Fanny Waters ^{2 3 4}

  Noted events in her life were:

• She has alternate birth date of 1851 and a birth location of Illinois.

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• She appeared on the 1860 US Census in Prairie Creek Township, Logan County, IL on 17 July 1860. ³

1860 US Census
Page 161, Dwelling 1166, Family 1181, Roll 0200
Prairie Creek Township, Logan County, Illinois
Fanny Waters..9..IL

(Living with parents.)

NOTE - If her birth date was 13 Jan 1852, then her age should have been 8 instead of 9.
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• She appeared on the 1870 US Census in Orvil Township, Logan, IL on 22 June 1870. ⁴

1870 US Census
Page 15, Dwelling 105, Family 105
Orvil Township, Logan County, Illinois
Fannie Waters..18..IL

(Living with parents.)
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• She appeared on the 1880 US Census in Aetna Township, Logan, IL on 16 June 1880. ²

1880 US Census
Page 11A, District 32, Family 164, Roll 0227
Aetna Township, Logan County, Illinois
Fanny Ahrends..Wife..27..IL..Keeping House

(Living with husband and 3 children.)

NOTE - If her birth date was 13 Jan 1852, then her age should have been 28 instead of 27.
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Fanny married Menno Remnt Ahrends on 24 May 1873 in , Logan County, IL.^{1 2} (Menno Remnt Ahrends was born in 1850 in Hanover, Prussia, Germany ² and died on 3 March 1930 in Chicago, IL.)

  Noted events in their marriage were:

• They appeared on the 1880 US Census in Aetna Township, Logan, IL on 16 June 1880. ²

1880 US Census
Page 11A, District 32, Family 164, Roll 0227
Aetna Township, Logan County, Illinois
Menno Ahrends..Head..30..GER..Farmer
Fanny Ahrends..Wife..27..IL..Keeping House
Homer A. Ahrends..Son..8..IL
May Bell Ahrends..Dau..4..NE
Reemt Ahrends..Son..3m..IL..Mar
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  Marriage Notes:

Apparently Menno and Fanny moved to Nebraska along with her sister, Sarah and her husband, and Fanny's brother, John and his wife, sometime around 1874. The others stayed in Nebraska but Menno and Fanny returned to Logan County, Illinois by 1880.
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