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Personal data Louis (Lewis) I Meints 


Household of Louis (Lewis) I Meints

He is married to Pearl Evelyn Heetland.

They got married on April 20, 1938 at fortasse, quodam loco, Verenigde Staten, he was 22 years old.

Louis I Meints oo Pearl Evelyn Heetland

Marriage sources: Author: Conway, Karen, Title: "Our past and present," (Publication location unknown, Publisher: WorldConnect at RootsWeb.com, Publication date: ix May MMVIII), Repository: The Cloud

Link: http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com

"... Pearl HEETLAND ... Sex: F Birth: EST 1917 ... Change Date: 6 Apr 2008 ...
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Marriage 1 Lewis MEINTS b: EST 1913 Married: EST 1938
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Notes about Louis (Lewis) I Meints

Louis (Lewis) I Meints

Sources: Author: Farghum, Barb, Title: "Louis I Meints," (Publication location: Wellsburg, IA, Publisher: Find-a-Grave, Publication date: iv Dec MMXII), Repository: The Cloud

Link: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/101697170/louis-i-meints

"Photo[graph of stone shared with Pearl E. Meints] added by KDB

Louis I Meints BIRTH 25 Sep 1915 Grundy County, Iowa, USA DEATH 8 Sep 1950 (aged 34) Iowa City, Johnson County, Iowa, USA BURIAL First Christian Reformed Cemetery Wellsburg, Grundy County, Iowa, USA MEMORIAL ID 101697170

Funeral services were held Monday at the First Christian Reformed church of Wellsburg for Louis Meints, 34, who died Friday of histoplasmosis, a very rare tissue disease, at Iowa City. The Rev. Joseph Vande Keift was in charge of the service. Music was furnished by a men's quartet, Claus Primus, Harvey Eiten, Alfred Eiten and Robert Cooper. Mrs. Arthur Cooper was organist. Flower attendants were Mrs. Edward Mennenga and Mrs. Carl Reiter. Casketbearers were Chris Christians, Harry Eckhoff, Edward Mennenga, Emery Riekena, Carl Reiter and Herman J. Eckhoff. Burial was made in the cemetery beside the church.

Louis Meints was born Sept. 25, 1915, as the youngest child of Ludwig Meints and Flora Bakker Meints. He spent all of his life near the place of his birth on the Hardin-Grundy county line, four miles northeast of Steamboat Rock.

On April 20, 1938, he was united in marriage with Miss Pearl Heetland of Ackley. Into this home were born three children, Larry Paul, Dennis LuRae and Lois Jane. These all survive, also three brothers, Charles, George and Willie Meints of Steamboat Rock, and three sisters, Mrs. Peter B. Eckhoff of Wellsburg, Mrs. Dick Freese of Steamboat Rock and Mrs. Marvin Jeske of Eldora. Mr. Meints was a member of the Christian Reformed church of Wellsburg.

Parents
Photo[graph of his stone] Ludewig T. Meints 1870-1950
Photo[graph of her stone] Frakke Bakker Meints 1873-1929

Spouse
Photo[graph of a woman] Pearl Evelyn Heetland Meints Harms 1917-2012 (m. 1938)

Siblings

Tjark L Meints 1894-1965
Photo[graph of stone shared with Bertha Meints] Charles L. Meints 1894-1965
Photo[graph of his stone] George L. Meints 1896-1967
Photo[grapj of his stone] Wuebbo L. Meints 1899-1900
Willie L. Meints 1901-1961
Photo[graph of stone shared with Dick G. Freese] Ella Meints Freese 1904-1991
Photo[graph of her stone] Jennie Meints 1906-1908
Photo[graph of stone shared with Marvin E. Jeske] Jennie L. Meints Jeske 1909-1982

Created by: Barb Farghum Added: 4 Dec 2012 Find a Grave Memorial 101697170"
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Louis (Lewis) I Meints
1915-1950

