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Personal data Roelf Hopkes 


Household of Roelf Hopkes

He is married to Sina (Zina) Freese.

They got married in the year 1874 at fortasse, quodam loco No. Hemisphere, he was 27 years old.

Roelf Hopkes oo Sina Freese

Marriage source: Author: Boyken, Hans-Georg, Title: Wo sind sie geblieben ?, Tiel ii, (Publication location: Titonka, IA, Publisher: Boyken & Boyken Partners, Publication date: MMI) Pg. 216, ISBN 0-9670802-2-3, Repository: Dallas TX Pub.Lib.

[Pg. 216]

"Roelf HOPKES * 17 Mar 1849 Ditzumer Hammrich/Ostfriesland \\ oo 1874 \\ 21 Feb 1908 near German Valley, IA \\ = 23 Feb 1908 near Titonka, IA \\ R: w, (9) 5 ch - 2 s and 3 d -, 9 grand-ch \\\\ L/O ON#8-1908" <>

Child(ren):

  1. Gepke Hopkes  1875-???? 


Notes about Roelf Hopkes

Roelf Hopkes

Sources: Author: Winter, Paul R., Title: Winter GEDCOM file, (Publication location: Buffalo Ctr., IA, Publisher: PRW, Publication date: xiv June MMVI), Repository: Paul R. Winter, Buffalo Ctr., IA

"... Roelf Hopkes

Children:

1. Daug: Effie Hopkes b: 1875"

Author: Boyken, Hans-Georg, Title: «u»Wo sind sie geblieben ? - Ostfriesen in Amerika«/u», Tiel ii, (Publication location: Titonka, IA, Publisher: Boyken & Boyken Partners, Publication date: MMI) Pg. 216, ISBN 0-9670802-2-3, Repository: Dallas TX pub. lib.

[Pg. 216]

"Roelf HOPKES * 17 Mar 1849 Ditzumer Hammrich/Ostfriesland \\ oo 1874 \\ 21 Feb 1908 near German Valley, IA \\ = 23 Feb 1908 near Titonka, IA \\ R: w, (9) 5 ch - 2 s and 3 d -, 9 grand-ch \\\\ L/O ON#8-1908"

Author: Boyken, Ruth & Hans-Georg, Title: «u»Obituaries from the area around Titonka ... Kossuth County, Iowa«/u» Teil I, (Publication location: Titonka IA, Publisher: Boyken & Boyken, Publication date: MMVII) no pagination, ISBN 0-9670802-8-2, Repository: Dallas TX pub. lib.

"Coert Berend (called Ben) HOPKES * 18 October 1891 near Ackley, IA as son of Roelf HOPKES and his wife Sina *FREESE >> 1897 north of Titonka, IA with his parents ... Mr. Hopkes was born October 18, 1891 at Ackley, the son of Roelf and Sina Hopkes. ..."

Author: Wilken, Dale W., indexer, Title: «u»Ostfriesen Roots Obituaries in the Breda, Iowa German Newspaper«/u», (Publication location: Marion IA, Publisher: DWW, Publication date: MM) Pg 34 of 76 [list in family name sequence]

"Last First Middle Maiden Date Year Place ST Remarks ...
HOPKES ROELF MAR10 1908 TITONKA IA BORN DITZUM, OST B 3-1849 D 2-1908
HOPKES SINA FREESE APR01 1909 BUFFALO CTR IA BORN LANDSCHAFTPOLDER, OST 4-1851
..."
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Ancestors (and descendant) of Roelf Hopkes

Roelf Hopkes
1847-1908

1874

Sina (Zina) Freese
1851-1909

Gepke Hopkes
1875-????

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Historical events

Day of death February 21, 1908

  • The temperature on February 21, 1908 was between 6.8 °C and 8.2 °C and averaged 7.4 °C. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) 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 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 30 » Indian pacifist and leader Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi is released from prison by Jan C. Smuts after being tried and sentenced to two months in jail earlier in the month.
    • April 14 » Hauser Dam, a steel dam on the Missouri River in Montana, U.S., fails, sending a surge of water 25 to 30 feet (7.6 to 9.1m) high downstream.
    • June 18 » The University of the Philippines is established.
    • November 7 » Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid are reportedly killed in San Vicente Canton, Bolivia.
    • November 22 » The Congress of Manastir establishes the Albanian alphabet.
    • November 25 » A fire breaks out on SSSardinia as it leaves Malta's Grand Harbour, resulting in the ship's grounding and the deaths of at least 118 people.

Day of burial February 23, 1908

  • The temperature on February 23, 1908 was between 2.1 °C and 8.0 °C and averaged 5.7 °C. There was 1.2 mm of rain. There was 2.6 hours of sunshine (25%). 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 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 11 » Grand Canyon National Monument is created.
    • January 21 » New York City passes the Sullivan Ordinance, making it illegal for women to smoke in public, only to have the measure vetoed by the mayor.
    • January 28 » Members of the Portuguese Republican Party fail in their attempted coup d'état against the administrative dictatorship of Prime Minister João Franco.
    • March 9 » Inter Milan was founded on Football Club Internazionale, following a schism from A.C. Milan.
    • August 17 » Fantasmagorie, the first animated cartoon, created by Émile Cohl, is shown in Paris, France.
    • November 3 » William Howard Taft is elected the 27th President of the United States.


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Source: Wikipedia


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