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Elisabeth Sand Wegener

19 Nov 1857 – 14 Feb 1914

Birth	19 Nov 1857
Death	14 Feb 1914
Cemetery	Saint Bernard Cemetery Lindsay , Platte County , Nebraska , USA
Added by	Anonymous on 01 Jul 2010
FaG	https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/23205965

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"Last Saturday mornng Mrs. Henry G. Wegener, residing seven miles northwest of this city quietly passed away after only a few days illness with pneumonia. Funeral services were held Wednesday morning at the St. Bernard Catholic church and interment made in the cemetry (sic) near the church. Elizabeth Sand was born at Ft. Madison, Iowa, on November 19, 1858. She resided there until 1879 when she came with her parents to Nebraska and settled on a farm in the St. Bernard neighborhood. On September 14, 1881, she was united in marriage to Henry G. Wegener and to this union were born nine children, seven boys and two girls; they are John of this city, Ben of Cornlea, Mrs. Jos. Bruckner, while Jos. Tony, Henry, George and Lena are still at home. Herman the oldest son died two years ago. Mrs. Wegener was a Christian woman in the truest sense of the word. Her sweet face made sunshine in a shady place..." ("The Humphrey Democrat", 20 Feb 1914, p. 1) Elisabeth was the daughter of John B. Sand and Mary A. Schulte (Source: Platte County Marriages Nebraska, Book 1, 1858-1881, p. 69)

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Family

Parents

• Mary Ann Schulte Sand 1824–1915 FaG
• John Bernard Sand 1827–1904 FaG

Spouse

• Henry Gesing Wegener 1851–1937

Siblings

• Sister Mary Angelica Sand SSND 1850–1928 FaG
• Herman J. Sand 1855–1927
• Helena "Lena" Sand Loeffler 1860–1940 FaG

Children

• Mary Elizabeth Wegener Bruckner 1881–1967
• Herman H. Wegener 1883–1911
• John Bernard Wegener 1885–1963
• Bernard Henry "Ben" Wegener 1887–1964
• Joe Toney Wegener 1889–1952
• Anthon Paul "Tony" Wegener 1891–1966
• Henry H. Wegener 1894–1965
• George Adolph Wegener 1896–1959
• Magdalena Wegener Blake 1899–1988

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