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Personal data Derktje "Dorothy" (Derktje "Dora" "Dorothy") "Dora" Schipper
- Alternative names: Derktje "Dora" Schipper (Derktje "Dora" Schipper) Grau, Derktje Shipper Grau, Derktje "Dora" Schipper (Derktje "Dora" Schipper) Gray
- Nickname is Dora.
- She was born on January 22, 1865 in Bellingwolde, provincie Groningen.
- Emigrated in the year 1903, Nederland.
- Immigrated in the year 1903 vanuit in proximo, Kamrar, Hamilton Co., IA.
- (note1) .Source 1
Sources: J. Clarine Boyken & Roger Peters
- She died on December 8, 1920 in Lakota, Kossuth Co., IA, she was 55 years old.
- She is buried on December 11, 1920 in Liberty Twp., Hamilton Co., IA (1st Presb. Cem.).
- This information was last updated on June 3, 2016.
Household of Derktje "Dorothy" (Derktje "Dora" "Dorothy") "Dora" Schipper
She is married to Hindrik (Hinderk) Stoffers Grau.
They got married on December 14, 1889 at Bellingwolde, provincie Groningen, she was 24 years old.
Hindrik Stoffers Grau (Gray) oo Derktje "Dora" Schipper
Marriage source: Author: Peters, Roger, Title: "Roger and Marilyn Coeling Peters, Ancestors and Related Families," (Publication location: Woodbury, MN, Publisher: WorldConnect at RootsWeb.com, Publication date: xi Jan MMXVI), Repository:The Cloud
Link: http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=rptrs&id=I49797
"... Hindrik Stoffers Grau 1 ... Sex: M ALIA: Hinderk Grau Birth: 11 APR 1864 in Heerenland, Wymeer, Ostfriesland, Germany 3 ... Marriage 1 Derktje Schipper b: 22 JAN 1865 in Bellingwolde, Groningen, Netherlands Married: 14 DEC 1889 in Bellingwolde, Groningen, Netherlands 6 7 ..." <>
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Notes about Derktje "Dorothy" (Derktje "Dora" "Dorothy") "Dora" Schipper
Derktje "Dora" Schipper
Source: Author: Boyken, J. Clarine, Title: The Whistle Blows at Noon Centennial History of Titonka, (Publication location: Brainerd MN, Publisher: Titonka [IA] Cent. Comm., Publication date: MCMXCVII), LOC # 95-61970, pg. 349, Repository:Titonka, IA pub. lib.
"GRAY, ARNOLD 1894-1944 GRAY, SADIE HUISMAN 1897-1979
Arnold Gray, son of Henry, Sr. and Dora Schipper Gray, was born in Bellingwolde, Netherlands April 9, 1894. He and his parents, brothers and sisters came to America in 1903, settling in Hamilton County, near Kamrar, Iowa. ..."
Author: Peters, Roger, Title: "Roger and Marilyn Coeling Peters, Ancestors and Related Families," (Publication location: Woodbury, MN, Publisher: WorldConnect at RootsWeb.com, Publication date: xi Jan MMXVI), Repository: The Cloud
Link: http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=rptrs&id=I56162
"... Derktje Schipper 1 2 Sex: F Birth: 22 JAN 1865 in Bellingwolde, Groningen, Netherlands ALIA: Dora Schipper Burial: First Presbyterian Church Cemetery 10 DEC 1920 Kamrar, Hamilton County, Iowa
Residence: 08 DEC 1920 Lakota, Kossuth County, Iowa Death: 08 DEC 1920 in Lakota, Kossuth County, Iowa
LINK: http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=31539003 3 LINK: http://iagenweb.org/boards/hamilton/obituaries/index.cgi?review=563419 4
Note: Derktje's obituary was posted on the IowaGenWeb.org website on July 16, 2015. It was attributed to the Friday, December 10, 1920 Daily Freeman Journal, Webster City, Iowa.
