Jacob Burrer

1894 -

• Name	Jacob Burrer
  Born	28 Apr 1894	South Dakota, USA
  Gender	Male
  Person ID	I104341	Suedpfalz
  Last Modified	27 Sep 2014

  
  

  Father	Christian Burrer
  Mother	Elizabeth Albrecht
  Family ID	F46046	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Leah Preszler,   b. 8 Apr 1901, Eureka, McPherson County, South Dakota, USA ,   d. 4 Jul 1974, South Dakota, USA  (Age 73 years)
  Married	17 Jun 1920	Eureka, McPherson County, South Dakota, USA
  Children	1. Dellver Burrer   2. Velma Esther Burrer,   b. 2 Jun 1924, South Dakota, USA ,   d. 30 Oct 2013, Aberdeen, Brown County, South Dakota, USA  (Age 89 years)
  Last Modified	1 May 2018
  Family ID	F46045	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  BIOGRAPHY: http://www.genealogy.com/users/c/h/r/David-Alan-Christianson/FILE/0004text.txt JACOB AND LEAH BURRER Jacob Burrer was born April 28, 1894 on a farm 18 miles northeast of Eureka to Christian and Elizabeth (Albrecht) Burrer. He grew up with nine brothers and sisters, Christ, Henry, John, Fred, Christine (Mrs. Henry) Wolff of Lemmon, Elizabeth (Mrs. Jacob) Sprenger, Eureka, Magdalena (Mrs. John) Pietz, Leola, Emma (Mrs. Gottlieb) Adam, Leola, and Katie (Mrs. Jacob) Doerr, Eureka. Emma is still living. Jacob attended rural school and was a member of the armed forces fighting overseas in World War I. He was wounded in action and honorably discharged. He married Leah Preszler on June 27, 1919 at Eureka. Leah was born April 8, 1901 at Eureka to Fred and Katherine (Wohlgemuth) Preszler. Jacob and Leah established a farm home one-half mile west of the Christian Burrer family homestead. Six children were born to this union. After a lengthy illness, Jacob died September 16, 1939. Leah continued farming with the help of her children. She retired in September, 1952 and moved the farm house to Eureka. She was an active member in the hospital auxiliary, the American Legion Auxiliary, and was a member of St. Paul's United Church of Christ where she was active in Ladies Aid. Leah died July 4, 1974. The children of Jacob and Leah are Harry, Ipswich (deceased); Elmer, Mitchell, South Dakota married to Irene Aman; Mable (Mrs. Bernard) Jacob, Aberdeen; Virginia (Mrs. Elmer) Rohrbach and Velma (Mrs. Raymond) Doerr, both of Lodi, and Dellver, Eureka, married to Eileen Hoff. Leah had one half-sister, Mary Mettler, Eureka, deceased, one half-brother, Jake Preszler, Lemmon, deceased, and three brothers, Albert, Eureka, deceased, and Edwin and Julius Preszler of Aberdeen.