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Personal data Hinderk Meijer 


Household of Hinderk Meijer

He is married to Erna Johanne Kromminga.

They got married on January 31, 1938 at Smidt farm, Ledyard Twp., Kossuth Co., IA, he was 35 years old.

Hinderk Meijer oo Erna Johanne Kromminga

Marriage source: German emigration document ca. late 1930's for date.

Author: Meyer, Carl, Title: talk with David A. Navorska, (Publication location: Lakota IA, Publisher: C.M., Publication date: xxix Dec MCMXCIII) for place

HM & EK were married at the home of Hinderk's sister, Mrs. Jasper Smidt née Bertha Meijer. <>

Child(ren):

  1. Wilhelm Henry Meyer  1941-2021 
  2. Gary Allen Meyer  1945-2003 


Notes about Hinderk Meijer

Henry Meyer né Hinderk Meijer

Sources: Title: Funeral card for Henry Meyer, (Publication site: Lakota IA, Publisher: Community Chapel Chr., Publication date: Dec MCMLXXXIV)

Author: Meyer, Carl; Title: Talk to David A. Navorska, (Publication site: Ledyard Twp., Kossuth Co., IA, Publisher: CM, Publication date: ca. MCMLXVII)

In 1931, when he was given as the informant for the death certificate for his half-uncle, Karl Meijer, Uncle Hank spelt his name Meijer.

Faith = Lakota Community Chapel.

Occupation = farmer. His farm was at the northwest corner of IA 9 and U.S. 169 in Ledyard Twp., straight north of Lakota, IA

HM died in Kossuth County Hosp. HM is buried in Maple Hill Cem. just southeast of Lakota, IA.

HM emigated to U.S.A. in 17 Mar 1925 with his younger brother, Carl Meyer né Karl Meijer, aboard the ship Stuttgart.

Some in Henry's family insisted on giving him a middle name. On Erna's obiit, for instance, Henry's name is given as William Henry Meyer.

German emigration documents dated in ca. 1938 describe Hinderk Meyer as 5'9' - grau Augen - Hair blond - married 31 Jan 1938. His birth registration is available at Bunde. - documents in posession of Gary Meyer.

His name was legally changed from Hinderk Meyer to Henry Meyer on 23 Dec 1940 - Kossuth Co., IA. When he changed the spelling of his last name from Meijer to Meyer is not determined. - Repository: Gary Meyer, Ledyard Twp., Kossuth Co.,IA.

Author: Boyken, Ruth et Hans-Georg; Title: «u»Wo sind sid geblieben? -Ostfriesen in Amerika«/u» Vol IV, (Publication site: Titonka IA, Publisher: Boyken & Boyken, Publication date: MMIII), no pagination, Repository: Dallas TX pub. lib.

"Appendix ... Declaration and Naturalization Records ... Kossuth Co., IA"

"Hinderk MEYER b. 18 Apr 1902 Bunderhammrich/Ostfriesland immigrated from: ? - New York, NY (24 Mar 1925) vessel: Stuttgart, living in U.S.: Lakota, IA"

Note: Hinderk & his brother Karl came together to the U.S.
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    Birthday April 18, 1902

    • The temperature on April 18, 1902 was between 3.7 °C and 14.6 °C and averaged 8.0 °C. There was 8.5 hours of sunshine (60%). 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 1902: Source: Wikipedia
      • The Netherlands had about 5.2 million citizens.
      • January 1 » The first American college football bowl game, the Rose Bowl between Michigan and Stanford, is held in Pasadena, California.
      • March 18 » Macario Sakay issues Presidential Order No. 1 of his Tagalog Republic.
      • August 9 » Edward VII and Alexandra of Denmark are crowned King and Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.
      • August 22 » Cadillac Motor Company is founded.
      • November 21 » The Philadelphia Football Athletics defeated the Kanaweola Athletic Club of Elmira, New York, 39–0, in the first ever professional American football night game.
      • December 14 » The Commercial Pacific Cable Company lays the first Pacific telegraph cable, from San Francisco to Honolulu.

    Day of marriage January 31, 1938

    • The temperature on January 31, 1938 was between 0.7 °C and 9.0 °C and averaged 5.1 °C. There was 0.5 mm of rain during 0.3 hours. The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the south-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 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.
      • February 11 » BBC Television produces the world's first ever science fiction television programme, an adaptation of a section of the Karel Čapek play R.U.R., that coined the term "robot".
      • May 26 » In the United States, the House Un-American Activities Committee begins its first session.
      • June 25 » Dr. Douglas Hyde is inaugurated as the first President of Ireland.
      • July 3 » United States President Franklin D. Roosevelt dedicates the Eternal Light Peace Memorial and lights the eternal flame at Gettysburg Battlefield.
      • September 30 » The League of Nations unanimously outlaws "intentional bombings of civilian populations".
      • October 14 » The first flight of the Curtiss P-40 Warhawk fighter plane.

    Day of death December 8, 1984

    • The temperature on December 8, 1984 was between -0.5 °C and 6.1 °C and averaged 3.5 °C. There was -0.1 mm of rain. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south-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 Thursday, November 4, 1982 to Monday, July 14, 1986 the cabinet Lubbers I, with Drs. R.F.M. Lubbers (CDA) as prime minister.
    • In the year 1984: Source: Wikipedia
      • The Netherlands had about 14.4 million citizens.
      • January 1 » Brunei becomes independent of the United Kingdom.
      • April 6 » Members of Cameroon's Republican Guard unsuccessfully attempt to overthrow the government headed by Paul Biya.
      • June 8 » Homosexuality is declared legal in the Australian state of New South Wales.
      • November 19 » San Juanico disaster: A series of explosions at the Pemex petroleum storage facility at San Juan Ixhuatepec in Mexico City starts a major fire and kills about 500 people.
      • December 1 » NASA conducts the Controlled Impact Demonstration, wherein an airliner is deliberately crashed in order to test technologies and gather data to help improve survivability of crashes.
      • December 19 » The Sino-British Joint Declaration, stating that China would resume the exercise of sovereignty over Hong Kong and the United Kingdom would restore Hong Kong to China with effect from July 1, 1997 is signed in Beijing, China by Deng Xiaoping and Margaret Thatcher.

    Day of burial December 11, 1984

    • The temperature on December 11, 1984 was between 3.9 °C and 7.7 °C and averaged 6.2 °C. The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 1 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south-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 Thursday, November 4, 1982 to Monday, July 14, 1986 the cabinet Lubbers I, with Drs. R.F.M. Lubbers (CDA) as prime minister.
    • In the year 1984: Source: Wikipedia
      • The Netherlands had about 14.4 million citizens.
      • February 7 » Space Shuttle program: STS-41-B Mission: Astronauts Bruce McCandless II and Robert L. Stewart make the first untethered space walk using the Manned Maneuvering Unit (MMU).
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      • October 31 » Indian Prime Minister Indira Gandhi is assassinated by two Sikh security guards. Riots break out in New Delhi and other cities and around 3,000 Sikhs are killed.
      • December 22 » "Subway vigilante" Bernhard Goetz shoots four would-be muggers on an express train in Manhattan section of New York, United States.
    

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