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Personal data Cpl. Jacob Reed Dirks 


Household of Cpl. Jacob Reed Dirks

He is married to Alma E Egbert.

They got married on May 19, 1920 at Minnehaha Co., SD, he was 25 years old.


Notes about Cpl. Jacob Reed Dirks

Jacob Reed Dirks

Sources: Author: Troff, Deanne; Schobert, Kurt; Title: "Jacob Reed Dirks," (Publication location: Salt Lk. City, UT, Publisher: Family Search., Publication date: xxix Dec MMXIX), Repository: The Cloud

Link: https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/LJ1F-DYP

"... Jacob Reed Dirks Last Changed: December 29, 2019 by Deanne Troff Sex Male Last Changed: November 11, 2014 by Wanda [family name not given] Birth 4 October 1894 Cleves, Hardin, Iowa, United States Reason This Information Is Correct: see source Death 8 Aug 1975 Rock Rapids, Lyon, Iowa, United States
...
Residence 1895 Hardin, Iowa, United States
Residence 1905 Osceola, Iowa, United States
Residence 1910 Ocheyedan, Osceola, Iowa, United States Last Changed: July 7, 2019 by Kurt Schobert
Residence 1925 Lyon Township, Lyon, Iowa, United States
Residence 1930 Wheeler, Lyon, Iowa, United States
...
Residence 1940 Rock Rapids, Rock Township, Lyon, Iowa, United States
Military Draft Registration 27 Apr 1942 Rock Rapids, Lyon, Iowa, United States

Spouses and Children

Jacob Reed Dirks 1894 - 1975
Marriage: 19 May 1920 Minnehaha, South Dakota, United States
Alma E Egbert 1894 - 1990

Parents and Siblings

John Meyers Dirks 1862 - 1920
Marriage: 02 Feb 1886 Grundy County, Iowa, United States
Peiterke Moet 1865 - 1962

Children of Peiterke Moet and John Meyers Dirks (10)

[1] Lucy Dirks 1886 - 1951
[2] Anne Dirks 1888 - 1983
[3] Cassen Dirks 1890 - 1983
[4] Ida Dirks 1891 - 1993
[5] John Dirks 1893 - 1986
[6] Jacob Reed Dirks 1894 - 1975
[7] Claus Dirks 1896 - 1990
[8] Ella Dirks 1896 - 1971
[9] Grace Gurthust Dirks 1898 - 1996
[10] Theodore Dirks 1904 - 1976"

Author: Minteer, Rob; Title: "Jacob R. Dirks," (Publication location: Rock Rapids, IA, Publisher: Find-a-Grave, Publication date: x May MMXII), Repository: The Cloud

Link: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/89945703/jacob-r-dirks

"Photo [his military-style grave marker] added by Van Carter
Picture of [stone shared with Alma E Dirks] Added by Van Carter

Jacob R. Dirks Birth 9 Oct 1894 Death 8 Aug 1975 (aged 80) Burial Riverview Cemetery Rock Rapids, Lyon County, Iowa, USA Plot Block 10 Lot 38 Space 06 Memorial ID 89945703

Parents
[photo - stone shared with Peiterke Dirks] John Dirks 1862 - 1920
[photo - stone shared with John Dirks] Peiterke Moet Dirks 1865 - 1962

Spouse

[photo - her grave marker] Alma Dirks 1894 - 1990

Siblings

[photo - stone shared with Rube Heetland] Anna Dirks Heetland 1888 - 1983
[photo - her stone] Lucy Dirks Schipper 1889 - 1951 [OFB Wymeer 2638]
[photo - stone shared with Ollie Dirks] Cassen Dirks 1890 - 1983
[photo - stone shared with Earl M. Jacobs] Ida Dirks Jacobs 1891 - 1993
[photo - stone shared with Lillian M. Dirks] John Dirks 1893 - 1986
[photo - his grave marker] Claus Dirks 1896 - 1990
[photo - stone shared with John Molendorp] Grace Dirks Molendorp 1898 - 1996
[photo - his stone] Theodore Dirks 1904 - 1976

Created by: RobMinteer57 Added: 10 May 2012 Find a Grave Memorial ID: 89945703"

