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Personal data Wilhelmina J. (Wilhelmina J. "Minnie") "Minnie" Ukena 

  • Nickname is Minnie.
  • She was born on September 6, 1861 in Walle, Ostfriesland, Hannover.
  • She was christened on September 22, 1861 in Aurich, Ostfriesland, Hannover.
  • (note1) .Source 1
    Sources: Bonnie Heetland; Joan Mabus; Gregg Gropel; & Kay H. Black & Harold Johns
  • She died on May 6, 1941 in Lakota, Kossuth Co., IA, she was 79 years old.
  • She is buried after May 5, 1941 in Maple Hill Cem., Lincoln Twp., Kossuth Co., IA.
  • This information was last updated on October 25, 2020.

Household of Wilhelmina J. (Wilhelmina J. "Minnie") "Minnie" Ukena

She is married to Johan (Johann) Jansen Heetland.

They got married on February 24, 1883 at in proximo, Ackley, Butler / Franklin / Grundy / Hardin Co., IA, she was 21 years old.


Child(ren):

  1. Johanna Heetland  1884-1966
  4. Jerry R. Heetland  1889-1969 
  5. John H. Heetland  1891-1954
  6. George J. Heetland  1893-1978


Notes about Wilhelmina J. (Wilhelmina J. "Minnie") "Minnie" Ukena

Wilhelmina J. "Minnie" Ukena

Sources: Author: Heetland, Bonnie, Title: "Things to Remember," (Publication location: Lennox, SD, Publisher: BH, Publication date: ii Feb MCMXCIV)

"Heetland

Parents of John and Herman Heetland
John Fredrick Heetland and Antji Janofin (Toben) Heetland both born Baldersum Emden Ger.

Ch.

1-1 John of Jan Heetland, born Oldersum, East Friesland Ger.
1-2 Herman Fredrick Heetland, born Oldersum, East Friesland, Ger.

1-1 Jan or John Heetland born Dec. 10, 1820 in Oldersum, Ger. Mar Janna Brinkin, born Oldersum, Ger. They came to America in 1858 and Janna died May 21, 1863, in German Valley, Ill. John then went back to Ger. and Mar. Regina Wilhelmina Feldman, she was born in Steinfeld, Ger. July 28, 1930. They returned to America. and German Valley, Ill. John died April 18, 1864 Bur. in Grundy Co. IA, leaving his children with his bro. Herman to raise.

Ch. 2

2-1 John Jansen Heetland, born Nov 19, 1854 in Oldersum, East-Friesland, Ger. Mar. Wilhelmina Ukena of Walle Ger. She was born: Sept. 6 1861.

Ch: All these children were born in Kossuth Co. Ledyard Twp. IA.
..."

Author: Appledorn, C. Robert, compiler, Strong, Lin Cornelius, ed.; Title: «u»The Ostfriesen Families of German Valley Illinois«/u», Vol. i, (Publication location: S. St. Paul, MN, Publisher: Ostfriesen Gen. Soc. of America, Publication date: MMXII), Pg. 372, Repository: George IA pub. lib.

[Pg. 372]

"2124. Heetland, Harmen "Hermann" F. 2142, farmer, * 14 DEC 1831 Oldersum, Leer, OSTF, ~ 19 dec 1831 Oldersum, Leer, OSTF, + 9 FEB 1897 Ackley, IA [3494], # Eastfriesland Cemetery, German, Grundy Co., IA ooI 24 Oldersum, OSTF, Janna Brunken, * 21 JUN 1828 Oldersum, Leer, OSTF, ~ 29 JUN 1828 Oldersum, Leer, OSTF, + 4 SEP 1859 Oldersum, Leer, OSTF

1. Johann "John", farm labor, * 19 NOV 1854 Oldersum, OSTF, + 5 JAN 1926 Clyde Michigan [sic] [3595]
2. Stientje, * 17 NOV 1856 Oldersum, OSTF, + 6 SEP 1946 Sibley, Osceola Co., IA
..."

