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Household of Roy Donald Eykamp

He is married to Lois Jean Crawford.

They got married on July 21, 1942 at Los Angeles, city and/or county, CA, he was 24 years old.


Child(ren):

  2. Robert Leroy Eykamp  1946-1959
  3. Jean Marie Eykamp  1953-2007
  4. (Not public)
  5. (Not public)
  6. (Not public)


Notes about Roy Donald Eykamp

Roy Donald Eykamp

Sources: Author: Diseko, Ntswaki Leah; Pugmire, Denney; et al.; Title: "Roy Donald Eykamp," (Publication site: Salt Lk. City UT, Publisher: Family Search, Publication date: xix Apr MMXXIV)

https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/GKWX-2HY

"... Roy Donald Eykamp Reason: Calif marr indexes Last Changed: December 7, 2023 Denney Pugmire Sex Male Last Changed: March 22, 2023 Ntswaki Leah Diseko

Birth 8 February 1918 Carroll, Illinois, ... Last Changed: April 19, 2024 Tim [NN-family name not given]

Death 2 April 2020 Quirindi, New South Wales, Australia Last Changed: April 19, 2024 Tim [NN-family name not given]

Burial Quipolly, Liverpool Plains Shire, New South Wales, Australia Last Changed: April 19, 2024 Tim [NN-family name not given]

Residence 1920 Kingsbury, South Dakota, ...
Residence 1930 Baker, Kingsbury, South Dakota, ...
Military Draft Registration 16 October 1940 Los Angeles, California, ...
Residence 7 April 1950 Baker Township, Kingsbury, South Dakota, ...
Residence Los Angeles, California, ...
Marital Status Married
Occupation Grasing & Se Riec Garager
Race White
...
Spouses & Children

Roy Donald Eykamp Male 1918-2020 GKWX-2HY [<-blood rel.]
Lois Jean Crawford Female 1921-2015 GGNQ-M8T
Marriage 21 Jun 1942 Los Angeles, California, ... [Los Angeles city, Los Angeles Co. OR ONLY Los Angeles Co.?]

Children (3)

[1] Donald Eugene "Donny" Eykamp Male 1943-2019 G5PP-MXN
[2] Robert Leroy Eykamp Male 1946-1959 G5PP-2MW
[3] Jean Marie Eykamp Female 1953-2007 G5PP-9NG

Parents & Siblings

William Aurich Eykamp Male 1886-1978 GMT1-ZF4 [<-blood rel.]
Lillian B. Reynolds Female 1890-1986 LJB7-46G
Marriage 1916

Children (4)

[1] Roy Donald Eykamp Male 1918-2020 GKWX-2HY
[2] Linus Reynolds Eykamp Male 1919-2007 GKWX-JS6
[3] William Eldon Eykamp Male 1921-1977 GMT1-NFG
[4] Merrill Lester Eykamp Male 1924-2000 GGN9-9P4"

Author: NN (family name not given), Grace; Title: "Roy Donald Eykamp," (Publication site: Quipolly NSW, Publisher: Find-a-Grave, Publication date: xxviii Jan MMXXI)

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/221806494/roy_donald-eykamp

"Photo [man] added by Grace
Picture of [Roy's grave] Added by Grace
Picture of [Roy's temporary grave marker] Added by Grace

Roy Donald Eykamp Birth 8 Feb 1918 Illinois, USA Death 2 Apr 2020 (aged 102) Quirindi, Liverpool Plains Shire, New South Wales, Australia Burial Quipolly General Cemetery Quipolly, Liverpool Plains Shire, New South Wales, Australia Memorial ID 221806494

Born in Illinois during WW1, Roy grew up in South Dakota, learned his skills building bombers for Lockheed in California during WW2, and in the early 1960's, with a wife and five kids, moved to Australia and built a business that went global - based on his ingenuity. (Courtesy Roy Eykamp Facebook)
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KIKUYU PIONEER ROY EYKAMP PASSES AWAY AT 102

Quirindi man Roy Eykamp passed away on Thursday.
Quirindi farmer Roy Eykamp who pioneered commercial kikuyu seed production has passed away aged 102.

