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Personal data Harm Groen 


Household of Harm Groen

He is married to Roelfke (Roelfijn) van Hoorn.

They got married on September 29, 1894 at Parkersburg, Butler Co., IA, he was 22 years old.

Harm Groen oo Roelfke van Hoorn

Marriage source: Author: Johnson, Kathy, Title: Groen/Van Horn FGS, (Publication location: Milbank SD, Publisher: KOWJ, Publication date: xxxi May MCMXCI)

6 June 1900 German Twp., Kossuth Co., IA census, Repository: Dallas TX Pub. Lib.

The 6 June 1900 German Twp., Kossuth Co IA census has Harm & Roelfke married five yrs.

Author: Boyken, Ruth & Hans-Georg, Title: Obituaries from the area around Titonka ... Kossuth County, Iowa Teil i, (Publication location: Titonka IA, Publisher: Boyken & Boyken, Publication date: MMMVII) no pagination, ISBN 0-9670802-8-2, Repository: Dallas TX Pub. Lib.

"... RITES HELD FOR HARM GROEN, SR ... ... He was married at Parkersburg September 29, 1895 to Miss Ruth VanHorn, a native of Holland. ..."
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Child(ren):

  2. Hendrick H. Groen  1897-1975 
  3. Mena 'Minnie' Groen  1899-1981 
  5. Harm Henry Groen  1901-1960 
  6. Jan Groen  1902-1903
  8. Etta L. Groen  1906-1978
  9. Fritz 'Fred' Groen  1908-1976 
  10. William Groen  1910-1971 
  11. Emma E. Groen  1912-1995
  12. Benjamin " Ben" Groen  1915-1987 

Event (Alt. Marriage) on September 20, 1895 in Parkersburg, Butler Co., IA .


Notes about Harm Groen

Harm Groen

Source: Author: Johnson, Katherine Willms, Title: Groen/Van Horn FGS, (Publication location: Milbank SD, Publisher: KOWJ, Publication date: xxxi May MCMXCI)

Tombstone for Harm

1890 - Emigrated to U.S.A. (1891 according to 1900 census). 1920 - Occupation = farmer. All living children were resident with Harm & Ruth on the 1920 census.

Residences: 6 June 1900 Census - German Twp., Kossuth Co., IA, Repository: Dallas TX Pub. Lib.

1920 Census - Buffalo Twp., Kossuth Co., IA, Repository: Dallas TX Pub. Lib.

1915 Fenton Kossuth Co IA census index cards, Repository: Algona IA Pub. Lib.

"552 Groen, Harm, age 43, b. Ger., parents b. Ger., P.O., Lone Rock, Town or Twp of res. Fenton, Yrs in US/IA - 24/24, Farmer, 8 yrs common sch., can read/write, naturalized = y, married, Lutheran, 4 calves - $30; 2 heifers (1 to 2 yrs) -$50; 8 cows for milk - $400; 1 colt - $50; 1 horse (1 to 2 yrs) - $90; 10 horses (2 yrs & over) - $100; 12 swine - $180; 200 fowls (all kinds - $100'

Buried in Greenwood Twp. Cem. south of Bancroft, IA.

Mrs. Johnson for place of death = Bancroft, IA

Author: Boyken, Ruth & Hans-Georg, Title: Obituaries from the area around Titonka ... Kossuth County, Iowa Teil i, (Publication location: Titonka IA, Publisher: Boyken & Boyken, Publication date: MMVII) no pagination, ISBN 0-9670802-8-2, Repository: Dallas TX Pub. Lib.

"Harm GROEN Sr. * 1862 , Ostfriesland (?) > Parkersburg, IA at the age of 20 years, >> northwest in Kossuth Co., IA + south of Swea City, IA # Greenwood cem. Bancroft, IA oo 29 September 1895 Ruth VAN HORN * , The Netherlands ...

RITES HELD FOR HARM GROEN, SR

Funeral services for Harm Groen, who died Wednesday of last week at his home south of Swea City, were held Saturday afternoon at the Bancroft Baptist church and he was buried in the Greenwood cemetery. the Rev. C. E. Bryden of theBancroft church was in charge of the service. Born in Germany 62 years ago, Mr. Groen came to this country when he was 20 years old. He lived at Parkersburg for six years and the remainder of the time in northwest Kossuth county. Hewas married at Parkersburg September 29, 1895 to Miss Ruth VanHorn, a native of Holland. Surviving besides his widow are tre [sic] following children: Henry, William, Benjamin, Etta and Emma at home; Mrs. Henry S. Stroebel and Harm jr.,of Burt, and Mrs. Fred Welp of Titonka. Three other children are dead. - Herald. ..."
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    Birthday March 7, 1872

