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Personal data Grietje (Gretje) (Grietje (Gretje) "Grace") "Grace" Olthoff 


Household of Grietje (Gretje) (Grietje (Gretje) "Grace") "Grace" Olthoff

She is married to Benjamin Siefkes Michaelsen.

They got married on March 20, 1890 at Kamrar, Hamilton Co., IA, she was 20 years old.


Child(ren):

  1. Seafka Mechaelsen  1897-1964 


Notes about Grietje (Gretje) (Grietje (Gretje) "Grace") "Grace" Olthoff

Grietje (Gretje) "Grace" Olthoff

Sources: Author: N.N. (anonymous, pseudonym = Tootiebug), Title: "Gretje Olthoff, (Publication location: Salt Lk. City, UT, Publisher: FamilySearch, Publication date: xxvii May MMXX), Repository: The Cloud

Link: https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/L8SH-GF2

"... Gretje Olthoff Sex Female Birth 18 July 1869 Niedersachsen, Germany Death 30 October 1940 Kamrar, Hamilton, Iowa, United States

Also Known As Grace Olthoff
Married Name Grace Mechaelson

Immigration 1885
Census 30 April 1910 Independence Township, Kamrar, Hamilton County, Iowa, United States
Residence 1910 Independence, Hamilton, Iowa, United States
Residence 1920 Independence, Hamilton, Iowa, United States

Spouses and Children

Benjamin Chrifkes Michaelsen 1866-1952
Marriage: 20 March 1890 Kamrar, Hamilton, Iowa, United States
Gretje Olthoff 1869-1940

Children of Gretje Olthoff and Benjamin Chrifkes Michaelsen (7)

[1 f] Bertha Mechaelsen 1891-1970
[2 f] Ella Mechaelsen 1893-1988
[3 m] Seafka Mechaelsen 1897-1964
[4 m] Joe Mechaelsen 1903-1985
[5 m] Oliver Mechaelsen 1907-1992
[6 f] Louise Mechaelsen 1912-1931
[7 f] Esther Mabel Mechaelsen 1914-1991

Parents and Siblings

Johann Amos Olthoff 1848-1898
Marriage: estimated 1868 Bunde, Ostfriesland, Germany
Albertje Stalderks Busing 1847-1923

Children of Albertje Stalderks Busing and Johann Amos Olthoff (8)

[1 f] Gretje Olthoff 1869-1940
[2 m] John Hinderk Olthoff 1873-1950
[3 m] Amos J. Olthoff 1876-1930
[4 f] Albertji Folkerts Oostendorp 1878-1939
[5 f] Wempkie Olthoff 1881-1900
[6 f] Alice Olthoff 1885-Deceased
[7 f] Jennie Olthoff 1889-Deceased
[8 f] Alice Olthoff"

Author: Zimmermann, Jan-Dirk, Title: «u»Familienbuch der Ev.-ref. Kirchengemeinde WEENER ... 1674-1900, Teilband ii«/u», (Publication location: Weener, Niedersachsen, Publisher: Eigenverlag, Publication date: MMXV), Seite 1773, Repository: Ostfriesen Gen. Soc., George, IA, with holdings at George, IA pub. lib.

[Seite 1773]

"11645. Olthoff, Johann, Arbeiter, oo mit Albertje Hinderks Buising
Kinder: Grietje * 18.7.1869 Smarlingen
[2] Hinderk * 29.6.1873 Alte Peldemühle
[3] Amos * 18.3.1876 Alte Peldemühle
[4] Albertje * 6.11.1878 Alte Peldemühle
[5] Wübke * 25.4.1881 Alte Peldemühle
[6] Aaltje * ca. 2.1884 + in Alte Peldemühle, = 3.4.1884 Weener"

Author: Gerkins, Kathy, & Albrecht, Kimberly (Nims), Title: "Grace Mechaelsen," (Publication location: Kamrar, IA, Publisher: Find-a-Grave, Publication date: xxi Nov MMVIII), Repository: The Cloud

Link: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/31586852/grace-mechaelsen

"Photo[graph of her stone] added by Kathy Gerkins
Picture of [her death certificate Added by Kimberly (Nims) Albrecht

Grace Mechaelsen BIRTH 1869 DEATH 1940 (aged 70– 71) BURIAL First Presbyterian Cemetery Kamrar, Hamilton County, Iowa, USA MEMORIAL ID 31586852

Family Members

Children
Photo[graph of her stone] Louise Marie Mechaelsen 1912-1931

Inscription Wife of Benjamin S. Mechaelsen Created by: Kathy Gerkins Added: 21 Nov 2008 Find a Grave Memorial 31586852"
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Ancestors (and descendant) of Grietje (Gretje) Olthoff