Mrs. Henry Gray, 54 years old, a former resident of Kamrar, died Wednesday at her home in Germania. The remains were brought to Kamrar for burial this afternoon and funeral services held from the Frank Henderson undertaking establishment.Burial was in the German Presbyterian cemetery near Kamrar.
She is survived by six children - Stoffer of Fonda; Henry and Arnold of Titonka; Gerhard of Germania, and Miss Henrietta Gray and Mrs. Dick Gelder of Ledyard.
Mrs. Gray was born in Ballingwolde [RP: Should be Bellingwolde], Holland, and came to America when a very young girl. She was well known in Kamrar and vicinity, where she lived many years before moving to Germania. -----------
The community of Germania in Kossuth County, Iowa voted to change its name to Lakota on October 1, 1918 due to anti-German sentiment after World War I. The Post Office officially changed the name on August 5, 1919 but common usageappeared to continue after that date.
Father: Hinderk Schipper b: ABT 1817 in Wymeer, Ostfriesland, Germany Mother: Mareke Hinderks Kruiger b: 14 JUL 1825 in Stapelmoor, Ostfriesland, Germany
Marriage 1 Hindrik Stoffers Grau b: 11 APR 1864 in Heerenland, Wymeer, Ostfriesland, Germany Married: 14 DEC 1889 in Bellingwolde, Groningen, Netherlands 5 6
Children
1. Hindertje Grau b: 01 APR 1898 in Bellingwolde, Groningen, Netherlands 2. Marike Grau b: 08 JUL 1896 in Bellingwolde, Groningen, Netherlands 3. Gerhard Grau b: 03 JUL 1901 in Bellingwolde, Groningen, Netherlands 4. Gerhard Grau b: 04 JUN 1900 in Bellingwolde, Groningen, Netherlands 5. Hinderk Grau b: 27 SEP 1885 in Bellingwolde, Groningen, Netherlands 6. Arnold Heinrich Grau b: 09 APR 1894 in Bellingwolde, Groningen, Netherlands 7. Diederich Grau b: 21 OCT 1891 in Bellingwolde, Groningen, Netherlands 8. Stoffer Jans Grau b: 15 JUN 1890 in Bellingwolde, Groningen, Netherlands
Sources:
1. Author: Netherlands Title: GenLIAS Vital Records Website Publication: Name: Internet Address - 6/2000: www.lias-rad.archief.nl, Later, www.genlias.nl; Note: Source Medium: Electronic Index to the Dutch National Civil Registerdatabase Text: Civil register - Birth Archive location Groninger Archieven General Municipality: Bellingwolde; Type of record: geboorte; Record number: 7; Registration date: 23-01-1865
Child Derktje Schipper; Gender: V; Abandoned child: N; Date of birth: 22-01-1865; Place of birth: Bellingwolde Father Hinderk Schipper Mother Marijke Kruger Additional information ; none
2. Title: AlleGroningers.nl Page: Registratiedatum 23-01-1865 Geboorte 22-01-1865 Bellingwolde
Kind Derktje Schipper Geslacht v Vader Hinderk Schipper Leeftijd 47 jaar Beroep daglooner Moeder Marijke Kruger
Bron Geboorteregister Bellingwolde 1865 Aktenummer 7
3. Title: Find A Grave Publication: Name: Internet Address - 4/2000: www.findagrave.com; Note: Source Medium: Electronic
Text: Derkte "Dora" Schippar Gray; Birth: 1865, Death: 1920; Spouse: Hinderk Stoffers Gray (1864 - 1936); Children:
Henry Gray (1885 - 1964); Stoffer Jans Gray (1890 - 1963); Dick Gray (1891 - 1916); Arnold Gray (1894 - 1944);
Inscription: Wife of Henry Gray; Burial: First Presbyterian Cemetery, Kamrar, Hamilton County, Iowa, USA Created by: Kathy Gerkins; Record added: Nov 19, 2008, Find A Grave Memorial# 31539003
4. Title: Iowa GenWeb (IAgenweb.org) Publication: Name: 12/2003, Internet Address: IowaGenWeb.org; Note: Source Medium: Electronic Page: 7/16/2015:
Gray, Derkte Dora Schipper (1865-1920);
Posted By: Debbie Greenfield Text: An obituary from the Friday, December 10, 1920 Daily Freeman Journal, Webster City, Iowa was provided.
