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Household of Klaas Reemt Harken

He is married to Berentje Reemt DeVries.

Their notice of marriage was on October 13, 1835 in Uttum, Ostfriesland, Hannover.

Klaas Reemt Harken oo Banns Brentje Reemt DeVries

Marriage banns source: Brockman, Charles, Charles Brockman's Genealogical Database, (Pub. location unknown, http://wc.rootsweb.com, x Dec MMV)

Banns for the wedding of Klaas Reemt Harken and Berentje DeVries were Oct. 13, 1835 at Uttum , Germany and Oct 20 at Pilsum. <>

Their notice of marriage was on October 20, 1835 in Pilsum, Ostfriesland, Hannover.

Klaas Reemt Harken oo Banns Brentje Reemt DeVries

Marriage banns source: Brockman, Charles, Charles Brockman's Genealogical Database, (Pub. location unknown, http://wc.rootsweb.com, x Dec MMV)

Banns for the wedding of Klaas Reemt Harken and Berentje DeVries were Oct. 13, 1835 at Uttum , Germany and Oct 20 at Pilsum. <>
They got married on October 20, 1835 at Pilsum, Ostfriesland, Hannover, he was 22 years old.

Klaas Reemt Harken oo Brentje Reemt DeVries

Marriage source: Brockman, Charles, Charles Brockman's Genealogical Database, (Pub. location unknown, http://wc.rootsweb.com, x Dec MMV)

'... Klaas Reemt Harken ... Marriage 1 Berentje Reemt DeVries ... Married: 20 Oct 1839 in Pilsum, Germany ...' <>

Child(ren):

  1. Elizabeth Harken  1860-1925 


Notes about Klaas Reemt Harken

Klaas Reemt Harken

Source: Brockman, Charles, Charles Brockman's Genealogical Database, (Pub. location unknown, http://wc.rootsweb.com, x Dec MMV)

'... Klaas Reemt Harken ... Sex: M Birth: 6 Apr 1813 in Eilsum, Germany Death: 6 Mar 1888 in Ackley, Hardin County, Iowa Burial: Westfriesland Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Ackley, Hardin County, Iowa ...

Occupation: Farmer Religion: Presbyterian

Note: Klaas Reemt was the 2nd youngest son. There were other children of Reemt Ubbe and Martje Klaasen Harken.

Banns for the wedding of Klaas Reemt Harken and Berentje DeVries were Oct. 13, 1835 at Uttum, Germany and Oct 20 at Pilsum.

Klaas Reemts Harken and his wife Berentje De Vries came from the area around Eilsum, Ostfriesland, Germany

Having served his time in military training in his fatherland, Reemt started for America in the year 1868. The following year he persuaded Isbrandt and Ubbe to come to America. Isbrandt and Ubbe accompanied by their friend Conrad Rigter,came to America and settled in Ogle County, Illinois in 1869. These four young men worked for farmers, saved their earnings and the following year sent money to their parents to come to this country, bringing the whole family togetheragain.

Enno was then seventeen years old. Reemt, Isbrandt, Martha, Ubbe, and Anka took unto themselves helpmates in Illinois. Martha married Conrad Rigter in 1870. Anke married Franz Bakker . Reemt married Anna Hayenga on April 25, 1873.Isbrandt married Siebentje Brass on October 3, 1874, and Ubbe married Margretha Weichman on November 28, 1874.

In the early spring of 1875, Conrad Rigter and family and Ubbe Harken and his wife heeded the advice of Horace Greeley, 'Go West, Young Man, ' and came to Butler County, Iowa where they settled on farms southwest of Aplington. In thespring of 1880 Isbrandt, with his wife, three sons, and one Daughter, came to Iowa. It is not known what year Enno came to Iowa. In 18 83 Elizabeth accompanied by her parents came to Iowa. She married George Heyer in 1884. They firstlived southeast of Austinville and later moved to Kamrar, Iowa.

Klaas Harken died in the Ackley vicinity and was laid to rest in the Westfriesland Cemetery . The four sons are also buried there. After Klaas Harken died, Berentje Harken went to Kam rar, Iowa and lived with her daughter, Martha HarkenRigter.

She died four years later in 1892. She was laid to rest in the First Presbyterian Cemetery n ear Kamrar. Two daughters, Martha and Elizabeth are also buried there. Their oldest daughte r Anka Harken Bakker was laid to rest in the cemeteryat Forreston, Illinois. Change Date: 10 Dec 2005 ...

Father: Reemt Ubbe Harken b: in Eilsum, Germany Mother: Martje Klaasen

Marriage 1 Berentje Reemt DeVries b: 28 Mar 1815 in Pilsum, Germany Married: 20 Oct 1839 in Pilsum, Germany

Children

1. Anka Harken Reemt K Harken b: 21 Dec 1839 in Germany 2. Isbrandt K Harken b: 22 Mar 1843 in Eilsum, Ostfriesland, Germany 3. Martha Harken b: 18 Dec 1846 in Eislum, Ostfriesland, Germany 4. Ubbe K Harken b: 22 Sep 1849 in Eilsum, Ostfriesland, Germany 5. Enno K Harken b: 4 Apr 1853 6. Elizabeth Harken b: 29 Jun 1860' <>

