John Greathouse and Catharina Haack Family Rosa Johanna Magnus

Johann "John" Daniel Magnus
(-1868)

Francisca Bertinetti
(1828-1906)

August Joseph "Jessee" Ruff
(1827-1877)

Johanna Scheuster
(1829-1896)

Oscar Herman Magnus
(1863-1907)

Amelia Ruff
(1860-1941)

Rosa Johanna Magnus
(1884-1971)

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Spouses/Children:
William "Ben" Martin

Rosa Johanna Magnus ²

Born: 8 Feb 1884, , , Missouri ¹ ² ³
Marriage: William "Ben" Martin 1 Feb1903 ¹
Died: 23 Dec 1971, Pampa - Pct 2 , Gray County, Texas at age 87 ²
Buried: Pampa - Memory Garden Cemetery, Gray County, Texas ²

bullet Another name for Rosa was Johanna Rosa Smith.

bullet Notes:

Listed as stepchild with last name Smith in 1900 census.
Later she is always called Rosa Magnus.
Amelia was living at the same address as W. B. Martin at Amelia's death.
W. B. was the informant on Amelia's death certificate.
Oscar is listed as Rosa's father on her death certificate and she refers to him as her father in a letter wrtiien to Melba Magnus July 24, 1944.
Lena says in her July 6 letter that Rosa was Rosa Smith,daughter of Amelia by a former marriage, but she was always known as Rosa Magnus.

bullet Details of her life include:

• She appeared on the 1900 U. S. Federal census in Grant Twshps, Cowley County , Kansas
Enumerated with H. Oscar Magnus (Oscar Herman Magnus) family # 101H. Oscar
J. Rosa Smith, step dau., Feb. 1884, F 16 , born in Missouri, father b. South Carolina,
Mother b. Tennessee

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• She appeared on the 1925 Kansas State census in Cedar Twsp, Cowley County, Kansas
In the household of W. B. Martin
Martin, Rosa, wife, w, f., 41, b. Missouri
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• She appeared on the 1930 U. S. Federal census in Earlsboro - District 22, Pottawatomie , Oklahoma
In the household of Ben W. Martin ,
-Rosa, wife, w,f, 46, married age 19, Missouri, Missouri, United States
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• Rose Magnus Martin and sons. 1938
Inscribed: 1938
Mama
To Mother
Lawrence, Rose and Orie

• Death certificate: Number 436940 state file number 87356, 23 Dec 1971, Pampa - Pct 2 , Gray County, Texas. ⁶ Texas State Department of Health
Bureau of Vital Statistics , Standard Certificate of Death
Rosa Johanna Martin died 23 Dec 1971
Address:Pampa Nursing Center, 838 E. Malone, Pampa, Texas
Female , White, Widowed. b. Feb 8, 1884, age at death 87
born: Missouri, Father: Oscar Magnus, Mother: Amelia Ruff
SS# 453-07-6397 Informant Mrs. Lois Adams
Burial:Dec. 24, 1971 Memory Garden Cemetery, Pampa Texas
Carmichael Whatley Funeral Home.

Rosa married William "Ben" Martin 1 Feb1903.¹ (William "Ben" Martin was born Cal 1880 ¹ ⁵.)

bullet Items of interest in their marriage were:

• Ben and Rosa Magnus Martin Wedding and Anniversery compostie Photo

Sources

1 1930 U. S. Federal Census (United States of America, Bureau of the Census. Fifteenth Census of the United States, 1930. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1930.), Earlsboro - District 22, Pottawatomie , Oklahoma.

2 Texas Deaths, 1890-1976 (United States Family Search Record Collections | Texas), Rosa Johanna Martin.

4 Lena M.Magnus Funeral Card (Irvin-Parkview Funeral Home, Manhatten Ks), H. Oscar Magnus household 101. Dist. 3, Enumeration 117, Cowley County Kansas, Grant TWP,Series: T623 Roll: 476 Page: 88 ,Line 4. Enumerated on 13 and 14 June 1900.

5 U. S. Federal Census, 1920 (United States National Archives, Washington, D. C.), Cedar Twsp, Cowley County, Kansas.

6 State of Texas Standard Certificate of Death (Texas State Department of Health Bureau of Vital Statistics), Johanna Rosa Martin # 87356.

Rosa Johanna Magnus 2

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