Person:Heerke Viersen (3)

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Heerke Ypes Viersen
d.3 Aug 1864 Iowa, United States
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Name Heerke Ypes Viersen
Gender Male
Birth[1] 10 Apr 1794 Rinsumageest, Dantumadeel, Friesland, Netherlands
Christening[1] 1 Jun 1794 Rinsumageest, Dantumadeel, Friesland, Netherlands
Marriage 12 Jul 1829 Dantumadeel, Friesland, Netherlandsto Hiltje Aukes Sipma
Census[3] 1850 Lake Prairie, Marion, Iowa, United States
Census[4] 1860 Lake Prairie, Marion, Iowa, United States
Death[2] 3 Aug 1864 Iowa, United States
References
  1. 1.0 1.1 Herv. gem. Rinsumageest en Sijbrandahuis, doop, in Dantumadeel, Friesland, Netherlands. Doop-, Trouw- en Begraafboeken
    DTB 167, 1628-1812.
  2. History Of Marion County, Iowa, 1881.

    Viersen, H. Y. - Was born in the Netherlands April 10, 1794, and was raised there. He engaged in mercantile pursuits and was also a large chicory manufacturer and grain dealer. He was one of the colony who settled here in 1847. After coming to this country he enaged in agricultural pursuits, and the farm on which he settled, a short distance west of town, is now occupied by his widow and sons. He married Miss Hilje Sipma, July 12, 1829. She was born in the same province on the seventh day of October, 1805. Mr. Viersen died August 3, 1864, leaving six children: Siebergje H. (born January 8, 1830), Auke H. (born May 26, 1831), Ipe H. (born May 24, 1833), Oeberle (born June 10, 1835), Heerke H. (born December 11, 1838), Sipke H. (born August 9, 1842).
    http://www.beforetime.net/iowagenealogy/marion/HistoryOfMarionCounty1881/P684.html

  3. Marion, Iowa, United States. 1850 U.S. Census Population Schedule.

    "United States Census, 1850," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/MZ4N-6N3 : accessed 6 January 2015), Heeske Y Vierson, Lake Prairie, Marion, Iowa, United States; citing family 170, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).

  4. Marion, Iowa, United States. 1860 U.S. Census Population Schedule.

    "United States Census, 1860," index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/M8L7-WTD : accessed 6 January 2015), Heerke Y Viersen, Lake Prairie Township, Marion, Iowa, United States; from "1860 U.S. Federal Census - Population," Fold3.com; citing p. 222, household ID 1523, NARA microfilm publication M653, National Archives and Records Administration, Washington, D.C.; FHL microfilm 803,335.