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Personal data Erna Johanne Kromminga 


Household of Erna Johanne Kromminga

She is married to Hinderk Meijer.

They got married on January 31, 1938 at Smidt farm, Ledyard Twp., Kossuth Co., IA, she was 28 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 Erna Johanne Kromminga

Erna Johanne Kromminga

Sources: Buffalo Center IA newspaper clipping dated 5 Apr 1963

On Sunday, 1 Aug 1993, Gertie Meyer called to say the pastor of Lakota Community Chapel said Aunt Erna would not live through the night. She has pneumonia and her kidneys have failed. She was placed in the nursing home in BuffaloCenter, IA about a month ago. She is in the hospital in Blue Earth, MN.

Erna died at the hospital in Blue Earth MN at 10 a.m. & will be buried with her husband, Henry Meyer, in Maple Hill Cem.

Author: Elman, Merlyn R.; ed.; Title: "Obituaries," Publication: Buffalo Center Tribune, Buffalo Center, IA, Vol 102, No. 19, 5 Aug 1993, pg. 7, col. 1.

"Erna Meyer, 83"

"Funeral services for Erna Meyer, 83, of Lakota [IA] are being held Thrusday, August 5 at 1:30 p.m. at Community Chapel [in Lakota] with Rev. Ronald Wheeler officiating. Interment was in Maple Hill Cemetery at Lakota. Mr. Meyer diedMonday, August 2, 1993 at United Hospital, Blue Earth, Minnesota. She had been a resident at Timely Mission Nursing Home for a short time.

Diane Coy was the organist and Verlin Griese, the vocalist. Casketbearers were grandsons and granddaughters, Sherianne Meyer, Douglas Meyer, Kirk Meyer, Rick Meyer, Brent Meyer, Scott Meyer, Tami Meyer and Tyann Meyer.

Erna Meyer was born November 12, 1909 at Bunderhammrich, Ostfriesland, West Germany to Amos and Foltje (Diihring) [sic] [should be Dühring] Kromminga. She attended country school through the eighth grade.

She came to the United States January 20, 1938 and on January 31, 1938 she was married to William Henry Meyer [sic] [should be Henry Meyer], who had emigrated from Germany to the United States in 1925 with his younger brother, Carl Meyer,aboard the ship Stuttgart.

The couple farmed in Ledyard township north of Lakota. To this union was born two sons, Willie and Gary. Henry died December 8, 1984.

Erna accepted Christ as her personal Savior in 1945 and was baptized several years later. She was an active member of Community Chapel of Lakota.

Survivors include her sons, Willie and wife, Marty of Phoenix, Arizona and Gary and wife, Frances of Lakota; a sister, Alma Bunjes of Germany, eight grandchildren; one great-granddaughter; nieces, nephews, and many friends.

She was preceded in death by her parents, five brothers and two sisters."

A German emigration document gives Erna a middle name. This is the only known occurance of her middle name. Her son, Gary, was not aware of it, neither was her brother-in-law, Carl Meyer.

T.s. in Maple Hill Cem.
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Ancestors (and descendant) of Erna Johanne Kromminga

Garrelt Monnen Kromminga
1841-1900
Wietske Gent
1849-1916
Jakob Dühring
1843-< 1954
Antje Winzenborg
1849-< 1960

Erna Johanne Kromminga
1909-1993

1938

Hinderk Meijer
1902-1984

Wilhelm Henry Meyer
1941-2021
Gary Allen Meyer
1945-2003

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    Birthday November 12, 1909

