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Personal data Johann (Johann "John") "John" Geerdes 

  • Nickname is John.
  • He was born on November 16, 1864 in German Vly., Ridott Twp., Stephenson Co., IL.
  • He was christened on March 5, 1865 in Silver Creek Ref. Chr., German Vly., Ridott Twp., Stephenson Co., IL.
  • (note1) .Source 1
    Sources: Bob Toelle; C. Robert Appledorn & Lin Strong
  • He died on October 5, 1949 in Grundy Co., IA, he was 84 years old.
  • He is buried on May 14, 1949 in First Christian Ref. Chr. Cem., Shiloh Twp., Grundy Co., IA.

    Fout Attention: Buried (May 14, 1949) before death (October 5, 1949).

  • This information was last updated on May 13, 2021.

Household of Johann (Johann "John") "John" Geerdes

He is married to Gertrude “Gertie” Ruter.

They got married on February 29, 1888 at fortasse, somewhere, Verenigde Staten, he was 23 years old.


Child(ren):

  1. Florence J. Geerdes  1894-1988 
  2. Gratus Geerdes  1907-1992 


Notes about Johann (Johann "John") "John" Geerdes

Johann "John" Geerdes

Sources: Author: Toelle, Bob, Title: "John Geerdes," (Publication location: Wellsburg, IA, Publisher: Find-a-Grave, Publication date: xvii Jan MMXVI), Repository: The Cloud

Link: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/157195844/john-geerdes

"Photo[graph of stone shared with Gertie Geerdes] added by KDB

John Geerdes BIRTH 16 Nov 1864 Stephenson County, Illinois, USA DEATH 10 May 1949 (aged 84) Grundy County, Iowa, USA BURIAL First Christian Reformed Cemetery Wellsburg, Grundy County, Iowa, USA MEMORIAL ID 157195844

Married at Shiloh, Grundy County on February 29, 1888.

Funeral services for John G. Geerdes were held Saturday, May 14 at one o'clock at the home and later at the First Christian church west of Wellsburg. Rev. Joseph VandeKieft, pastor had charge of the services. Interment was in the church cemetery.

Music was furnished by a men's quartet: John Henry Primus, Claus Primus, Alfred Eiten, Harold Eiten. Soloist, Claus Primus. Accompanist, Mrs. Claus Primus. Organist, Mrs. Arthur Cooper. Flower attendants: Mrs. Ben Nederhoff and Mrs. Ted Nederhoff.

Pallbearers were Louie Meints, Herman Bakker, Jonas Geerdes, Elmer Heetland, Kenneth Heetland, Virgil Heetland.

John Geerdes was born in Stephensen county, Illinois on Nov. 16, 1864. He died on May 10th, 1949 due to the complications of old age, at the age of 84 years, 5 months, and 24 days. He came to Wellsburg with the family in infancy and lived all his life on the farm west of Wellsburg. On Feb. 29, 1888, he was united in marriage to Gertrude Ruter. To this union were born five sons and five daughters. Two of the sons died early in life, one in infancy and the other at the age of two. The other children are still living in the vicinity of Wellsburg. Mr. and Mrs. Geerdes enjoyed the great blessing of being able to celebrate their golden wedding anniversary in 1938. Mrs. Geerdes was taken from the side of her husband on Dec. 7, 1942. During his long life Mr. Geerdes was a member of the First Chr. Ref. Church of Wellsburg. Mr. Geerdes was also preceded in death by four brothers: Argen, Jake, Heye and Henry; and by one sister, Mrs. W. A. Meyer.

He is survived by three sons: Ben, George, and Gratus; five daughters: Mrs. John Heikens, Mrs. Paul Heetland, Mrs. Jake Geerdes, Mrs. Gerald Bakker, and Ordie; also 14 grandchildren, and 7 great-grandchildren. One sister, Mrs. S. J. Snittjer, also remains to mourn the loss of her brother.

