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Personal data Mary Vanderwerf 

  • Alternative name: Mary van der Werf
  • She was born on November 6, 1893 in Ackley, Butler / Franklin / Grundy / Hardin Co., IA.
  • (note1) .Source 1
    Sources: Rebecca Evans & Berend Eilders
  • She died on April 20, 1988 in Extended Care Ctr., Grundy Co. Hosp., Grundy Ctr., Grundy Co., IA, she was 94 years old.
  • She is buried after April 19, 1988 in Wellsburg Ref. Cem., Shiloh Twp., Grundy Co., IA.
  • This information was last updated on June 3, 2020.

Household of Mary Vanderwerf

She is married to Jan Ben “John” Boekhoff.

They got married on October 10, 1912 at fortasse, somewhere, Verenigde Staten, she was 18 years old.


Child(ren):

  1. Ella Boekhoff  1914-1993 


Notes about Mary Vanderwerf

Mary Vanderwerf
Mary van der Werf

Sources: Author: Evans, Rebecca, Title: "Mary Vanderwerf Boekhoff," (Publication location: Wellsburg, IA, Publisher: Find-a-Grave, Publication date: xxvi Feb MMXIII), Repository: The Cloud

Link: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/105851709/mary-boekhoff

"Photo[graph of stone shared with John B. Boekhoff] added by KDB

Mary Vanderwerf Boekhoff Birth 6 Nov 1893 Death 20 Apr 1988 (aged 94) Burial Wellsburg Reformed Church Cemetery Wellsburg, Grundy County, Iowa, USA Plot NE Sec 2, Lot 17, Grave 5 Memorial ID 105851709

Family Members

Spouse
Jan Ben Boekhoff 1874-1958

Children

Samuel John Boekhoff 1913-1986
Ella Boekhoff Riebkes 1914-1993
Marie Bertha Boekhoff Kannegieter 1916-1998
John Adam Boekhoff 1918-1981
Ernest Henry Boekhoff 1920-2001
Carrie Adeline Boekhoff Wehrman 1922-1996
Lawrence Alvin Boekhoff 1926-1944
George Willard Boekhoff 1927-2001
Grace Lorraine Boekoff Hippen 1928-2006
Marlys Ann Boekhoff Clark 1935-2012

Gravesite Details Wife of John B.

Created by: Rebecca Evans Added: 26 Feb 2013 Find a Grave Memorial 105851709"

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

Link: https://www.genealogieonline.nl/en/stamboom-familie-eilders-is-samengesteld-door-b.-eilders/I166895.php

"Personal data Mary van der Werf
She was born on November 6, 1893 in Ackley, Iowa. She died on April 20, 1988 in Grundy County Memorial Hospital Extended Care Center, Grundy County, Iowa, she was 94 years old. She is buried April 1988 in Wellsburg Reformed Church Cemetery,Wellsburg, Iowa.

Ancestors (and descendant) of Mary van der Werf

Paternal grandparents:
Peter Klassen van der Werf 1825-????
Marieke Peters Donker 1828-????

Parents:
Simon van der Werf 1858-1930
Ella Klinkenborg 1866-1947

Individual:
Mary van der Werf 1893-1988
oo 1912
John B Boekhoff 1874-1958
...
Household of Mary van der Werf
She is married to John B Boekhoff on October 10, 1912 at Parker, South Dakota, she was 18 years old.

Child(ren):

1. [m] George Willard Boekhoff 1927-2001
2. [f] Evelyn La Vonne Boekhoff 1932-1983
3. [f] Lorraine Edna Boekhoff 1930-1982
4. [f] Esther Janet Boekhoff 1933-2014
5. [m] John Boekhoff 1918-1981
6. [f] Marlys Ann Boekhoff 1935-2012
7. [f] Grace Lorraine Boekhoff 1928-2006
8. [f] Bertha Boekhoff 1916-1998
9. [f] Ella Boekhoff 1914-1993
10. [f] Samuel John Boekhoff 1913-1986
11. [m] Ernest Henry Boekhoff 1920-2001
12. [m] Lawrence Alvin Boekhoff 1926-1944
13. [m] Albert Frederick Boekhoff 1923-1979
14. [f] Carrie Boekhoff 1922-1996
15. [m] Arnold Boekhoff

Notes about Mary van der Werf
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Ancestors (and descendant) of Mary Vanderwerf

Mary Vanderwerf
1893-1988

1912

Jan Ben “John” Boekhoff
1874-1958

Ella Boekhoff
1914-1993
Grace Lorraine Boekhoff
1928-2006

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Birthday November 6, 1893

  • The temperature on November 6, 1893 was about 3.8 °C. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 78%. 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 year 1893: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 5.1 million citizens.
    • April 6 » Salt Lake Temple of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is dedicated by Wilford Woodruff.
    • June 5 » The trial of Lizzie Borden for the murder of her father and step-mother begins in New Bedford, Massachusetts.
    • June 13 » Grover Cleveland notices a rough spot in his mouth and on July 1 undergoes secret, successful surgery to remove a large, cancerous portion of his jaw; the operation was not revealed to the public until 1917, nine years after the president's death.
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    • August 27 » The Sea Islands hurricane strikes the United States near Savannah, Georgia, killing between 1,000–2,000 people.
    • November 28 » Women's suffrage in New Zealand concludes with the 1893 New Zealand general election.

Day of marriage October 10, 1912

  • The temperature on October 10, 1912 was between 1.3 °C and 14.8 °C and averaged 7.7 °C. There was 8.3 hours of sunshine (75%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east. 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 1912: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 6.0 million citizens.
    • January 1 » The Republic of China is established.
    • September 4 » Albanian rebels succeed in their revolt when the Ottoman Empire agrees to fulfill their demands
    • October 8 » The First Balkan War begins when Montenegro declares war against the Ottoman Empire.
    • November 5 » Woodrow Wilson is elected the 28th President of the United States, defeating incumbent William Howard Taft.
    • December 8 » Leaders of the German Empire hold an Imperial War Council to discuss the possibility that war might break out.
    • December 28 » The first municipally owned streetcars take to the streets in San Francisco.

Day of death April 20, 1988

  • The temperature on April 20, 1988 was between 8.8 °C and 15.2 °C and averaged 12.4 °C. There was 0.7 mm of rain during 1.8 hours. There was 2.6 hours of sunshine (18%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest. 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 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 1988: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 14.7 million citizens.
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