    • The temperature on November 12, 1909 was between 6.0 °C and 10.9 °C and averaged 9.5 °C. There was 3.8 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the west. 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 February 12, 1908 to August 29, 1913 the cabinet Heemskerk, with Mr. Th. Heemskerk (AR) as prime minister.
    • In the year 1909: Source: Wikipedia
      • The Netherlands had about 5.8 million citizens.
      • February 2 » The Paris Film Congress opens. An attempt by European producers to form an equivalent to the MPCC cartel in the United States.
      • February 26 » Kinemacolor, the first successful color motion picture process, is first shown to the general public at the Palace Theatre in London.
      • March 4 » U.S. President William Taft used what became known as a Saxbe fix, a mechanism to avoid the restriction of the U.S. Constitution's Ineligibility Clause, to appoint Philander C. Knox as U.S. Secretary of State.
      • March 23 » Theodore Roosevelt leaves New York for a post-presidency safari in Africa. The trip is sponsored by the Smithsonian Institution and National Geographic Society.
      • August 19 » The first automobile race at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway.
      • November 18 » Two United States warships are sent to Nicaragua after 500 revolutionaries (including two Americans) are executed by order of José Santos Zelaya.

    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.
      • March 27 » Second Sino-Japanese War: The Battle of Taierzhuang begins, resulting several weeks later in the war's first major Chinese victory over Japan.
      • September 23 » The Czechoslovak army is mobilized in response to the Munich Agreement.
      • September 27 » The ocean liner Queen Elizabeth is launched in Glasgow.
      • September 30 » The League of Nations unanimously outlaws "intentional bombings of civilian populations".
      • November 1 » Seabiscuit defeats War Admiral in an upset victory during a match race deemed "the match of the century" in horse racing.
      • November 9 » The Nazi German diplomat Ernst vom Rath dies from gunshot wounds by Herschel Grynszpan, an act which the Nazis used as an excuse to instigate the 1938 national pogrom, also known as Kristallnacht.

    Day of death August 2, 1993

    • The temperature on August 2, 1993 was between 14.3 °C and 24.3 °C and averaged 18.8 °C. There was 7.2 hours of sunshine (47%). The partly clouded 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 Tuesday, November 7, 1989 to Monday, August 22, 1994 the cabinet Lubbers III, with Drs. R.F.M. Lubbers (CDA) as prime minister.
    • In the year 1993: Source: Wikipedia
      • The Netherlands had about 15.2 million citizens.
      • January 13 » The Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC) is signed.
      • March 7 » The tugboat Thomas Hebert sank off the coast of New Jersey, USA.
      • March 24 » Discovery of Comet Shoemaker-Levy 9.
      • July 22 » Great Flood of 1993: Levees near Kaskaskia, Illinois rupture, forcing the entire town to evacuate by barges operated by the Army Corps of Engineers.
      • August 10 » Two earthquakes affect New Zealand. A 7.0 Mw  shock (intensity VI (Strong)) in the South Island was followed nine hours later by a 6.4 Mw  event (intensity VII (Very strong)) in the North Island.
      • September 30 » The 6.2 Mw  Latur earthquake shakes Maharashtra, India with a maximum Mercalli intensity of VIII (Severe) killing 9,748 and injuring 30,000.

    Day of burial August 5, 1993

    • The temperature on August 5, 1993 was between 13.4 °C and 21.0 °C and averaged 16.7 °C. There was 1.4 mm of rain during 1.9 hours. There was 3.6 hours of sunshine (24%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) 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 Tuesday, November 7, 1989 to Monday, August 22, 1994 the cabinet Lubbers III, with Drs. R.F.M. Lubbers (CDA) as prime minister.
    • In the year 1993: Source: Wikipedia
      • The Netherlands had about 15.2 million citizens.
      • January 18 » Martin Luther King, Jr. Day is officially observed for the first time in all 50 US states.
      • January 19 » Czech Republic and Slovakia join the United Nations.
      • March 12 » North Korea announces that it will withdraw from the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons and refuses to allow inspectors access to its nuclear sites.
      • July 22 » Great Flood of 1993: Levees near Kaskaskia, Illinois rupture, forcing the entire town to evacuate by barges operated by the Army Corps of Engineers.
      • August 8 » The 7.8 Mw  Guam earthquake shakes the island with a maximum Mercalli intensity of IX (Violent), causing around $250 million in damage and injuring up to 71 people.
      • September 9 » Israeli–Palestinian peace process: The Palestine Liberation Organization officially recognizes Israel as a legitimate state.
    

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