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Personal data Anton Ulfert (Anton Ulfert "Tony") "Tony" Willemssen 

  • Nickname is Tony.
  • He was born on December 6, 1876 in IA, fortasse, Dale Twp., Lyon Co.
  • He died on November 16, 1953 in fortasse, somewhere in IA, he was 76 years old.
  • He is buried after November 16, 1953 in Wheeler Twp., Lyon Co., IA (Evergreen Lawn Cem.).
  • This information was last updated on December 18, 2013.

Household of Anton Ulfert (Anton Ulfert "Tony") "Tony" Willemssen

He is married to Greetje Buisker.

They got married on January 23, 1903 at George, Lyon Co., IA, he was 26 years old.

Anton Ulfert Willemssen oo Greetje Buisker

Marriage source: Knock, Marvin, "Knock Family," (Sioux Fls., SD, http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=knock&id=I277639, xxiii Mar MMIX)

"... Greetje Buisker Name: Maggie BUISKER ... Sex: F Birth: 23 Jan 1881 in Vassingfehn, , Ostfriesland, Germany Death: 28 Jan 1980 in ? Burial: Bet Jan and Feb 1980 George, Lyon County, Iowa, USA ADDR: Evergreen Cemetery - George, IA ...Change Date: 23 Mar 2009 ... ... Marriage 1 Anton Ulfert WILLEMSSEN b: Bet 6 and 12 Dec 1876 in Grundy Center, Grundy County, Iowa, USA Married: 21 Jan 1903 in George, Lyon County, Iowa, USA Change Date: 31 Dec 2008 ..." <>

Child(ren):

  1. Beatrice Willemssen  1906-1998


Notes about Anton Ulfert (Anton Ulfert "Tony") "Tony" Willemssen

Anton Ulfert "Tony" Willemssen

Source: Halm, Dave, "Rüst/Lübbers from Ostfriesland - also Froning, Van Gerpen, Merlien, Reemtsma, Sinning and Frey," (Publication location unknown, Publisher:http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=rust_lubbers&id=I11525, Publication date: xx June MMVI), Repository: The Cloud

"... Anton Ulfert "Tony" Willemssen 1 2 Sex: M Birth: 6 DEC 1876 in Oldersum, Ostfriesland, Germany Death: 16 NOV 1953 Burial: Evergreen Lawn Cemetery - George, Lyon County, Iowa - Block 5, Lot 14

Father: Ulfert Hinrich Willemssen b: 21 MAY 1828 in Oldersum, Ostfriesland, Germany Mother: Bauktje Franken b: 5 SEP 1849

Marriage 1 Maggie Buisker b: 23 JAN 1881 in Vassingfehn, Ostfriesland, Germany Married: 21 JAN 1903

Children

1. Beatrice Willemssen 2. William Richard Willemssen 3. Lucile Willemssen 4. Oliver Ulfert Willemssen b: 10 MAR 1904 in Dale Township, Lyon County, Iowa 5. Living Willemssen 6. Living Willemssen

Sources:

1. Title: In and Around George, Iowa - 1871 to 1912 Publication: Cresent Publishing Company, Hills, Minnesota, 1971; reprinted: Kruger Office Supply, George, Iowa, 1998 Repository: Media: Book Page: Page 186 & 187

2. Title: Evergreen Lawn Cemetery Records - George, Lyon County, Iowa Repository: Media: Book"

Appledorn, C. Robert, compiler, Strong, Lin Cornelius, Ed.: The Ostfriesen Families of German Valley Illinois, Vol. ii, (S. St. Paul, MN, Ostfriesen Gen. Soc. of America, MMXII), Pg. 764, Repository: George IA Pub. Lib.

[Pg. 764]

"4544. Willemssen, Anton U., farmer, * DEC 1876 IA, [7350] oo 1903 George, IA, Gretje "Maggie" Buisker, * JUN 1881 OSTF, [7350]

1. Beatrice 4228

1900 USA Census: Dale, Lyon, IA; NA Film Number: T623_445 1930 USA Census: Dale, Lyon, IA; NA Film Number: T625_497 [7350] In and Around George IA, Family 0162"

Casjens, Esther, et. al., In And Around George, Iowa 1871 - 1912, (Hills, MN, Crescent Pub. Co., MCMLXXVI), Pgs. 186 & 187, Repository: Dallas TX Pub. Lib.

[Pg. 186 Col. 1]

"Ulfert H. Willemssen - was born in 1828 in Oldersum, Ostfriesland, Germany. ...

