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Personal data Gerrit D. de Jong 

  • He was born on February 27, 1882 in Barradeel, provincie Friesland.
  • Immigrated in the year 1903 vanuit somewhere U.S.A.
  • (note1) .Source 1
    Source: Berend Eilders
  • He died on November 22, 1973 in Osceola Comm. Hosp., Sibley, Osceola Co., IA, he was 91 years old.
  • He is buried on November 24, 1973 in W. Holman Twp., Osceola Co., IA (Holman Cem.).
  • This information was last updated on August 25, 2020.

Household of Gerrit D. de Jong

He is married to Tillie Feenstra.

They got married on March 9, 1909 at fortasse, somewhere, Verenigde Staten, he was 27 years old.


Child(ren):

  1. Hessel de Jong  1916-2010 


Notes about Gerrit D. de Jong

Gerrit D. de Jong

Sources: Author: NN (family name not known), Mark, Title: "Gerrit D. De Jong, Sr." (Publication location: Sibley, IA, Publisher: Find-a-Grave, Publication date:xvi Mar MMXVIII), Repository: The Cloud

Link: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/195394402/gerrit-d_-de_jong

"Photo[graph of his obituary from the Sibley Gazette] added by Mark

Gerrit D. De Jong, Sr Birth 27 Feb 1882 Netherlands Death 22 Nov 1973 (aged 91) Sibley, Osceola County, Iowa, USA Burial Holman Cemetery Sibley, Osceola County, Iowa, USA Plot Sec E Lot 27A Grave 1 Memorial ID 195394402

Family Members
Spouse

Tillie Feenstra De Jong unknown-1969 (m. 1909)

Children

Jake Allen De Jong 1923-2002

Created by: Mark Added: 16 Dec 2018 Find A Grave Memorial 195394402"

Here is the text of the obituary:

"Page 7 of The Sibley Gazette, published in Sibley, Iowa on Tuesday, November 27th, 1973

GERRIT D. DE JONG

Funeral services were held Saturday Nov. 24, 1973, at 1:30 p.m. at the Christian Reformed church of Sibley for Gerrit D. De Jong, 91, who died Nov. 22, 1973 at Osceola Community Hospital. Rev. Harold Hiemstra officiated with burial in Holman township cemetery, Sibley.

Mr. De Jong was born Feb. 27, 1882, in The Netherlands. He came to the U. S. in 1902. He married Tillie Feenstra, March 9, 1909. They farmed in the Ireton and Sibley area, retiring in 1952.

Mr. De Jong is survived by six sons: Dick, Worthington; Hessel, Rock Rapids; Frank Peter, Fargo, N. Dak.; Jacob Allen, Sibley; Gerrit, Jr., Sibley; and Arnold of LeMars; six daughters: Irina (Mrs. Wm. Mouw) Boyden; Gertrude Zwikker, Sibley; Effie (Mrs. Peter Faber) Chino, Calif.; Jennie (Mrs. John Engelkes) Willmar, Minn.; Louisa Jacobsma, Bigelow, Minn.; Tillie (Mrs. Wilbur Rook) Doon, Ia.; 50 grandchildren and 63 great-grandchildren. He was preceded in death by his parents, one daughter, three brothers and one sister."

Author: Eilders, Berend, Title: "Stamboom familie Eilders," (Publication location unknown, Publisher: Genealogy On-line, Publication date: xxviii July MMXX), Repository: The Cloud

Link: https://www.genealogieonline.nl/en/stamboom-familie-eilders-is-samengesteld-door-b.-eilders/I232086.php

"Personal data Gerrit D de Jong He was born on February 27, 1882 in Barradeel, Friesland, Netherlands. He died on November 22, 1973 in Sibley, Osceola County, Iowa, he was 91 years old.

Household of Gerrit D de Jong
He is married to Tillie Feenstra on March 9, 1909, he was 27 years old.