Note: Johann & Stientje are children of Jan Heetland & Janna Brunken, not Harmen Heetland & Janna Brunken. - D. A. Navorska - iv Sept MMXX - in proximo Grove, OK.

Note: Johann died in Lakota, IA, not Clyde, MI. - D. A. Navorska - vii Sept MMXX - in proximo Grove, OK.

Author: Mabus, Joan, et. al., Title: «u»Germania-Lakota IA 1892-1992 Centennial«/u», (Publication location: Lk. Mills, IA, Publisher: Germania-Lakota Centennial Committee, Publication date: MCMXCII). pg. 282, Repository: Dallas, TX pub. lib.

"JOHN HEETLAND

Johann "John" Heetland was born on November 1, 1854, in Oldersum, Ostfriesland, Germany. He came to America with his parents and sister, Elstena (Harberts), when a young lad. The family settled ast [sic] Ridott, Illinois, and later moved to Ackley, Iowa.

It was at Ackley that John married Wilhemina [sic] "Minnie" Ukena. Minne was born in Walle, East Friesland, Germany on September 6, 1861, The couple settled at Germania, farming south of town for many years.

John and Minnie were parents of Johanna, Tena, Minnie, Jerry, John, George, Elstena, Ethel, andLouis.

John died in 1926, and Minnie in 1941."

Walle is a part of Aurich Lutheran parish. The FHL microfilm for Aurich is 1238000. - D. A. Navorska - vi Sept MMXX - in proximo Grove, OK.

Author: Gropel, Gregg, Title: "Minnie W. Ukena Heetland," (Publication location: Lakota, IA, Publisher: Find-a-Grave, Publication date: Columbus Day MMXI), Repository: The Cloud

Link: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/78293086/minnie-w.-heetland

"Photo[graph of her stone] added by Gregg Gropel
Picture of [Heetland family stone] Added by Gregg Gropel

Minnie W. Ukena Heetland BIRTH 6 Sep 1861 Germany DEATH 6 May 1941 (aged 79) Lakota, Kossuth County, Iowa, USA BURIAL Maple Hill Cemetery Lakota, Kossuth County, Iowa, USA MEMORIAL ID 78293086

Parents
Photo[graph of UKENA family stone] Juren Eiken Ukena 1828-1910
Photo[graph of her stone] Trientje Berends Ukena 1840-1917

Spouse
Photo[graph of his stone] John J. Heetland 1854-1926 (m. 1883)

Siblings
Photo[graph of George & Ida (Steffinga) Ukena] George J. Ukena 1865-1918
Photo[graph of a man & woman] Etta Ukena Ennen 1869-1935 [< parents of George William Ennen]
Photo[graph of stone shared with Anna Ukena] William Eiken Ukena 1873-1958
Photo[graph of her stone] Anna Ukena Boekelman 1879-1939
Photo[graph of stone shared with Jerry I. & Edward S. Ukena] Trientje Jürgens Ukena Wiese 1882-1975

Children

Photo[graph of her stone] Johanna Heetland 1884-1966
Photo[graph of her stone] Tena Johnson Heetland Behrends 1885-1960
Photo[graph of Schutter family stone] Minnie Regina Heetland Schutter 1887-1967
Photo[graph of stone shared with Leona C. Heetland] Jerry R. Heetland 1889-1969
Photo[graph of stone shared with Alma D. Heetland] John H. Heetland 1891-1954
Photo[graph of his military-style grave marker] George Heetland 1893-1978
Photo[graph of stone shared with Herbert H. Furst] Elstina Heetland Furst 1895-1989
Photo[graph of stone shared with Thomas E. Dailey] Ethel W. Heetland Dailey 1898-1955
Photo[graph of her stone] Baby Girl Heetland 1901-1901
Photo[graph of stone shared with Irene Heetland] Louis William Heetland 1904-1981

Created by: Gregg Gropel Added: 12 Oct 2011 Find a Grave Memorial 78293086"

