Person:Sipke Viersen (1)

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Sipke Heerkes Viersen
 
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Name Sipke Heerkes Viersen
Gender Male
Birth[1] 29 Aug 1842 Driesum, Dantumadeel, Friesland, Netherlands
Residence? Lake Prairie, Marion, Iowa, United States

VIERSEN, S.H. - Was born in the Netherlands on the twenty-ninth day of August, 1842, and emigrated with his parents to the United States in 1847 and settled in Marion county where he was principally raised on a farm. He afterward commenced his mercantile experience. He was elected county recorder in 1872, and held the office two years. He has always taken great interest in educational matters, and has been an efficient worker on its school board, of which he is president. He married in 1872, and has two children: Jesse L. and Sepke S. Lost one son, John H.

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  1. Geboorte, in Dantumadeel, Friesland, Netherlands. Burgerlijke Stand
    blad 079, 31 Aug 1842.

    Zoon: Sipke Viersen geboren 29-08-1842
    Vader: Heerke Ypes Viersen, 47 jaar, koopman te Driesum
    Moeder: Hiltje Aukes Sipma