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Personal data Margaret Popma 

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Household of Margaret Popma

She is married to Garrett Wichers.


Iowa Marriages, 1809-1992
Name: Garret Wichers
Birthplace: Rotterdam, Kansas
Spouse's Name: Margaret Popma
Spouse's Birth Date: 1902
Spouse's Birthplace: Ireton, Ia.
Spouse's Age: 21
Event Date: 12 Dec 1923
Event Place: Maurice, Ia.
Father's Name: Marinus Wichers
Mother's Name: Anna Rosendale
Spouse's Father's Name: Frank Popma
Spouse's Mother's Name: Margaret Heemstra
Race: White
Marital Status: Single
Spouse's Race: White
Spouse's Marital Status: Single

They got married on December 12, 1923 at Maurice, Sioux, Iowa, USA, she was 21 years old.Source 3


Child(ren):

  1. Irene Blanch Wichers  1925-1992 
  2. (Not public)
  3. Joyce Marie Wichers  1930-2005 
  4. Russell Duane Wichers  1932-2015 
  5. (Not public)
  6. (Not public)
  7. (Not public)
  8. (Not public)
  9. (Not public)
  10. (Not public)
  11. (Not public)
  12. (Not public)


Notes about Margaret Popma


Mrs. Garrett Wichers, 74, of Orange City, died Jan. 10 at a hospital here of brief illness.

Services were held at 1:30 p.m. Jan 13 in Trinity Reformed Church with the Rev. Donald R. Lenderink officiating. Burial in Sherman Township Cemetery at Maurice was under the direction of the Van Gelder Funeral Home.

Mrs. Wichers, the former Margaret Popma, was born Aug. 5, 1902 at Ireton. She was married Dec. 12, 1923 at Maurice. She had lived in Sioux County all her life and moved to Orange City from a farm near Maurice seven years ago. Her husband died in 1960. She was a member of Trinity Reformed Church

Survivors include seven sons, Marlin, Bob and Russell all of Orange City, Allen of Maurice, Donald of Glenwood, Minn., Leon of Rock Valley and Myron of Billings, Mont.; five daughters, Mrs. Ken (Lola) Heys of Grand Rapids, Mich., Mrs. Jake (Joyce) Siemonsma of Alton, Mrs. Frank (Betty) Pott of Puerto Rico, Mrs. Carl (Irene) Zeublis of Dunnellon, Fla., and Mrs. Don (Alma) Engeltjes of Orange City; one sister, Mrs. Gerrit (Florence) Kots of Maurice; 46 grandchildren and 5 great-grandchildren.

-Obituary from The Sioux Center News (1/19/1977)

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  1. The Wichers Family Tree (Web Site), Dave Wichers
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Birthday August 5, 1902

  • The temperature on August 5, 1902 was between 8.2 °C and 20.2 °C and averaged 15.0 °C. There was 10.4 hours of sunshine (68%). Source: KNMI
  • Koningin Wilhelmina (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1948 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
  • In The Netherlands , there was from August 1, 1901 to August 16, 1905 the cabinet Kuijper, with Dr. A. Kuijper (AR) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1902: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 5.2 million citizens.
    • April 20 » Pierre and Marie Curie refine radium chloride.
    • July 17 » Willis Carrier creates the first air conditioner in Buffalo, New York.
    • August 22 » Theodore Roosevelt becomes the first President of the United States to make a public appearance in an automobile.
    • November 21 » The Philadelphia Football Athletics defeated the Kanaweola Athletic Club of Elmira, New York, 39–0, in the first ever professional American football night game.
    • December 10 » The opening of the reservoir of the Aswan Dam in Egypt.
    • December 28 » The Syracuse Athletic Club defeated the New York Philadelphians, 5–0, in the first indoor professional football game, which was held at Madison Square Garden.

Day of marriage December 12, 1923

  • The temperature on December 12, 1923 was between -4.0 °C and 3.6 °C and averaged -0.1 °C. There was 1.3 hours of sunshine (17%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east. Source: KNMI
  • Koningin Wilhelmina (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1948 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
  • In The Netherlands , there was from September 19, 1922 to August 4, 1925 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck II, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1923: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 7.1 million citizens.
    • January 1 » Britain's Railways are grouped into the Big Four: LNER, GWR, SR, and LMS.
    • January 9 » Juan de la Cierva makes the first autogyro flight.
    • February 15 » Greece becomes the last European country to adopt the Gregorian calendar.
    • August 2 » Vice President Calvin Coolidge becomes U.S. President upon the death of President Warren G. Harding.
    • September 1 » The Great Kantō earthquake devastates Tokyo and Yokohama, killing about 105,000 people.
    • September 8 » Honda Point disaster: Nine US Navy destroyers run aground off the California coast. Seven are lost, and twenty-three sailors killed.

Day of death January 10, 1977

  • The temperature on January 10, 1977 was between 0.6 °C and 4.5 °C and averaged 2.1 °C. There was 3.0 mm of rain during 4.9 hours. The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the southwest. Source: KNMI
  • Koningin Juliana (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from September 4, 1948 till April 30, 1980 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
  • In The Netherlands , there was from Friday, May 11, 1973 to Monday, December 19, 1977 the cabinet Den Uyl, with Drs. J.M. den Uyl (PvdA) as prime minister.
  • In The Netherlands , there was from Monday, December 19, 1977 to Friday, September 11, 1981 the cabinet Van Agt I, with Mr. A.A.M. van Agt (CDA/KVP) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1977: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 13.8 million citizens.
    • July 4 » The George Jackson Brigade plants a bomb at the main power substation for the Washington state capitol in Olympia, in solidarity with a prison strike at the Walla Walla State Penitentiary Intensive Security Unit.
    • July 26 » The National Assembly of Quebec imposes the use of French as the official language of the provincial government.
    • October 6 » The first prototype of the Mikoyan MiG-29, designated 9-01, makes its maiden flight.
    • October 20 » Rock band Lynyrd Skynyrd's airplane crashes. Lead singer Ronnie Van Zant and guitarist Steve Gaines perish in the crash.
    • November 8 » Manolis Andronikos, a Greek archaeologist and professor at the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, discovers the tomb of Philip II of Macedon at Vergina.
    • December 4 » Jean-Bédel Bokassa, president of the Central African Republic, crowns himself Emperor Bokassa I of the Central African Empire.


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