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Personal data Grietje (Grietje "Grace") "Grace" Meinders 

  • Alternative name: Grace Meinders Gruis
  • Nickname is Grace.
  • She was born on January 8, 1888 in Alexander, Franklin Co., IA.
  • She was christened on April 3, 1888 in Immanuel Ref. Chr., Belmond, Wright Co., IA.
  • Census on March 10, 1920, Grant Twp., Winnebago Co., IA.
  • Census on February 28, 1925, Grant Twp., Winnebago Co., IA.
  • She died on May 5, 1969 in hosp., Buffalo Ctr., Winnebago Co., IA, she was 81 years old.
  • She is buried on May 8, 1969 in German Twp., Kossuth Co., IA (Ramsey Ref. Cem.).
  • A child of Dirk Jans Meinders and Wopka Akkerman
  • This information was last updated on February 26, 2015.

Household of Grietje (Grietje "Grace") "Grace" Meinders

She is married to Herman Gruis.

They got married on March 23, 1911 at Titonka, Kossuth Co., IA, she was 23 years old.

Herman Gruis oo Grace Meinders

Marriage source: 28 Feb 1925 Grant Twp Winnebago Co IA census, 42 File 14 Drawer 5, LDS Reel 1429598, Repository: Algona IA Pub. Lib.,

'87 Gruis, Wyona W., daug, ... fath = Gruis, Herman ... moth = Meinders, Grace; parents marr. Buffalo Center, IA' <>

Child(ren):

  1. Jennie Gruis  1912-1918
  2. Wyona Wapke Gruis  1917-1998 
  3. Jennie Bertha Gruis  1920-2005 
  4. Ben Gruis  1921-1994 
  5. Dorothy Gruis  1923-2002 
  6. Herman Gruis  1926-2006 


Notes about Grietje (Grietje "Grace") "Grace" Meinders

Grietje "Grace" Meinders

Source: 10 Mar 1920 Grant Twp., Winnebago Co., IA census, Repository: Dallas TX pub. lib.

10 Mar 1920 - Grace Gruis, wife, age 32, can read/write, born IA.

28 Feb 1925 Grant Twp., Winnebago Co., IA census, 42 File 14 Drawer 5, LDS Reel 1429598

"85 Gruis, Herman, head ... 86 Gruis, Grace, wife, fem, white, 37, marr, b. IA; fath = Meinders, Dick, b. Ger, 77; moth = Akkerman, Wapke, Ger, age 73, b. Ger; parents marr IA; Chr = Protestant"

Her gravestone is shared with Herman. Buried in Ramsey Reformed Chr. Cem.

Author: Leibrand, Ruth, Title: Gruis / Meinders FGS, (Publication location: Buffalo Ctr., IA, Publisher: RL, Publication date: v Dec MCMXCIV)

Author: Winn, Shelley, Title: "LEWIS, CASTLE, ETCHEN, MEINDERS AND RIEKENS Family," (Publication location unknown, Publisher: http://wc.rootsweb.com, Publication date: x Feb MMIII), Repository: The Cloud

"... Grace MEINDERS ... Given Name: Grace _AKA: Grietje Sex: F Birth: 8 Jan 1888 in Alexander, Franklin, IA Christening: 3 Apr 1888 Immanuel Reform Church, Belmond, IA Death: 1969 in Buffalo Center, Winnebago, IA ... Census: 1900 KossuthCo. IA Census: 1920/1930 Winnebago Co. IA Change Date: 7 Feb 2003 ...

Father: Dirk Jan MEINDERS b: 9 Nov 1848 in Nieuwe Schans, Groningen, Netherlands Mother: Wopka AKKERMANN b: 22 Nov 1852 in Klinge (GemeindeFolmhusen) Ihrhove/Ihren

Marriage 1 Herman GRUIS b: 17 Aug 1882 in Cleeves, IA Married: 23 Mar 1911

Children

1. Wyona GRUIS b: 5 Aug 1917 in Buffalo Center, IA 2. Jennie GRUIS b: 1918 3. Living 4. Ben GRUIS b: Aug 1921 in Buffalo Center, IA 5. Living 6. Living"

The Buffalo Center [IA] Tribune, Vol. 78, # 2, 4 May 1969, Pg. 1, Col. 6

[Col. 6]

Ramsey Services Planned Friday for Mrs. H. Gruis, Sr.

Funeral services for Mrs. Herman Gruis, Sr,, 81, of Buffalo Center, will be held today, (Thursday) May 8, at 1:30 p.m. at Ramsey Reformed Church near Titonka. Mrs. Gruis passed away Monday May 5, at the Buffalo Center Hospital.

Interment will be in the church cemetery and Winter Funeral Service of Buffalo Center is in charge of arrangements. Rev. John Janssen and Rev. Henry Vander Schaaf are the officiating clergymen. Pallbearers are Walter Aukes, Ben Heyes,Amel Limberg, Bennie Limberg, Fred Krull and Harm Risius.

Mrs. Gruis was born Grace Meinders, January 8, 1888, Alexander, Iowa. She was married to Herman Gruis March 22, 1911 at Titonka. They farmed until retiring to Buffalo Center. Mr. Gruis died May 22, 1961, in a car accident.

