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Anna Burke
Born : 09 Jun 1839
Warsaw, Poland
Died : 28 May 1934
Fairbank, IA
Age:94y 11m 19d
Father :
Descendants of Mike Burke Mike Burke (1809-1876)
Mother :
Descendants of Paulina Spevicko Paulina Spevicko (1815-1901)
Married :
Ancestors of Henry Trebon Descendants of Henry Trebon Henry Trebon (1830-1908)
on 31 Dec 1856
in WI
Children :
Ancestors of Augusta Trebon Descendants of Augusta Trebon Augusta Trebon (1858-1884)
Ancestors of Pauline Trebon Pauline Trebon (1861-1877)
Ancestors of Adam Trebon Descendants of Adam Trebon Adam Trebon (1862-1942)
Ancestors of Alexander Trebon Alexander Trebon (1864-1877)
Ancestors of Matilda Trebon Descendants of Matilda Trebon Matilda Trebon (1866-1934)
Ancestors of Gustof Trebon Gustof Trebon (1868-1955)
Ancestors of Helena Trebon Helena Trebon (1870-1877)
Ancestors of Amelia Trebon Descendants of Amelia Trebon Amelia Trebon (1872-1970)
Ancestors of Elizabeth Trebon Descendants of Elizabeth Trebon Elizabeth Trebon (1873-1951)
Ancestors of Henry Trebon Henry Trebon (1876-1949)
Ancestors of Alvena Trebon Alvena Trebon (1878-1917)
Ancestors of Theresa Trebon Theresa Trebon (1879-1886)
Ancestors of Charles Trebon Charles Trebon (1881-1952)
Ancestors of... Ancestors of Anna Burke
Descendants of... Descendants of Anna Burke
Immigrated : 1855
Poland to USA
Siblings :
Ancestors of Joseph Burchinsky Descendants of Joseph Burchinsky Joseph Burchinsky (1836-1907)
Ancestors of Thomas Burke Thomas Burke (1842-1863)
Ancestors of Jennie Burke Descendants of Jennie Burke Jennie Burke (1852-1943)
Record Owner : rudy.r
Rel. to Owner : (2x)Great-Grandmother
Database ID : 283
Date Created : 06 Apr 2008
Last Updated : 17 Apr 2011

Date : 30 May 1934
Location : Immaculate Conception Cemetery, Fairbank, IA

Woman Who Pioneered in Iowa Dies in Ninety-Fifth Year, Victim of Heat
Otterville, Ia.

 

Anna Burke Trebon, 94, mother of Charles Trebon, of Otterville, who died and was buried last week at Fairbank, Ia., was one of the pioneers of her community. With her husband, G. H. Trebon, she came to a 336 acre farm in Fairbank and Perry townships in 1861, and built a log cabin on the Fairbank township side of the road, where they lived for 20 years before building a residence across the road in Perry township.

While they occupied the log cabin, and especially in the earlier years of their residence therein, it was a haven to many weary families on their way west to make homes in the new country. No one ever was turned away and at times large families remained with the Trebons while the head of the group located a new home. One such family stopped in the winter of 1876-77, and remained while several of its members were ill. It developed they had typhoid fever, and. Mrs. Trebon cared for them. Three of her own children-Pauline, Alexander, and Helene contracted the disease and died.

Father-In-Law's Fate a Mystery.

Shortly after they came to Iowa, Mr. Trebon's elderly father wandered away and never was found. It never could be learned whether he was kidnapped by wandering Indians, or killed by wild animals.

Life in the new country was hard for women. Mrs. Trebon often shocked grain with a baby tied to her back, while her husband cut the stalks by hand. Small children would be laid on a shock while she worked in a field. Once when she returned to a child thus left, she found a huge rattlesnake nearby.

Work lightened tho as the children grew older and soon most of the farm labor was shouldered by the boys and girls. The parents moved to Fairbank in 1901, and Mr. Trebon died there in 1908. She maintained her home in common with two sons, Gus and Henry, who survive, and a daughter Veronica, who died in 1916.

54 Descendants Survive.

Seven of her 13 sons and daughters preceded her. The survivors are Gus and Henry Trebon, and Mrs. John Bierschmidt, Fairbank; Charles Trebon, Otterville; Adam Trebon, Rock Valley, Ia., and Mrs. Frank Gerger, Sioux City.