The eccentric American farmer quickly became a pillar of rural Australia when he started his kikuyu grass seed business at the age of 53 including developing the machinery to harvest and process it.
What eventuated was a worldwide monopoly.

"I knew there was a market for it ... so I put my mind to it and I did it," he told the Northern Daily Leader.

Even from a young age Mr Eykamp had an eye for recycling what others threw away.

He told ABC's Landline he once salvaged the wheels from an old Buick (vehicle) and built the district's first rubber tired hay cart.
Up until a few months ago, Mr Eykamp still regularly took drives around the countryside and read the Northern Daily Leader and The Land.
He passed away in his sleep on Thursday morning and is survived by his three sons; Curtis, Lynn and Clifford.
A closed funeral will be held on Thursday at the Quipolly Church with plans for a larger memorial in the future. (Article courtesy The Land - https://www.theland.com.au/story/6710874/kikuyu-pioneer-roy-eykamp-dies-at-102/)

Inscription ROY DONALD EYKAMP 1918-2020

Gravesite Details marker

Spouse
[photo-Lois' grave] Lois Jean Eykamp 1921-2015

Children

[photo-man] Donald Eugene "Donny" Eykamp 1943-2019
[photo-Jean's stone] Jean Marie Eykamp Schubert 1953-2007

Created by: Grace Added: Jan 28, 2021 Find a Grave Memorial ID: 221806494"
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    Historical events

    Birthday February 8, 1918

    • The temperature on February 8, 1918 was between 6.4 °C and 10.3 °C and averaged 8.6 °C. There was 4.8 mm of rain. 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 August 29, 1913 to September 9, 1918 the cabinet Cort van der Linden, with Mr. P.W.A. Cort van der Linden (liberaal) as prime minister.
    • 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 1918: Source: Wikipedia
      • The Netherlands had about 6.6 million citizens.
      • February 21 » The last Carolina parakeet dies in captivity at the Cincinnati Zoo.
      • March 12 » Moscow becomes the capital of Russia again after Saint Petersburg held this status for most of the period since 1713.
      • June 22 » The Hammond Circus Train Wreck kills 86 and injures 127 near Hammond, Indiana.
      • November 1 » Western Ukraine separates from Austria-Hungary.
      • November 18 » Latvia declares its independence from Russia.
      • December 1 » Transylvania unites with Romania, following the incorporation of Bessarabia (March 27) and Bukovina (November 28), thus concluding the Great Union.

    Day of marriage July 21, 1942

    • The temperature on July 21, 1942 was between 12.1 °C and 20.2 °C and averaged 16.0 °C. There was 5.4 mm of rain during 3.8 hours. There was 6.0 hours of sunshine (37%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-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 July 27, 1941 to February 23, 1945 the cabinet Gerbrandy II, with Prof. dr. P.S. Gerbrandy (ARP) as prime minister.
    • In the year 1942: Source: Wikipedia
      • The Netherlands had about 9.0 million citizens.
      • February 27 » World War II: During the Battle of the Java Sea, an Allied strike force is defeated by a Japanese task force in the Java Sea in the Dutch East Indies.
      • March 20 » World War II: General Douglas MacArthur, at Terowie, South Australia, makes his famous speech regarding the fall of the Philippines, in which he says: "I came out of Bataan and I shall return".
      • August 6 » Queen Wilhelmina of the Netherlands becomes the first reigning queen to address a joint session of the United States Congress.
      • August 13 » Major General Eugene Reybold of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers authorizes the construction of facilities that would house the "Development of Substitute Materials" project, better known as the Manhattan Project.
      • August 21 » World War II: The Guadalcanal Campaign: American forces defeat an attack by Imperial Japanese Army soldiers in the Battle of the Tenaru.
      • November 19 » Mutesa II is crowned the 35th and last Kabaka (king) of Buganda, prior to the restoration of the kingdom in 1993.
    

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