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Personal data Andreas (Andreas "Andrew") "Andrew" Murra 


Household of Andreas (Andreas "Andrew") "Andrew" Murra

He is married to Susan Bruhns.

They got married on November 20, 1930 at Susan's prents' home, fortasse, Buffalo Ctr., Winnebago Co., IA, he was 25 years old.

Andrew Murra oo Susan Bruhns

Marriage source: Author: Leibrand, Ruth, et. al, Title: «u»Celebrate a Century Buffalo Center IA 1892-1992 Centennial«/u», (Publication location unknown, Publisher: Buffalo Ctr Book Committee, Publication date: MCMXCII), pg. 361, Repository: Dallas, TX pub. lib. for fact of marriage.
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Child(ren):

  1. Arvilla Pearl Murra  1935-2022 
  2. (Not public)


Notes about Andreas (Andreas "Andrew") "Andrew" Murra

Andreas "Andrew" Murra

Sources: Author: Leibrand, Ruth; et al; Title: «u»Celebrate a Century Buffalo Center IA 1892-1992 Centennial«/u», (Publication site: Buffalo Ctr., IA, Publisher: Buffalo Ctr Book Comm., Publication date: MCMXCII), pg 361, Repository: Dallas TX pub. lib.

[Pg. 361, Col. 1]

"ANDREW MURRA

Andrew was born on April 5, 1905. He decided to come to the United States to avoid the forced military service in Germany and arrived in the States with his brother Jim in 1923. Andrew married Susan Bruhns, daughter of Fenno and Pearl (Drake) Bruhns on November 20, 1930. They became the parents of four children: Arvilla (Mrs. William Smidt), Artis (Mrs. Jack Poulsen), David, and Allen. Andrew worked for farmers in the Buffalo Center area and farmed in the Titonka and Rake areas; he died of cancer on August 17, 1978. Susan resides in Bancroft, Iowa."

Cause of death: Cancer

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

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

"Andreas MURRA (aka Andrew MURRA) b. 5 Apr 1905 Campen/Ostfriesland), farming, Immigrated from: Bremen (22 May 1923_ - New York, NY (6 Jun 1923) vessel: Hannover, living in U.S.: Buffalo Center, IA (27 Dec 1923)"

Author: Smidt, Arvilla Murra; Title: Talk to David A. Navorska, (Publication site: Belle Vista AR, Publisher: AMS, Publication date: xxvi Feb MMV)

"My father, Andrew Murra, was an immigrant from Emden."

Author: Winter, Paul R.; Title: Winter GEDCOM file, (Publication site: Buffalo Ctr., IA, Publisher: PRW, Publication date: x Oct MMIII), Repository: Paul R. Winter, Buffalo Ctr., IA

"... Andrew Murra Birth: 5 Apr 1905 Ostfriesland, Germany Death: 17 Aug 1978

Father: Wubbe Fimmen Murra.
Mother: Cornelia Fegter

Children:

1. Daug: Arvilla Murra
2. Son: Arlis Murra
3. Son: David Murra
4. Son: Allen Murra"

Author: Decker, Robbie; Title: "Andrew Murra," (Publication site: Buffalo Ctr., IA, Publisher: Find-a-Grave, Publication date: xxix June MMXV)

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/148430069/andrew-murra

"Photo [stone shared with Susan Murra] added by Robbie Decker

Andrew Murra Birth 1905 Death 1978 (aged 72– 73) Burial Olena Mound Cemetery Buffalo Center, Winnebago County, Iowa, USA Memorial ID 148430069

Created by: ROBBIE DECKER Added: 29 Jun 2015 Find A Grave Memorial 148430069"

Campen is 12 km. northwest of Emden.
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Ancestors (and descendant) of Andreas Murra

Andreas Murra
1905-1978

1930

Susan Bruhns
1910-2003

Arvilla Pearl Murra
1935-2022
(Not public)

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Historical events

Birthday April 5, 1905

  • The temperature on April 5, 1905 was between 3.6 °C and 9.9 °C and averaged 7.6 °C. There was 0.2 hours of sunshine (2%). The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the west-northwest. 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 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 year 1905: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 5.5 million citizens.
    • August 13 » Norwegians vote to end the union with Sweden.
    • September 1 » Alberta and Saskatchewan join the Canadian confederation.
    • September 23 » Norway and Sweden sign the "Karlstad treaty", peacefully dissolving the Union between the two countries.
    • September 26 » Albert Einstein publishes the third of his Annus Mirabilis papers, introducing the special theory of relativity.
    • November 28 » Irish nationalist Arthur Griffith founds Sinn Féin as a political party with the main aim of establishing a dual monarchy in Ireland.
    • December 30 » Former Idaho Governor Frank Steunenberg is assassinated at the front gate of his home in Caldwell.

Day of marriage November 20, 1930

  • The temperature on November 20, 1930 was between 4.2 °C and 11.9 °C and averaged 7.4 °C. There was 8.3 mm of rain during 6.8 hours. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south. 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 10, 1929 to May 26, 1933 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck III, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1930: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 7.8 million citizens.
    • January 30 » The Politburo of the Soviet Union orders the extermination of the Kulaks.
    • April 6 » At the end of the Salt March, Gandhi raises a lump of mud and salt and declares, "With this, I am shaking the foundations of the British Empire."
    • August 7 » The last confirmed lynching of blacks in the Northern United States occurs in Marion, Indiana; two men, Thomas Shipp and Abram Smith, are killed.
    • September 6 » Democratically elected Argentine president Hipólito Yrigoyen is deposed in a military coup.
    • October 27 » Ratifications exchanged in London for the first London Naval Treaty go into effect immediately, further limiting the expensive naval arms race among its five signatories.
    • November 11 » Patent number US1781541 is awarded to Albert Einstein and Leó Szilárd for their invention, the Einstein refrigerator.

Day of death August 17, 1978

  • The temperature on August 17, 1978 was between 8.7 °C and 18.5 °C and averaged 14.8 °C. There was -0.1 mm of rain. There was 8.3 hours of sunshine (57%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west. 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 Monday, December 19, 1977 to Friday, September 11, 1981 the cabinet Van Agt I, with Mr. A.A.M. van Agt (CDA/KVP) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1978: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 13.9 million citizens.
    • May 1 » Japan's Naomi Uemura, travelling by dog sled, becomes the first person to reach the North Pole alone.
    • July 10 » President Moktar Ould Daddah of Mauritania is ousted in a bloodless coup d'état.
    • August 26 » Papal conclave: Albino Luciani is elected as Pope John Paul I.
    • September 7 » While walking across Waterloo Bridge in London, Bulgarian dissident Georgi Markov is assassinated by Bulgarian secret police agent Francesco Gullino by means of a ricin pellet fired from a specially-designed umbrella.
    • November 23 » Cyclone kills about 1000 people in eastern Sri Lanka.
    • December 11 » The Lufthansa heist is committed by a group led by Lucchese family associate Jimmy Burke. It was the largest cash robbery ever committed on American soil, at that time.


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