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Personal data Dirk (Dirk "Dick") "Dick" Steen 


Household of Dirk (Dirk "Dick") "Dick" Steen

He is married to Henrietta Janssen Kaiser.

They got married on March 1, 1894 at Pleasant Vly. Twp., Grundy Co., IA, he was 31 years old.

Dick Steen oo Henrietta Kaiser

Marriage sources: Author: Leibrand, Ruth; et al., Title: Celebrate a Century Buffalo Center, Iowa Centennial 1892-1992, (Publication site: Buffalo Center IA, Publisher: Centennial Book Comm., Publication date: MCMXCII), pgs. 413- 414237, Repository: Dallas TX pub. lib.

[Pg. 413, Col. 1]

"DICK STEEN

Dick Steen was born in Germany on January 28, 1863; he came to America and worked at Wellsburg, Iowa. Henrietta Kaiser was born in Germany on January 7, 1875 and came with her parents to America. Dick and Henrietta were married at Wellsburg on March 1, 1895. They moved to Buffalo Center in 1903 and farmed southeast of town. Their children were: Minnie, Maggie, Jennie, George, Fannie, Ida, John, Dickie, Louie, and William. Dick died on October 24, 1942 andHenrietta on August 19, 1975. ..."
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Child(ren):

  1. Maggie Steen  1896-1934 
  2. George Steen  1901-1986
  3. William E. Steen  1917-1994 

Event (Alt. Marriage) on March 1, 1894 in Wellsburg, Grundy Co., IA .

Event (Alt. Marriage) on March 1, 1895 in Wellsburg, Grundy Co., IA .Source 1


Notes about Dirk (Dirk "Dick") "Dick" Steen

Dirk "Dick" Steen

Sources: Author: Leibrand, Ruth, et al., Title: «u»Celebrate a Century Buffalo Center, Iowa Centennial 1892-1992«/u», (Publication site: Buffalo Center IA, Publisher: Centennial Book Comm., Publication date: MCMXCII), pgs. 10, 413-414, Repository: Dallas TX pub. lib.

[Pg. 10]

"Grant Township-Winnebago Counth-1892
...
Section 17 ... J. T. Steen - 40 acres
..."

Might J. T. Steen farm have anything to do with Dick Steen's place of death?]

[Pg. 413, Col. 1]

"DICK STEEN

Dick Steen was born in Germany on January 28, 1863; he came to America and worked at Wellsburg, Iowa. Henrietta Kaiser was born in Germany on January 7, 1875 and came with her parents to America. Dick and Henrietta were married at Wellsburg on March 1, 1895. They moved to Buffalo Center in 1903 and farmed southeast of town. Their children were: Minnie, Maggie, Jennie, George, Fannie, Ida, John, Dickie, Louie, and William. Dick died on October 24, 1942 and Henrietta on August 19, 1975. ..."

[Pg. 413, Col. 2]

"... George Steen was born near Wellsburg on June 22, 1901. He married Minnie Beekman on February 27, 1929; they farmed south of Buffalo Center. One son, Gerald, was born on December 19, 1934 and lives at Jesup, Iowa; Gerald married Barbara Popkes on July 26, 1959 and they have a son, Dietrich, who works in California. Minnie died on October 14, 1957. In 1958 George married Adeline Buseman. Adeline died on February 9, 1979 and George died on November 27, 1986. ... William Steen was born February 9, 1917. He farmed south of Buffalo Center and on February 26, 1947 was married to Minnie Brass. Their children are Frances, Darrel, Marlys, and Beverly.

Frances was married to Gery Meyer of Lakota and he works at Ley's Garage and farms. They have five children: Ricky, Brent, Scott, Tyann, and Tami. ..."

Author: Anneessen, Helmut; Title: «u»Die Famnilien der Kirchengemeinde Hatzum (1702-1900)«/u», (Publication site: Aurich Niedersachsen, Publisher: Upstalsboom-Gesellschaft, Publication date: MMVII), Band 79, Seite 292, Repository: Ostfriesen Heritage Soc., Grundy Ctr. IA with holdings at Wellsburg IA pub. lib.

"1400. Steen, Geerd Dirks, 1399, /=OSB Critzum 1177/, ref., Dienstknecht zu Hatzum, * 20.11.. ~ 04.12.1831 Hatzum; ooI 08.06.1856 (z.W.: Nendorp)
Maike Willems Ningen 1134, ref. 1856, bapt. 1859, Dienstmagd zu Hatzum, * 23.02.1834 Nendorp.

[1] Willem * 09.10.1859 (13.00)
[2] Dirk * 28.01.1863 (22.00), ~ 19.03.1880 (!)
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Helmut Anneessen makes this comment in the OSB Critzum 1177 for Dirk's parents that explains the late baptism date flagged with the ! for Dirk is due to a Baptist tenet.