There also survive a sister, Mrs. Jane Kester, Dunkerton, 19 grandchildren, 29 great grandchildren, and several great great grandchildren.

Mrs. Trebon was born Anna Burke in Warsaw, Poland. June 9, 1839. She was within 12 days of her ninety-fifth birthday when she died. Her end was hastened by the extreme heat of the spring.

She was 16 years old when, with her parents, an aged cousin, two brothers and a sister, she came to the United States in a sailing vessel and by boat thru the Great Lakes to Wisconsin.

Funeral services were at Fairbank Catholic church May 30.
 
Waterloo Daily Courier - Jun 4, 1934

No headstone photos

Trebon, Henry (line 30)

Source - Year: 1870; Census Place: Fairbank, Buchanan, Iowa; Roll: M593_379; Page: 405; Image: 93

Rufus Trebon - line 31

Henry Trebon - line 36

Source - Year: 1880; Census Place: Fairbank, Buchanan, Iowa; Roll: T9_329; Family History Film: 1254329; Page: 426.2000; Enumeration District: 83; Image: 0154.

Michael Kaskie - line 17

Henry Trebon - Line 30

Source - Year: 1885; Iowa State Census Collection, 1836-1925; Census Place: Perry, Buchanan, Iowa; Roll: IA1885_154; Image: 14

Trebon, Henry (line 60)

Source - Year: 1900; Census Place: Perry, Buchanan, Iowa; Roll: T623 420; Page: 1B; Enumeration District: 50.

Anna Burke - Line 21

Source - Year: 1910; Census Place: Fairbank, Buchanan, Iowa; Roll: T624_393; Page: 13A; Enumeration District: 55; Image: 1047.



Source - Year: 1915; Iowa State Census Collection, 1836-1925; Census Place: Fairbank, Buchanan, Iowa; Roll: IA1915_58; Image: 1186

Trebon, Anna (line 84)

Source - Year: 1920; Census Place: Fairbank, Buchanan, Iowa; Roll: T625_479; Page: 1B; Enumeration District: 62; Image: 1097.

Page 1 of 3

Trebon, Anna (line 10)

Source - Year: 1925; Iowa State Census Collection, 1836-1925; Census Place: Fairbank, Buchanan, Iowa; Roll: IA1925_1621; Image: 34

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Trebon, Anna (line 10)

Source - Year: 1925; Iowa State Census Collection, 1836-1925; Census Place: Fairbank, Buchanan, Iowa; Roll: IA1925_1621; Image: 35

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Trebon, Anna (line 10)

Source - Year: 1925; Iowa State Census Collection, 1836-1925; Census Place: Fairbank, Buchanan, Iowa; Roll: IA1925_1621; Image: 36

Trebon, Anna (line 95)

Source - Year: 1930; Census Place: Fairbank, Buchanan, Iowa; Roll: 644; Page: 5B; Enumeration District: 7; Image: 570.0

Woman Who Pioneered in Iowa Dies in Ninety-Fifth Year, Victim of Heat
Otterville, Ia.

Anna Burke Trebon, 94, mother of Charles Trebon, of Otterville, who died and was buried last week at Fairbank, Ia., was one of the pioneers of her community. With her husband, G. H. Trebon, she came to a 336 acre farm in Fairbank and Perry townships in 1861, and built a log cabin on the Fairbank township side of the road, where they lived for 20 years before building a residence across the road in Perry township.

While they occupied the log cabin, and especially in the earlier years of their residence therein, it was a haven to many weary families on their way west to make homes in the new country. No one ever was turned away and at times large families remained with the Trebons while the head of the group located a new home. One such family stopped in the winter of 1876-77, and remained while several of its members were ill. It developed they had typhoid fever, and. Mrs. Trebon cared for them. Three of her own children-Pauline, Alexander, and Helene contracted the disease and died.

Father-In-Law's Fate a Mystery.

Shortly after they came to Iowa, Mr. Trebon's elderly father wandered away and never was found. It never could be learned whether he was kidnapped by wandering Indians, or killed by wild animals.

