I have the story of a birthday girl to tell today. Our German Family Tree has a record of her birth and baptism, but no husband is attached to her name. This post will give the answer to the question about who would become her husband.

Anna Caroline Ludwig was born on January 13, 1886, so today would be her 140th birthday. Anna was the daughter of Herman and Wilhelmine (Kiepe) Ludwig. Anna was baptized at St. John’s Lutheran Church in Pocahontas. The information shown below comes from a binder we have from that church. Here is the information that binder contains for Anna.

We cannot view Anna in a census entry until the one taken in 1900. Anna was 14 years old, and her father was a farmer in the Apple Creek Township.

In the 1910 census, Anna was 24 years old and still single.

Now, we will take a look at the man who would become Anna’s husband. His name was Arthur Albert Loos, who was born on January 5, 1890. Arthur was the son of George and Wilhelmine (Borgfeld) Loos. A later military document says that he was born near Jackson, Missouri. I have no baptism information for him. Arthur is found in the 1900 census at the age of 10. His father was a farmer in the Byrd Township.

When the 1910 census was taken, the Loos’s were still living in the same township, but this time, Arthur was old enough to be helping on his father’s farm.

Arthur Loos married Anna Ludwig on November 22, 1914. According to the Missouri marriage license below, this couple was married in the “evangelical parsonage” of a church by a Pastor Hermann. I do not know what church that was. It also says that Arthur was from Jackson and Anna was from Oak Ridge.

It appears that this Loos couple had 4 children. I found a baptism record for one of their children in a binder we have for St. John’s United Church of Christ near Fruitland.

Arthur had his World War I draft registration completed in 1917. It gives Arthur a rural Jackson address. It also says he was self-employed near Oak Ridge.

In the 1920 census, the Loos household included 2 children, both girls. Arthur was a farmer in the Apple Creek Township.

Next, we find the Loos family in the 1930 census. A son was born in the previous decade. According to a family tree on Ancestry.com, a 4th child was born and died in 1924. So, we find 3 children in this entry.

When the 1940 census was taken, just their son, Nelson, was living with Arthur and Anna. Nelson was helping Arthur on his farm.

Arthur had his World War II draft completed when America entered that war. He was called a farmer with a rural Jackson address.

The last census the public can view is the one taken in 1950. In the Loos entry from that census, we find Arthur and Anna with an empty nest. Arthur is called a farmer, and Anna was called a farm helper.

Anna Loos died in 1964 at the age of 78. Her death certificate below says she died at the Southeast Missouri Hospital in Cape Girardeau.

Anna has a death record in the books of St. John’s UCC near Fruitland.

Arthur Loos died in 1970 at the age of 80. Cancer of the stomach is given as his cause of death on his death certificate shown here.

Arthur also has a death record in the books of St. John’s UCC.

Arthur and Anna Loos are buried in the St. John’s United Church of Christ Cemetery near Fruitland.

This story is not the first to be published on this blog about a Loos marrying a Ludwig. The post, A Loos-Ludwig Link-up, told the story of another such marriage that took place in the previous generation to the one told about in this post. I did not pursue this matter with much effort, but I assume that there is a good possibility that at least one character from the previous post would be related to one or both of today’s highlighted characters.