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Household of Klaas Meijer

He is married to Anna Hornak.

They got married on December 11, 1933 at Alexandria, Hanson Co., SD, he was 24 years old.

Klaas Meyer oo Anna Hornak

Marriage source: Boyken, Ruth et Hans-Georg, Wo sind sid geblieben? - Ostfriesen in Amerika Teil IV, (Titonka IA, Boyken & Boyken, MMIII), no pagination, Repository: Dallas TX Pub. Lib.

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

'Klaas MEYER b. 23 Nov 1909 Bunderhammrich/Ostfriesland Occupation = farming Immigrated from Bremen - New York, NY (30 Mar 1928) vessel = SS Derfflinger married to: Anna HORNACK (* 22 Dec 1913 Bridgewater, SD oo 11 Dec 1933 Alexander, SD)living in U.S. = Buffalo Center, IA (18 Aug 1937)'

Note: I am unable to find an Alexander, SD; however, I find an Alexandria, Hanson Co., SD - D.A. Navorska - 17 Jan MMIII - Irving TX

Obituaries, Buffalo Center (Iowa) Tribune, Vol 112 #48, 12 Feb 2004, pg 9 col 1

'Anna Meyer, 90 ... On December 9, 1933, Anna was united in marriage with Klaas Meyer in Alexandria, South Dakota. ...' <>

Child(ren):

  1. William Meyer  1934-1934


Notes about Klaas Meijer

Klaas Meijer

Sources: Author: Meyer, Klaas; Title: Talk with David A. Navorska, (Publication site: Buffalo Ctr. IA, Publisher: KM, Publication date: MCMLXXXV)

Faith: Reformed. He changed his name to Meyer. Occupation: Farmer Suffered from a stroke. Died at the hospital in Mason City. Buried in Olena Mound Cem.

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

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

"Klaas MEYER b. 23 Nov 1909 Bunderhammrich/Ostfriesland Occupation = farming Immigrated from Bremen - New York, NY (30 Mar 1928) vessel = SS Derfflinger married to: Anna HORNACK (* 22 Dec 1913 Bridgewater, SD oo 11 Dec 1933 Alexander, SD) living in U.S. = Buffalo Center, IA (18 Aug 1937)"

Author: Smidt, Peter W.; Title: Talk to David A. Navorska, (Publication site: Bella Vista AR, Publisher: PWS, Publication date: xxvi Feb MMV)

"Klaas, K - l - a - a - s, ... [he pronounced it 'class']"

Obituaries, The Buffalo Center (Iowa) Tribune, Vol. 95, # 15, 17 July 1986, Pg. 4, Col. 4

"Klaas Meyer, 76

Funeral services for Klaas Meyer, 76, of Buffalo Center were held Saturday afternoon. July 12, at 1:30 p.m. at the First Reformed Church in Buffalo Center with Rev. William Peake officiating. Mr. Meyer passed away Thursday, July 10 at a Mason City hospital. Winter Funeral Service was in charge of arrangements and interment was in Olena Mound Cemetery.

Casketbearers were Tim Berschman, Ron Berschman, Paul Steffensen, Doug Aukes, Robert Stoltz and Larry Ernster. Honorary casketbearers were Henry Hofbauer, Henry Van Gerpen, Joe Johnson, Harry Honken, Wade Dorenbush and John Bruhns. Carole Kettwick was the organist and music was by Warren and Duane Feldick and congregational singing.

Klaas Meyer, son of Wilhelm and Trintje (Ahrends) Meyer was born on November 23, 1909 in Bunderhammrich, Germany. In 1928 he came to America.

He was united in marriage to Anna Hornak on December 9, 1933 at Alexandria, South Dakota. They farmed for 35 years and on retiring in 1969 moved into Buffalo Center.

Klaas is survived by his wife, Anna; three brothers. Carl of Lakota, Trino and Herman both of Germany, a sister-in-law, Mrs. Erna Meyer of Lakota, and several nieces and nephews.

Preceding him in death were his parents, one infant son, William, two brothers and two sisters."