    • The temperature on March 7, 1872 was about 10.7 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. The air pressure was 13 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the south-southeast. The atmospheric humidity was 95%. Source: KNMI
    • Koning Willem III (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1849 till 1890 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
    • 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.
    • From July 6, 1872 till August 27, 1874 the Netherlands had a cabinet De Vries - Fransen van de Putte with the prime ministers Mr. G. de Vries Azn. (liberaal) and I.D. Fransen van de Putte (liberaal).
    • In the year 1872: Source: Wikipedia
      • The Netherlands had about 4.0 million citizens.
      • January 12 » Yohannes IV is crowned Emperor of Ethiopia in Axum, the first imperial coronation in that city in over 200 years.
      • March 1 » Yellowstone National Park is established as the world's first national park.
      • March 16 » The Wanderers F.C. won the first FA Cup, the oldest football competition in the world, beating Royal Engineers A.F.C. 1–0 at The Oval in Kennington, London.
      • June 14 » Trade unions are legalized in Canada.
      • September 18 » King Oscar II accedes to the throne of Sweden–Norway.
      • November 30 » The first-ever international football match takes place at Hamilton Crescent, Glasgow, between Scotland and England.

    Day of marriage September 29, 1894

    • The temperature on September 29, 1894 was about 8.3 °C. There was 2 mm of rain. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 91%. Source: KNMI
    • Koningin Wilhelmina (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1948 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
    • Regentes Emma (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1898 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
    • In The Netherlands , there was from August 21, 1891 to May 9, 1894 the cabinet Van Tienhoven, with Mr. G. van Tienhoven (unie-liberaal) as prime minister.
    • In The Netherlands , there was from May 9, 1894 to July 27, 1897 the cabinet Roëll, with Jonkheer mr. J. Roëll (oud-liberaal) as prime minister.
    • In the year 1894: Source: Wikipedia
      • The Netherlands had about 5.1 million citizens.
      • February 12 » Anarchist Émile Henry hurls a bomb into the Cafe Terminus in Paris, killing one person and wounding 20.
      • June 28 » Labor Day becomes an official US holiday.
      • September 1 » Over 400 people die in the Great Hinckley Fire, a forest fire in Hinckley, Minnesota.
      • September 15 » First Sino-Japanese War: Japan defeats Qing dynasty China in the Battle of Pyongyang.
      • November 21 » Port Arthur, China, falls to the Japanese, a decisive victory of the First Sino-Japanese War; Japanese troops are accused of massacring the remaining inhabitants.
      • December 22 » The Dreyfus affair begins in France, when Alfred Dreyfus is wrongly convicted of treason.

    Day of death April 4, 1934

    • The temperature on April 4, 1934 was between 2.9 °C and 13.9 °C and averaged 8.3 °C. There was 10.5 hours of sunshine (80%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-southeast. 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 May 26, 1933 to July 31, 1935 the cabinet Colijn II, with Dr. H. Colijn (ARP) as prime minister.
    • In the year 1934: Source: Wikipedia
      • The Netherlands had about 8.3 million citizens.
      • May 21 » Oskaloosa, Iowa, becomes the first municipality in the United States to fingerprint all of its citizens.
      • May 28 » Near Callander, Ontario, Canada, the Dionne quintuplets are born to Oliva and Elzire Dionne; they will be the first quintuplets to survive infancy.
      • October 9 » An Ustashe assassin kills King Alexander I of Yugoslavia and Louis Barthou, Foreign Minister of France, in Marseille.
      • October 22 » In East Liverpool, Ohio, FBI agents shoot and kill notorious bank robber Pretty Boy Floyd.
      • December 1 » In the Soviet Union, Politburo member Sergey Kirov is assassinated. Stalin uses the incident as a pretext to initiate the Great Purge.
      • December 11 » Bill Wilson, co-founder of Alcoholics Anonymous, takes his last drink and enters treatment for the final time.

    Day of burial April 7, 1934

    • The temperature on April 7, 1934 was between 6.1 °C and 15.0 °C and averaged 9.4 °C. There was 0.4 mm of rain during 0.6 hours. There was 2.5 hours of sunshine (19%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest. 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 May 26, 1933 to July 31, 1935 the cabinet Colijn II, with Dr. H. Colijn (ARP) as prime minister.
    • In the year 1934: Source: Wikipedia
      • The Netherlands had about 8.3 million citizens.
      • January 26 » German–Polish Non-Aggression Pact is signed.
      • February 2 » The Export-Import Bank of the United States is incorporated.
      • July 5 » "Bloody Thursday": Police open fire on striking longshoremen in San Francisco.
      • July 25 » The Nazis assassinate Austrian Chancellor Engelbert Dollfuss in a failed coup attempt.
      • August 2 » Gleichschaltung: Adolf Hitler becomes Führer of Germany following the death of President Paul von Hindenburg.
      • September 22 » The Gresford disaster in Wales kills 266 miners and rescuers.
    

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