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Personal data Margaret A. Heitland 

  • Alternative name: Margaret Heitland Rafferty
  • She was born on April 17, 1908 in Buffalo Ctr., Winnebago Co., IA.
  • She died on May 26, 1988 in Buffalo Ctr., Winnebago Co., IA (Timely Mission Nursing Home), she was 80 years old.
  • She is buried on May 28, 1988 in Grandview Mem. Gardens, Austin, Mower Co., MN.
  • A child of Gerhard Diederich Heitland and Harmka Pastour
  • This information was last updated on October 8, 2013.

Household of Margaret A. Heitland

She is married to Howard Joslyn Rafferty.

They got married at fortasse, somewhere in IA or MN.

Howard Joslyn Rafferty oo Margaret A. Heitland

Marriage source: Leibrand, Ruth, et. al., Celebrate a Century Buffalo Center, Iowa Centennial 1892 - 1992, (Buffalo Center IA, Centennial Book Committee, MCMXCII), pg. 298, Repostory: Dallas TX Pub. Lib. <>

Notes about Margaret A. Heitland

Margaret A. Heitland

Source: Leibrand, Ruth, et. al., Celebrate a Century Buffalo Center, Iowa Centennial 1892 - 1992, (Buffalo Center IA, Centennial Book Committee, MCMXCII), pg. 298, Repository: Dallas TX Pub. Lib.

'Margaret, next in line [2nd], worked as a telegrapher for the Milwaukee Rail Road. She married Howard Rafferty of Austin, Minnesota. Margaret died in June of 1988.'

1925 Grant Twp Winnebago Co IA census, 41 File 14 Drawer 5, LDS Reel 1429598, Repository: Dallas TX Pub. Lib.

'48 Heitland, Margret A, Daug, fem, white, 16, single, b. IA, Fath = Heitland, George, b. Ger, 40; Moth = Pastor, Harmka, b. Ger, 41; parents Marr IA; Protestant'

Bolin, Carol, BOLIN - MEESTER FAMILY TREE, (Publication location: Cedar Fls., IA, Publisher: http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=bolincjb&id=I10482, Publication date: viii Sept MMX), Repository: The Cloud

"... Margaret HEITLAND Sex: F Birth: SEP 1908 in Buffalo Center, Winnebago, Co, IA Death: JUN 1988

Father: George HEITLAND b: 18 APR 1884 in Iowa Mother: Harmka PASTOUR b: 18 APR 1884 in Iowa

Marriage 1 Howard RAFFERTY"

Obituaries, Buffalo Center [Iowa] Tribune, Vol. 97, # 10, 9 June 1988, Pg. 8, Cols. 3 & 4.

[Col. 3]

"Margaret Rafferty, 80

Funeral, services for Margaret (Heitland) RafTerty, 80, were held Saturday, May 28 at West Minister Presbyterian Church, Austin, MN with Rev. A. Morgan as officiating clergy man. Interment was in Grandview Memorial Gardens, Austin, MNwith Mayer Funeral Home in charge of arrangements. Mrs. Rafferty died Thursday, May 26 at Timely Mission Nursing Home after a lengthy illness.

Margaret Heitland was born April 17, 1908 at Buffalo Center. She spent most of

[Col. 4]

her adult life in Austin, MN. For twenty years she worked as a Depot Agent for the 'Milwaukee Railroad.

She leaves to mourn two sisters, Mrs. Kerm (Esther) Alvey of Thompson and ;Mrs. Herbert (Grace) Smith of Rockwell, five brothers, George Heitland, Jr., Alfred and Harold all of Buffalo Center, Forrest of Oelwein and Huxley of Phoenix, AZand many nieces and nephews.

She was preceded in death by her husband, Howard; her parents, two brothers and one sister." <>

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    Birthday April 17, 1908

    • The temperature on April 17, 1908 was between 2.1 °C and 13.0 °C and averaged 7.3 °C. There was 12.0 hours of sunshine (86%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northeast. Source: KNMI
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    • In The Netherlands , there was from August 17, 1905 to February 11, 1908 the cabinet De Meester, with Mr. Th. de Meester (unie-liberaal) as prime minister.
    • 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 1908: Source: Wikipedia
      • The Netherlands had about 5.7 million citizens.
      • January 13 » The Rhoads Opera House fire in Boyertown, Pennsylvania kills 171 people.
      • January 24 » The first Boy Scout troop is organized in England by Robert Baden-Powell.
      • June 27 » A group of Vietnamese tirailleurs conducts a failed attempt to poison the entire French army's garrison in the Hanoi Citadel with the aim to make way for Hoàng Hoa Thám's rebel army to capture Hanoi.
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    Day of death May 26, 1988

    • The temperature on May 26, 1988 was between 13.5 °C and 26.5 °C and averaged 18.9 °C. There was 2.0 mm of rain during 1.3 hours. There was 4.6 hours of sunshine (28%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south. 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 4, 1986 to Tuesday, November 7, 1989 the cabinet Lubbers II, with Drs. R.F.M. Lubbers (CDA) as prime minister.
    • In the year 1988: Source: Wikipedia
      • The Netherlands had about 14.7 million citizens.
      • March 17 » Eritrean War of Independence: The Nadew Command, an Ethiopian army corps in Eritrea, is attacked on three sides by military units of the Eritrean People's Liberation Front in the opening action of the Battle of Afabet.
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    Day of burial May 28, 1988

    • The temperature on May 28, 1988 was between 11.8 °C and 15.3 °C and averaged 12.9 °C. There was 0.5 mm of rain during 1.0 hours. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 1 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the northwest. 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)
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    • In the year 1988: Source: Wikipedia
      • The Netherlands had about 14.7 million citizens.
      • May 29 » The U.S. President Ronald Reagan begins his first visit to the Soviet Union when he arrives in Moscow for a superpower summit with the Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev.
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