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Note: Buried - St. Mary's Cem, Panama, Shelby Co., IA.
*Note - From info given by son Melchoir Schwery in 1925 Iowa State Census. 1880 Iowa, Shelby Co., Westphalia. Death information from Shelby Co. Cemetery Records. Birthplace and date from Dennis Walsh web page. Settled in Westphalia in 1875. From Shelby Co. webpage.
*Notes: Godfrey worked with his father on a small freighter on the Mediterranean Sea before coming to America. He was the last of 13 children. When he came to the U.S. he landed in Louisiana, and worked on a boat on the Mississippi. He then went to LaSalle County, Illinois where he met and married Margaret Jemming. They came to Westphalia, Iowa in 1880, and moved to Panama in 1901. Mr and Mrs Schwery died within two days of each other and had a double funeral.
There are two marriage dates for Godfrey and Mary - 30 Mar. or 15 Apr. 1869.
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Iowa Cemetery Records about Godfrey Schwery Name: Godfrey Schwery Death Date: 12 Feb 1914 Page #: 41 Birth Date: 1835 Cemetery: St Mary's Town: Panama Level Info: Cemetery Records of Shelby County
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1900 United States Federal Census about Godfred Schwerry Name: Godfred Schwerry [George Schwerry] Home in 1900: Westphalia, Shelby, Iowa Age: 63 Birth Date: Jun 1835 Birthplace: Switzerland Race: White Gender: Male Immigration Year: 1860 Relationship to Head of House: Head Father's Birthplace: Switzerland Mother's Birthplace: Switzerland Spouse's name: Marguerite Schwerry Marriage Year: 1869 Marital Status: Married Years Married: 31 Occupation: View on Image Neighbors: View others on page Household Members: Name Age Godfred Schwerry 63 Marguerite Schwerry 55 Susan Schwerry 22 Melchior Schwerry 19 Godfred Schwerry 10
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Gottfried Schwery in the Iowa, Wills and Probate Records, 1758-1997 Name: Gottfried Schwery Probate Date: 10 Feb 1914 Probate Place: Harrison, Iowa, USA Inferred Death Year: Abt 1914 Inferred Death Place: Iowa, USA Case Number: 1973 Item Description: Probate Records, Vol 6-7, 1914-1930
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Switzerland Online Genealogy Records Switzerland Online Records
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Golfe Schwerg in the Iowa, State Census, 1895 Iowa, State Census, 1895 No Image Name: Golfe Schwerg Age: 59 Race: White Birthplace: Switzerland Residence: Westphalia, Shelby
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Cedar Rapids Evening Gazette February 16, 1914
COUPLE BURIED ON SAME DAY Godfrey Schwery Dies of Pneumonia, And Mrs. Schwery of Injuries.
Council Bluffs, Iowa, Feb 16-Mr. and Mrs. Godfrey Schwery of Panama were buried together at Panama Saturday.
Thursday evening, while Mr. Schwery was ill with pneumonia, Mrs. Schwery went in to the barnyard and was knocked down and trampled upon by horses. Mr. Schwery heard her cries but was unable to get to her assistance. She died early Saturday and Mr. Schwery’s death followed soon after. They were pioneers.
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Nashua Reporter February 26, 1914
Couple Go to Graves Together. Council Bluffs -Mr. and Mrs. Godfrey Schwery of Panama, la., prominent people, wore buried together at Panama. While Mr. Schwery was ill from pneumonia and the hired men away, Mrs. Schwery went into the barnyard for some purpose, when she was knocked down and trampled upon. Mr. Schwery heard her cries, but was unable to go to her assistance and she managed to crawl to the house, where she died soon after. They were pioneers and well to do.