--The Wellsburg Herald (Wellsburg, Iowa), 19 May 1949, pg 1
--http://iagenweb.org/boards/grundy/obituaries/index.cgi?read=616680

Parents
Photo[graph of his stone] Geerd Jakobs Geerdes 1828-1880
Photo[graph of her stone] Geertje Fruhdag Geerdes Meyer 1826-1914

Spouse

Photo[graph of stone shared with John Geerdes] Gertrude Ruter Geerdes 1867-1942 (m. 1888)

Siblings

Photo[graph of his stone] Argen G. Geerdes 1857-1930
Photo[graph of stone shared with Wiebe A. Geerdes] Jacob Geerdes 1858-1935
Photo[graph of stone shared with Ettje Geerdes] Henry Geerdes 1860-1948
Photo[graph of his stone] Heije G Geerdes 1862-1941 [note ij has a y sound]

Children

Photo[graph of stone shared with John J. Heikens] Gertie Geerdes Heikens 1889-1977
Photo[graph of stone shared with Paul Heetland] Florence J. Geerdes Heetland 1894-1988
Photo[graph of his stone] George J. Geerdes 1897-1972
Photo[graph of his stone] Claas Geerdes 1899-1901
Photo[graph of his stone] Ordie Geerdes 1904-1988
Photo[graph of stone shared with Tarana Geerdes] Gratus Geerdes 1907-1992

Created by: bob toelle Added: 17 Jan 2016 Find a Grave Memorial 157195844"

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. 307, Repository: Tazewell Co. Gen. & Hist. Soc., Pekin, IL.

"1744 Geerd Jakobs, * 25 FEB 1828 Wybelsum, Emden, OSTF
oo MAR 1856 Campen, Emden, OSTF, Geertje Arjens Frühdag 1688, * 15 JUN 1826 Campen, Emden, OSTF, [2873]

1. Arjen 1740
2. Jacob, * 23 OCT 1858 GVI, ~ 7 NOV 1858 SCRC
3. Hendrick, * 13 NOV 1860 GVI, ~ 7 APR 1861 [location of christening is not given]
4. Haye (Heije) 1746
5. Johann, * 16 NOV 1864, ~ 5 MAR 1865 SCRC

1860 USA Census: Ridott, Stephenson, IL; NA Film Number: 0230
[2873] Immigrant Ships Transcribers Guild, Aurora, Colorado 80046; name: Geerdje A. Fruidag; occupation: [-], final destination: New York ship's name: Brig Gertrude, manifest ID: [-]; embark: Emden; immigration: 21 JUN 1856 New York, New York
1900 US Census: Shiloh, Grundy, IA; NA Film Number: T623_434"
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Ancestors (and descendant) of Johann Geerdes

Johann Geerdes
1864-1949

1888

Gertrude “Gertie” Ruter
1867-1942

Florence J. Geerdes
1894-1988
Gratus Geerdes
1907-1992

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Birthday November 16, 1864

  • The temperature on November 16, 1864 was about 5.1 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the north-northeast. The airpressure was 74 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 93%. 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 February 1, 1862 to February 10, 1866 the cabinet Thorbecke II, with Mr. J.R. Thorbecke (liberaal) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1864: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 3.6 million citizens.
    • March 16 » American Civil War: During the Red River Campaign, Union troops reach Alexandria, Louisiana.
    • April 8 » American Civil War: Battle of Mansfield: Union forces are thwarted by the Confederate army at Mansfield, Louisiana.
    • July 29 » American Civil War: Confederate spy Belle Boyd is arrested by Union troops and detained at the Old Capitol Prison in Washington, D.C.
    • August 10 » After Uruguay's governing Blanco Party refuses Brazil's demands, José Antônio Saraiva announces that the Brazilian military will begin reprisals, beginning the Uruguayan War.
    • November 11 » American Civil War: General William Tecumseh Sherman begins burning Atlanta to the ground in preparation for his march to the sea.
    • November 15 » American Civil War: Union General William Tecumseh Sherman begins Sherman's March to the Sea.