Grietje (Gretje) Olthoff
1869-1940

1890

Benjamin Siefkes Michaelsen
1866-1952

Seafka Mechaelsen
1897-1964

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Historical events

Birthday July 18, 1869

  • The temperature on July 18, 1869 was about 20.9 °C. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 60%. Source: KNMI
  • Koning Willem III (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1849 till 1890 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
  • From June 4, 1868 till January 4, 1871 the Netherlands had a cabinet Van Bosse - Fock with the prime ministers Mr. P.P. van Bosse (liberaal) and Mr. C. Fock (liberaal).
  • In the year 1869: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 3.6 million citizens.
    • May 15 » Women's suffrage: In New York, Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton form the National Woman Suffrage Association.
    • May 26 » Boston University is chartered by the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
    • July 10 » Gävle, Sweden, is largely destroyed in a fire; 80% of its 10,000 residents are left homeless.
    • October 5 » The Saxby Gale devastates the Bay of Fundy region in Canada.
    • November 11 » The Victorian Aboriginal Protection Act is enacted in Australia, giving the government control of indigenous people's wages, their terms of employment, where they could live, and of their children, effectively leading to the Stolen Generations.
    • November 17 » In Egypt, the Suez Canal, linking the Mediterranean Sea with the Red Sea, is inaugurated.

Day of marriage March 20, 1890

  • The temperature on March 20, 1890 was about 3.7 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. The air pressure was 12 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the south-southeast. The airpressure was 74 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 90%. Source: KNMI
  • Koning Willem III (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1849 till 1890 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
  • 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 April 21, 1888 to August 21, 1891 the cabinet Mackay, with Mr. A. baron Mackay (AR) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1890: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 4.5 million citizens.
    • March 4 » The longest bridge in Great Britain, the Forth Bridge in Scotland, measuring 1,710 feet (520m) long, is opened by the Duke of Rothesay, later King Edward VII.
    • July 26 » In Buenos Aires, Argentina the Revolución del Parque takes place, forcing President Miguel Ángel Juárez Celman's resignation.
    • July 27 » Vincent van Gogh shoots himself and dies two days later.
    • October 11 » In Washington, D.C., the Daughters of the American Revolution is founded.
    • November 4 » City and South London Railway: London's first deep-level tube railway opens between King William Street and Stockwell.
    • December 30 » Following the Wounded Knee Massacre, the United States Army and Lakota warriors face off in the Drexel Mission Fight.

Day of death October 30, 1940

  • The temperature on October 30, 1940 was between -3.7 and 3.5 °C. There was 0.9 hours of sunshine (9%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) 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 August 10, 1939 to September 3, 1940 the cabinet De Geer II, with Jonkheer mr. D.J. de Geer (CHU) as prime minister.
  • In The Netherlands , there was from September 3, 1940 to July 27, 1941 the cabinet Gerbrandy I, with Prof. dr. P.S. Gerbrandy (ARP) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1940: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 8.8 million citizens.
    • May 26 » World War II: The Siege of Calais ends with the surrender of the British and French garrison.
    • May 27 » World War II: In the Le Paradis massacre, 99 soldiers from a Royal Norfolk Regiment unit are shot after surrendering to German troops; two survive.
    • May 28 » World War II: Norwegian, French, Polish and British forces recapture Narvik in Norway. This is the first allied infantry victory of the War.
    • June 18 » Appeal of 18 June by Charles de Gaulle.
    • September 12 » An explosion at the Hercules Powder Company plant in Kenvil, New Jersey kills 51 people and injures over 200.
    • November 22 » World War II: Following the initial Italian invasion, Greek troops counterattack into Italian-occupied Albania and capture Korytsa.

Day of burial November 2, 1940

  • The temperature on November 2, 1940 was between 7.0 °C and 12.9 °C and averaged 10.2 °C. There was 10.6 mm of rain during 7.4 hours. There was 1.2 hours of sunshine (13%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) 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, 1939 to September 3, 1940 the cabinet De Geer II, with Jonkheer mr. D.J. de Geer (CHU) as prime minister.
  • In The Netherlands , there was from September 3, 1940 to July 27, 1941 the cabinet Gerbrandy I, with Prof. dr. P.S. Gerbrandy (ARP) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1940: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 8.8 million citizens.
    • March 12 » Winter War: Finland signs the Moscow Peace Treaty with the Soviet Union, ceding almost all of Finnish Karelia.
    • May 13 » Queen Wilhelmina of the Netherlands flees her country to Great Britain after the German invasion. Princess Juliana takes her children to Canada for their safety.
    • May 17 » World War II: Germany occupies Brussels, Belgium.
    • May 27 » World War II: In the Le Paradis massacre, 99 soldiers from a Royal Norfolk Regiment unit are shot after surrendering to German troops; two survive.
    • June 10 » World War II: Military resistance to the German occupation of Norway ends.
    • November 10 » The 1940 Vrancea earthquake strikes Romania killing an estimated 1,000 and injuring approximately 4,000 more.


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