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Ancestors (and descendant) of Klaas Reemt Harken

Klaas Reemt Harken
1813-1888

1835

Berentje Reemt DeVries
1815-1892

Elizabeth Harken
1860-1925

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Birthday April 6, 1813

  • The temperature on April 6, 1813 was about 9.0 °C. Wind direction mainly southwest. Weather type: betrokken regen. Source: KNMI
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    De Republiek der Verenigde Nederlanden werd in 1794-1795 door de Fransen veroverd onder leiding van bevelhebber Charles Pichegru (geholpen door de Nederlander Herman Willem Daendels); de verovering werd vergemakkelijkt door het dichtvriezen van de Waterlinie; Willem V moest op 18 januari 1795 uitwijken naar Engeland (en van daaruit in 1801 naar Duitsland); de patriotten namen de macht over van de aristocratische regenten en proclameerden de Bataafsche Republiek; op 16 mei 1795 werd het Haags Verdrag gesloten, waarmee ons land een vazalstaat werd van Frankrijk; in 3.1796 kwam er een Nationale Vergadering; in 1798 pleegde Daendels een staatsgreep, die de unitarissen aan de macht bracht; er kwam een nieuwe grondwet, die een Vertegenwoordigend Lichaam (met een Eerste en Tweede Kamer) instelde en als regering een Directoire; in 1799 sloeg Daendels bij Castricum een Brits-Russische invasie af; in 1801 kwam er een nieuwe grondwet; bij de Vrede van Amiens (1802) kreeg ons land van Engeland zijn koloniën terug (behalve Ceylon); na de grondwetswijziging van 1805 kwam er een raadpensionaris als eenhoofdig gezag, namelijk Rutger Jan Schimmelpenninck (van 31 oktober 1761 tot 25 maart 1825).
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    • April 27 » War of 1812: American troops capture York, the capital of Upper Canada, in the Battle of York.
    • August 19 » Gervasio Antonio de Posadas joins Argentina's Second Triumvirate.
    • August 30 » First Battle of Kulm: French forces are defeated by an Austrian-Prussian-Russian alliance.
    • August 31 » At the final stage of the Peninsular War, British-Portuguese troops capture the town of Donostia (now San Sebastián), resulting in a rampage and eventual destruction of the town. Elsewhere, Spanish troops repel a French attack in the Battle of San Marcial.
    • October 8 » The Treaty of Ried is signed between Bavaria and Austria.
    • December 8 » Premiere of Beethoven's Seventh Symphony.

Day of marriage October 20, 1835

  • The temperature on October 20, 1835 was about 9.0 °C. Wind direction mainly south east. Weather type: half bewolkt. Source: KNMI
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    De Republiek der Verenigde Nederlanden werd in 1794-1795 door de Fransen veroverd onder leiding van bevelhebber Charles Pichegru (geholpen door de Nederlander Herman Willem Daendels); de verovering werd vergemakkelijkt door het dichtvriezen van de Waterlinie; Willem V moest op 18 januari 1795 uitwijken naar Engeland (en van daaruit in 1801 naar Duitsland); de patriotten namen de macht over van de aristocratische regenten en proclameerden de Bataafsche Republiek; op 16 mei 1795 werd het Haags Verdrag gesloten, waarmee ons land een vazalstaat werd van Frankrijk; in 3.1796 kwam er een Nationale Vergadering; in 1798 pleegde Daendels een staatsgreep, die de unitarissen aan de macht bracht; er kwam een nieuwe grondwet, die een Vertegenwoordigend Lichaam (met een Eerste en Tweede Kamer) instelde en als regering een Directoire; in 1799 sloeg Daendels bij Castricum een Brits-Russische invasie af; in 1801 kwam er een nieuwe grondwet; bij de Vrede van Amiens (1802) kreeg ons land van Engeland zijn koloniën terug (behalve Ceylon); na de grondwetswijziging van 1805 kwam er een raadpensionaris als eenhoofdig gezag, namelijk Rutger Jan Schimmelpenninck (van 31 oktober 1761 tot 25 maart 1825).
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    • January 7 » HMSBeagle, with Charles Darwin on board, drops anchor off the Chonos Archipelago.
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    • November 27 » James Pratt and John Smith are hanged in London; they are the last two to be executed for sodomy in England.
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    • December 29 » The Treaty of New Echota is signed, ceding all the lands of the Cherokee east of the Mississippi River to the United States.

Day of death March 6, 1888

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  • In The Netherlands , there was from April 23, 1884 to April 21, 1888 the cabinet Heemskerk, with Mr. J. Heemskerk Azn. (conservatief) as prime minister.
  • 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.
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    • The Netherlands had about 4.5 million citizens.
    • March 11 » The Great Blizzard of 1888 begins along the eastern seaboard of the United States, shutting down commerce and killing more than 400.
    • June 29 » George Edward Gouraud records Handel's Israel in Egypt onto a phonograph cylinder, thought for many years to be the oldest known recording of music.
    • September 4 » George Eastman registers the trademark Kodak and receives a patent for his camera that uses roll film.
    • September 8 » Isaac Peral's submarine is first tested.
    • October 14 » Louis Le Prince films the first motion picture, Roundhay Garden Scene.
    • October 21 » Foundation of the Swiss Social Democratic Party.


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