1938

Pearl Evelyn Heetland
1917-2012

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Historical events

Birthday September 25, 1915

  • The temperature on September 25, 1915 was between 13.3 °C and 17.1 °C and averaged 14.9 °C. There was 3.1 mm of rain. There was 0.3 hours of sunshine (2%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) 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 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 1915: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 6.3 million citizens.
    • January 18 » Japan issues the "Twenty-One Demands" to the Republic of China in a bid to increase its power in East Asia.
    • February 22 » World War I: The Imperial German Navy institutes unrestricted submarine warfare.
    • April 5 » Boxing challenger Jess Willard knocks out Jack Johnson in Havana, Cuba to become the Heavyweight Champion of the World.
    • April 18 » French pilot Roland Garros is shot down and glides to a landing on the German side of the lines during World War I.
    • July 7 » Colombo Town Guard officer Henry Pedris is executed in British Ceylon for allegedly inciting persecution of Muslims.
    • October 14 » World War I: Bulgaria joins the Central Powers.

Day of marriage April 20, 1938

  • The temperature on April 20, 1938 was between -0.3 °C and 11.2 °C and averaged 5.1 °C. There was 8.5 hours of sunshine (60%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north. 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 June 24, 1937 to July 25, 1939 the cabinet Colijn IV, with Dr. H. Colijn (ARP) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1938: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 8.6 million citizens.
    • March 18 » Mexico creates Pemex by expropriating all foreign-owned oil reserves and facilities.
    • April 30 » The animated cartoon short Porky's Hare Hunt debuts in movie theaters, introducing Happy Rabbit, an early version of Bugs Bunny.
    • June 11 » Second Sino-Japanese War: The Battle of Wuhan starts.
    • September 12 » Adolf Hitler demands autonomy and self-determination for the Germans of the Sudetenland region of Czechoslovakia.
    • October 10 » Abiding by the Munich Agreement, Czechoslovakia completes its withdrawal from the Sudetenland.
    • December 16 » Adolf Hitler institutes the Cross of Honour of the German Mother.

Day of death September 8, 1950

  • The temperature on September 8, 1950 was between 9.3 °C and 16.8 °C and averaged 13.1 °C. There was 2.3 mm of rain during 1.5 hours. There was 4.1 hours of sunshine (31%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-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)
  • From August 7, 1948 till March 15, 1951 the Netherlands had a cabinet Drees - Van Schaik with the prime ministers Dr. W. Drees (PvdA) and Mr. J.R.H. van Schaik (KVP).
  • In the year 1950: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 10.0 million citizens.
    • May 29 » The St. Roch, the first ship to circumnavigate North America, arrives in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada.
    • July 4 » Cold War: Radio Free Europe first broadcasts.
    • July 16 » Chaplain–Medic massacre: American POWs are massacred by North Korean Army.
    • October 19 » Iran becomes the first country to accept technical assistance from the United States under the Point Four Program.
    • November 1 » Pope Pius XII claims papal infallibility when he formally defines the dogma of the Assumption of Mary.
    • December 9 » Cold War: Harry Gold is sentenced to 30 years in jail for helping Klaus Fuchs pass information about the Manhattan Project to the Soviet Union. His testimony is later instrumental in the prosecution of Julius and Ethel Rosenberg.

Day of burial September 11, 1950

  • The temperature on September 11, 1950 was between 14.3 °C and 18.7 °C and averaged 16.3 °C. There was 2.8 hours of sunshine (22%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the 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)
  • From August 7, 1948 till March 15, 1951 the Netherlands had a cabinet Drees - Van Schaik with the prime ministers Dr. W. Drees (PvdA) and Mr. J.R.H. van Schaik (KVP).
  • In the year 1950: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 10.0 million citizens.
    • January 21 » American lawyer and government official Alger Hiss is convicted of perjury.
    • February 8 » Cold War: The Stasi, the secret police of East Germany, is established.
    • June 3 » Herzog and Lachenal of the French Annapurna expedition become the first climbers to reach the summit of an 8,000-metre peak.
    • July 5 » Zionism: The Knesset passes the Law of Return which grants all Jews the right to immigrate to Israel.
    • September 24 » The eastern United States is covered by a thick haze from the Chinchaga fire in western Canada.
    • October 19 » Korean War: The Battle of Pyongyang ends in a United Nations victory. Hours later, the Chinese Army begins crossing the border into Korea.


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