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The photo of a young man dates to1896-1899 era; when the D. W. Curry Studio was in business in Nebraska City, NE and later became Tyson and Rice Studios. We wonder if he could be a Weers, although none of the Weers we have contacted have a matching photo. We know he isn't John Weers as we have Anna & John's wedding picture. But they did have several sons.
When my Marvin's mother passed away we were given a small box of old photos. None had names on them. We have been able over the past 5 years to identify several of the photos, but there is a few that we have no idea who they are. Marvin Kress' ancestors are as follows:
Claas Behrends Fass/Foss & Trinye Margaretha Eilers Family
Claas Behrends Fass/Foss 1836 -1924, born Ostfriesland Germany, died Sterling, Nebraska. Married Trinye Margaretha Eilers Dec. 1868. She was born Wesederfehn Germany 1852 - died 1939 Sterling, Nebraska. They had six children: Etta Catherine Foss (grandparents of Marvin Kress) born 1876 Adams Nebraska, died Sept. 1973 Sterling, Nebraska. She married Gade J. Agena in Sterling 1901. Gade J. Agena born 1878, died 1955 Sterling, Nebraska. Etta and Gade Agena's daugher Loretta Agena born 1918 married H. R. Kress in 1934. Loretta died 1986 in Sterling. H.R. Kress born 1907 Manchester Ohio, died 1979 Sterling.
H. R. and Loretta Agena Kress are Marvin Kress' parents. The pictures were given to us after the death of Loretta Agena Kress. From the pictures we were able to identify, we are assuming the pictures were left in the house by Gade and Etta Foss Agena. Most of the pictures now identified were surnames of Foss, Eilers, Weers, Thiesfeld, Hestermann, Bargman. Etta Foss' oldest sister Anna Foss married John Weers from Auburn, Nemaha Co., Nebraska.
Descendants of Claas Behrends Fass & Trinye M. Eilers
Generation No. 1
1. CLAAS BEHRENDS4 FASS (KLAAS3, CLAS2 FAßE, CORD1 FAß) was born June 21, 1836 in Little Kingdom of Hanover, now Wiesederfehn, Germany, and died December 11, 1924 in Sterling, Johnson Co., Nebraska. He married TRINYE MARGARETHA EILERS December 28, 1868 in Tecumseh, Johnson Co., Nebraska, daughter of JOHN EILERS and ETTE AGENA. She was born June 03, 1852 in Wesederfehn, near Strackholt, Ostfriesland, Germany, and died May 24, 1939 in Sterling, Johnson Co., Nebraska.
Children of CLAAS FASS and TRINYE EILERS are:
2. i. ANNA M.5 FOSS, b. March 08, 1870, Gage Co., Nebraska; d. January 17, 1953, Haxton, Colorado.
3. ii. EDWARD C. FOSS, b. April 14, 1874, Adams, Gage Co., Nebraska; d. December 31, 1943, Sterling, Johnson Co., Nebraska.
4. iii. JOHN DIETZ FOSS, b. January 01, 1872, Gage Co., Nebraska; d. April 13, 1955, Greenfield, Missouri buried Corry Cemetery.
5. iv. ETTA CATHERINE FOSS, b. November 27, 1876, Gage Co., Nebraska Northeast of Adams; d. September 13, 1973, Sterling, Johnson Co., Nebraska.
6. v. THEODORE FOSS, b. January 20, 1881, Gage Co., Nebraska; d. July 12, 1964, Corvallis, Benton Co., Oregon - Oak Lawn Memorial Park.
7. vi. TENA ELIZABETH FOSS, b. May 09, 1890, Johnson Co., Nebraska; d. February 10, 1936, Sterling, Johnson Co., Nebraska.
Generation No. 2
2. ANNA M.5 FOSS (CLAAS BEHRENDS4 FASS, KLAAS3, CLAS2 FAßE, CORD1 FAß) was born March 08, 1870 in Gage Co., Nebraska, and died January 17, 1953 in Haxton, Colorado. She married (1) JOHN WEERS February 18, 1892 in Sterling, Johnson Co., Nebraska, son of GERD WEERS and ERNESTINE KLATT. He was born 1870 in Nemaha County, Nebraska, and died May 13, 1911 in Johnson, Nemaha Co., Nebraska. She married (2) CHARLES G. MACK July 07, 1918.