Christening day March 5, 1865

  • The temperature on March 5, 1865 was about 1.9 °C. There was 1 mm of rain. The air pressure was 12 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the south-southwest. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 93%. 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 February 1, 1862 to February 10, 1866 the cabinet Thorbecke II, with Mr. J.R. Thorbecke (liberaal) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1865: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 3.6 million citizens.
    • April 13 » American Civil War: Raleigh, North Carolina is occupied by Union Forces.
    • May 26 » American Civil War: The Confederate General Edmund Kirby Smith, commander of the Confederate Trans-Mississippi division, is the last full general of the Confederate Army to surrender, at Galveston, Texas.
    • November 26 » Battle of Papudo: A Spanish navy schooner is defeated by a Chilean corvette north of Valparaíso, Chile.
    • December 1 » Shaw University, the first historically black university in the southern United States, is founded in Raleigh, North Carolina.
    • December 4 » North Carolina ratifies 13th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, followed soon by Georgia, and U.S. slaves were legally free within two weeks.
    • December 24 » Jonathan Shank and Barry Ownby form The Ku Klux Klan.

Day of marriage February 29, 1888

  • The temperature on February 29, 1888 was about -3.4 °C. The air pressure was 15 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the northeast. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 76%. 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 April 23, 1884 to April 21, 1888 the cabinet Heemskerk, with Mr. J. Heemskerk Azn. (conservatief) as prime minister.
  • 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 1888: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 4.5 million citizens.
    • March 11 » The Great Blizzard of 1888 begins along the eastern seaboard of the United States, shutting down commerce and killing more than 400.
    • April 6 » Thomas Green Clemson dies, bequeathing his estate to the State of South Carolina to establish Clemson Agricultural College.
    • August 14 » An audio recording of English composer Arthur Sullivan's "The Lost Chord", one of the first recordings of music ever made, is played during a press conference introducing Thomas Edison's phonograph in London, England.
    • August 31 » Mary Ann Nichols is murdered. She is the first of Jack the Ripper's confirmed victims.
    • September 8 » In London, the body of Jack the Ripper's second murder victim, Annie Chapman, is found.
    • October 21 » Foundation of the Swiss Social Democratic Party.

Day of death October 5, 1949

  • The temperature on October 5, 1949 was between 7.7 °C and 18.3 °C and averaged 12.5 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. There was 6.1 hours of sunshine (54%). The average windspeed was 2 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)
  • From August 7, 1948 till March 15, 1951 the Netherlands had a cabinet Drees - Van Schaik with the prime ministers Dr. W. Drees (PvdA) and Mr. J.R.H. van Schaik (KVP).
  • In the year 1949: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 9.9 million citizens.
    • February 24 » The Armistice Agreements are signed, to formally end the hostilities of the 1948 Arab-Israeli War.
    • June 8 » George Orwell's Nineteen Eighty-Four is published.
    • July 1 » The merger of two princely states of India, Cochin and Travancore, into the state of Thiru-Kochi (later re-organized as Kerala) in the Indian Union ends more than 1,000 years of princely rule by the Cochin royal family.
    • August 10 » An amendment to the National Security Act of 1947 enhances the authority of the United States Secretary of Defense over the Army, Navy and Air Force, and replaces the National Military Establishment with the Department of Defense.
    • September 27 » Zeng Liansong's design is chosen as the flag of the People's Republic of China.
    • September 29 » The Communist Party of China writes the Common Programme for the future People's Republic of China.

Day of burial May 14, 1949

  • The temperature on May 14, 1949 was between 6.0 °C and 15.3 °C and averaged 11.5 °C. There was 0.3 hours of sunshine (2%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north-northeast. 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)
  • From August 7, 1948 till March 15, 1951 the Netherlands had a cabinet Drees - Van Schaik with the prime ministers Dr. W. Drees (PvdA) and Mr. J.R.H. van Schaik (KVP).
  • In the year 1949: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 9.9 million citizens.
    • March 1 » Indonesian Army recaptures and occupies for six hours its capital city Yogyakarta from the Dutch.
    • March 2 » Captain James Gallagher lands his B-50 Superfortress Lucky Lady II in Fort Worth, Texas, after completing the first non-stop around-the-world airplane flight in 94 hours and one minute.
    • June 5 » Thailand elects Orapin Chaiyakan, the first female member of Thailand's Parliament.
    • June 19 » The first ever NASCAR race was held at Charlotte Speedway, where Jim Roper would win the inaugural event.
    • October 16 » The Greek Communist Party announces a "temporary cease-fire", thus ending the Greek Civil War.
    • December 27 » Indonesian National Revolution: The Netherlands officially recognizes Indonesian independence. End of the Dutch East Indies.


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