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Personal data Berdina (Berdena) (Berdina (Berdena) "Brenda") "Brenda" Smidt 


Household of Berdina (Berdena) (Berdina (Berdena) "Brenda") "Brenda" Smidt

She is married to Anel (Anul) Limberg.

They got married on February 6, 1937 at German Twp., Kossuth Co., IA (Ramsey Ref. Chr.), she was 20 years old.

Anul Limberg oo Brenda Smidt

Marriage source: Limberg Bennie, Letter to Katherine Johnson, (Pub. location unknown, BL, MCMXCII)

Annuel & Berdena were married in Ramsey Reformed Chr. north of Titonka, IA <>

Child(ren):

  1. (Not public)


Notes about Berdina (Berdena) (Berdina (Berdena) "Brenda") "Brenda" Smidt

Brenda Smidt

Source: Leibrand, Ruth, Letter to David A. Navorska, (Buffalo Ctr IA, RL, vi Feb MCMLXXXIX)

Johnson, Katherine, Limberg/Smidt FGS, (Milbank SD, KOWJ, xxvi Apr MCMXCIII)

KOWJ gives both Brenda & Berdena for 1st name.

Buried in Olena Mound Cem.

Brenda's parents: Meinert Wanders & Christina (Janssen) Smidt

Obituaries, The Buffalo Center (Iowa) Tribune, Vol. #, 20 Jan 1994, Pg. Cols. 4 & 5.

[Col. 4]

"... Elsa Janssen, 83 ... Elsa W. Janssen was born Elsa W. Smidt November 19, 1910 to Mendert and"

[Col. 5]

"Christina Smidt in Gennany. ... After the death of her parents in 1920 Elsa returned to Iowa and lived with her uncle John and aunt Anna Smidt. ... She was preceded in death by her husband on July 13, 1988; a son, Miendert January 19, 1937 and a sister, Berdina Limberg. ..." <>

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Ancestors (and descendant) of Berdina (Berdena) Smidt

Christina Janssen
< 1898-± 1920

Berdina (Berdena) Smidt
1917-1979

1937

Anel (Anul) Limberg
1915-1980

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Historical events

Birthday February 6, 1917

  • The temperature on February 6, 1917 was between -14.1 °C and -2.6 °C and averaged -8.8 °C. There was 7.8 hours of sunshine (83%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northeast. 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 August 29, 1913 to September 9, 1918 the cabinet Cort van der Linden, with Mr. P.W.A. Cort van der Linden (liberaal) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1917: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 6.5 million citizens.
    • January 19 » Silvertown explosion: A blast at a munitions factory in London kills 73 and injures over 400. The resulting fire causes over £2,000,000 worth of damage.
    • February 5 » The Congress of the United States passes the Immigration Act of 1917 over President Woodrow Wilson's veto.
    • March 4 » Jeannette Rankin of Montana becomes the first female member of the United States House of Representatives.
    • March 26 » World War I: First Battle of Gaza: British troops are halted after 17,000 Turks block their advance.
    • July 17 » King George V issues a Proclamation stating that the male line descendants of the British Royal Family will bear the surname Windsor.
    • November 26 » The Manchester Guardian publishes the 1916 secret Sykes-Picot Agreement between the United Kingdom and France.

Day of marriage February 6, 1937

  • The temperature on February 6, 1937 was between 2.8 °C and 7.7 °C and averaged 5.0 °C. There was 5.7 hours of sunshine (61%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west. 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 July 31, 1935 to June 24, 1937 the cabinet Colijn III, with Dr. H. Colijn (ARP) as prime minister.
  • In The Netherlands , there was from June 24, 1937 to July 25, 1939 the cabinet Colijn IV, with Dr. H. Colijn (ARP) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1937: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 8.6 million citizens.
    • April 1 » Spanish Civil War: Jaén, Spain is bombed by German fascist forces, supporting Francoist Nationalists.
    • April 9 » The Kamikaze arrives at Croydon Airport in London. It is the first Japanese-built aircraft to fly to Europe.
    • April 30 » The Commonwealth of the Philippines holds a plebiscite for Filipino women on whether they should be extended the right to suffrage; over 90% would vote in the affirmative.
    • August 13 » Second Sino-Japanese War: The Battle of Shanghai begins.
    • August 24 » Spanish Civil War: the Basque Army surrenders to the Italian Corpo Truppe Volontarie following the Santoña Agreement.
    • September 21 » J. R. R. Tolkien's The Hobbit is published.

Day of death August 16, 1979

  • The temperature on August 16, 1979 was between 12.6 °C and 19.1 °C and averaged 15.8 °C. There was -0.1 mm of rain. There was -0.1 hours of sunshine (0%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south-southeast. 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 Monday, December 19, 1977 to Friday, September 11, 1981 the cabinet Van Agt I, with Mr. A.A.M. van Agt (CDA/KVP) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1979: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 14.0 million citizens.
    • January 25 » Pope John Paul II starts his first official papal visits outside Italy to The Bahamas, Dominican Republic, and Mexico.
    • April 4 » Prime Minister Zulfikar Ali Bhutto of Pakistan is executed.
    • May 9 » Iranian Jewish businessman Habib Elghanian is executed by firing squad in Tehran, prompting the mass exodus of the once 100,000-strong Jewish community of Iran.
    • September 14 » Afghan President Nur Muhammad Taraki is assassinated upon the order of Hafizullah Amin, who becomes the new president.
    • October 6 » Pope John Paul II becomes the first pontiff to visit the White House.
    • December 4 » The Hastie fire in Hull kills three schoolboys and eventually leads police to arrest Bruce George Peter Lee.


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