Meta Maria STANGOHR

1890 - 1972  (82 years)

• Name	Meta Maria STANGOHR
  Born	22 Feb 1890	Sioux Falls, Minnehaha, South Dakota, USA
  Gender	Female
  Died	13 Oct 1972	Howard, Miner, South Dakota, USA
  Buried	St. John’s Lutheran Cemetery, Howard, Miner, South Dakota, USA
  Notes	From the Miner County Pioneer, Thursday, October 19, 1972: “Final Rites Held for Mrs. James Schwader” “Funeral services for Mrs. James (Meta) Schwader, 82, were held Monday, October 16th, 2:00 p.m., from the Willoughby Funeral Home with burial in St. John’s Cemetery. She was born February 22, 1890 at Hartord to Mr. and Mrs. William Stangohr and died October 13th at the Madison Community Hospital. On March 27, 1917 she was united in marriage to James Schwader at Howard. He preceded her in death in 1969. Survivors include three sons James and Richard, Howard, and Robert, Winfred; 17 grandchildren, two great grandchildren, five sisters Millie Weld, Salem, Mrs. Fred Sieberling, Canova, Alma Peck, Madison, Ida Pamperin, Winfred, and Vera Petro, Swedeburg, Neb; four brothers Albert and Ernest Stangohr, Canova, Fred Stangohr, Fremont, Nebr., and Frank Stangohr of Missouri.”
  Person ID	I746	Lowell&Block
  Last Modified	25 Jun 2014

  
  

  Father	Wilhelm Albert Franz STANGOHR,   b. 16 Nov 1858, Przytocko, Kępice, Słupsk, Pomeranian Voivodeship, Poland ,   d. 19 Apr 1925, Canova, Miner, South Dakota, USA  (Age 66 years)
  Mother	Carolina Maria Dorothea VOLSCH,   b. 16 Feb 1867, Karenz, Ludwigslust, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany ,   d. 1 Jul 1937, Huron, Beadle, South Dakota, USA  (Age 70 years)
  Married	4 Nov 1887	Hartford, Minnehaha, South Dakota, USA
  Family ID	F386	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	James "Jim" Ludwig SCHWADER,   b. 9 Mar 1882, La Crescent, Houston, Minnesota, USA ,   d. 23 Nov 1969, Howard, Miner, South Dakota, USA  (Age 87 years)
  Married	27 Mar 1917	Howard, Miner, South Dakota, USA
  Children	1. June Louise SCHWADER,   b. 1918, South Dakota, USA ,   d. 1918, South Dakota, USA  (Age 0 years)   2. Grace Caroline SCHWADER,   b. 17 Jul 1919, Howard, Miner, South Dakota, USA ,   d. 11 Oct 1963, Sacramento, Sacramento, California, USA  (Age 44 years) + 3. Richard Buckley "Buck" SCHWADER,   b. 3 Feb 1921, Miner Co., South Dakota, USA ,   d. 25 Oct 2000, Howard, Miner, South Dakota, USA  (Age 79 years) + 4. Robert Emery SCHWADER,   b. 8 Feb 1926, South Dakota, USA ,   d. 6 Sep 1997, Winfred, Lake, South Dakota, USA  (Age 71 years) + 5. James "Jimmie" John SCHWADER,   b. 9 Mar 1927, South Dakota, USA ,   d. 24 Dec 1991, Howard, Miner, South Dakota, USA  (Age 64 years)
  Last Modified	22 Apr 2022
  Family ID	F390	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 22 Feb 1890 - Sioux Falls, Minnehaha, South Dakota, USA Married - 27 Mar 1917 - Howard, Miner, South Dakota, USA Died - 13 Oct 1972 - Howard, Miner, South Dakota, USA Buried - - St. John’s Lutheran Cemetery, Howard, Miner, South Dakota, USA  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Histories

  Interviews. Schwader, Meta Maria Stangohr. July 1964. Interviewee was Meta's nephew, Clarence Stangohr.

  
  

  Recordings » Slide Show		Pioneer Life on the Prairies of Dakota Territory. Recording. Part 01. An interview with Meta Stangohr Schwader (1890-1972) conducted by her nephew Clarence Stangohr (1896-2002) in 1964, at Meta's home northeast of Howard, South Dakota. Contents include: Meta's parents' arrivals in Dakota Territory from Germany, their family backgrounds in Germany, and their homesteads in South Dakota. NOTE: AUDIO FILE AND PLAYER MAY TAKE SEVERAL MINUTES TO LOAD.
  		Pioneer Life on the Prairies of Dakota Territory. Recording. Part 03. An interview with Meta Stangohr Schwader (1890-1972) conducted by her nephew Clarence Stangohr (1896-2002) in 1964, at Meta's home northeast of Howard, South Dakota. Contents include: church services, confirmation, World War I and its impact on German immigrants in South Dakota, Liberty Bonds to support the war effort, deaths and funerals on the prairie, Clarence Stangohr's reflections on the deaths of Wilhelm and Caroline Volsch Stangohr, his maternal grandparents. NOTE: AUDIO FILE AND PLAYER MAY TAKE SEVERAL MINUTES TO LOAD.
  		Pioneer Life on the Prairies of Dakota Territory. Recording. Part 02. An interview with Meta Stangohr Schwader (1890-1972) conducted by her nephew Clarence Stangohr (1896-2002) in 1964, at Meta's home northeast of Howard, South Dakota. Contents include: farming on the first homestead, schooling, the various ethnic groups in southeastern Dakota Territory, and travel on the prairie. NOTE: AUDIO FILE AND PLAYER MAY TAKE SEVERAL MINUTES TO LOAD.