Navorska tree » Henrich W. (Henrich W. "Henry") "Henry" Wirtjes (1878-1959)

Personal data Henrich W. (Henrich W. "Henry") "Henry" Wirtjes 

  • Alternative name: Henry Wirtjes
  • Nickname is Henry.
  • He was born on March 4, 1878 in Hannover, Preußen.
  • Census in the year 1910, Beaver Twp., Grundy Co., IA.Source 1
    Wirtger
  • Census between 1920 and 1930, Union Twp., Worth Co., IA.
    Wirtzes
  • He died on February 5, 1959 in fortasse, somewhere in IA, he was 80 years old.
  • He is buried after February 4, 1959 in Grafton, Worth Co, IA (Grafton Cem.).
  • A child of Hinderikus Wirtjes and Stientje Tuitjer
  • This information was last updated on May 30, 2024.

Household of Henrich W. (Henrich W. "Henry") "Henry" Wirtjes

He is married to Maria Kruse.

They got married on February 28, 1905 at Beaver Twp., Grundy Co., IA, he was 26 years old.

Henrich W. "Henry" Wirtjes oo Maria Kruse

Marriage sources: Author: Wirtjes, Judi; Title: Tuitjer.ged, (Publication site: Grandview TX, Publisher: JW, Publication date: x Feb MMVII)

There is no town of Beaver in Grundy Co. There is a town of Beaver in Boone Co., IA

There is a Beaver Twp. in Grundy Co. It is my hypothesis Beaver Twp., Grundy Co., IA is meant, not Beaver, Boone Co. IA - D.A. Navorska-xiii Feb MMVII-Irving TX
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Child(ren):

  3. Hinrich Wirtjes  1910-1972
  6. (Not public)
  7. (Not public)
  8. Raymond A. Wirtjes  1926-2002 


Notes about Henrich W. (Henrich W. "Henry") "Henry" Wirtjes

Henrich W. "Henry" Wirtjes

Sources: Author: Wirtjes, Judi; Title: Tuitjer.ged, (Publication site: Grandview TX, Publisher: JW, Publication date: x Feb MMVII)

Formerly the wife of Hinrich W. Wirtjes were assigned to his brother, Johann Hinrich Wirtjes.

Author: NN (family name not given), Shawn; Title: "Henry Wirtjes," (Publication site: Grafton IA, Publisher: Find-a-Grave, Publication date: x July MMVII)

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/20390227/henry_wirtjes

"Photo [stone shared with Maria Wirtjes] dded by shawn

Henry Wirtjes Birth 4 Mar 1878 Death 5 Feb 1959 (aged 80) Burial Grafton Cemetery Grafton, Worth County, Iowa, USA Memorial ID 20390227

Spouses

[photo-stone shared with Henry Wirtjes] Maria Wirtjes 1884-1958 (m. 1905)
[photo-woman] Hazel Emma Runge Wirtjes 1919-2018 (m. 1938)

Children

[photo-stone shared with Alfred F. Schmidt] Stientje Elizabeth "Tena" Wirtjes Schmidt 1905-1973
[photo-August's stone] August Johannes Wirtjes 1915-1919
[photo-stone shared with Mary Wirtjes] Raymond A. "Ray" Wirtjes 1926-2002

Maintained by: Chris Tonn Originally Created by: shawn Added: Jul 10, 2007 Find a Grave Memorial ID: 20390227"

Author: Brenner, Mark; Essien, Ezra; Juetting, Thorsten; et al.; Title: "Heinrich Wirtjes," (Publication site: Salt Lk. City UT, Publisher: Family Search, Publication date: xxvi Mar MMXXIV)

https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/LWW3-FFJ

"... Heinrich Wirtjes Last Changed: April 19, 2019 [NN-anonymous, pseudonym-CH8X8G] Sex Male Last Changed: June 3, 2012 ...

Birth 4 April 1878 Hannover, Niedersachsen, Germany Last Changed: April 19, 2019 [NN-anonymous, pseudonym-CH8X8G]

Death Deceased Last Changed: June 3, 2012

Alternate Name Also Known As Henry Wirtjes

Residence 1930 Union, Worth, Iowa, ...

Spouses & Children

Heinrich Wirtjes Male 1878-Deceased LWW3-FFJ [<-blood rel.]
Maria Kruse Female 1884-1958 G9LR-ZP1
Marriage 28 February 1905 Beaver Township, Grundy, Iowa, ...

