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Household of John Evert Riekena

He is married to Esther Meester.

They got married St. Valentines Day 1934 at Holland, Grundy Co., IA, he was 23 years old.


Child(ren):

  1. Larry John Riekena  1935-2007
  2. (Not public)


Notes about John Evert Riekena

John Evert Riekena

Sources: Author: Farghum, Barb, Title: "John Evert Riekena," (Publication location: Wellsburg, IA, Publication date: xxxi May MMIX), Repository: The Cloud

Link: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/37731786/john-evert-riekena

"Photo[graph of stone shared with Esther Riekena] added by Gerhardt Leffler

[Photograph of stone shared with Esther Riekena] Added by Barb Farghum

John Evert Riekena Birth 7 Sep 1910 Turner County, South Dakota, USA Death 27 Feb 1975 (aged 64) Eldora, Hardin County, Iowa, USA Burial Shiloh Cemetery Wellsburg, Grundy County, Iowa, USA Plot Lot 1, grave 20
Memorial ID 37731786

Family Members

Parents
Evert J. Riekena 1883-1952
Mary Jibbe Ross Riekena 1887-1966

Spouse
Esther Meester Riekena Eckhoff 1911-1997 (m. 1934)

Siblings

Jeanette Riekema Tack 1912-2003
Emery Eugene Riekena 1914-1963 (m. 1937)
Diane Evelyn Riekena Walbaum 1917-2007

Children

Larry John Riekena 1935-2007

Created by: Barb Farghum Added: 31 May 2009 Find a Grave Memorial 37731786"
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    Birthday September 7, 1910

    • The temperature on September 7, 1910 was between 10.7 °C and 17.8 °C and averaged 14.0 °C. There was 12.4 mm of rain. There was 2.3 hours of sunshine (17%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northwest. 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 1910: Source: Wikipedia
      • The Netherlands had about 5.9 million citizens.
      • May 11 » An act of the U.S. Congress establishes Glacier National Park in Montana.
      • June 19 » The first Father's Day is celebrated in Spokane, Washington.
      • June 25 » The United States Congress passes the Mann Act, which prohibits interstate transport of women or girls for “immoral purposes”; the ambiguous language would be used to selectively prosecute people for years to come.
      • October 21 » HMSNiobe arrives in Halifax Harbour to become the first ship of the Royal Canadian Navy.
      • November 21 » Sailors on board Brazil's warships including the Minas Gerais, São Paulo, and Bahia, violently rebel in what is now known as the Revolta da Chibata (Revolt of the Lash).
      • November 23 » Johan Alfred Ander becomes the last person to be executed in Sweden.

    Day of death February 27, 1975

    • The temperature on February 27, 1975 was between -3.3 °C and 11.6 °C and averaged 3.1 °C. There was 9.9 hours of sunshine (92%). The average windspeed was 1 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south east. 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 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 1975: Source: Wikipedia
      • The Netherlands had about 13.6 million citizens.
      • March 6 » Algiers Accord: Iran and Iraq announce a settlement of their border dispute.
      • April 9 » The first game of the Philippine Basketball Association, the second oldest professional basketball league in the world.
      • April 25 » As North Vietnamese forces close in on the South Vietnamese capital Saigon, the Australian Embassy is closed and evacuated, almost ten years to the day since the first Australian troop commitment to South Vietnam.
      • June 4 » The Governor of California Jerry Brown signs the California Agricultural Labor Relations Act into law, the first law in the U.S. giving farmworkers collective bargaining rights.
      • November 10 » The 729-foot-long freighter SSEdmund Fitzgerald sinks during a storm on Lake Superior, killing all 29 crew on board.
      • November 27 » The Provisional IRA assassinates Ross McWhirter, after a press conference in which McWhirter had announced a reward for the capture of those responsible for multiple bombings and shootings across England.
    

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