5. Author: Netherlands Title: GenLIAS Vital Records Website Publication: Name: Internet Address - 6/2000: www.lias-rad.archief.nl, Later, www.genlias.nl; Note: Source Medium: Electronic Index to the Dutch National Civil Registerdatabase Text: Civil register - Marriage Archive location Groninger Archieven General Municipality: Bellingwolde Type of record: Huwelijksakte Record number: 39 Registration date: 14-12-1889
Groom Hinderk Grau Place of birth: Heerenland, Dld Bride Derktje Schipper Place of birth: Bellingwolde
Father groom Stoffer Jans Grau Mother groom Diederika de Vries Father bride Hinderk Schipper Mother bride Marijke Kruger
Additional information beroep bruidegom: boerenknecht; beroep bruid: dagloonersche; beroep vader bruidegom.: timmerman; beroep vader bruid: daglooner; beroep moeder bruid: dagloonersche; bruidegom 25 jaar; bruid 24 jaar; wettiging 1 kind
6. Title: AlleGroningers.nl Text: Huwelijk 14-12-1889 Bellingwolde
Bruidegom Hinderk Grau, boerenknecht Geboren Heerenlnad, Dld Vader bruidegom Stoffer Jans Grau, timmerman Moeder bruidegom Diederika de Vries
Bruid Derktje Schipper, dagloonersche Geboren Bellingwolde Vader bruid Hinderk Schipper, daglooner Moeder bruid Marijke Kruger, dagloonersche
Diversen bruidegom 25 jaar; bruid 24 jaar; wettiging 1 kind Bron Huwelijksregister Bellingwolde 1889 Aktenummer 39"
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.
"(Henry) GRAY * 11 Apr 1864 Wymeer, Ostfriesland (not Vymeer, Oestfriesland) > 1903 near Kamrar, IA, >> about 1920 Lakota, IA, >> Ledyard, IA. >> Baxter, IA, >> back to Ledyard, IA + 13 April 1936 Ledyard, IA 1.oo 1889 Bellingwolde (not Ballingwolde), The Netherlands (Dorothy, Dora) SCHIPPER * 21 January 1865 Bellingwolde (not Ballingwolde), The Netherlands + 1920 Kamrar, IA 2.oo 1922 Gerdina STUBBE ... MRS. HENRY GRAY GOES TO HER REWARD
Succumbs After a Lingering Illness at Farm Home Near Lakota Last Week Wednesday
Mrs. Henry Gray, whose home was northwest of Lakota for the past two years and who was much respected by those in her neighborhood, passed away last Wednesday, December 8th. She was a member of the Presbyterian church and funeralservices were held at Kamrar, Iowa, last Saturday.
Dora Schipper was born at Ballinwolde, Holland, January 21, 1865, where in 1889 she was married to Henry Gray. To this union were born nine children, six of whom are living. They moved to this country in 1903 and settled on a farm nearKamrar, Iowa, where they resided for sixteen years and then moved here.
She leaves a husband and six children who have the sympathy of the community during their bereavement. -- Lakota Record." <>
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Birthday January 22, 1865
- The temperature on January 22, 1865 was about -0.2 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. The air pressure was 6 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the north-northeast. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 93%. Source: KNMI
- Koning Willem III (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1849 till 1890 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
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Day of marriage December 14, 1889
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Day of death December 8, 1920
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Day of burial December 11, 1920
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