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Personal data Hank Riekens 


Household of Hank Riekens

He is married to Gertie Ruter.

The following article appeared on page 2 of the February 27, 1941 Ackley World Journal, Ackley, Iowa:
Miss Gertie Ruter and Henry Rieken United in Marriage
Wellsburg, Feb. 24.—Miss Gertie Ruter, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Eike Ruter of Wellsburg, and Henry Rieken, son of Mr. and Mrs. Dick Rieken were married Thursday evening at 7:30 o'clock. The marriage ceremony took place in the parsonage of the Wellsburg Reformed church with the pastor, Rev. William Landsiedel officiating. The couple was attended by the bride's sister and her husband, Mr. and Mrs. John Heinrich.
---Immediately following the marriage the couple left for Des Moines and from there they will go to the Ozarks in Missouri and Arkansas.
---The bride Is a graduate of Wellsburg high school and is popular with her many friends. She attended the Iowa State Teachers college and taught in the rural schools. Mr. Rieken has been in the employ of the John Ross Construction company. They will make their home in Wellsburg.

They got married on February 20, 1941 at Wellsburg, Grundy County, Iowa, he was 35 years old.


Notes about Hank Riekens

Henry died in Washington state according to the following article on page 6 of the June 17, 1965 Ackley World Journal, Ackley, Iowa.
Henry Rieken Dies In Washington Sun.
---Funeral services will be Friday at 1:30 p.m. at St. Peter's United Church of Christ Wellsburg for Hank Rieken, who died Sunday afternoon at '2 o'clock of a heart attack at Seattle, Wash, where they had been visiting relatives. Prayer services will be at 1 p.m. at the Doyen Funeral Home in Wellsburg.
---He is survived by his wife, the former Gertie Ruter; his mother, Mrs. Dick Rieken of Wellsburg; two brothers, Raymond of Ackley and Lester of Wellsburg and one sister, Mrs. Louie Riebkes of Wellsburg.

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Ancestors (and descendant) of Hank Riekens

Riekert D Riekens
1832-1934
Elke E Oltmanns
1842-1881
Henricus Behrends van der Linde
1853-1951
Talea Schutjer
1856-1911
Dirk Riekens
1873-1943

Hank Riekens
1905-1965

1941

Gertie Ruter
1906-1991


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Historical events

Birthday October 20, 1905

  • The temperature on October 20, 1905 was between -0.5 °C and 7.9 °C and averaged 3.6 °C. There was 7.3 hours of sunshine (70%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) 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 1, 1901 to August 16, 1905 the cabinet Kuijper, with Dr. A. Kuijper (AR) as prime minister.
  • 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 1905: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 5.5 million citizens.
    • February 5 » In Mexico, the General Hospital of Mexico is inaugurated, started with four basic specialties.
    • June 27 » During the Russo-Japanese War, sailors start a mutiny aboard the Russian battleship Potemkin.
    • August 20 » Sun Yat-sen, Chinese revolutionary, forms the first chapter of T'ung Meng Hui, a union of all secret societies determined to bringing down the Manchus.
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    • November 18 » Prince Carl of Denmark becomes King Haakon VII of Norway.
    • November 28 » Irish nationalist Arthur Griffith founds Sinn Féin as a political party with the main aim of establishing a dual monarchy in Ireland.

Day of marriage February 20, 1941

  • The temperature on February 20, 1941 was between 0.2 °C and 2.7 °C and averaged 1.1 °C. There was 0.8 mm of rain during 0.4 hours. The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the south-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 3, 1940 to July 27, 1941 the cabinet Gerbrandy I, with Prof. dr. P.S. Gerbrandy (ARP) as prime minister.
  • 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 1941: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 8.9 million citizens.
    • April 27 » World War II: German troops enter Athens.
    • May 13 » World War II: Yugoslav royal colonel Dragoljub Mihailović starts fighting against German occupation troops, beginning the Serbian resistance.
    • June 27 » Romanian authorities launch one of the most violent pogroms in Jewish history in the city of Iași, resulting in the murder of at least 13,266 Jews.
    • September 11 » Charles Lindbergh's Des Moines Speech accusing the British, Jews and FDR's administration of pressing for war with Germany.
    • December 5 » World War II: Great Britain declares war on Finland, Hungary and Romania.
    • December 5 » World War II: In the Battle of Moscow, Georgy Zhukov launches a massive Soviet counter-attack against the German army.

Day of death June 13, 1965

  • The temperature on June 13, 1965 was between 13.9 °C and 20.6 °C and averaged 16.6 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain during 0.2 hours. There was 2.5 hours of sunshine (15%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west. 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 July 24, 1963 to April 14, 1965 the cabinet Marijnen, with Mr. V.G.M. Marijnen (KVP) as prime minister.
  • In The Netherlands , there was from April 14, 1965 to November 22, 1966 the cabinet Cals, with Mr. J.M.L.Th. Cals (KVP) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1965: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 12.2 million citizens.
    • February 12 » Malcolm X visits Smethwick in Birmingham following the racially-charged 1964 United Kingdom general election.
    • March 15 » President Lyndon B. Johnson, responding to the Selma crisis, tells U.S. Congress "We shall overcome" while advocating the Voting Rights Act.
    • May 12 » The Soviet spacecraft Luna 5 crashes on the Moon.
    • July 16 » South Vietnamese Colonel Phạm Ngọc Thảo, a formerly undetected communist spy and double agent, is hunted down and killed by unknown individuals after being sentenced to death in absentia for a February 1965 coup attempt against Nguyễn Khánh.
    • September 7 » During an Indo-Pakistani War, China announces that it will reinforce its troops on the Indian border.
    • October 15 » Vietnam War: A draft card is burned during an anti-war rally by the Catholic Worker Movement, resulting in the first arrest under a new law.


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