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Household of Ben Gruis

He is married to Lydia Leone Lubben.

They got married on June 26, 1945 at Churdan, Greene Co., IA, he was 23 years old.

Ben Gruis oo Lydia Leone Lubben

Marriage source: Liebrand, Ruth, Gruis/Lubben FGS, (Buffalo Ctr IA, R.L., v Dec MCMXCIV) for dd/mm/yy of marrige. <>

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Notes about Ben Gruis

Ben Gruis

Source: Leibrand, Ruth, Gruis/Lubben FGS, (Buffalo Ctr IA, RL, v Dec MCMXCIV)

Faith: 1st Baptist Chr., Buffalo Ctr, IA Occupation: Farmer, masonry, & construction Buried in Olena Mound Cem.

Obit, Buffalo Ctr. (Iowa) Tribune, xx Oct MCMXCIV

'He is survived by his wife of 49 years, Lydia, of Buffalo Center; a daughter Sharen Roth and husband, Russell, of Waukon, Iowa; a son, Pastor Larry Gruis and wife, Becky, of Dundee, Illinois; five grandchildren; threegreat-grandchildren; three sisters, Wyona Harms and husband, Herman, of Titonka; Jennie Ricks and Dorothy Hippen both of Buffalo Center; one brother, Herman Gruis and wife Dorothy of Buffalo Center.

Ben was preceded in death by his parents and by an infant sister.'

Buffalo Center IA Trib. xx Oct MCMXCIV

5 Dec 1994 address: Mrs. Ben Gruis; 315 3 Ave NE, Buffalo Center, IA 50424

28 Feb 1925 Grant Twp Winnebago Co IA census, 42 File 14 Drawer 5, Repository: Algona Pub. Lib., Algona, IA

'89 Gruis, Ben, son, male, white, 3, single, b. IA; Fath=Gruis, Herman, b. IA, 42; Moth=Meinders, Grace, b. IA, 37; parents marr Buffalo Center IA; Protestant' <>

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    Birthday August 16, 1921

    • The temperature on August 16, 1921 was between 8.1 °C and 21.8 °C and averaged 15.2 °C. There was 4.3 hours of sunshine (29%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest. Source: KNMI
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    • 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 1921: Source: Wikipedia
      • The Netherlands had about 6.9 million citizens.
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      • March 18 » The second Peace of Riga is signed between Poland and the Soviet Union.
      • August 23 » British airship R-38 experiences structural failure over Hull in England and crashes in the Humber Estuary. Of her 49 British and American training crew, only four survive.
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    Day of marriage June 26, 1945

    • The temperature on June 26, 1945 was between 12.2 °C and 22.5 °C and averaged 16.6 °C. There was 0.3 mm of rain during 0.7 hours. There was 2.9 hours of sunshine (17%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north. Source: KNMI
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    • 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.
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    • From June 24, 1945 till July 3, 1946 the Netherlands had a cabinet Schermerhorn - Drees with the prime ministers Prof. ir. W. Schermerhorn (VDB) and W. Drees (PvdA).
    • In the year 1945: Source: Wikipedia
      • The Netherlands had about 9.2 million citizens.
      • January 30 » World War II: The Wilhelm Gustloff, overfilled with German refugees, sinks in the Baltic Sea after being torpedoed by a Soviet submarine, killing approximately 9,500 people.
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    Day of death October 11, 1994

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      • The Netherlands had about 15.3 million citizens.
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    Day of burial October 14, 1994

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    • In The Netherlands , there was from Monday, August 22, 1994 to Monday, August 3, 1998 the cabinet a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kabinet-Kok_I" class="extern">Kok I, with W. Kok (PvdA) as prime minister.
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