Charlotte Helen Minger1

(August 23, 1886 - January 10, 1959)
Charlotte Helen Minger|b. Aug 23, 1886\nd. Jan 10, 1959|p2906.htm|George Rudolph Minger|b. Nov 19, 1860\nd. Oct 9, 1943|p549.htm|Mary Elizabeth Tindell|b. about 1865|p601.htm|John Minger|b. Sep 7, 1827\nd. Aug 25, 1908|p92.htm|Elizabeth Hassig|b. Aug 30, 1834\nd. Mar 19, 1922|p93.htm|||||||

Relationship=1st cousin 1 time removed of Rev. Don Emmet (Sr.) Smith.
     Charlotte Helen Minger was born on Monday, August 23, 1886 in Norfolk, Madison County, Nebraska, daughter of George Rudolph Minger and Mary Elizabeth Tindell.1

Charlotte was one of the family members included in the 1895 Iowa state census in Millville Township, Clayton County. George Rudolph Minger was head of the household. She was recorded as Lotta.2

At age 24, Charlotte married James Irvin Borrett, son of Alfred W. Borrett and Sarah Jane Foote, on Wednesday, January 4, 1911. James was 28 years old.1

The Mallory Township, Clayton County, Iowa, census of January, 1920 shows Charlotte living with her husband, James. She was 33 years old. They lived in a rented home. They had two sons; Russel age six, and Ramond age four. James' parents were their neighbors.3

She became a widow when her husband, James, died in 1957.4

Charlotte died on Saturday, January 10, 1959. She was 72 years old.1 She was laid to rest in the Mount Harmony Cemetery in Garber, Clayton County, Iowa.4

Children of Charlotte Helen Minger and James Irvin Borrett

Citations

  1. [S25] Mae (Brown) Siemers, Edith (Brown) Lenarz and Ruth (Brown) Rohrwsser, The Minger Family History, A Book of Memory (Publish Date: March 1984). Hereinafter cited as Minger Family Book.
  2. [S420] 1895 Iowa State Census, Ancestry.com. Iowa State Census Collection, 1836-1925 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2007. Original data: Microfilm of Iowa State Census 1895 obtained from the State Historical Society of Iowa via Heritage Quest.
  3. [S130] 1920 US Census, 1920 Iowa, Clayton, Mallory Twp; Series: T625 Roll: 484 Page: 167.
  4. [S181] I Dream of Genealogy and submitted by: Charlene Barnhart, Hall/Mt. Harmony Cem List, Clayton Co. IA ( URL on file: Iowa GenWeb Project online). Hereinafter cited as Hall/Mt. Harmony Cem List, Clayton Co. IA.
 


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