Later in 1868 Ulfert was married for the second time, to Bauktje Franken. In 1873 the family moved to Grundy County and in 1884 to Dale Township, Lyon County, about two miles southeast of George. Ulfert and Bauktje had ninechildren.""

[Pg. 186 Col. 2]

"Ulfert and Bauktje Willemssen [photograph]

Their children were ... Anton, known as Tony (married Maggie Buisker); ..."

[Pg. 187 Col. 2]

"Anton U. [Tony] Willemssen -- son of Ulfert H. and his second wife Bauktje, was married to Maggie Buisker, daujghter of D. J. Buisker, in 1903. this was an unfortunate year to begin farming because it was the year of the big flood andthe big hail storm. However, they stuck it out, Tony finding work with others who were not hailed ouot, and the years that followed proved profitable for them. The farmed about four miles southeast of George.

The family pictured are, bakc row: Beatrice (Mrs. Allen Uden); William Richard (married Mildred Schroeder); Oliver Ulfert (married Kate Blumeyer); Lucile (married twice, Henry Blumeyer and A.S. La Dasser); and Vera; (Mrs. Alvin Goldhorn).Front row: Mr. Willemssen; Mrs. Willemssen; and Anton John (married Rachel Van Briesen)." <>

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Ancestors (and descendant) of Anton Ulfert Willemssen

Anton Ulfert Willemssen
1876-1953

1903

Greetje Buisker
1881-1980

Beatrice Willemssen
1906-1998

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Birthday December 6, 1876

  • The temperature on December 6, 1876 was about 10.2 °C. The air pressure was 8 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the southwest. The airpressure was 74 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 83%. Source: KNMI
  • Koning Willem III (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1849 till 1890 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
  • From August 27, 1874 till November 3, 1877 the Netherlands had a cabinet Heemskerk - Van Lijnden van Sandenburg with the prime ministers Mr. J. Heemskerk Azn. (conservatief) and Mr. C.Th. baron Van Lijnden van Sandenburg (AR).
  • In the year 1876: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 4.0 million citizens.
    • May 2 » The April Uprising breaks out in Ottoman Bulgaria.
    • June 4 » An express train called the Transcontinental Express arrives in San Francisco, via the First Transcontinental Railroad only 83 hours and 39 minutes after leaving New York City.
    • June 17 » American Indian Wars: Battle of the Rosebud: 1,500 Sioux and Cheyenne led by Crazy Horse beat back General George Crook's forces at Rosebud Creek in Montana Territory.
    • August 1 » Colorado is admitted as the 38th U.S. state.
    • August 8 » Thomas Edison receives a patent for his mimeograph.
    • November 25 » American Indian Wars: In retaliation for the American defeat at the Battle of the Little Bighorn, United States Army troops sack the sleeping village of Cheyenne Chief Dull Knife at the headwaters of the Powder River.

Day of marriage January 23, 1903

  • The temperature on January 23, 1903 was between -1 °C and 6.2 °C and averaged 2.2 °C. There was 2.8 hours of sunshine (33%). 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 year 1903: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 5.3 million citizens.
    • February 23 » Cuba leases Guantánamo Bay to the United States "in perpetuity".
    • June 16 » Roald Amundsen leaves Oslo, Norway, to commence the first east–west navigation of the Northwest Passage.
    • July 4 » The Philippine–American War is officially concluded.
    • August 29 » The Slava, the last of the five Borodino-class battleships, is launched.
    • October 31 » The Purdue Wreck, a railroad train collision in Indianapolis, kills 17 people, including 14 players of the Purdue University football team.
    • December 17 » The Wright brothers make the first controlled powered, heavier-than-air flight in the Wright Flyer at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina.

Day of death November 16, 1953

  • The temperature on November 16, 1953 was between 4.5 °C and 9.8 °C and averaged 8.1 °C. The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south. 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 September 2, 1952 to October 13, 1956 the cabinet Drees II, with Dr. W. Drees (PvdA) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1953: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 10.4 million citizens.
    • February 11 » The Soviet Union breaks off diplomatic relations with Israel.
    • March 3 » A De Havilland Comet (Canadian Pacific Air Lines) crashes in Karachi, Pakistan, killing 11.
    • May 29 » Edmund Hillary and Sherpa Tenzing Norgay become the first people to reach the summit of Mount Everest, on Tenzing Norgay's (adopted) 39th birthday.
    • June 19 » Cold War: Julius and Ethel Rosenberg are executed at Sing Sing, in New York.
    • August 22 » The penal colony on Devil's Island is permanently closed.
    • October 29 » BCPA Flight 304 DC-6 crashes near San Francisco.


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