Carbon County WY Archives Obituaries.....Jons, Sophia Jebens December 1, 1900
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Deidre Badker berniebadker@iowatelecom.net February 2, 2014, 10:02 am

Research as of February 2014
Sophia (James) Jebens was born July 1867 at Schleiswig-Holstein, Germany to 
Andrew Jebens and Dorothy Garaf. Like her brother Ferdinand Augustus Jebens, 
Sophia emigrated to America. 



From the Castle Garden website, November 2006: (Emigration record/ship's list): 
Sophie Jebens; Single; Age 22; Sex F; Departed Hamburg, Germany on November 30, 
1888, Arrived at New York Dec 21, 1888. Origin Prussia; Last Residence 
Schleswig-Holstein, Germany; Destination Kutten; Plan Unknown; Ship name: 
Polaria; Captain: Schmidt; Shipping Line: Edward Carr ; Ship Type: Dampfschiff; 
Accommodation: Zwischendeck; Ship Flag: Deutschland. 



Sophia traveled west to Huron, Beadle, South Dakota where relatives lived and 
soon left in a wagon train to Wyoming, stopping at Rawlins and settling at 
Baggs, WY. 



Sophia married Peter Lee Jons (b October 24, 1868 Schleiswig/Holstein, Germany, 
d August 18, 1947 Hayden, Routt, Colorado) on February 27, 1896 at Rawlins, 
Carbon, Wyoming. 



The couple had 3 children (all born near Baggs, Carbon, WY): 

Mary (b February 1897, d October 27, 1901 Baggs, Carbon, WY); 



Andrew (b June 1, 1898, d April 27,1899 Baggs, WY) and 



Walter E (b October 22, 1900, he later changed his name to Jones). 



Found in the 1900 census living at Election District # 15, Baggs, Carbon, 
Wyoming: Peter Jons 31, Sophia Jons 32, Mary Jons 3. 



Sophia Jebens Jons died December 1, 1900 at Carbon, Wyoming from complications 
of childbirth and was buried at the Rawlins Cemetery, Rawlins, Carbon, Wyoming.



Find a Grave Memorial #31261818. 

Additional Comments:
Sophia's spouse, Peter Jons married 2 more times and had 9 more children; 
altogether he had 12 children. 

His second wife was Mary Mathilda Lemoine, they married August 15, 1903 at 
Rawlins, WY. 

His third wife was Elsie Maud Adams whom he married on November 20, 1917.

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