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Household of Gratus Geerdes

He is married to Tarana Stubbe.

They got married on September 10, 1938 at fortasse, somewhere, Verenigde Staten, he was 31 years old.


Child(ren):

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  4. Eugene Lynn Geerdes  1950-1950
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Notes about Gratus Geerdes

Gratus Geerdes

Sources: Author: Wolterman, Conley; & Boitnott, Shelley Jo; Title: "Tarana Stubbe Geerdes," (Publication location: Wellsburg, IA, Publisher: Find-a-Grave, Publication date: xxv Feb MMXIV), Repository: The Cloud

Link: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/125612911/gratus-geerdes

"Photo[graph of stone shared with Tarana Geerdes] added by KDB
Picture of [stone shared with Tarana Geerdes] Added by Conley Wolterman

Gratus Geerdes Birth 9 Mar 1907 Grundy County, Iowa, USA Death 5 Aug 1992 (aged 85) Ackley, Hardin County, Iowa, USA Burial First Christian Reformed Cemetery Wellsburg, Grundy County, Iowa, USA Memorial ID 125612911

Gratus GEERDES Sex: M Birth: 09 MAR 1907 in Grundy County, Iowa Death: 05 AUG 1992 in Presbyterian Home, Ackley

Father: John GEERDES
Mother: Gertie RUTER

Marriage 1 Tarana STUBBE b: 03 AUG 1913 Married: 10 SEP 1938

Children
Eugene Lynn GEERDES b: 13 JAN 1950

Parents
Photo[graph of stone shared with Gertie Geerdes] John Geerdes 1864-1949
Photo[graph of stone shared with John Geerdes] Gertrude Ruter Geerdes 1867-1942

Spouse
Photo[graph of stone shared with Gratus Geerdes] Tarana Stubbe Geerdes 1913-1982 (m. 1913)

Siblings

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

Children

Photo[graph of a man] James Harold Geerdes 1940-2018
Photo[graph of his stone] Eugene Lynn Geerdes 1950-1950

Maintained by: Shelley Jo Boitnott Originally Created by: Conley Wolterman Added: 25 Feb 2014 Find a Grave Memorial 125612911"
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Birthday March 9, 1907

  • The temperature on March 9, 1907 was between -0.5 °C and 6.1 °C and averaged 1.9 °C. There was 1.3 mm of rain. There was 2.3 hours of sunshine (20%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) 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 August 17, 1905 to February 11, 1908 the cabinet De Meester, with Mr. Th. de Meester (unie-liberaal) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1907: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 5.6 million citizens.
    • April 15 » Triangle Fraternity is founded at the University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign.
    • July 7 » Florenz Ziegfeld Jr. staged his first Follies on the roof of the New York Theater in New York City.
    • August 3 » Judge Kenesaw Mountain Landis fines Standard Oil of Indiana a record $29.4million for illegal rebating to freight carriers; the conviction and fine are later reversed on appeal.
    • October 9 » Las Cruces, New Mexico is incorporated.
    • November 7 » Jesús García saves the entire town of Nacozari de García by driving a burning train full of dynamite six kilometers (3.7 miles) away before it can explode.
    • December 21 » The Chilean Army commits a massacre of at least 2,000 striking saltpeter miners in Iquique, Chile.

Day of marriage September 10, 1938

  • The temperature on September 10, 1938 was between 10.9 °C and 19.8 °C and averaged 15.6 °C. There was 7.6 hours of sunshine (58%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northeast. 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 June 24, 1937 to July 25, 1939 the cabinet Colijn IV, with Dr. H. Colijn (ARP) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1938: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 8.6 million citizens.
    • February 11 » BBC Television produces the world's first ever science fiction television programme, an adaptation of a section of the Karel Čapek play R.U.R., that coined the term "robot".
    • July 31 » Bulgaria signs a non-aggression pact with Greece and other states of Balkan Antanti (Turkey, Romania, Yugoslavia).
    • August 18 » The Thousand Islands Bridge, connecting New York, United States with Ontario, Canada over the Saint Lawrence River, is dedicated by U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt.
    • August 20 » Lou Gehrig hits his 23rd career grand slam, a record that stood for 75 years until it was broken by Alex Rodriguez.
    • September 23 » The Czechoslovak army is mobilized in response to the Munich Agreement.
    • October 5 » In Nazi Germany, Jews' passports are invalidated.

Day of death August 5, 1992

  • The temperature on August 5, 1992 was between 11.0 °C and 26.7 °C and averaged 19.4 °C. There was 11.7 hours of sunshine (76%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the 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 7, 1989 to Monday, August 22, 1994 the cabinet Lubbers III, with Drs. R.F.M. Lubbers (CDA) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1992: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 15.1 million citizens.
    • January 17 » During a visit to South Korea, Japanese Prime Minister Kiichi Miyazawa apologizes for forcing Korean women into sexual slavery during World War II.
    • April 27 » The Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, comprising Serbia and Montenegro, is proclaimed.
    • June 8 » The first World Oceans Day is celebrated, coinciding with the Earth Summit held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
    • July 7 » The New York Court of Appeals rules that women have the same right as men to go topless in public.
    • August 24 » Hurricane Andrew makes landfall in Homestead, Florida as a Category5 hurricane, causing up to $25billion (1992 USD) in damages.
    • December 3 » A test engineer for Sema Group uses a personal computer to send the world's first text message via the Vodafone network to the phone of a colleague.


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