Life in the new country was hard for women. Mrs. Trebon often shocked grain with a baby tied to her back, while her husband cut the stalks by hand. Small children would be laid on a shock while she worked in a field. Once when she returned to a child thus left, she found a huge rattlesnake nearby.

Work lightened tho as the children grew older and soon most of the farm labor was shouldered by the boys and girls. The parents moved to Fairbank in 1901, and Mr. Trebon died there in 1908. She maintained her home in common with two sons, Gus and Henry, who survive, and a daughter Veronica, who died in 1916.

54 Descendants Survive.

Seven of her 13 sons and daughters preceded her. The survivors are Gus and Henry Trebon, and Mrs. John Bierschmidt, Fairbank; Charles Trebon, Otterville; Adam Trebon, Rock Valley, Ia., and Mrs. Frank Gerger, Sioux City.

There also survive a sister, Mrs. Jane Kester, Dunkerton, 19 grandchildren, 29 great grandchildren, and several great great grandchildren.

Mrs. Trebon was born Anna Burke in Warsaw, Poland. June 9, 1839. She was within 12 days of her ninety-fifth birthday when she died. Her end was hastened by the extreme heat of the spring.

She was 16 years old when, with her parents, an aged cousin, two brothers and a sister, she came to the United States in a sailing vessel and by boat thru the Great Lakes to Wisconsin.

Funeral services were at Fairbank Catholic church May 30.

Source - Waterloo Daily Courier - Jun 4, 1934

Research notes for Anna

Possible sister named Pauline

1925 Census (page 2 of 3) shows parents as Mike Burke and Paulina Spericko

Another source

Came to USA ~ 1855
Lived in WI until 1861
Moved to Iowa in 1861
?
Jun 09
1839
Birth
Birth of Anna Burke

1855
Age 15
Immigrated from Poland to USA
Dec 31
1856
Age 17
Married to Henry Trebon
Jul 08
1858
Age 19
Birth of child, Augusta Trebon

1861
Age 21
Birth of child, Pauline Trebon
Jun 20
1862
Age 23
Birth of child, Adam Trebon
Jan 22
1864
Age 24
Birth of child, Alexander Trebon
Jan 02
1866
Age 26
Birth of child, Matilda Trebon
Sep 27
1868
Age 29
Birth of child, Gustof Trebon
Feb 23
1870
Age 30
Birth of child, Helena Trebon
Jun
1870
Age 30
Lived in Fairbank, Buchanan, Iowa (Census)
Jul 09
1872
Age 33
Birth of child, Amelia Trebon
Oct 25
1873
Age 34
Birth of child, Elizabeth Trebon

1876
Age 36
Death of father, Mike Burke
Oct 03
1876
Age 37
Birth of child, Henry Trebon
Jan 13
1877
Age 37
Death of child, Pauline Trebon
Jan 13
1877
Age 37
Death of child, Alexander Trebon
Jan 13
1877
Age 37
Death of child, Helena Trebon

1878
Age 38
Birth of child, Alvena Trebon
Aug
1879
Age 40
Birth of child, Theresa Trebon
Jun
1880
Age 40
Lived in Fairbank, Buchanan, Iowa (Census)
Aug 04
1881
Age 42
Birth of child, Charles Trebon

1884
Age 44
Death of child, Augusta Trebon

1885
Age 45
Lived in Perry, Buchanan, Iowa (Census)
Sep 27
1886
Age 47
Death of child, Theresa Trebon
Jun
1900
Age 60
Lived in Perry, Buchanan, Iowa (Census)
Apr 22
1901
Age 61
Death of mother, Paulina Spevicko
Feb 11
1908
Age 68
Death of spouse, Henry Trebon
Apr
1910
Age 70
Lived in Fairbank, Buchanan, Iowa (Census)

1915
Age 75
Lived in Fairbank, Buchanan, Iowa (Census)
Jun 22
1917
Age 78
Death of child, Alvena Trebon
Jan
1920
Age 80
Lived in Fairbank, Buchanan, Iowa (Census)

1925
Age 85
Lived in Fairbank, Buchanan, Iowa (Census)
Apr
1930
Age 90
Lived in Fairbank, Buchanan, Iowa (Census)
Jan 21
1934
Age 94
Death of child, Matilda Trebon
May 28
1934
Age 94
Death of Anna Burke


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