Author: Johns, Harold, & Black, Kay H., Title: "Wilhelmina Minnie J. Ukena," (Publication location: Salt Lk. City, UT, Publisher: FamilySearch, Publication date: xi Apr MMXX), Repository: The Cloud

Link: https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/MMX2-7KV

"... Wilhelmina Minnie J. Ukena Sex Female Birth 06 Sep 1861 Walle, Hanover, Prus. Christening 22 September 1861 Aurich, Hanover, Germany Death 6 May 1941 Lakota, Kossuth, Iowa, United States Burial Maple Hill Cemetery, Lakota, Kossuth, iowa

Taufe 22 Sep 1861 Aurich, Hannover, Deutschland
Residence 1900 Germania, Ledyard & Lincoln Townships Germania town, Kossuth, Iowa, United States
Residence 1910 Ledyard, Kossuth, Iowa, United States
Residence 1920 Ledyard, Kossuth, Iowa, United States

Spouses and Children

Johann John Heetland 1854-1926
Marriage: 24 February 1883 Ackley, Hardin, Iowa, United States
[photograph of a woman] Wilhelmina Minnie J. Ukena 1861-1941

Children of Wilhelmina Minnie J. Ukena and Johann John Heetland (9)

[1 f] Johanna Hannah Heetland 1884-1966
[2 f] Tena Heetland 1885-1960
[3 f] Minnie Regina Heetland 1887-1967
[4 m] Jerry R. Heetland 1889-1969
[5 m] John H. Heetland 1891-1954
[6 m] George Heetland 1893-1978
[7 f] Elstena Stiena Heetland 1895-1989
[8 f] Ethel Hattie Heetland 1898-Deceased
[9 m] Louis William Heetland 1904-1981

Parents and Siblings

Juren Eiken Ukena 1828-1910
Marriage: 15 DEC 1859 Aurich, Ostfriesland, Germany
[photograph of a woman] Trientje Gerken Berends 1840-1917

Children of Trientje Gerken Berends and Juren Eiken Ukena (8)

[1 photograph of a woman] Wilhelmina Minnie J. Ukena 1861-1941
[2 photograph of a man] George Ukena 1865-1918
[3 f] Etta J. "Alta" Ukena 1868-1935
[4 f] Ehe Juergens Ukena 1869-Deceased
[5 m] Wilhelm Eiken Ukena 1873-1958
[6 f] Margaretha Ukena 1876-1926
[7 f] Anna Ukena 1879-1939
[8 f] Trientje Jurgens Ukena 1883-1975"
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Birthday September 6, 1861

  • The temperature on September 6, 1861 was about 18.8 °C. The air pressure was 2 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 83%. 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 February 23, 1860 till March 14, 1861 the Netherlands had a cabinet Van Hall - Van Heemstra with the prime ministers Mr. F.A. baron Van Hall (conservatief-liberaal) and Mr. S. baron Van Heemstra (liberaal).
  • From March 14, 1861 till January 31, 1862 the Netherlands had a cabinet Van Zuijlen van Nijevelt - Loudon with the prime ministers Mr. J.P.P. baron Van Zuijlen van Nijevelt (conservatief-liberaal) and Mr. J. Loudon (liberaal).
  • In the year 1861: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 3.6 million citizens.
    • May 13 » Pakistan's (then a part of British India) first railway line opens, from Karachi to Kotri.
    • June 1 » American Civil War: The Battle of Fairfax Court House is fought.
    • June 17 » American Civil War: Battle of Vienna, Virginia.
    • July 16 » American Civil War: At the order of President Abraham Lincoln, Union troops begin a 25-mile march into Virginia for what will become the First Battle of Bull Run, the first major land battle of the war.
    • August 5 » American Civil War: In order to help pay for the war effort, the United States government levies the first income tax as part of the Revenue Act of 1861 (3% of all incomes over US$800; rescinded in 1872).
    • December 26 » American Civil War: The Trent Affair: Confederate diplomatic envoys James Murray Mason and John Slidell are freed by the United States government, thus heading off a possible war between the United States and the United Kingdom.