Children of ANNA FOSS and JOHN WEERS are:
i. ETTA6 WEERS, b. 1894.
ii. GEORGE WEERS, b. 1896.
iii. EDGAR WEERS, b. 1898.
iv. ROY WEERS, b. 1903.
v. ERNEST WEERS, b. 1906.
vi. JOHN WEERS, b. 1909.
3. EDWARD C.5 FOSS (CLAAS BEHRENDS4 FASS, KLAAS3, CLAS2 FAßE, CORD1 FAß) was born April 14, 1874 in Adams, Gage Co., Nebraska, and died December 31, 1943 in Sterling, Johnson Co., Nebraska. He married ANNA MATTHIES September 26, 1900 in Sterling, Johnson Co., Ne - St. Johns Lutheran Church, daughter of CLAUS MATTHIES and ANNA MATTHIES. She was born November 14, 1878 in Blumenthal, Province Hannover, at Bremen, Germany, and died November 11, 1959 in Sterling, Johnson Co., Nebraska.
Children of EDWARD FOSS and ANNA MATTHIES are:
i. CHARLES EDWARD6 FOSS, b. November 26, 1901, Sterling, Johnson Co., Nebraska; d. July 30, 1956, Seattle, Washington; m. EMMA PANKO, eloped in Kansas; b. Sterling, Johnson Co., Nebraska; d. Washington.
ii. LANDIS FOSS, b. December 06, 1909, Gering, Nebraska; d. September 19, 1975, Beatrice, Gage Co., Nebraska; m. VERTA VERNON, March 12, 1932; b. March 12, 1905; d. September 24, 1985, Gage Co., Nebraska.
iii. MAUDE MAGDALENA, ANNA FOSS BARGMAN, b. March 24, 1905, Sterling, Johnson Co., Nebraska; d. April 26, 1999, Wheatridte, Jefferson Co., Colorado; m. AUGUST ROLF BARGMAN, August 30, 1923, St. John's Lutheran Parsonage, Sterling, Ne. 5p.m.; b. June 12, 1900, Sterling, Johnson Co., Nebraska; d. December 01, 1978, Denver, Colorado.
iv. VIOLA MARGRETHA FOSS THIESFELD, b. April 18, 1907, Nebraska; d. August 15, 1989, buried Sterling, Johnson Co., Nebraska in the Sterling Cemetery; m. RUDOLF WILLIAM THIESFELD, September 09, 1925, Sterling, Johnson Co., Nebraska; b. September 14, 1896, Nebraska; d. December 04, 1957, Sterling, Johnson Co., Nebraska, buried Sterling Cemetery.
v. LILLIAN MINNIE FOSS, b. March 19, 1916, Sterling, Johnson Co., Nebraska; d. March 27, 1917, Sterling, Johnson Co., Nebraska.
vi. CLARENCE FOSS, b. May 21, 1920, Sterling, Johnson Co., Nebraska; d. September 10, 1922, Sterling, Johnson Co., Nebraska.
4. JOHN DIETZ5 FOSS (CLAAS BEHRENDS4 FASS, KLAAS3, CLAS2 FAßE, CORD1 FAß) was born January 01, 1872 in Gage Co., Nebraska, and died April 13, 1955 in Greenfield, Missouri buried Corry Cemetery. He married (1) NELLIE HOFFMAN January 29, 1899 in Sterling, Johnson Co., Nebraska, daughter of ? HOFFMAN. She was born 1881 in Iowa. He married (2) ENGELINA F. EHMEN June 29, 1921 in Tecumseh, Johnson Co., Nebraska, daughter of FOKKE FACHRENHOLZ and ENGELINA FACHRENHOLZ. She was born 1862 in Germany.
Child of JOHN FOSS and NELLIE HOFFMAN is:
i. STEPHEN6 FOSS, b. January 02, 1902, Beatrice, Gage Co., Nebraska; d. Walla Walla, Washington buried Blue Mountain Cementery; m. (1) LOIS EFFIE COLLINS, Greenfield, Missouri; b. July 02, 1919, Iola, Kansas; m. (2) ROWENA BARLOW, Walla Walla, Washington.