Survivors are five children, Ben Herman, Jr., Mrs. Jennie Ricks Mrs. Dorothy Rippentrop, all of Buffalo Center, and Mrs. Herman (Wyona) Harms of Titonka; 2 grandchildren, 13 great-grandchildren; and two brothers, George Meinders ofBuffalo Center and John Meinders of Klemme." <>

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Grietje Meinders
1888-1969

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Herman Gruis
1882-1961

Jennie Gruis
1912-1918
Ben Gruis
1921-1994
Dorothy Gruis
1923-2002
Herman Gruis
1926-2006

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  • The temperature on January 8, 1888 was about 6.3 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain. The air pressure was 16 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the west-southwest. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 100%. 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 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.
  • In the year 1888: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 4.5 million citizens.
    • May 13 » With the passage of the Lei Áurea ("Golden Law"), Empire of Brazil abolishes slavery.
    • June 5 » The Rio de la Plata earthquake takes place.
    • 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.
    • August 5 » Bertha Benz drives from Mannheim to Pforzheim and back in the first long distance automobile trip, commemorated as the Bertha Benz Memorial Route since 2008.
    • August 31 » Mary Ann Nichols is murdered. She is the first of Jack the Ripper's confirmed victims.
    • December 22 » The Christmas Meeting of 1888, considered to be the official start of the Faroese independence movement.
  • The temperature on April 3, 1888 was about 4.1 °C. The air pressure was 12 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the north-northwest. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 63%. 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 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.
  • In the year 1888: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 4.5 million citizens.
    • March 20 » The premiere of the very first Romani language operetta is staged in Moscow, Russia.
    • March 23 » In England, The Football League, the world's oldest professional association football league, meets for the first time.
    • June 15 » Crown Prince Wilhelm becomes Kaiser Wilhelm II; he will be the last Emperor of the German Empire. Due to the death of his predecessors Wilhelm I and Frederick III, 1888 is the Year of the Three Emperors.
    • 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.
    • July 15 » The stratovolcano Mount Bandai erupts killing approximately 500 people, in Fukushima Prefecture, Japan.
    • October 29 » The Convention of Constantinople is signed, guaranteeing free maritime passage through the Suez Canal during war and peace.
  • The temperature on March 23, 1911 was between 2.9 °C and 9.8 °C and averaged 5.6 °C. There was 5.5 hours of sunshine (45%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the 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 February 12, 1908 to August 29, 1913 the cabinet Heemskerk, with Mr. Th. Heemskerk (AR) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1911: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 6.0 million citizens.
    • January 5 » Kappa Alpha Psi, the world's third oldest and largest black fraternity, is founded at Indiana University.
    • May 9 » The works of Gabriele D'Annunzio are placed in the Index of Forbidden Books by the Vatican.
    • May 21 » President of Mexico Porfirio Díaz and the revolutionary Francisco Madero sign the Treaty of Ciudad Juárez to put an end to the fighting between the forces of both men, concluding the initial phase of the Mexican Revolution.
    • July 24 » Hiram Bingham III re-discovers Machu Picchu, "the Lost City of the Incas".
    • September 23 » Pilot Earle Ovington makes the first official airmail delivery in America under the authority of the United States Post Office Department
    • November 1 » World's first combat aerial bombing mission takes place in Libya during the Italo-Turkish War. Second Lieutenant Giulio Gavotti of Italy drops several small bombs.
  • The temperature on May 5, 1969 was between 10.6 °C and 19.6 °C and averaged 14.3 °C. There was 0.6 mm of rain during 2.0 hours. There was 7.8 hours of sunshine (52%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north-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 April 5, 1967 to Tuesday, July 6, 1971 the cabinet De Jong, with P.J.S. de Jong (KVP) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1969: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 12.8 million citizens.
    • May 9 » Carlos Lamarca leads the first urban guerrilla action against the military dictatorship of Brazil in São Paulo, by robbing two banks.
    • July 21 » Apollo program: At 02:56 UTC, astronaut Neil Armstrong becomes the first person to walk on the Moon.
    • August 15 » The Woodstock Music & Art Fair opens in upstate New York, featuring some of the top rock musicians of the era.
    • August 17 » Category 5 Hurricane Camille hits the U.S. Gulf Coast, killing 256 and causing $1.42 billion in damage.
    • November 19 » Apollo program: Apollo 12 astronauts Pete Conrad and Alan Bean land at Oceanus Procellarum (the "Ocean of Storms") and become the third and fourth humans to walk on the Moon.
    • November 21 » U.S. President Richard Nixon and Japanese Premier Eisaku Satō agree on the return of Okinawa to Japanese control in 1972. The U.S. retains rights to bases on the island, but these are to be nuclear-free.
  • The temperature on May 8, 1969 was between 5.2 °C and 16.2 °C and averaged 11.3 °C. There was 2.2 hours of sunshine (14%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south-southwest. 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 April 5, 1967 to Tuesday, July 6, 1971 the cabinet De Jong, with P.J.S. de Jong (KVP) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1969: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 12.8 million citizens.
    • January 16 » Czech student Jan Palach commits suicide by self-immolation in Prague, Czechoslovakia, in protest against the Soviets' crushing of the Prague Spring the year before.
    • March 18 » The United States begins secretly bombing the Sihanouk Trail in Cambodia, used by communist forces to infiltrate South Vietnam.
    • April 4 » Dr. Denton Cooley implants the first temporary artificial heart.
    • August 12 » Violence erupts after the Apprentice Boys of Derry march in Derry, Northern Ireland, resulting in a three-day communal riot known as the Battle of the Bogside.
    • September 1 » Trần Thiện Khiêm becomes Prime Minister of South Vietnam under President Nguyễn Văn Thiệu.
    • November 20 » Occupation of Alcatraz: Native American activists seize control of Alcatraz Island until being ousted by the U.S. Government on June 11, 1971.


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