Agnetha (Agnes) Goertz
Married Name:
Agnetha Goertz Hiebert
Born: October 31, 1857
Place: Alexanderwohl, Molotschna, South Russia
Died: August 30, 1933
Place: Marion County, Kansas
MOTHER:
Eva U. Janzen
FATHER:
Heinrich Goertz
SIBLINGS:
Heinrich (Henry) Goertz (7/6/1844-Unknown)
Peter Goertz (9/25/1846-Unknown)
Elizabeth Goertz (7/28/1848-Unknown)
Jacob Goertz (2/17/1851-Unknown)
Eva Goertz (10/22/1852-Unknown)
Frank Goertz (2/19/1860-Unknown)
Anna Goertz (7/22/1863-Unknown)
Johann (John) Goertz (1/18/1867-Unknown)
SPOUSE:
Jacob P. Hiebert
Married: January 3, 1880
Place: Alexanderwohl Church, Goessel, Kansas
CHILDREN:
Anna Hiebert (11/1/1880-Unknown)
Jacob G. Hiebert (10/28/1882-8/13/1963)
Henry G. Hiebert (3/20/1884-7/13/1961)
Mary (Marie) Hiebert (3/23/1886-1/17/1970)
Elizabeth (Lizzie) Hiebert (11/28/1888-11/15/1976)
Sara Hiebert (1890-1890)
Helena Hiebert (4/?/1892-?/?/1892)
Reinhardt G. Hiebert (7/?/1894-?/?/1894)
Bernhard (Ben) G. Hiebert (6/24/1896-12/26/1962)
Widowed: April 6,1911
SPOUSE:
David P. Voth
Married: June 19, 1915
Tabor Mennonite Church, Goessel, Kansas
No children born to this marriage
Widowed: December 13, 1927
BIOGRAPHY
Agnetha was born in Russia on October 23, 1857 to Heinrich and Eva Janzen Goertz. Jacob and Agnetha were married on January 3, 1880. They lived on a farm in the Sand Creek community, just east of the Tabor Church. They had 8 children, two of whom died in infancy.
Jacob P. and Agnetha Hiebert lived in the Sand Creek area for many years. In 1910, they sold some of their farm machinery, and farm animals at a public auction, and moved to Mosca, Colorado. The reason for their moving is not clear, but one of their grandsons thinks that a “land-shyster” talked them into buying some cheap land there, which turned out to be no good. On top of all that, Jacob was kicked by a mule and he died from his injuries. The funeral was held in Colorado and he was buried on their farm near Mosca. This happened in 1911, only about a year after they had moved there. Their son, Ben, and two grandsons visited the grave in 1956, and at that time the gravestone was in bad repair. Mosca is about 13 miles north of Alamosa Colorado.
Agnetha, then moved back to Kansas, and lived in a little house in her son Henry’s back yard. On June 19, 1915, she was married the second time to David Voth, a widower, with three adopted grown children. They moved to a house on Main and State Street in Goessel, where they lived the rest of their lives. Daughter Lizzie continued to live in this house until she retired and moved to Bethesda Home in Goessel. Agnetha Goertz Hiebert Voth died August 30, 1933.
