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Personal data Marinus Rene Wichers 

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Household of Marinus Rene Wichers

He is married to Antje Annie Rosendale.

They got married on August 18, 1890 at Dispatch, Smith, Kansas, USA, he was 18 years old.Source 1


Child(ren):

  1. Henry John Wichers  1891-1891
  2. Henry John Wichers  1893-1979 
  3. Martha Wichers  1895-1980 
  4. Benjamin Wichers  1896-1998 
  5. Garrett Wichers  1899-1960 
  6. Gertrude Wichers  1901-1955 
  7. Hessel Wichers  1902-1987
  8. Grace Gertrude Wichers  1905-1989 


Notes about Marinus Rene Wichers


Marinus born six weeks after his parents arrived from Holland. (Henrietta Wichers) Heard that he was really really nice. Once lived on Boeskoel farm near Dentonia-across road from brother of John Koops farm. They also lived west of Hwy 181 8 mi. N. of Downs, KS. (John Koops). They married young to save the Van Roosendale farm after Barant's death. In 1901 Rene traded the Rosendale farm for the North Place which was a much better farm. (Grace Wichers Broersma)

United States Census, 1940
Name: Marinus Wichers
Event Type: Census
Event Date: 1940
Event Place: Lynden, Lynden Town, Whatcom, Washington, United States
Gender: Male
Age: 68
Marital Status: Married
Race (Original): White
Race: White
Relationship to Head of Household (Original): Head
Relationship to Head of Household: Head
Birthplace: New Jersey
Birth Year (Estimated): 1872
Last Place of Residence: Rural, Smith, Kansas

HOUSEHOLD ROLE GENDER AGE BIRTHPLACE
Marinus WichersHeadM68New Jersey
Annie WichersWifeF64Kansas
Henrietta WichersDaughterF18Kansas

Funeral Set For M. Wicher, 90

Marinus Wicher, 90, 901 West Grover Lynden, passed away Tuesday, at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Grace Broersma. Mr. Wichers had been in failing health for several months.

Funeral services will be held in the Second Christian Reformed Church Saturday at 2 oclock with Rev. John De Jong officiating. Concluding services and internment will follow in the Monumenta Cemetery under the direction of the Gillies Funeral Home.

Born November 24, 1871, in Patterson, New Jersey, he had farmed near Downs, Kansas, prior to moving to Lynden in 1938. It was in Jewel County, Kansas, that he was united in marriage to Annie Roosendaal, August 18, 1891. She preceded him in death January 1, 1953.

Upon moving to Lynden, Mr. Wichers had been employed for several years as janitor in the Grover Street Christian School. He was also preceeded in death by four sons and one daughter.

Mr. Wichers was a member of the Second Christian Reformed Church of Lynden.

Surviving are three sons, Henry J., of Centralia, Ben of Royal Oak, Michigan, and Hessel of Lynden; three daughters, Mrs. Martha Visser and Mrs. Grace Broersma, both of Lynden, and Mrs. Henrietta Thaete of Wenatchee. One sister, Mrs. Grace Borger, Downs, Kansas, survives. Also 60 grandchildren, 136 great grandchildren and three great great grandchildren and numerous nieces and nephews survive.

Printed in the Lynden Tribune

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    1. Broersma Family Tree Book (Book), Broersma Family
    2. 1900 Federal Census (Census)
    3. 1880 Federal Census (Census)
    4. Kansas State Census Collection, 1855-1915 (Web Site)
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    Birthday November 24, 1871