Child(ren):

1. (Not public)
2. Gerrit de Jong 1930-2020
3. (Not public)
4. (Not public)
5. Jennie de Jong 1921-2017
6. Tracie de Jong 1910-1944
7. Trina de Jong 1911-1986
8. Dick de Jong 1912-1990
9. Gertrude de Jong 1914-2007
10. Hessel de Jong 1916-2010
11. Effie Sadie de Jong ± 1918-
12. Frank Peter de Jong 1919-1984
13. Jacob Allen de Jong 1923-2002"
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Ancestors (and descendant) of Gerrit D. de Jong

Gerrit D. de Jong
1882-1973

1909

Tillie Feenstra
1892-1969

Hessel de Jong
1916-2010

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Birthday February 27, 1882

  • The temperature on February 27, 1882 was about 10.5 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. The air pressure was 6 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the south-southwest. The airpressure was 74 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 79%. 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 1882: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 4.5 million citizens.
    • March 29 » The Knights of Columbus is established.
    • April 25 » French and Vietnamese troops clashed in Tonkin, when Commandant Henri Rivière seized the citadel of Hanoi with a small force of marine infantry.
    • May 6 » The United States Congress passes the Chinese Exclusion Act.
    • June 6 » The Shewan forces of Menelik II of Ethiopia defeat the Gojjame army in the Battle of Embabo. The Shewans capture Negus Tekle Haymanot of Gojjam, and their victory leads to a Shewan hegemony over the territories south of the Abay River.
    • September 5 » The first United States Labor Day parade is held in New York City.
    • September 18 » The Pacific Stock Exchange opens.

Day of marriage March 9, 1909

  • The temperature on March 9, 1909 was between -3.5 °C and 4.1 °C and averaged 0.4 °C. There was 2.7 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-southeast. 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 20 » Publication of the Futurist Manifesto in the French journal Le Figaro.
    • April 11 » The city of Tel Aviv is founded.
    • August 19 » The first automobile race at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway.
    • 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 10 » Selma Lagerlöf becomes the first female writer to win the Nobel Prize in Literature.
    • 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 death November 22, 1973

  • The temperature on November 22, 1973 was between -3.1 °C and 5.2 °C and averaged 0.9 °C. There was -0.1 mm of rain. There was 0.5 hours of sunshine (6%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 1 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south. 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 Thursday, July 20, 1972 to Friday, May 11, 1973 the cabinet Biesheuvel II, with Mr. B.W. Biesheuvel (ARP) as prime minister.
  • In The Netherlands , there was from Friday, May 11, 1973 to Monday, December 19, 1977 the cabinet Den Uyl, with Drs. J.M. den Uyl (PvdA) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1973: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 13.4 million citizens.
    • January 23 » United States President Richard Nixon announces that a peace accord has been reached in Vietnam.
    • February 21 » Over the Sinai Desert, Israeli fighter aircraft shoot down Libyan Arab Airlines Flight 114 jet killing 108 people.
    • February 27 » The American Indian Movement occupies Wounded Knee in protest of the federal government.
    • May 3 » The 108-story Sears Tower in Chicago is topped out at 1,451 feet as the world's tallest building.
    • July 17 » King Mohammed Zahir Shah of Afghanistan, while having surgery in Italy, is deposed by his cousin Mohammed Daoud Khan.
    • November 22 » The Italian Fascist organization Ordine Nuovo is disbanded.

Day of burial November 24, 1973

  • The temperature on November 24, 1973 was between 4.2 °C and 11.3 °C and averaged 9.3 °C. There was 2.6 mm of rain during 1.5 hours. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the west-southwest. 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 Thursday, July 20, 1972 to Friday, May 11, 1973 the cabinet Biesheuvel II, with Mr. B.W. Biesheuvel (ARP) as prime minister.
  • In The Netherlands , there was from Friday, May 11, 1973 to Monday, December 19, 1977 the cabinet Den Uyl, with Drs. J.M. den Uyl (PvdA) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1973: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 13.4 million citizens.
    • March 17 » The Pulitzer Prize-winning photograph Burst of Joy is taken, depicting a former prisoner of war being reunited with his family, which came to symbolize the end of United States involvement in the Vietnam War.
    • April 10 » Invicta International Airlines Flight 435 crashes in a snowstorm on approach to Basel, Switzerland, killing 108 people.
    • June 21 » In its decision in Miller v. California, 413 U.S. 15, the Supreme Court of the United States establishes the Miller test for determining whether something is obscene and not protected speech under the U.S. constitution.
    • June 24 » The UpStairs Lounge, a gay bar in the French Quarter of New Orleans, Louisiana, is attacked by an arsonist during a church service, and 32 people die from smoke inhalation or fire.
    • October 8 » Spyros Markezinis begins his 48-day term as prime minister in an abortive attempt to lead Greece to parliamentary rule.
    • October 16 » Henry Kissinger and Lê Đức Thọ are awarded the Nobel Peace Prize.


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