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Personal data Wübbina Catharina (Wübbina Catharina "Bena") "Bena" Buurma 

  • Alternative names: Wübbina Catharina "Bena" (Wübbina Catharina "Bena") Burma, Bena Burma Wessels
  • Nickname is Bena.
  • She was born on November 18, 1891 in Tichelwarf, Ostfriesland, Hannover, Preußen.
  • (note1) .Source 1
    Sources: B.C.T.; Dale Wilken; Jan-Dirk Zimmermann

    Wübbina's parents: Peter Jaspers Buurma & Peterke Koerts Ihnmermann
  • She died on March 7, 1919 in s. of, Buffalo Ctr., Winnebago Co., IA (her home), she was 27 years old.
  • She is buried on March 10, 1919 in Buffalo Twp., Winnebago Co., IA (Graceland Cem.).
  • This information was last updated on June 5, 2023.

Household of Wübbina Catharina (Wübbina Catharina "Bena") "Bena" Buurma

She is married to Everett (Avert) (Evert) Wessels.

They got married in the year 1913 at fortasse, somewhere in IA, she was 21 years old.

Everett (Avert) (Evert) Wessels oo Bena Burma

Marriage sources: Obituaries, Buffalo Center (Iowa) Tribune, Vol. 93 # 3, 26 Apr 1984, Pg. 8 Col. 2

"Everet Wessels, 97

Funeral services for Everet Wessels, 97, of Blue Earth, Minnesota were held Monday morning, April 23 at 10:30 a.m. at St. Luke's Lutheran Home. Interment was in Graceland Cemetery, Buffalo Center with Foresman-Patton Funeral Home incharge of arrangements.

Mr. Wessels passed away Wednesday evening, April 19 at United Hospital, Blue Earth.

He was born January 9, 1887 in Holland. He came to the United States at a young age. He married Bena Burma in 1913. She died in 1919. In 1920 he married Anna Sunken. She died in 1960.

Survivors include sons, John of Bricelyn, Minnesota; Sute of Blue Earth, Minnesota; daughters, Mrsv Heiko (Grace) Meyering of Buffalo Center, Pearl Wessels of Mason City, Lena Wessels of Kissimmee, Florida; 17 grandchildren; 30 great-grandchildren; two great-greatgrandchildren and a brother, Carl of Blue Earth."
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Child(ren):

  1. Grace Wessels  1914-2000 


Notes about Wübbina Catharina (Wübbina Catharina "Bena") "Bena" Buurma

Wübbina Catharina "Bena" Buurma / Burma

Sources: The Grim Reaper, Buffalo Center [IA] Tribune, Vol. 26 # 50, 13 Mar 1919, Pg. 1 Col. 4

"Mrs. Avert Wessels.

Mrs. Evert Wessels was born Nov. 18, 1891, at Figgelworf, Eastfriesland, Germany, and died at her home south of Buffalo Center March 7, 1919, at the age of 27 years, 3 months and 19 days, after a short illness brought on by an attack ofinfluenza. She came to this country in childhood and has resided in this vicinity the past fourteen years. She was the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Peter Burma, her father having passed away a short time ago. She was married to Avert Wessels in 1913.

She was the mother of three children and these with the husband, mother, one brother, Jasper Burma, and one sister, Mrs. Peter DeGroat, survive to mourn her loss. She was a good wife, a faithful mother and has gone out to meet therewards for those who have done their part as beat they could while in this life. She was a member of the German Reformed church and was a true member and filled with the faith of a devoted Christian. The funeral was held at the home Monday morning, Rev. J. H. Schoon presiding, and interment was in Graceland cemetery."

Obituaries, Buffalo Center (Iowa) Tribune, Vol. 93 # 3, 26 Apr 1984, Pg. 8 Col. 2

"Everet Wessels, 97

Funeral services for Everet Wessels, 97, of Blue Earth, Minnesota were held Monday morning, April 23 at 10:30 a.m. at St. Luke's Lutheran Home. Interment was in Graceland Cemetery, Buffalo Center with Foresman-Patton Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.

Mr. Wessels passed away Wednesday evening, April 19 at United Hospital, Blue Earth.

He was born January 9, 1887 in Holland. He came to the United States at a young age. He married Bena Burma in 1913. She died in 1919. In 1920 he married Anna Sunken. She died in 1960.

Survivors include sons, John of Bricelyn, Minnesota; Sute of Blue Earth, Minnesota; daughters, Mrsv Heiko (Grace) Meyering of Buffalo Center, Pearl Wessels of Mason City, Lena Wessels of Kissimmee, Florida; 17 grandchildren; 30 great-grandchildren; two great-greatgrandchildren and a brother, Carl of Blue Earth."