Author: Valauch, Regina; Title: e-mail regarding Paul & Hempeline Hornak, (Publication site unknown, Publisher: RV, Publication date: xxvii Feb MMXII)

"... Thanks to the address to the Buffalo Center newspaper archive you gave me, I was able to download the obits for Klaas and Anna. When I was looking for information about Klaas, I found out a few things you may not know. Klaas and his brother Carl must have made a trip back to Germany. They arrived in New York on 12 March 1931, on the Breman. The name and address of their nearest relative was: "Father, Wilh. Meyer, Bunderhammrich, EASTFRSLD." The date of their last departure from the USA was 25 Nov 1930. On 17 Oct 1949, Klaas and Anna arrived in New York on the Noordam. They must have been to Germany to visit their relatives. ..."
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    Birthday November 23, 1909

    • The temperature on November 23, 1909 was between -5.4 °C and 2.5 °C and averaged -0.9 °C. There was 5.1 hours of sunshine (60%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west-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 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 12 » New Zealand's worst maritime disaster of the 20th century happens when the SSPenguin, an inter-island ferry, sinks and explodes at the entrance to Wellington Harbour.
      • June 2 » Alfred Deakin becomes Prime Minister of Australia for the third time.
      • July 25 » Louis Blériot makes the first flight across the English Channel in a heavier-than-air machine from Calais to Dover, England, United Kingdom in 37 minutes.
      • October 26 » An Jung-geun assassinates Japan's Resident-General of Korea.
      • December 4 » The Montreal Canadiens ice hockey club, the oldest surviving professional hockey franchise in the world, is founded as a charter member of the National Hockey Association.
      • December 14 » New South Wales Premier Charles Wade signs the Seat of Government Surrender Act 1909, formally completing the transfer of State land to the Commonwealth to create the Australian Capital Territory.

    Day of marriage December 11, 1933

    • The temperature on December 11, 1933 was between -7.8 °C and 0.1 °C and averaged -3.0 °C. There was 0.6 mm of rain during 0.3 hours. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak 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 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 Netherlands , there was from May 26, 1933 to July 31, 1935 the cabinet Colijn II, with Dr. H. Colijn (ARP) as prime minister.
    • In the year 1933: Source: Wikipedia
      • The Netherlands had about 8.2 million citizens.
      • March 20 » Reichsführer-SS Heinrich Himmler ordered the creation of Dachau concentration camp as Chief of Police of Munich and appointed Theodor Eicke as the camp commandant.
      • May 6 » The Deutsche Studentenschaft attacked Magnus Hirschfeld's Institut für Sexualwissenschaft, later burning many of its books.
      • July 6 » The first Major League Baseball All-Star Game is played in Chicago's Comiskey Park. The American League defeated the National League 4–2.
      • August 24 » The Crescent Limited train derails in Washington, D.C., after the bridge it is crossing is washed out by the 1933 Chesapeake–Potomac hurricane.
      • November 7 » Fiorello H. La Guardia is elected the 99th mayor of New York City.
      • November 15 » Thailand has its first election.

    Day of death July 10, 1986

    • The temperature on July 10, 1986 was between 12.1 °C and 19.0 °C and averaged 15.2 °C. There was -0.1 mm of rain. There was 2.5 hours of sunshine (15%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west-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)
    • In The Netherlands , there was from Thursday, November 4, 1982 to Monday, July 14, 1986 the cabinet Lubbers I, with Drs. R.F.M. Lubbers (CDA) as prime minister.
    • 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 1986: Source: Wikipedia
      • The Netherlands had about 14.5 million citizens.
      • January 26 » The Ugandan government of Tito Okello is overthrown by the National Resistance Army, led by Yoweri Museveni.
      • May 26 » The European Community adopts the European flag.
      • July 6 » Davis Phinney becomes the first American cyclist to win a road stage of the Tour de France.
      • September 7 » Desmond Tutu becomes the first black man to lead the Anglican Diocese of Cape Town.
      • October 3 » TASCC, a superconducting cyclotron at the Chalk River Laboratories in Canada, is officially opened.
      • November 22 » Mike Tyson from Brooklyn, New York becomes the youngest heavyweight champion in boxing history at age 20.

    Day of burial July 12, 1986

    • The temperature on July 12, 1986 was between 6.1 °C and 19.4 °C and averaged 13.4 °C. There was 8.4 hours of sunshine (51%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north-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)
    • In The Netherlands , there was from Thursday, November 4, 1982 to Monday, July 14, 1986 the cabinet Lubbers I, with Drs. R.F.M. Lubbers (CDA) as prime minister.
    • 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 1986: Source: Wikipedia
      • The Netherlands had about 14.5 million citizens.
      • February 22 » Start of the People Power Revolution in the Philippines.
      • March 21 » Debi Thomas became the first African American to win the World Figure Skating Championships
      • June 4 » Jonathan Pollard pleads guilty to espionage for selling top secret United States military intelligence to Israel.
      • October 29 » British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher opens the last stretch of the M25 motorway.
      • November 3 » Iran–Contra affair: The Lebanese magazine Ash-Shiraa reports that the United States has been secretly selling weapons to Iran in order to secure the release of seven American hostages held by pro-Iranian groups in Lebanon.
      • November 3 » The Compact of Free Association becomes law, granting the Federated States of Micronesia and the Marshall Islands independence from the United States.
    

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