. S. age 80 born New York; died Nov. 2, 1891 in Newell of chronic catarrh of the bladder; buried Nov. 4, 1891 in Newell

Haines, Giles W. age 55 born New York; died Dec. 17, 1891 in Newell of erysipelas; buried Dec. 15, 1891 in Newell

Norby, Bertha age 15 born Iowa; died Sept. 16, 1891 in Sioux Rapids of typhoid fever; buried Sept. 19, 1891 in Sioux Rapids

Morrill, Reuben age 90 born New Hampshire; died Sept. 18, 1891 in Alta of old age; buried Alta Sept. 19, 1891

Pingel, Louisa Gesine age 16 born Breimerhaes; died June 12, 1891 in Sioux Rapids of scarlet fever; buried Sioux Rapids

Thompson, George A. age 7 weeks born Sioux Rapids; died July 5, 1891 in Sioux Rapids of cerebral meningitis; buried July 7, 1891 in Sioux Rapids

Christianson, Eleanora age 15 born Norway; died June 18, 1891 in Sioux Rapids of phthisis pulmonatis

Burwell, Esther A. age 34 born Illinois; died Aug. 27, 1891 in Garfield Twp. (Clay Co.) of peritonitis from puerperal fever; buried Aug. 29, 1891 in Marathon



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