Author: Anneessen, Helmut; Title: «u»Die Famnilien der Kirchengemeinde Critzum (1724-1900)«/u», (Publication site: Aurich Niedersachsen, Publisher: Upstalsboom-Gesellschaft, Publication date: MMVI), Band 76, Seite 237, Repository: Ostfriesen Gen. Soc., George IA with holdings at George IA pub. lib.

"1177. Steen, Geerd Dirks, ...
...
Bem.: 'Der Vater hatte bei den o.g. Kindern nach deren Geburt Zanächst die Taufe aus bapt. Grundsätzen verweigert'
..."

Author: Edith GörkeEdith Görke; HeluSchbomHeluSchbom; IngoKarbowskiIngoKarbowski; Title: "Dirk Steen" (Publication site: Salt Lk. City UT, Publisher: Family Search, Publication date: xxviii Sept MMXXIII)

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"... Dirk Steen Last Changed: April 24, 2016 Edith Görke Sex Male ...

Birth 28 Januar 1863 Hatzum, Weener, Hannover, Preußen, Deutschland Last Changed: April 24, 2016 Edith Görke

Death 24 October 1942 Buffalo Center, Winnebago, Iowa, ... Last Changed: September 28, 2023 Helu Schbom

Burial Graceland Cemetery, Buffalo Center, Winnebago, Iowa, ... Last Changed: September 28, 2023 Helu Schbom

Immigration 1889
Immigration 1889 United States
Residence 1910 Buffalo Township, Winnebago, Iowa, ...
Residence 1920 Buffalo Township, Winnebago, Iowa, ...
Residence 1925 Winnebago, Iowa, ...
Residence 1930 Buffalo, Winnebago, Iowa, ...
Residence 1935 Same House ... [from 1940 census]
Residence 1940 Buffalo Township, Winnebago, Iowa, ...

Spouses & Children

Dirk Steen Male 1863-1942 L2TB-CNX [<-Adeline Ruth Busmann's f-i-l]
Henrietta Janssen Kaiser Female 1875-1975 LDX5-6WC [<-Adeline Ruth Busmann's m-i-l]
Marriage 01 Mar 1894 Pleasant Valley, Grundy, Iowa

Children (10)

[1] Minnie Steen Female 1894-1975 M717-ZVN
[2] Maggie Steen Female 1896-1934 LTD8-FPS [<-Fred J. Meyering's m-i-l]
[3] Jennifer Steen Female 1899-1917 LTD8-DSZ
[4] George Steen Male 1901-1986 LTD8-VZQ [<-oo Adeline Ruth Busmann]
[5] Fannie Steen Female 1902-1993 LTDZ-5V2
[6] Ida Steen Female 1904-1904 G8GV-3N3
[7] John Steen Male 1906-1985 LTD8-DJD
[8] Dick Steen Male 1908-1953 LTD8-62R
[9] Louis Henry Steen Male 1911-1980 L51C-3NK
[10] William Steen Male 1917-1994 G8P7-HTF [<-Gary Meyer's f-i-l]

Parents & Siblings
Preferred

Geerd Dirks Steen Male 1831-Deceased L2TB-C36
Meike Ningen Female 1834-1873 LZ14-L2C
Marriage 1 Jun 1856 Weener, Leer, Niedersachsen, Deutschland

Children (8)

[1] Steen Male 1856-1856 GNCD-QSB
[2] Steen Female 1857-1857 GNCD-W4C
[3] Willem Steen Male 1859-Deceased L2TB-CF5
[4] Dirk Steen Male 1863-1942 L2TB-CNX [<-Adeline Ruth Busmann's f-i-l]
[5] Ahlrich Steen Male 1866-Deceased L2TB-CJL
[6] Geerds "George" Geerds Steen Male 1869-1932 9KZB-37V
[7] Harrd Steen Male 1869-Deceased GNCD-ZLQ
[8] Meike Geerds Steen Male 1873-Deceased GNCD-CSS

Geerd Dirks Steen Male 1831-Deceased L2TB-C36
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Children (1)

[1] Dirk Steen Male 1863-1942 L2TB-CNX" [<-Adeline Ruth Busmann's f-i-l]
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Ancestors (and descendant) of Dirk Steen

Dirk Steen
1863-1942

1894

Henrietta Janssen Kaiser
1875-1975

Maggie Steen
1896-1934
George Steen
1901-1986
William E. Steen
1917-1994

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Birthday January 28, 1863

  • The temperature on January 28, 1863 was about 3.6 °C. The air pressure was 0.5 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the west-southwest. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 93%. Source: KNMI
  • Koning Willem III (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1849 till 1890 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
  • In The Netherlands , there was from February 1, 1862 to February 10, 1866 the cabinet Thorbecke II, with Mr. J.R. Thorbecke (liberaal) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1863: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 3.6 million citizens.
    • January 29 » The Bear River Massacre: A detachment of California Volunteers led by Colonel Patrick Edward Connor engage the Shoshone at Bear River, Washington Territory, killing hundreds of men, women and children.
    • February 24 » Arizona is organized as a United States territory.
    • March 19 » The SSGeorgiana, said to have been the most powerful Confederate cruiser, is destroyed on her maiden voyage with a cargo of munitions, medicines, and merchandise then valued at over $1,000,000.
    • May 22 » American Civil War: Union forces begin the Siege of Port Hudson which lasts 48 days, the longest siege in U.S. military history.
    • October 3 » The last Thursday in November is declared as Thanksgiving Day by U.S. President Abraham Lincoln.
    • October 30 » Danish Prince Vilhelm arrives in Athens to assume his throne as George I, King of the Hellenes.

