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Personal data Gretje 'Maggie' Heitland 

  • Alternative name: Grietje Heitland Sleper
  • She was born on December 6, 1887 in fortasse, die Gegend um, Stapelmoor/Boen, Ostfriesland, Hannover.
  • She died on April 2, 1970 in Mason City, Cerro Gordo Co., IA, she was 82 years old.
  • She is buried after April 2, 1970 in Buffalo Twp., Winnebago Co., IA (Olena Mound Cem.).
  • A child of Hinderk Heitland and Grietje Harms Nordman
  • This information was last updated on November 20, 2011.

Household of Gretje 'Maggie' Heitland

She is married to Jan A. 'John' Sleper.

They got married on December 28, 1904 at Buffalo Ctr., Winnebago Co., IA, she was 17 years old.

Jan Heitland oo Grietje Heitland

Marriage source: Leibrand, Ruth, et. al., Celebrate a Century Buffalo Center, Iowa Centennial 1892 - 1992, (Buffalo Center IA, Centennial Book Committee, MCMXCII), pg. 424, Repository: Dallas TX Pub. Lib.

Buffalo Center IA Cent. book supports 15 Dec 1904 The 1910 census gives 5 yrs of marriage for JAS & GH which supports 1904 if marriage occurred in Dec. 1910 - 5 = 1905, but census was taken long before Dec 1910. To be married 5 yrs. insay June 1910, the marriage would have taken place in 1904

If pg 424 of the Buffalo Center book is correct, then the year is 1905. 'Glenn [Tjaden] married Mary Catherine Meridith in Havelock, Iowa on December 28, 1963, on the day of Glenn's grandparents' 58th wedding anniversary.'

JAS & GH may have been married 15, 18, or 28 Dec 1904 or 1905 <>

Child(ren):

  1. Gertrude Sleper  1906-1962 
  2. Grace Sleper  1908-1987 
  3. Alma Sleper  1910-1996 
  4. Henry Wayne Sleper  1912-1975 
  6. Harriet Evelyn Sleper  1919-2006 


Notes about Gretje 'Maggie' Heitland

Grietje 'Maggie' Heitland

Source: Sleper, Albert (b.1902), Sleper Family Data Sheet, (Buffalo Ctr IA, A.S., vii Apr MCMLXXXIV) for name = Gretje 'Maggie' Heitland

Maggie died 2 Apr 1970 or 4 Apr 1970 Maggie is buried in Olena Mound Cem.

Koens, Rolf u. Christian, Die Familien der Kirchengemeinde Wymeer 1713 - 1900, (Westerstede, Deutschland, R&CK, MMIV), ISBN 3-9809065-0-7, Seite 149

[Seite 149]

'1320 Heidland, Hinderk, * 14.4.1850, /= KB.Stapelmoor/, S.d. 1321, Dienstknecht in Zollhaus; prokl. 17.5.1874 Grietje Harms Noordman, * 12.8.1850 in Boen, T.d. 2418 ...
Gerhard Diederich * 26.4.1884 ...
Grietje * 6.12.1887 ...' <>

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Ancestors (and descendant) of Gretje 'Maggie' Heitland

Gretje 'Maggie' Heitland
1887-1970

1904

Jan A. 'John' Sleper
1878-1971

Gertrude Sleper
1906-1962
Grace Sleper
1908-1987
Alma Sleper
1910-1996
Henry Wayne Sleper
1912-1975
Albert Erwin 'Bo' Sleper
1916-2006
Harriet Evelyn Sleper
1919-2006

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Historical events

Birthday December 6, 1887

  • The temperature on December 6, 1887 was about 4.7 °C. There was 1 mm of rain. The air pressure was 4 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the west-southwest. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 97%. 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 year 1887: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 4.5 million citizens.
    • February 8 » The Dawes Act authorizes the President of the United States to survey Native American tribal land and divide it into individual allotments.
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Day of marriage December 28, 1904

  • The temperature on December 28, 1904 was between -4.0 °C and 3.2 °C and averaged 1.6 °C. The average windspeed was 3 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 1, 1901 to August 16, 1905 the cabinet Kuijper, with Dr. A. Kuijper (AR) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1904: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 5.4 million citizens.
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Day of death April 2, 1970

  • The temperature on April 2, 1970 was between -1.8 °C and 5.5 °C and averaged 1.2 °C. There was 3.0 mm of rain during 3.0 hours. There was 5.4 hours of sunshine (42%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-northwest. Source: KNMI
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  • In the year 1970: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 13.0 million citizens.
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Same birth/death day

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