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Personal data Bertha I. Gerdes 

  • Alternative name: Bertha Gerdes Koenen
  • She was born on December 11, 1891 in Butler Co., IA.
  • She died on April 5, 1965 in Mason City, Cerro Gordo Co., IA, she was 73 years old.
  • She is buried on April 8, 1965 in Zion Ref. Chr. Cem., Richland Twp., Franklin Co., IA.
  • A child of Ralph Gerdes
  • This information was last updated on November 27, 2010.

Household of Bertha I. Gerdes

She is married to Jacob B. Koenen.

They got married on March 28, 1916 at Germania (now Lakota), Kossuth Co., IA, she was 24 years old.

Jacob B. Koenen oo Bertha I. Gerdes

Marriage source: Knock, Marvin, Knock Family, (Sioux Fls., SD, http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=knock&id=I151890, xxv Oct MMX)

"... Bertha I. GERDES ... Sex: F Birth: 11 Dec 1891 in , Butler County, Iowa, USA Death: 5 Apr 1965 in Mason City, Cerro Gordo County, Iowa, USA Burial: 8 Apr 1965 Sheffield, Franklin County, Iowa, USA ADDR: Zion Reformed Church Cemetery- Sheffield, IA ... Change Date: 25 Oct 2010 ... ... Marriage 1 Jacob B. KOENEN b: 9 Feb 1887 in Latimer, Franklin County, Iowa, USA Married: 28 Mar 1916 in Lakota, Kossuth County, Iowa, USA Change Date: 25 Oct 2010 ..." <>

Child(ren):

  1. Ione S. Koenen  1917-2000


Notes about Bertha I. Gerdes

Bertha I. Gerdes

Source: Stover, Lee, no title, (Pub. location unknown, http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=stoverfam&id=I11562, iii Feb MMVII)

"... Bertha Gerdes Sex: F

Marriage 1 Jacob Koenen

Children

1. Alberta "Berdie" L. Koenen b: 21 JUL 1928 in Latimer, Iowa 2. Living Koenen 3. Living Koenen 4. Living Koenen 5. Living Koenen"

Knock, Marvin, Knock Family, (Sioux Fls., SD, http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=knock&id=I151890, xxv Oct MMX)

"... Bertha I. GERDES ... Sex: F Birth: 11 Dec 1891 in , Butler County, Iowa, USA Death: 5 Apr 1965 in Mason City, Cerro Gordo County, Iowa, USA Burial: 8 Apr 1965 Sheffield, Franklin County, Iowa, USA ADDR: Zion Reformed Church Cemetery- Sheffield, IA ... Change Date: 25 Oct 2010 ...

Father: Ralph GERDES b: Unknown in ?

Marriage 1 Jacob B. KOENEN b: 9 Feb 1887 in Latimer, Franklin County, Iowa, USA Married: 28 Mar 1916 in Lakota, Kossuth County, Iowa, USA Change Date: 25 Oct 2010

Children

1. Ione S. KOENEN b: 17 Jan 1917 in , Cerro Gordo County, Iowa, USA 2. Living KOENEN 3. Living KOENEN 4. Living KOENEN 5. Living KOENEN" <>

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Ancestors (and descendant) of Bertha I. Gerdes

Ralph Gerdes
< 1879-????

Bertha I. Gerdes
1891-1965

1916

Jacob B. Koenen
1887-1969

Ione S. Koenen
1917-2000
Alberta Louise Koenen
1928-2003

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Birthday December 11, 1891

  • The temperature on December 11, 1891 was about 6.3 °C. There was 1 mm of rain. The air pressure was 52 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the west-southwest. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 92%. Source: KNMI
  • Koningin Wilhelmina (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1948 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
  • Regentes Emma (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1898 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
  • 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 Netherlands , there was from August 21, 1891 to May 9, 1894 the cabinet Van Tienhoven, with Mr. G. van Tienhoven (unie-liberaal) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1891: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 5.1 million citizens.
    • February 15 » Allmänna Idrottsklubben (AIK) (Swedish Sports Club) is founded.
    • March 3 » Shoshone National Forest is established as the first national forest in the US and world.
    • March 17 » SSUtopia collides with HMSAnson in the Bay of Gibraltar and sinks, killing 562 of the 880 passengers on board.
    • May 20 » History of cinema: The first public display of Thomas Edison's prototype kinetoscope.
    • October 1 » Stanford University opens its doors in California, United States.
    • October 28 » The Mino–Owari earthquake is the largest inland earthquake in Japan's history.

