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Household of Okje (Otkje) (Okji) (Okje (Otkje) (Okji) "Opal") "Opal" Groen

She is married to Herman J. D. Cordes.

They got married on March 2, 1892 at Jefferson Twp., Butler Co., IA, she was 26 years old.

Herman J. D. Cordes oo Okje Groen

Marriage sources: Johnson, Katherine, Cordes/Groen FGS, (Publication location: Milbank SD, Publisher: KOWJ Publication date: ix Dec MCMXCI).

6 June 1900 census, Repository: Dallas TX Pub. Lib.

Hull, Jean, Letter to Katherine Johnson, (Publication location: Inwood WV, Publisher: JH, Publication date: ix May MCMXCIV) for date & town.

6 June 1900 German Twp., Kossuth Co., IA census, Repository: Dallas TX Pub. Lib. lists Herman & Oktja married 8 yrs. If accurate, they would have been married betwixt 30 May 1891 & 1 June 1892. <>

Child(ren):

  1. Laura Cordes  1893-1973
  2. Henry Cordes  1894-1967
  3. Mae Cordes  1896-1977
  6. Jennie Cordes  1901-1989
  7. Bertha Caroline Cordes  1904-1983 
  8. Anton Cordes  1906-1974 
  9. Herman Cordes  1909-< 1917


Notes about Okje (Otkje) (Okji) (Okje (Otkje) (Okji) "Opal") "Opal" Groen

Okje (Otjke) "Opal" Groen

Source: Author: Johnson, Katherine, Title: Cordes/Groen FGS, (Publication location: Milbank SD, Publisher: KOWJ, Publication date: ii Nov MCMXCII)

Katherine Johnson spells, 'Otjke.' Jean Hull spells, 'Okji.'

Katherine Johnson estimates date of birth between 1863 & 1871 - 2 Nov 1992

La Rie Hull writes, "Received from Germany the following information of Hinderk and Meina Groen Family; Okje Groen born June 21, 1865 in Tichelwarf ..." and "P.S. Talked to Gesina Heyer about Kordes--story is that he was a drinker and Grandpa Heyer (Hinderk) talked to him about it. They left Grandpa's home and family never heard much from them after that. (For what ever this is worth)' - vi Dec MCMXCIII - Fergus Fls., MN

Katherine Johnson writes, "I got this from LaRie Hull. She got it either at Morman place in N.D. or someone sent it to her." - xxv Feb MCMXCIV - Milbank, SD

Published in the Feb. 1994 Ostfriesen Genealogical Society Newsletter is this enquiry from Katherine Johnson, "I am also searching for Herman and Otkje (Opal) Cordes or Kordes. I know they were in Parkersburg, IA in 1904. They had two daughters, Tina and Laura. Laura married Herman Hector."

6 June 1900 German Twp Kossuth Co IA census, repository: Dallas TX pub. lib. has Oktja emigrating in 1891, her dob=June 1864, married 8 yrs. She has 5 children of whom 5 are alive.

Author: Hull, Jean, Title: Letter to Katherine Johnson, (Publication location: Inwood WV, Publisher: JH, Publication date: ix May MCMXCIV)

Jean Hull FGS 2 May 1994 gives Wener, Ost Friesland for place of birth.

My hypothesis is the information was obtained from Weener Reformed Chr. parish records which may be where the Groen family, living in Tichelwarf, worshipped. - D.A. Navorska - Irving, TX

Marjorie Wegner writes, "Her [Bertha C Hoffman] parents lived on a farm North East of Parkersburg [IA] near the town of New Alvion. The town is gone now but the New Alvion Cemetery is just a half mile west of where they lived. HermanCordes 1864-1945, Anna Cordes 1865-1941, and Grace Cordes 1906-1935 Wife and Mother, are all buried on the same lot."

This would indicate one of the male children of Herman & Anna Cordes was married to a woman named Grace & that Grace had at least 1 child

Marjorie Weger writes, "A Milo Groen (Groan)? graduated from Parkersburg High School in 1936. Don't know if he is related or not." ca. Apr MCMXCIV

16 Apr 1895 Parkersburg, IA census, Repository: Dallas TX pub. lib. has Okje Cordes age 28 female married born in Germany.

Author: Heibult, Jean C. Editor, Title: Ostfriesen Genealogical Society Newsletter, (Publication location: George IA, Publisher: Ostfriesen Genealogical Society, Publication date: Feb MMIV), pg. 4, Repository: George, IA pub. lib.

"... Kathy Johnson of Milbank, SD ...
2) Okko (Anna) Groen married Herman J.D. Cordes on Mar. 3, 1892. Okko was born June 19, 1864 in Tichelwarf, Ostfriesland. She died May 15, 1941 in the Parkersburg, Iowa area. She is buried in the New Albin Cemetery in Parkersburg, Butler county."
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Ancestors (and descendant) of Okje (Otkje) (Okji) Groen

Harmen Hinderk Groen
1796-1868
Janna Jans Jurjens
1797-< 1908
Jan Janssen
± 1800-1870
Harmke Alberts Tuitjer
1805-< 1885

Okje (Otkje) (Okji) Groen
1865-1941

1892

Herman J. D. Cordes
1864-1945

Laura Cordes
1893-1973
Henry Cordes
1894-1967
Mae Cordes
1896-1977
Johanna (Hannah) Cordes
1898-1967
Bernhardt F. 'Ben' Cordes
1900-1960
Jennie Cordes
1901-1989
Bertha Caroline Cordes
1904-1983
Anton Cordes
1906-1974
Herman Cordes
1909-< 1917

