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Irene Catherine WESSELS

Female 1902 - 1948  (45 years)


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  • Name Irene Catherine WESSELS 
    Born 17 Oct 1902  Texas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3
    Gender Female 
    Census 20 Apr 1910  Fayette County, Texas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [4
    • Justice Precinct 2
    Census 27 Jan 1920  Fayette County, Texas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [5
    • Justice Precinct 2
    Census 4 Apr 1930  La Grange, Fayette, Texas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    • Washington St.
    Residence 1 Apr 1935  Fayette County, Texas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [6
    • Justice Precinct 1, State Hwy 71
    Census 3 May 1940  Fayette County, Texas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [6
    • Justice Precinct 1, State Hwy 71
    Occupation Roman Catholic 
    Died 18 Jul 1948  La Grange, Fayette, Texas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 7
    • at La Grange Hospital
    Buried La Grange City Cemetery, La Grange, Fayette, Texas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Person ID I6247  Dyal and Speckels
    Last Modified 9 Apr 2018 

    Father John Henry WESSELS,   b. 8 Apr 1864, Jaderaltendeich, Wesermarsch, Oldenburg, Germany Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 14 Apr 1943, Fayette County, Texas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 79 years) 
    Mother Mary M. HELLER,   b. Apr 1870, Texas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 24 Feb 1952, Fayette County, Texas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 81 years) 
    Married 14 Feb 1888  Halsted, Fayette, Texas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [8
    Family ID F4415  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Odell Walter ALBERS,   b. 7 Jan 1899, Warrenton, Fayette, Texas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 6 Dec 1977, La Grange, Fayette, Texas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 78 years) 
    Married 22 Apr 1922 
    Children 
    +1. Col. Morris Edward ALBERS,   b. 9 Jan 1924, Halsted, Fayette, Texas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 8 Feb 2018  (Age 94 years)
    +2. Living
    Last Modified 6 May 2023 
    Family ID F2604  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBorn - 17 Oct 1902 - Texas, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsCensus - 20 Apr 1910 - Fayette County, Texas, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsCensus - 27 Jan 1920 - Fayette County, Texas, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsCensus - 4 Apr 1930 - La Grange, Fayette, Texas, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - 1 Apr 1935 - Fayette County, Texas, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsCensus - 3 May 1940 - Fayette County, Texas, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDied - 18 Jul 1948 - La Grange, Fayette, Texas, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBuried - - La Grange City Cemetery, La Grange, Fayette, Texas, USA Link to Google Earth
     = Link to Google Earth 
    Pin Legend  : Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  • Headstones
    Albers, Irene Wessels
    Albers, Irene Wessels
    Albers marker surrounded by bluebonnets
    Albers marker surrounded by bluebonnets
    Odell and Irene Albers

  • Notes 
    • Irene was a full time homemaker and a member of the Altar Society of Sacred Heart Church. [2]

  • Sources 
    1. [S77] Headstone survey, conducted by Robert C. Barritt, 14 Apr 2007.

    2. [S28] Fayette County, Texas Heritage, Fayette County History Book Committee (Tex.), ([Dallas, Tex.?]: Curtis Media, c1996), F13.

    3. [S15] Fifteenth Census of the United States, 1930, United States of America, Bureau of the Census, Fayette County, Texas, ED 1, p. 4.

    4. [S13] Thirteenth Census of the United States, 1910, United States of America, Bureau of the Census, Fayette County, Texas, ED 54, p. 5.

    5. [S14] Fourteenth Census of the United States, 1920, United States of America, Bureau of the Census, Fayette County, Texas, ED 53, p. 12.

    6. [S1629] Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, United States of America, Bureau of the Census, Fayette County, Texas, ED 75-5, p. 7A, line 20.

    7. [S460] An Index to Death Records: Texas 1946-1955.

    8. [S90] A History of Texas and Texans, Frank W. Johnson.