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Godfred Schwerry in the 1900 United States Federal Census Name: Godfred Schwerry [George Schwerry] Age: 63 Birth Date: Jun 1835 Birthplace: Switzerland Home in 1900: Westphalia, Shelby, Iowa Sheet Number: 10 Number of Dwelling in Order of Visitation: 156 Family Number: 156 Race: White Gender: Male Immigration Year: 1860 Relation to Head of House: Head Marital Status: Married Spouse's Name: Marguerite Schwerry Marriage Year: 1869 Years Married: 31 Father's Birthplace: Switzerland Mother's Birthplace: Switzerland Years in US: 40 Naturalization: Na Occupation: Farmer Months not employed: 0 Can Read: Yes Can Write: Yes Can Speak English: Yes House Owned or Rented: O Home Free or Mortgaged: F Farm or House: F Neighbors: View others on page Household Members: Name Age Godfred Schwerry 63 Marguerite Schwerry 55 Susan Schwerry 22 Melchior Schwerry 19 Godfred Schwerry 10
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Godfried Shwery in the 1880 United States Federal Census Name: Godfried Shwery [Godfried Schwery] Age: 45 Birth Date: Abt 1835 Birthplace: Switzerland Home in 1880: Westphalia, Shelby, Iowa, USA Dwelling Number: 15 Race: White Gender: Male Relation to Head of House: Self (Head) Marital Status: Married Spouse's Name: Maggie Shwery Father's Birthplace: Switzerland Mother's Birthplace: Switzerland Occupation: Farmer Neighbors: View others on page Household Members: Name Age Godfried Shwery 45 Maggie Shwery 35 Theodor Shwery 10 John Shwery 7 Susanna Shwery 3
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Godfrey Schurey in the 1910 United States Federal Census Name: Godfrey Schurey [Godfrey Schwery] [Godfrey Scherry] Age in 1910: 74 Birth Year: abt 1836 Birthplace: Switzerland Home in 1910: Washington, Shelby, Iowa Race: White Gender: Male Immigration Year: 1860 Relation to Head of House: Head Marital Status: Married Spouse's Name: Margaret Schurey Father's Birthplace: Switzerland Mother's Birthplace: Switzerland Native Tongue: English Occupation: Own Income Home Owned or Rented: Own Home Free or Mortgaged: Free Farm or House: House Naturalization Status: Naturalized Able to Read: Yes Able to Write: Yes Years Married: 41 Neighbors: View others on page Household Members: Name Age Godfrey Schurey 74 Margaret Schurey 64
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Gottfried Schweri in the U.S. and Canada, Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1500s-1900s Name: Gottfried Schweri Arrival Year: 1866 Arrival Place: Illinois Source Publication Code: 2896.5 Primary Immigrant: Schweri, Gottfried Annotation: Date and port of arrival or date and place of declaration of intention or final oath. Also provides country of origin and names of sponsors. Source Bibliography: HANNABARGER, LINDA, and JEFF MEYER. Naturalization Records of Fayette County, Illinois, 1838-1906. Ramsey, IL: the authors, 1988. 51p. Page: 36
"SCHWERI, Gottfried, I 26 Apr 1866, RAF Republic of Switzerland (D-4487)." Page 31.
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Schwery Family History Switzerland, Illinois, Iowa
Family of Gottfried and Mary Margaretha (Jemming) Schwery Theodore Joseph (10/16/1870 - 10/1/1946), married Mary Ann FOXHOVEN (daughter of John and Maria Catherina) John Anthony (9/10/1873 - 5/30/1960), married Mary Anna SCHMITZ (daughter of Adam and Maria Anna) Susan Louise (8/11/1877 - 3/1/1945), married Joseph Benedict LEUSCHEN (son of Benedict and Ann Maria) Melchior Joseph (1/6/1881 - 1/18/1942), married Theresa KLEIN (daughter of Joseph and Theresia) Godfried (Fred) Mathias (6/22/1887 - 12/1957), married Dessa Beatrice MILLER (daughter of Frank and Mary)
Background Gottfried SCHWERY was born June 16, 1835 in Koblenz, Zurzach, Canton Aargau, Switzerland, near the border with Germany. Gottfried's parents were Michael SCHWERI (1786 to 1871) and Rosina SCHWERI. Godfrey worked with his father, Michael Schweri, on a small freighter on the Mediterranean Sea before coming to America. He was the last of 13 children. When he came to the U.S. he located in Louisiana, and worked on a flat-boatman on the Mississippi river. A few years later he located in LaSalle County, Illinois, where he worked for some years as a farm hand and then bought a small farm. It was in LaSalle County, Illinois that Godfrey met and married Margaret(ha) Jemming on April 15, 1869. Margaret, born May 12, 1845 in Kehlen, Canton Capellen, Luxembourg, was a daughter of Anton and Anna Jemming.