    • The temperature on November 24, 1871 was about 1.0 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the south-southeast. The atmospheric humidity was 90%. Source: KNMI
    • Koning Willem III (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1849 till 1890 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
    • From June 4, 1868 till January 4, 1871 the Netherlands had a cabinet Van Bosse - Fock with the prime ministers Mr. P.P. van Bosse (liberaal) and Mr. C. Fock (liberaal).
    • In The Netherlands , there was from January 4, 1871 to July 6, 1872 the cabinet Thorbecke III, with Mr. J.R. Thorbecke (liberaal) as prime minister.
    • In the year 1871: Source: Wikipedia
      • The Netherlands had about 4.0 million citizens.
      • January 18 » Wilhelm I of Germany is proclaimed Kaiser Wilhelm in the Hall of Mirrors of the Palace of Versailles (France) towards the end of the Franco-Prussian War. Wilhelm already had the title of German Emperor since the constitution of 1 January 1871, but he had hesitated to accept the title.
      • March 21 » Journalist Henry Morton Stanley begins his trek to find the missionary and explorer David Livingstone.
      • March 27 » The first international rugby football match, when Scotland defeats England in Edinburgh at Raeburn Place.
      • April 1 » The 3rd Duke of Buckingham opened the Brill Tramway, a short railway line to transport goods between his lands and the national rail network.
      • May 21 » Opening of the first rack railway in Europe, the Rigi Bahnen on Mount Rigi.
      • June 16 » The Universities Tests Act 1871 allows students to enter the universities of Oxford, Cambridge and Durham without religious tests (except for those intending to study theology).

    Day of marriage August 18, 1890

    • The temperature on August 18, 1890 was about 20.1 °C. There was 9 mm of rain. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the north-northeast. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 83%. Source: KNMI
    • Koning Willem III (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1849 till 1890 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
    • 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 April 21, 1888 to August 21, 1891 the cabinet Mackay, with Mr. A. baron Mackay (AR) as prime minister.
    • In the year 1890: Source: Wikipedia
      • The Netherlands had about 4.5 million citizens.
      • June 1 » The United States Census Bureau begins using Herman Hollerith's tabulating machine to count census returns.
      • August 6 » At Auburn Prison in New York, murderer William Kemmler becomes the first person to be executed by electric chair.
      • October 12 » Uddevalla Suffrage Association is formed.
      • November 4 » City and South London Railway: London's first deep-level tube railway opens between King William Street and Stockwell.
      • December 15 » Hunkpapa Lakota leader Sitting Bull is killed on Standing Rock Indian Reservation, leading to the Wounded Knee Massacre.
      • December 30 » Following the Wounded Knee Massacre, the United States Army and Lakota warriors face off in the Drexel Mission Fight.

    Day of death March 20, 1962

    • The temperature on March 20, 1962 was between -4 °C and 6.7 °C and averaged 1.6 °C. There was 0.3 mm of rain during 0.5 hours. There was 2.1 hours of sunshine (17%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 1 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the northwest. 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 May 19, 1959 to July 24, 1964 the cabinet De Quay, with Prof. dr. J.E. de Quay (KVP) as prime minister.
    • In the year 1962: Source: Wikipedia
      • The Netherlands had about 11.7 million citizens.
      • February 10 » Cold War: Captured American U2 spy-plane pilot Gary Powers is exchanged for captured Soviet spy Rudolf Abel.
      • July 10 » Telstar, the world's first communications satellite, is launched into orbit.
      • September 8 » Last run of the famous Pines Express over the Somerset and Dorset Railway line (UK) fittingly using the last steam locomotive built by British Railways, BR Standard Class 9F 92220 Evening Star.
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      • November 4 » The United States concludes Operation Fishbowl, its final above-ground nuclear weapons testing series, in anticipation of the 1963 Partial Nuclear Test Ban Treaty.
      • December 25 » The Soviet Union conducts its final above-ground nuclear weapon test, in anticipation of the 1963 Partial Nuclear Test Ban Treaty.

    Day of burial March 24, 1962

    • The temperature on March 24, 1962 was between -1.3 °C and 5.6 °C and averaged 1.9 °C. There was 8.7 hours of sunshine (70%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northeast. 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)
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      • The Netherlands had about 11.7 million citizens.
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      • December 8 » Workers at four New York City newspapers (this later increases to nine) go on strike for 114 days.
    

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