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Household of Dora Vanderschaaf

She is married to Frank Valk.

They got married on May 25, 1909, she was 20 years old.


Notes about Dora Vanderschaaf

The Daily Gazette, Sterling-Rock Falls Illinois July 25, 1983 - Monday, pg A4]

DORA (VANDERSCHAAF) VALK, 94, Harbor Crest Nursing Home, Fulton, died Saturday July, 23, 1983 at Harbor Crest. Funeral services will be held at 1:30 p.m. on Tuesday at the Fulton Chapel of the Bosma Funeral Home with Dickson Rothwell, intern pastor at the First Reformed Chuch, Fulton, officiating. Burial will be in the Fulton Cemetery. VIsitation will be from 6 to 9 p.m. on Monday at the funeral home. Memorials may be made to the Radio Broadcast Fund of the First Reformed Church, Fulton.

Dora Valk was born in Garden Plain on Tuesday Jan. 8, 1889, the daughter of John VanderSchaaf and Henrietta Housenga and was educated in rural Whiteside County schools. On May 25, 1909 she married Frank Valk in Fulton. He preceded her on Dec. 20, 1959. She farmed with her husband in the rural Whiteside County area and then moved to Fulton, residing at 1516 4th St.

Since 1978 she has resided at Harbor Crest Nursing Home. She was a member of the Helping Hands Society, the Ladies Aid Society, and the First Reformed Church of Fulton. Surviving are four daughters, Mrs. Albert (Helen) Poel and Mrs. Leonard (Etta) Feldt, both of Fulton, Mrs. Harold (Jeanette) Bush, Morrison, and Mrs. Jenny Geerts, Chadwick; one son, Dick Valk, Morrison; eight grandchildren; 14 great grandchildren; one sister, Mrs. Frida Vandermyde, Morrison; and one brother, Dick VanderSchaaf, Austin, Minn. [Contributed by Melva L. Taylor.
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    Birthday January 8, 1889

    • The temperature on January 8, 1889 was about -0.4 °C. The air pressure was 8 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the south-southeast. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 96%. 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 21, 1888 to August 21, 1891 the cabinet Mackay, with Mr. A. baron Mackay (AR) as prime minister.
    • In the year 1889: Source: Wikipedia
      • The Netherlands had about 4.5 million citizens.
      • January 15 » The Coca-Cola Company, then known as the Pemberton Medicine Company, is incorporated in Atlanta.
      • February 11 » Meiji Constitution of Japan is adopted.
      • February 22 » President Grover Cleveland signs a bill admitting North Dakota, South Dakota, Montana and Washington as U.S. states.
      • May 2 » Menelik II, Emperor of Ethiopia, signs the Treaty of Wuchale, giving Italy control over Eritrea.
      • May 6 » The Eiffel Tower is officially opened to the public at the Universal Exposition in Paris.
      • November 15 » Brazil is declared a republic by Marshal Deodoro da Fonseca as Emperor Pedro II is deposed in a military coup.

    Day of marriage May 25, 1909

    • The temperature on May 25, 1909 was between 8.6 °C and 22.6 °C and averaged 15.1 °C. There was 17.8 mm of rain. There was 5.9 hours of sunshine (37%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-southeast. 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 February 12, 1908 to August 29, 1913 the cabinet Heemskerk, with Mr. Th. Heemskerk (AR) as prime minister.
    • In the year 1909: Source: Wikipedia
      • The Netherlands had about 5.8 million citizens.
      • January 28 » United States troops leave Cuba with the exception of Guantanamo Bay Naval Base after being there since the Spanish–American War.
      • February 15 » The Flores Theater fire in Acapulco, Mexico kills 250.
      • February 26 » Kinemacolor, the first successful color motion picture process, is first shown to the general public at the Palace Theatre in London.
      • March 10 » By signing the Anglo-Siamese Treaty of 1909, Thailand relinquishes its sovereignty over the Malay states of Kedah, Kelantan, Perlis and Terengganu, which become British protectorates.
      • April 27 » Sultan of Ottoman Empire Abdul Hamid II is overthrown, and is succeeded by his brother, Mehmed V.
      • December 10 » Selma Lagerlöf becomes the first female writer to win the Nobel Prize in Literature.

    Day of death July 23, 1983

    • The temperature on July 23, 1983 was between 15.5 °C and 27.9 °C and averaged 21.1 °C. There was 8.5 hours of sunshine (53%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east-southeast. Source: KNMI
    • Koningin Beatrix (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from April 30, 1980 till April 30, 2013 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
    • In The Netherlands , there was from Thursday, November 4, 1982 to Monday, July 14, 1986 the cabinet Lubbers I, with Drs. R.F.M. Lubbers (CDA) as prime minister.
    • In the year 1983: Source: Wikipedia
      • The Netherlands had about 14.3 million citizens.
      • March 16 » Demolition of the Ismaning radio transmitter, the last wooden radio tower in Germany.
      • May 6 » The Hitler Diaries are revealed as a hoax after being examined by new experts.
      • September 1 » Cold War: Korean Air Lines Flight 007 is shot down by a Soviet Union jet fighter when the commercial aircraft enters Soviet airspace, killing all 269 on board, including Congressman Lawrence McDonald.
      • October 30 » The first democratic elections in Argentina, after seven years of military rule, are held.
      • November 8 » TAAG Angola Airlines Flight 462 crashes after takeoff from Lubango Airport killing all 130 people on board. UNITA claims to have shot down the aircraft, though this is disputed.
      • December 10 » Democracy is restored in Argentina with the inauguration of President Raúl Alfonsín.
    

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