Day of marriage March 28, 1916

  • The temperature on March 28, 1916 was between 3.6 °C and 10.7 °C and averaged 7.8 °C. There was 10.5 mm of rain. There was 2.0 hours of sunshine (16%). The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the south. 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 1916: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 6.4 million citizens.
    • January 10 » World War I: In the Erzurum Offensive, Russia defeats the Ottoman Empire.
    • January 24 » In Brushaber v. Union Pacific Railroad Co., the Supreme Court of the United States declares the federal income tax constitutional.
    • May 16 » The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and the French Third Republic sign the secret wartime Sykes-Picot Agreement partitioning former Ottoman territories such as Iraq and Syria.
    • August 5 » World War I: Battle of Romani: Allied forces, under the command of Archibald Murray, defeat an attacking Ottoman army under the command of Friedrich Freiherr Kress von Kressenstein, securing the Suez Canal and beginning the Ottoman retreat from the Sinai Peninsula.
    • November 13 » World War I: Prime Minister of Australia Billy Hughes is expelled from the Labor Party over his support for conscription.
    • November 19 » Samuel Goldwyn and Edgar Selwyn establish Goldwyn Pictures.

Day of death April 5, 1965

  • The temperature on April 5, 1965 was between 4.7 °C and 16.6 °C and averaged 10.4 °C. There was 1.6 hours of sunshine (12%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 1 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the 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 July 24, 1963 to April 14, 1965 the cabinet Marijnen, with Mr. V.G.M. Marijnen (KVP) as prime minister.
  • In The Netherlands , there was from April 14, 1965 to November 22, 1966 the cabinet Cals, with Mr. J.M.L.Th. Cals (KVP) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1965: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 12.2 million citizens.
    • January 1 » The People's Democratic Party of Afghanistan is founded in Kabul, Afghanistan.
    • April 9 » Astrodome opens. First indoor baseball game is played.
    • July 30 » U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson signs the Social Security Act of 1965 into law, establishing Medicare and Medicaid.
    • September 17 » The Battle of Chawinda is fought between Pakistan and India.
    • November 27 » Vietnam War: The Pentagon tells U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson that if planned operations are to succeed, the number of American troops in Vietnam has to be increased from 120,000 to 400,000.
    • December 9 » A Charlie Brown Christmas, first in a series of Peanuts television specials, debuts on CBS.

Day of burial April 8, 1965

  • The temperature on April 8, 1965 was between 5.0 °C and 8.9 °C and averaged 7.4 °C. There was 2.2 mm of rain during 0.8 hours. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 1 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west. 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 July 24, 1963 to April 14, 1965 the cabinet Marijnen, with Mr. V.G.M. Marijnen (KVP) as prime minister.
  • In The Netherlands , there was from April 14, 1965 to November 22, 1966 the cabinet Cals, with Mr. J.M.L.Th. Cals (KVP) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1965: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 12.2 million citizens.
    • February 19 » Colonel Phạm Ngọc Thảo of the Army of the Republic of Vietnam, and a communist spy of the North Vietnamese Viet Minh, along with Generals Lâm Văn Phát and Trần Thiện Khiêm, all Catholics, attempt a coup against the military junta of the Buddhist Nguyễn Khánh.
    • April 7 » Representatives of the National Congress of American Indians testify before members of the US Senate against the termination of the Colville tribe in Washington DC.
    • April 11 » The Palm Sunday tornado outbreak of 1965: Fifty-one tornadoes hit in six Midwestern states, killing 256 people.
    • May 1 » Cross-Strait relations: Battle of Dong-Yin, a naval conflict between the Republic of China and the People's Republic of China, takes place.
    • October 28 » Pope Paul VI promulgates Nostra aetate, by which the Church officially recognizes the legitimacy of non-Christian faiths.
    • November 8 » The Murder (Abolition of Death Penalty) Act 1965 is given Royal Assent, formally abolishing the death penalty in the United Kingdom, except in cases of high treason, "piracy with violence" (piracy with intent to kill or cause grievous bodily harm), arson in royal dockyards and espionage, as well as other capital offences under military law. The death penalty would be abolished in all cases in 1998.


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