Christening day March 19, 1880

  • The temperature on March 19, 1880 was about 11.8 °C. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the north-northeast. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 45%. Source: KNMI
  • Koning Willem III (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1849 till 1890 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
  • In The Netherlands , there was from August 20, 1879 to April 23, 1883 the cabinet Van Lijnden van Sandenburg, with Mr. C.Th. baron Van Lijnden van Sandenburg (conservatief-AR) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1880: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 4.0 million citizens.
    • February 13 » Thomas Edison observes Thermionic emission.
    • May 13 » In Menlo Park, New Jersey, Thomas Edison performs the first test of his electric railway.
    • June 24 » First performance of O Canada at the Congrès national des Canadiens-Français. The song would later become the national anthem of Canada.
    • August 14 » Construction of Cologne Cathedral, the most famous landmark in Cologne, Germany, is completed.
    • November 11 » Australian bushranger Ned Kelly is hanged at Melbourne Gaol.
    • December 16 » Outbreak of the First Boer War between the Boer South African Republic and the British Empire.

Day of marriage March 1, 1894

  • The temperature on March 1, 1894 was about 2.1 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 98%. Source: KNMI
  • Koningin Wilhelmina (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1948 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
  • Regentes Emma (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1898 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
  • In The Netherlands , there was from August 21, 1891 to May 9, 1894 the cabinet Van Tienhoven, with Mr. G. van Tienhoven (unie-liberaal) as prime minister.
  • In The Netherlands , there was from May 9, 1894 to July 27, 1897 the cabinet Roëll, with Jonkheer mr. J. Roëll (oud-liberaal) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1894: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 5.1 million citizens.
    • January 9 » New England Telephone and Telegraph installs the first battery-operated telephone switchboard in Lexington, Massachusetts.
    • February 12 » Anarchist Émile Henry hurls a bomb into the Cafe Terminus in Paris, killing one person and wounding 20.
    • May 1 » Coxey's Army, the first significant American protest march, arrives in Washington, D.C.
    • May 11 » Four thousand Pullman Palace Car Company workers go on a wildcat strike.
    • August 22 » Mahatma Gandhi forms the Natal Indian Congress (NIC) in order to fight discrimination against Indian traders in Natal.
    • December 22 » The Dreyfus affair begins in France, when Alfred Dreyfus is wrongly convicted of treason.

Day of death October 24, 1942

  • The temperature on October 24, 1942 was between 7.6 °C and 15.5 °C and averaged 12.1 °C. There was 1.0 mm of rain during 0.5 hours. There was 1.0 hours of sunshine (10%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the 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 July 27, 1941 to February 23, 1945 the cabinet Gerbrandy II, with Prof. dr. P.S. Gerbrandy (ARP) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1942: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 9.0 million citizens.
    • January 25 » World War II: Thailand declares war on the United States and United Kingdom.
    • April 17 » French prisoner of war General Henri Giraud escapes from his castle prison in Königstein Fortress.
    • May 12 » World War II: The U.S. tanker SS Virginia is torpedoed in the mouth of the Mississippi River by the German submarineU-507.
    • September 12 » World War II: RMS Laconia, carrying civilians, Allied soldiers and Italian POWs is torpedoed off the coast of West Africa and sinks with a heavy loss of life.
    • November 11 » World War II: France's zone libre is occupied by German forces in Case Anton.
    • December 24 » World War II: French monarchist, Fernand Bonnier de La Chapelle, assassinates Vichy French Admiral François Darlan in Algiers, Algeria.

Day of burial October 28, 1942

  • The temperature on October 28, 1942 was between 6.8 °C and 13.1 °C and averaged 10.3 °C. There was 1.4 mm of rain during 2.2 hours. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east-northeast. 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 July 27, 1941 to February 23, 1945 the cabinet Gerbrandy II, with Prof. dr. P.S. Gerbrandy (ARP) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1942: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 9.0 million citizens.
    • May 27 » World War II: In Operation Anthropoid, Reinhard Heydrich is fatally wounded in Prague; he dies of his injuries eight days later.
    • June 5 » World War II: The United States declares war on Bulgaria, Hungary, and Romania.
    • June 8 » World War II: The Japanese imperial submarines I-21 and I-24 shell the Australian cities of Sydney and Newcastle.
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