Figgelworf might be Tichelwarf. Tichelwarf is in the Weener Reformed parish. Bena's brother, Jasper Burma is born in Tichelwarf

Author: Wilken, Dale W., Index compiler, DeWall, Kenneth, Compiler, Title: «u»Ostfriesen Roots Obituaries in the Brede, Iowa German Newspaper«/u», (Publication site: Bethalta, IL, Publisher: Self-published, Publication date: xxii Dec MM), Pg. 12 of 76, Repository: Ostfriesland Gen. Soc., George IA with holdings at George IA pub. lib.

"BURMA JASPER Date: Oct10 1910 Buffalo Center St IA Born Tichelwarf, Ost"

Author: Zimmermann, Jan-Dirk, Title: «u»Familienbuch der Ev.-ref. Kirchengemeinde WEENER ... 1674-1900«/u», Teilband i, (Publication site: Weener, Niedersachsen, Publisher: Eigenverlag, Publication date: MMXV), Seite 409, Repository: Ostfriesen Gen. Soc. of Am., Mendota MN with holdings at MN Gen. Soc. lib., Mendota Hts., MN

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"2298 Buurma, Peter Jaspers, Arbeiter, oo mit Peterke Koerts Ihmermann

Kinder: Jasper * 2.1.1890 Tichelwarf
[2] Wübbina Catharina * 18.11.1891 Tichelwarf"
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Ancestors (and descendant) of Wübbina Catharina Buurma

Wübbina Catharina Buurma
1891-1919

1913

Everett (Avert) (Evert) Wessels
1887-1984

Grace Wessels
1914-2000

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Birthday November 18, 1891

  • The temperature on November 18, 1891 was about 8.5 °C. There was 0.8 mm of rain. The air pressure was 3 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the south. 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 April 21, 1888 to August 21, 1891 the cabinet Mackay, with Mr. A. baron Mackay (AR) as prime minister.
  • 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 year 1891: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 5.1 million citizens.
    • January 31 » History of Portugal: The first attempt at a Portuguese republican revolution breaks out in the northern city of Porto.
    • February 15 » Allmänna Idrottsklubben (AIK) (Swedish Sports Club) is founded.
    • March 3 » Shoshone National Forest is established as the first national forest in the US and world.
    • March 10 » Almon Strowger patents the Strowger switch, a device which led to the automation of telephone circuit switching.
    • April 1 » The Wrigley Company is founded in Chicago, Illinois.
    • May 5 » The Music Hall in New York City (later known as Carnegie Hall) has its grand opening and first public performance, with Tchaikovsky as the guest conductor.

Day of death March 7, 1919

  • The temperature on March 7, 1919 was between 3.3 °C and 7.7 °C and averaged 5.8 °C. There was 3.3 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) 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 September 9, 1918 to September 18, 1922 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck I, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1919: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 6.7 million citizens.
    • January 18 » Ignacy Jan Paderewski becomes Prime Minister of the newly independent Poland.
    • January 22 » Act Zluky is signed, unifying the Ukrainian People's Republic and the West Ukrainian National Republic.
    • May 16 » A naval Curtiss NC-4 aircraft commanded by Albert Cushing Read leaves Trepassey, Newfoundland, for Lisbon via the Azores on the first transatlantic flight.
    • June 7 » Sette Giugno: Nationalist riots break out in Valletta, the capital of Malta. British soldiers fire into the crowd, killing four people.
    • August 8 » The Anglo-Afghan Treaty of 1919 is signed. It establishes peaceful relations between Afghanistan and the UK, and confirms the Durand line as the mutual border. In return, the UK is no longer obligated to subsidize the Afghan government.
    • November 28 » Lady Astor is elected as a Member of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. She is the first woman to sit in the House of Commons. (Countess Markievicz, the first to be elected, refused to sit.)

Day of burial March 10, 1919

  • The temperature on March 10, 1919 was between 6.5 °C and 11.5 °C and averaged 8.7 °C. There was 0.3 hours of sunshine (3%). 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 September 9, 1918 to September 18, 1922 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck I, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1919: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 6.7 million citizens.
    • February 21 » German socialist Kurt Eisner is assassinated. His death results in the establishment of the Bavarian Soviet Republic and parliament and government fleeing Munich, Germany.
    • June 14 » John Alcock and Arthur Whitten Brown depart from St. John's, Newfoundland on the first nonstop transatlantic flight.
    • July 23 » Prince Regent Aleksander Karađorđević signs the decree establishing the University of Ljubljana
    • September 10 » Austria and the Allies sign the Treaty of Saint-Germain-en-Laye recognizing the independence of Poland, Hungary, Czechoslovakia and Yugoslavia.
    • October 7 » KLM, the flag carrier of the Netherlands, is founded. It is the oldest airline still operating under its original name.
    • November 11 » The Industrial Workers of the World attack an Armistice Day parade in Centralia, Washington, ultimately resulting in the deaths of five people.


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