Jacob's grave marker reads: "JACOB R DIRKS CPL US ARMY WORLD WAR I OCT 9 1894 [a cross] AUG 8 1975"
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Ancestors (and descendant) of Jacob Reed Dirks

Casjen Martens Dirks
1835-1865
Antje Krull
1838-1910
Iddelt Abels Moet
1819-1894
Lukje (Lüktje) (Luktje) Troff
1822-1909

Jacob Reed Dirks
1894-1975

1920

Alma E Egbert
1894-1990


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    Birthday October 4, 1894

    • The temperature on October 4, 1894 was about 10.7 °C. There was 2 mm of rain. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 100%. Source: KNMI
    • Koningin Wilhelmina (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1948 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
    • Regentes Emma (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1898 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
    • In The Netherlands , there was from August 21, 1891 to May 9, 1894 the cabinet Van Tienhoven, with Mr. G. van Tienhoven (unie-liberaal) as prime minister.
    • In The Netherlands , there was from May 9, 1894 to July 27, 1897 the cabinet Roëll, with Jonkheer mr. J. Roëll (oud-liberaal) as prime minister.
    • In the year 1894: Source: Wikipedia
      • The Netherlands had about 5.1 million citizens.
      • January 9 » New England Telephone and Telegraph installs the first battery-operated telephone switchboard in Lexington, Massachusetts.
      • February 7 » The Cripple Creek miner's strike, led by the Western Federation of Miners, begins in Cripple Creek, Colorado, United States.
      • March 25 » Coxey's Army, the first significant American protest march, departs Massillon, Ohio for Washington, D.C.
      • April 21 » Norway formally adopts the Krag–Jørgensen bolt-action rifle as the main arm of its armed forces, a weapon that would remain in service for almost 50 years.
      • August 22 » Mahatma Gandhi forms the Natal Indian Congress (NIC) in order to fight discrimination against Indian traders in Natal.
      • December 22 » The Dreyfus affair begins in France, when Alfred Dreyfus is wrongly convicted of treason.

    Day of marriage May 19, 1920

    • The temperature on May 19, 1920 was between 8.2 °C and 15.6 °C and averaged 11.6 °C. There was 4.1 hours of sunshine (26%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the 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 September 9, 1918 to September 18, 1922 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck I, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
    • In the year 1920: Source: Wikipedia
      • The Netherlands had about 6.8 million citizens.
      • January 10 » The Treaty of Versailles takes effect, officially ending World War I.
      • May 16 » In Rome, Pope Benedict XV canonizes Joan of Arc.
      • June 4 » Hungary loses 71% of its territory and 63% of its population when the Treaty of Trianon is signed in Paris.
      • August 15 » Polish–Soviet War: Battle of Warsaw, so-called Miracle at the Vistula.
      • August 16 » Ray Chapman of the Cleveland Indians is hit on the head by a fastball thrown by Carl Mays of the New York Yankees, and dies early the next day. Chapman was the second player to die from injuries sustained in a Major League Baseball game, the first being Doc Powers in 1909.
      • December 3 » Following more than a month of Turkish–Armenian War, the Turkish dictated Treaty of Alexandropol is concluded.

    Day of death August 8, 1975

    • The temperature on August 8, 1975 was between 18.9 °C and 32.9 °C and averaged 26.6 °C. There was 12.7 hours of sunshine (84%). The almost cloudless was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east-southeast. 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 11 » Vietnam War: North Vietnamese and Viet Cong guerrilla forces establish control over Buôn Ma Thuột commune from the South Vietnamese army.
      • June 12 » India, Judge Jagmohanlal Sinha of the city of Allahabad ruled that India's Prime Minister Indira Gandhi had used corrupt practices to win her seat in the Indian Parliament, and that she should be banned from holding any public office. Mrs. Gandhi sent word that she refused to resign.
      • June 25 » Prime Minister Indira Gandhi declares a state of internal emergency in India.
      • September 5 » Sacramento, California: Lynette Fromme attempts to assassinate U.S. President Gerald Ford.
      • October 30 » Prince Juan Carlos I of Spain becomes acting head of state, taking over for the country's ailing dictator, Gen. Francisco Franco.
      • November 14 » With the signing of the Madrid Accords, Spain abandons Western Sahara.
    

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