Christening day September 22, 1861

  • The temperature on September 22, 1861 was about 13.3 °C. There was 2 mm of rain. The air pressure was 1.5 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the south-southwest. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 91%. 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 February 23, 1860 till March 14, 1861 the Netherlands had a cabinet Van Hall - Van Heemstra with the prime ministers Mr. F.A. baron Van Hall (conservatief-liberaal) and Mr. S. baron Van Heemstra (liberaal).
  • From March 14, 1861 till January 31, 1862 the Netherlands had a cabinet Van Zuijlen van Nijevelt - Loudon with the prime ministers Mr. J.P.P. baron Van Zuijlen van Nijevelt (conservatief-liberaal) and Mr. J. Loudon (liberaal).
  • In the year 1861: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 3.6 million citizens.
    • February 9 » American Civil War: Jefferson Davis is elected the Provisional President of the Confederate States of America by the Confederate convention at Montgomery, Alabama.
    • April 12 » American Civil War: Battle of Fort Sumter. The war begins with Confederate forces firing on Fort Sumter, in the harbor of Charleston, South Carolina.
    • May 24 » American Civil War: Union troops occupy Alexandria, Virginia.
    • June 1 » American Civil War: The Battle of Fairfax Court House is fought.
    • October 9 » American Civil War: Union troops repel a Confederate attempt to capture Fort Pickens.
    • November 28 » American Civil War: The Confederate States of America accept a rival state government's pronouncement that declares Missouri to be the 12th state of the Confederacy.

Day of marriage February 24, 1883

  • The temperature on February 24, 1883 was about 8.3 °C. The air pressure was 2 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the west-southwest. The airpressure was 78 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 86%. 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 Netherlands , there was from April 23, 1884 to April 21, 1888 the cabinet Heemskerk, with Mr. J. Heemskerk Azn. (conservatief) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1883: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 4.5 million citizens.
    • January 19 » The first electric lighting system employing overhead wires, built by Thomas Edison, begins service at Roselle, New Jersey.
    • February 23 » Alabama becomes the first U.S. state to enact an anti-trust law.
    • March 20 » The Paris Convention for the Protection of Industrial Property is signed.
    • September 8 » The Northern Pacific Railway (reporting mark NP) was completed in a ceremony at Gold Creek, Montana. Former president Ulysses S. Grant drove in the final "golden spike" in an event attended by rail and political luminaries.
    • October 22 » Mödling and Hinterbrühl Tram, Vienna, Austria, first electric tram powered by overhead wire.
    • December 16 » Tonkin Campaign: French forces capture the Sơn Tây citadel.

Day of death May 6, 1941

  • The temperature on May 6, 1941 was between 1.7 °C and 11.0 °C and averaged 6.2 °C. There was 2.3 hours of sunshine (15%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the 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 September 3, 1940 to July 27, 1941 the cabinet Gerbrandy I, with Prof. dr. P.S. Gerbrandy (ARP) as prime minister.
  • In The Netherlands , there was from July 27, 1941 to February 23, 1945 the cabinet Gerbrandy II, with Prof. dr. P.S. Gerbrandy (ARP) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1941: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 8.9 million citizens.
    • January 25 » Pope Pius XII elevates the Apostolic Vicariate of the Hawaiian Islands to the dignity of a diocese. It becomes the Roman Catholic Diocese of Honolulu.
    • February 23 » Plutonium is first produced and isolated by Dr. Glenn T. Seaborg.
    • May 30 » World War II: Manolis Glezos and Apostolos Santas climb the Athenian Acropolis and tear down the German flag.
    • July 5 » World War II: Operation Barbarossa: German troops reach the Dnieper river.
    • August 22 » World War II: German troops begin the Siege of Leningrad.
    • December 5 » World War II: In the Battle of Moscow, Georgy Zhukov launches a massive Soviet counter-attack against the German army.


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