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Personal data Elmer van Anken 


Household of Elmer van Anken

He is married to Marie Groen.

They got married on October 3, 1940 at Ellsworth, Nobles Co., MN, he was 27 years old.

Elmer Van Anken oo Marie Groen

Casjens, Esther, et. al., In And Around George, Iowa 1871 - 1912, (Hills, MN, Crescent Pub. Co., MCMLXXVI), Pg. 122, Repository: Dallas TX Pub. Lib.

"Deidrick [Dick] Groen -- was born in Ostfriesland Germany, and came to the United States in 1880 at the age of thirteen. In 1898 he married Aleida Meyer and in 1909 they moved from Hancock County, Iowa, to a farm southwest of George. ... Not pictured are the five younger children, ... Marie (Mrs. Elmer Van Anken); ..."

Knock, Marvin, Knock Family, (Sioux Fls., SD, http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=knock&id=I99318, x Apr MMX)

"... Elmer VAN ANKEN ... Sex: M Birth: 11 Jun 1913 in George, Lyon County, Iowa, USA Death: 23 Nov 1996 in Rock Rapids, Lyon County, Iowa, USA Burial: Nov 1996 ? ... Change Date: 10 Apr 2010 ...

Marriage 1 Marie GROEN b: 3 Jan 1919 in Ellsworth, Nobles County, Minnesota, USA Married: 3 Oct 1940 in Ellsworth, Nobles County, Minnesota, USA Change Date: 10 Apr 2010" <>

Notes about Elmer van Anken

Elmer Van Anken

Casjens, Esther, et. al., In And Around George, Iowa 1871 - 1912, (Hills, MN, Crescent Pub. Co., MCMLXXVI), Pg. 122, Repository: Dallas TX Pub. Lib.

"Deidrick [Dick] Groen -- was born in Ostfriesland Germany, and came to the United States in 1880 at the age of thirteen. In 1898 he married Aleida Meyer and in 1909 they moved from Hancock County, Iowa, to a farm southwest of George. ... Not pictured are the five younger children, ... Marie (Mrs. Elmer Van Anken); ..."

Knock, Marvin, Knock Family, (Sioux Fls., SD, http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=knock&id=I99318, x Apr MMX)

"... Elmer VAN ANKEN ... Sex: M Birth: 11 Jun 1913 in George, Lyon County, Iowa, USA Death: 23 Nov 1996 in Rock Rapids, Lyon County, Iowa, USA Burial: Nov 1996 ? ... Change Date: 10 Apr 2010 ...

Marriage 1 Marie GROEN b: 3 Jan 1919 in Ellsworth, Nobles County, Minnesota, USA Married: 3 Oct 1940 in Ellsworth, Nobles County, Minnesota, USA Change Date: 10 Apr 2010" <>

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Birthday June 11, 1913

  • The temperature on June 11, 1913 was between 11.6 °C and 16.0 °C and averaged 12.9 °C. There was 1.5 mm of rain. There was 4.9 hours of sunshine (29%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west. Source: KNMI
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  • 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 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 1913: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 6.1 million citizens.
    • February 5 » Greek military aviators, Michael Moutoussis and Aristeidis Moraitinis perform the first naval air mission in history, with a Farman MF.7 hydroplane.
    • February 21 » Ioannina is incorporated into the Greek state after the Balkan Wars.
    • March 4 » First Balkan War: The Greek army engages the Turks at Bizani, resulting in victory two days later.
    • July 12 » Serbian forces begin their siege of the Bulgarian city of Vidin; the siege is later called off when the war ends.
    • November 7 » The first day of the Great Lakes Storm of 1913, a massive blizzard that ultimately killed 250 and caused over $5 million (about $118,098,000 in 2013 dollars) damage. Winds reach hurricane force on this date.
    • December 1 » Crete, having obtained self rule from Turkey after the First Balkan War, is annexed by Greece.

Day of death November 23, 1996

  • The temperature on November 23, 1996 was between -0.9 °C and 4.7 °C and averaged 1.7 °C. There was 5.1 mm of rain during 6.9 hours. There was 1.8 hours of sunshine (21%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the southwest. Source: KNMI
  • Koningin Beatrix (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from April 30, 1980 till April 30, 2013 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
  • In The Netherlands , there was from Monday, August 22, 1994 to Monday, August 3, 1998 the cabinet a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kabinet-Kok_I" class="extern">Kok I, with W. Kok (PvdA) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1996: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 15.5 million citizens.
    • April 18 » In Lebanon, at least 106 civilians are killed when the Israel Defense Forces shell the United Nations compound at Qana where more than 800 civilians had taken refuge.
    • August 29 » Vnukovo Airlines Flight 2801, a Tupolev Tu-154, crashes into a mountain on the Arctic island of Spitsbergen, killing all 141 aboard.
    • August 31 » Saddam Hussein's troops seized Irbil after the Kurdish Masoud Barzani appealed for help to defeat his Kurdish rival PUK.
    • September 27 » The Battle of Kabul ends in a Taliban victory, who establish the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan.
    • October 16 » Eighty-four football fans die and 180 are injured in a massive crush at a match in Guatemala City.
    • December 29 » Guatemala and leaders of Guatemalan National Revolutionary Unity sign a peace accord ending a 36-year civil war.


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