Children (3)

[1] Tina Schmidt Female 1905-Deceased G6KK-GCQ
[2] Viola Augusta Nitschke Female 1921-1992 G5D8-Y6R
[3] Raymond Wirtjes Male 1926-2002 GX4N-MKS

Parents & Siblings

Hinderikus "Henry" Wirtjes Male 1834-1899 9V48-9L9
Stientje Tuitjer Female 1844-1915 LK4Y-B4Y [<-blood rel.]
Marriage 21 April 1867 Wymeer, Leer,

Children (3)

[1] Johann Hinrich "John" Wirtjes Male 1868-Deceased LF57-DX1
[2] Alysina Johanna Wirtjes Female 1870-1952 LD66-CMZ
[3] Heinrich Wirtjes Male 1878-Deceased LWW3-FFJ"
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    Historical events

    Birthday March 4, 1878

    • The temperature on March 4, 1878 was about 5.5 °C. The air pressure was 2 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the southwest. The airpressure was 78 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 97%. 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 November 3, 1877 to August 20, 1879 the cabinet Kappeijne van de Coppello, with Mr. J. Kappeijne van de Coppello (liberaal) as prime minister.
    • In the year 1878: Source: Wikipedia
      • The Netherlands had about 4.0 million citizens.
      • January 28 » Yale Daily News becomes the first independent daily college newspaper in the United States.
      • February 22 » In Utica, New York, Frank Woolworth opens the first of many of five-and-dime Woolworth stores.
      • May 25 » Gilbert and Sullivan's comic opera H.M.S. Pinafore opens at the Opera Comique in London.
      • June 15 » Eadweard Muybridge takes a series of photographs to prove that all four feet of a horse leave the ground when it runs; the study becomes the basis of motion pictures.
      • July 1 » Canada joins the Universal Postal Union.
      • July 13 » Treaty of Berlin: The European powers redraw the map of the Balkans. Serbia, Montenegro and Romania become completely independent of the Ottoman Empire.

    Day of marriage February 28, 1905

    • The temperature on February 28, 1905 was between 0.4 °C and 4.9 °C and averaged 2.1 °C. There was 2.0 hours of sunshine (19%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the 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 August 1, 1901 to August 16, 1905 the cabinet Kuijper, with Dr. A. Kuijper (AR) as prime minister.
    • In The Netherlands , there was from August 17, 1905 to February 11, 1908 the cabinet De Meester, with Mr. Th. de Meester (unie-liberaal) as prime minister.
    • In the year 1905: Source: Wikipedia
      • The Netherlands had about 5.5 million citizens.
      • May 5 » The trial in the Stratton Brothers case begins in London, England; it marks the first time that fingerprint evidence is used to gain a conviction for murder.
      • June 27 » During the Russo-Japanese War, sailors start a mutiny aboard the Russian battleship Potemkin.
      • October 16 » The Partition of Bengal in India takes place.
      • October 30 » Czar Nicholas II issues the October Manifesto, granting the Russian peoples basic civil liberties and the right to form a duma. (October 17 in the Julian calendar)
      • November 12 » Norway holds a referendum resulting in popular approval of the Storting's decision to authorise the government to make the offer of the throne of the newly independent country.
      • November 25 » Prince Carl of Denmark arrives in Norway to become King Haakon VII of Norway.

    Day of death February 5, 1959

    • The temperature on February 5, 1959 was between -3.4 °C and 3.2 °C and averaged -0.9 °C. There was 7.7 hours of sunshine (83%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-northeast. 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 December 22, 1957 to May 19, 1959 the cabinet Beel II, with Dr. L.J.M. Beel (KVP) as prime minister.
    • In The Netherlands , there was from May 19, 1959 to July 24, 1964 the cabinet De Quay, with Prof. dr. J.E. de Quay (KVP) as prime minister.
    • In the year 1959: Source: Wikipedia
      • The Netherlands had about 11.3 million citizens.
      • February 2 » Nine experienced ski hikers in the northern Ural Mountains in the Soviet Union die under mysterious circumstances.
      • May 19 » The North Vietnamese Army establishes Group 559, whose responsibility is to determine how to maintain supply lines to South Vietnam; the resulting route is the Ho Chi Minh trail.
      • July 27 » The Continental League is announced as baseball's "3rd major league" in the United States.
      • August 3 » Portugal's state police force PIDE fires upon striking workers in Bissau, Portuguese Guinea, killing over 50 people.
      • September 27 » Typhoon Vera kills nearly 5,000 people in Japan.
      • November 19 » The Ford Motor Company announces the discontinuation of the unpopular Edsel.
    

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