Name Info

Bessie H. Muhs 1884-1970

Search.........Person
PAF-ID.........09119805
Gender.........female
Status.........deceased
Age............85y 10m 1d
Last-Marital...widowed
Fam-Group......SEARLS
Fam-ID.........SEARLS
Citizenship....US born

#Marriages.....1
#Divorces......0
#Sources.......4
#Events........1
#Images:.......2
#Comments......0
#Siblings......0
#Children......4

Person-Type....S
Immigrant?.....no
Immig-Known?...no
Parent?........mother
Spouse?........wife
Sibling?.......sister
Child?.........daughter
Twin...........no
Adopted?.......

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Parents and Siblings
  1. Parent: Henry Muhs, male, #M:1
  2. Parent: Minnie ?, female, #M:1

Spouse(s) and Children
  1. Marriage: 1906-06-12 Akron, Plymouth county, Iowa
  2. Spouse: George Douglas SEARLS, male, born:1883-12-06 Akron, Plymouth county, Iowa, died:1918-11-17 (34y 11m 11d) Sioux Falls, Minnehaha county, South Dakota, Dad:EDWIN JAMES SEARLS, Mom:MARY LOUISE DOUGLASS, #SrcDocs:5
  3. ..Child: Helen Juanita SEARLS, female, born:1907-10-03 Akron, Plymouth county, Iowa, died:1976-08-09 (68y 10m 6d) San Diego, San Diego county, California, Dad:George Douglas SEARLS, Mom:Bessie H. Muhs, #SrcDocs:4
  4. ..Child: Ethel Louise SEARLS, female, born:1909-07-26 ?Akron, Plymouth county, Iowa, died:1989-10-01 (80y 2m 5d) Sioux Falls, Minnehaha county, South Dakota, Dad:George Douglas SEARLS, Mom:Bessie H. Muhs, #SrcDocs:2
  5. ..Child: Fern Douglas SEARLS, female, born:1911-11-04 ?Iowa, died:1989-08-14 (77y 9m 10d) , Dad:George Douglas SEARLS, Mom:Bessie H. Muhs, #SrcDocs:2
  6. ..Child: George Edwin SEARLES, male, born:1918-05-05 Harrisburg, Lincoln county, South Dakota, died:1951-2008 (32y 7m 27d) , Dad:George Douglas SEARLS, Mom:Bessie H. Muhs, #SrcDocs:3

Events
Birth
: 1884-06-02, Calliope, Sioux county, Iowa
Education
: 1901 , Age:16y 6m 30d, Akron, Plymouth county, Iowa, Akron High School, Role:graduate, high, sister Nellie graduated in 1903
Married
: 1906-06-12, Age:22y 0m 10d, Akron, Plymouth county, Iowa, Role:bride, The ceremony was held at 7:30am on a Tuesday morning. Afterwards, the wedding party and guests had breakfast. Later the couple went to Elk Point to visit relatives and were to return to their residence in Harrisburg after the first of July.
Death
: 1970-04-03, Age:85y 10m 1d, Sioux Falls, Minnehaha county, South Dakota

Places In
Akron, Plymouth county, Iowa
Calliope, Sioux county, Iowa
Sioux Falls, Minnehaha county, South Dakota

Image(s) - hover Image IDs to popup full text
S__0112 - Photo of George D. Searls and Wife Bess (Muhs) Searls
S__0113 - Photo of Bess (Muhs) Searls and daughters Ethel, Fern and Helen


Sources
Book Akron Iowa Centennial 1882 - 1982, Akron Iowa
Edwin J. Searls Family record
Edwin M. Hill self-knowledge, Davenport Iowa, August 9, 1997
Family record of George D. and Bess Searls, by Edwin Hill, 1997


Historical
1884-1885: Africa - The Berlin Conference signals the start of the European "scramble for Africa", attending nations also agree to ban trade in slaves
1884-1885: Japan, Korea - The Sino-French War led to the formation of French Indochina
1885: United States - Singer begins production of the "Vibrating Shuttle" which would become the Model T of sewing machines
1886: Russia - Russian-Circassian War ended with the defeat and the exile of many Circassians, Imam Shamil defeated
1888: Brazil - Slavery banned in Brazil
1888: England - Jack the Ripper is believed to have begun murdering in August and murdered his last victim in November
1889: Brazil - End of the Brazilian Empire and the beginning of the Brazilian Republic
1889: France - Eiffel tower was Inaugurated in Paris
1889: India - Mirza Ghulam Ahmad establishes the Ahmadi Muslim Community
1890: United States - The Wounded Knee Massacre was the last battle in the American Indian Wars, this event represents the end of the American Old West
1891: United States - James Naismith in Springfield, Massachusetts, Invents basketball
1894-1895: Japan, Korea - After the First Sino-Japanese War, China cedes Taiwan to Japan and grants Japan a free hand in Korea
1895-1896: Ethiopia, Italy - Ethiopia defeats Italy in the First Italo-Ethiopian War
1896: Canada - Klondike Gold Rush in Canada
1896: Greece - Olympic Games revived in Athens
1896: Philippines, Spain - Philippine Revolution ends declaring Philippines free from Spanish rule
1897: Korea - Gojong, or Emperor Gwangmu, proclaims the short-lived Korean Empire lasts until 1910
1898-1900: China - The Boxer Rebellion in China is suppressed by an Eight-Nation Alliance
1898-1902: Colombia - The One Thousand Days war in Colombia breaks out between the "Liberales" and "Conservadores", culminating with the loss of Panama in 1903
1898: United States, Cuba, Philippines - The United States gains control of Cuba, Puerto Rico, and the Philippines after the Spanish-American War
1899: England, South Africa - Second Boer War begins, lasting until 1902