The family farmed in Illinois before moving to Shelby County, Iowa about 1879-1880, settling in Westphalia Township. The 1883 plat shows "Godfried" owning 160 acres in the NW of section 11, and another 160 acres of land in the SE of section 21 which was immediately west of the small community of Westphalia.
Around 1901 Godfrey and Margaret moved to Panama, Iowa, where they spent the remainder of their years. Mr and Mrs Schwery died within two days of each other and had a double funeral. Margaret died on Ferbuary 10, 1914, and Godfrey died February 12, 1914, and both are buried at St Marys Cemetery, Panama, Shelby Co., Iowa. Margaret's parents were Anton JEMMING (9/13/1811 to 9/5/1897) and Johanna [Anna] HOFFMANN (11/16/1812-10/14/1890), who are buried at St Josephs Cemetery, East Orange Twp, Sioux Co., Iowa.
Biographical Information from "Past and Present of Shelby County Iowa", published in 1915. Godfred was born in Switzerland, educated in Germany and then began a sea-faring life with his father who had a small freighter on the Mediterranean Sea and carried goods between the various ports bordering the sea. When still a young man Godfred came to this country, located in Louisiana and found employment as a flat-boatman on the Mississippi river. A few years later he located in LaSalle County, Illinois, where he worked for some years as a farm hand and then bought a small farm. He continued to reside in Illinois until 1880 when he came to Shelby county and purchased a farm in Westphalia township. He and his wife died only two days apart, he passing away on February 12, 1914, and his wife two days before. They were the parents of five children: Theodore, whose history is here recorded; John, who married Mary Schmitz; Susan, the wife of Joseph Leuschen; Melcher, who married Matilda Schomer (deceased), and then Theresa Klein; and Godfred, who married Dessie Miller. [source: 1915 biography of his son Theodore]
Godfred was a native of Switzerland and his wife of Luxembourg, Germany, and they came to the United States several years before their marriage. Godfred Schwery was educated in Switzerland and after leaving school worked on a farm until he came to this country, at the age of twenty-three. He located in Illinois, and worked as a farm hand for ten years, during which time he married and began to farm for himself. In 1880 he sold the farm which he had previously bought in LaSalle county, Illinois, and brought his family to Shelby county. Iowa, where he purchased a farm of one hundred and sixty acres. He farmed this for four or five years and then sold it and bought the farm on which his son, John A., is now living. He remained on this farm until 1901, when he bought a farm near Panama, this county, on which he lived until his death, which occurred February 12, 1914, his wife having died two days previously. Godfred Schwery and wife were the parents of five children: Theodore, who married Mary Foxhoven: John A., with whom this narrative deals; Susan, the wife of Joseph Leuschen: Melchier, who first married Matilda Schomer, and after her death, Theresa Klein, and Fred, who married Bessie Miller. [source: 1915 biography of his son John Schwery]
Another Member of the Schwery Family? In some of the history passed down in the Schwery family, it mentions that Godfrey had brothers named Timothy and Joseph. It was thought that Joseph came to America, lived in Illinois, and served in the Civil War. Although Godfrey is believed to have arrived in the U.S. in the 1858-1860 timeframe, he does not appear in the Civil War rolls.
There was a Joseph who lived in Illinois and served in the Civil War. This was Joseph Schwery who was born about April 1825 in Switzerland, and who lived in the area of Waukegan, Lake County, Illinois. Joseph served as a Private in Company C of the 96th Illinois Infantry Regiment. Joseph married a Barbara ?? about 1864-65, and had a family which included Frank, George, Frances, Joseph, Edward, Herman, Mary, and Elizabeth. Joseph died in 1904 and is buried at St. Mary's Cemetery in Waukegan, Illinois.
Article compiled by Dennis Walsh, October 2005.
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Gottfred Schwere in the Illinois, Marriage Index, 1860-1920 Name: Gottfred Schwere Gender: Male Marriage Date: 30 Mar 1869 Marriage Place: La Salle, Illinois, USA Spouse Name: Margaretha Jemming Spouse Gender: Female
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