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    1. La Rie Hull letter 6D1993 for town.
    2. LDS film 1256904 Weener church christening recs.
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    4. Jean Hull FGS 2May1994
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    Birthday June 21, 1865

    • The temperature on June 21, 1865 was about 17.9 °C. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the north. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 71%. 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 February 1, 1862 to February 10, 1866 the cabinet Thorbecke II, with Mr. J.R. Thorbecke (liberaal) as prime minister.
    • In the year 1865: Source: Wikipedia
      • The Netherlands had about 3.6 million citizens.
      • February 8 » Delaware refuses to ratify the Thirteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. Slavery was outlawed in the United States, including Delaware, when the Amendment was ratified by the requisite number of states on December 6, 1865. Delaware ratified the Thirteenth Amendment on February 12, 1901, which was the ninety-second anniversary of the birth of Abraham Lincoln.
      • April 4 » American Civil War: A day after Union forces capture Richmond, Virginia, U.S. President Abraham Lincoln visits the Confederate capital.
      • April 15 » President Abraham Lincoln dies after being shot the previous evening by actor John Wilkes Booth. Vice President Andrew Johnson becomes President upon Lincoln's death.
      • April 20 » Astronomer Angelo Secchi demonstrates the Secchi disk, which measures water clarity, aboard Pope Pius IX's yacht, the L'Immaculata Concezion.
      • July 14 » First ascent of the Matterhorn by Edward Whymper and party, four of whom die on the descent.
      • December 2 » Alabama ratifies 13th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, followed by North Carolina then Georgia, and U.S. slaves were legally free within two weeks

    Christening day September 10, 1865

    • The temperature on September 10, 1865 was about 22.3 °C. The air pressure was 7 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the west-southwest. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 77%. 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 February 1, 1862 to February 10, 1866 the cabinet Thorbecke II, with Mr. J.R. Thorbecke (liberaal) as prime minister.
    • In the year 1865: Source: Wikipedia
      • The Netherlands had about 3.6 million citizens.
      • April 6 » American Civil War: The Battle of Sailor's Creek: Confederate General Robert E. Lee's Army of Northern Virginia fights and loses its last major battle while in retreat from Richmond, Virginia during the Appomattox Campaign.
      • May 5 » American Civil War: The Confederate District of the Gulf surrenders about 4,000 men at Citronelle, Alabama.
      • June 23 » American Civil War: At Fort Towson in the Oklahoma Territory, Confederate Brigadier General Stand Watie surrenders the last significant Confederate army.
      • July 14 » First ascent of the Matterhorn by Edward Whymper and party, four of whom die on the descent.
      • December 18 » US Secretary of State William Seward proclaims the adoption of the Thirteenth Amendment, prohibiting slavery throughout the USA.
      • December 24 » Jonathan Shank and Barry Ownby form The Ku Klux Klan.

    Day of marriage March 2, 1892

    • The temperature on March 2, 1892 was about -3.4 °C. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 85%. 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 year 1892: Source: Wikipedia
      • The Netherlands had about 5.1 million citizens.
      • June 6 » The Chicago "L" elevated rail system begins operation.
      • June 7 » Homer Plessy is arrested for refusing to leave his seat in the "whites-only" car of a train; he lost the resulting court case, Plessy v. Ferguson.
      • June 30 » The Homestead Strike begins near Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
      • August 9 » Thomas Edison receives a patent for a two-way telegraph.
      • September 8 » The Pledge of Allegiance is first recited.
      • October 21 » Opening ceremonies for the World's Columbian Exposition are held in Chicago, though because construction was behind schedule, the exposition did not open until May 1, 1893.

    Day of death May 15, 1941

    • The temperature on May 15, 1941 was between 1.2 °C and 12.2 °C and averaged 6.3 °C. There was 6.8 hours of sunshine (43%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northwest. 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 3, 1940 to July 27, 1941 the cabinet Gerbrandy I, with Prof. dr. P.S. Gerbrandy (ARP) as prime minister.
    • In The Netherlands , there was from July 27, 1941 to February 23, 1945 the cabinet Gerbrandy II, with Prof. dr. P.S. Gerbrandy (ARP) as prime minister.
    • In the year 1941: Source: Wikipedia
      • The Netherlands had about 8.9 million citizens.
      • March 7 » Günther Prien and the crew of German submarine U-47, one of the most successful U-boats of World War II, disappear without a trace.
      • September 22 » The Holocaust in Ukraine: On the Jewish New Year Day, the German SS murders 6,000 Jews in Vinnytsia, Ukraine. Those are the survivors of the previous killings that took place a few days earlier in which about 24,000 Jews were executed.
      • November 14 » World War II: The aircraft carrier HMSArk Royal sinks due to torpedo damage from the German submarineU-81 sustained on November 13.
      • December 1 » World War II: Emperor Hirohito of Japan gives the final approval to initiate war against the United States.
      • December 8 » World War II: U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt declares December 7 to be "a date which will live in infamy", after which the U.S. declares war on Japan.
      • December 11 » World War II: The Imperial Japanese Navy suffers its first loss of surface vessels during the Battle of Wake Island.
    

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