5. ETTA CATHERINE5 FOSS (CLAAS BEHRENDS4 FASS, KLAAS3, CLAS2 FAßE, CORD1 FAß) was born November 27, 1876 in Gage Co., Nebraska Northeast of Adams, and died September 13, 1973 in Sterling, Johnson Co., Nebraska. She married GADE JANSEN AGENA June 30, 1901 in Immanuel Lutheran Church, Sterling, Nebraska, son of JANN AGENA and GESCHE AGENA. He was born September 14, 1878, and died March 11, 1955 in Beatrice, Gage Co., Nebraska.
Children of ETTA FOSS and GADE AGENA are:
i. LENA ANNA KATHERINE6 AGENA, b. June 19, 1903, Sterling, Johnson Co., Nebraska; d. January 23, 1992, Salida, Chaffee County, colorado; m. WIKE HARMS, April 04, 1926, Sterling, Johnson County, Nebraska; b. February 04, 1898, Adams, Gage County, Nebraska.
ii. LORETTA FLORENCE LILLIAN AGENA, b. July 21, 1918, Sterling, Johnson Co., Nebraska; d. July 09, 1986, Lincoln, Lancaster Co., Nebraska; m. HENRY RAYMOND KRESS, September 14, 1934, Hanover, Kansas; b. August 09, 1907, Manchester, Adam Co., Ohio; d. June 16, 1979, Beatrice, Gage Co., Nebraska.
6. THEODORE5 FOSS (CLAAS BEHRENDS4 FASS, KLAAS3, CLAS2 FAßE, CORD1 FAß) was born January 20, 1881 in Gage Co., Nebraska, and died July 12, 1964 in Corvallis, Benton Co., Oregon - Oak Lawn Memorial Park. He married MARY JONES June 02, 1908 in Weeping Water, Cass Co., Nebraska, daughter of ISAAC JONES and MARETTA PHINNY. She was born January 29, 1881 in Rulo, Richardson Co, Nebraska, and died May 17, 1950 in Corvallis, Benton Co., Oregon - Oak Lawn Memorial Park.
Child of THEODORE FOSS and MARY JONES is:
i. IRVIN LESTER6 FOSS, b. March 18, 1907, Brock, Nebraska; d. July 29, 1979, Bremerton, Washington; m. MARY ELAINE WROBLISKI, October 04, 1928, St. Mary's Rectory, St. Marys, Johnson Co., Nebraska; b. March 31, 1908, Tecumseh, Johnson Co., Nebraska; d. September 27, 1990, Bremerton, Washington.
7. TENA ELIZABETH5 FOSS (CLAAS BEHRENDS4 FASS, KLAAS3, CLAS2 FAßE, CORD1 FAß) was born May 09, 1890 in Johnson Co., Nebraska, and died February 10, 1936 in Sterling, Johnson Co., Nebraska. She married HENRY ADEN February 21, 1911 in Sterling, Johnson Co., Nebraska, son of JASPER ADEN and MARIA JAUKEN. He was born December 19, 1888 in Sterling, Johnson Co., Nebraska, and died November 06, 1963 in Scottsbluff, Nebraska.
Children of TENA FOSS and HENRY ADEN are:
i. LORIN ADOLPH6 ADEN, b. February 19, 1915, Adams, Gage Co., Nebraska; d. December 02, 1978, Lincoln, Lancaster Co., Nebraska; m. VARLA CATHERINE REED, October 04, 1935, Rockport, Missouri; b. November 25, 1913, Adams, Gage Co., Nebraska.
ii. CARROL CLARENCE ADEN, b. May 24, 1920, Sterling, Johnson Co., Nebraska; d. June 27, 2000, Scottsbluff, Nebraska, buried Sterling, Johnson Co., Nebraska; m. MARY ALICE CASE, June 1946, Hiawatha, Kansas; b. January 29, 1927, Brooklyn, New York.
Marvin & Carolyn Kress (ckress1737@alltel.net)
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