Wilhelmina Masden ¹

   Another name for Wilhelmina was Wilmina Madsen.^{2 3}

Wilhelmina married Levi Brantner, son of Jacob Brantner and Catherine Arnsberger, on 10 April 1853 in , Richland County, OH.^{1 2 3} (Levi Brantner was born in 1815 in , Washington County, MD ^{2 4 5 6} and died after 1 June 1880.)

  Noted events in their marriage were:

• 1880 US Census: June 1880. 1880 US Census
Page 371A, Roll 0264
Monroe Township, Allen County, Indiana
John P. Wass..Self..33..OH..Farmer
Izamba Wass..Wife..33..OH..Keeping House
Jessie Hartman...StepDau..14..OH..At School
Charles Hartman...StepSon..12..OH
Clarence O. Wass..Son..4..IN
Levi Brantner..Father-in-Law..64..MD..Retired Carpenter
Jonas Brantner..Cousin..19..CO

This census record could be very confusing without actually knowing about the previous marriages of John Wass Izamba Brantner. Jessie and Charles Hartman are both listed as step children of John's so one would naturally assume that their mother must be John's current wife, Izamba, and that her previous married name was Izamba Hartman. Clarence Wass must have been a child born to John and Izamba but strangely it shows the birth location of Clarence's mother as Indiana where Izamba's birth location is shown as OH. Hopefully this is merely a clerical error otherwise there may have been other wives involved here.
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