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Aaltje “Ellen” Vander Meer Muilenburg

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Birth	:	7 Nov 1852 Pella, Marion County, Iowa, USA
Death	:	24 Sep 1930 Sioux Center, Sioux County, Iowa, USA
Burial	:	Memory Gardens Sioux Center Cemetery, Sioux Center, Sioux County, USA
Coordinate	:	43.0680000, -96.1720000
Description	:	PIONEER MOTHER PASSED AWAY Mrs. Jacob H. Muilenburg died on Wednesday Sept. 24, at the age of 77 years, ten months, and seventeen days. Mrs. Muilenburg whose maiden name was Aaltje Vander Meer was born at Pella, Iowa on Nov. 7, 1852. In 1870, at the age of 18, she came to Sioux County with her parents. On Dec. 27, 1871 she was married to Jacob H. Muilenburg at Orange City. The young couple settled on a farm near Orange City, where they lived until 1882, when they moved to Harrison, So. Dak. in Douglas County. They lived there until the... Read More	PIONEER MOTHER PASSED AWAY Mrs. Jacob H. Muilenburg died on Wednesday Sept. 24, at the age of 77 years, ten months, and seventeen days. Mrs. Muilenburg whose maiden name was Aaltje Vander Meer was born at Pella, Iowa on Nov. 7, 1852. In 1870, at the age of 18, she came to Sioux County with her parents. On Dec. 27, 1871 she was married to Jacob H. Muilenburg at Orange City. The young couple settled on a farm near Orange City, where they lived until 1882, when they moved to Harrison, So. Dak. in Douglas County. They lived there until the dry years, moving back to Sioux County in 1895. After living in the neighborhood of Newkirk for a few years, they moved to the Sioux Center community. In 1916 they retired from the farm and moved into town. Mrs. Muilenburg was one of the few survivors of that brave type of woman, the American Pioneer Mother. She was born to pioneer traditions, her parents having been among those hardy Hollanders who settled the Pella community. They brought her with them to a new frontier, the then unsettled Sioux County. And in her turn she was among those who led in the establishment of our last frontier on the prairies of So. Dakota. What a thrilling book her life would fill. A book alive with the brave struggle against stubborn nature. There would be chapters on back breaking toil, loneliness and disease, death and sorrow. Then there would be chapters with the hope of reward and the joy of conquest. All the lines in the book would be devout with a faith in the love of God. The last chapter would tell of patience in suffering the ills of old age for which a life time had schooled her. And the last line of the book would tell of a hope and assurance of eternal reward. When the descendants of brave pioneers learn properly to evaluate the work done for us, a monument will be raised to such mothers. When the names are graved on it, that of Mrs. Jacob H. Muilenburg will be among them. It will be a monument raised to mothers who reared a race: "strong back, tall, upright as pines, Who by the scale of a hemisphere shaped their designs." The bereaved: Mr. J. H. Muilenburg, sons and daughters: Mrs. S. A. Kalsbeek, Rock Rapids; Mrs. John Boeyink, Mrs. Ralph Boeyink, Josie Muilenburg, Asa Muilenburg, Allan Muilenburg, Harvey Muilenburg, of Sioux Center; David Muilenburg, Hawarden; Hubert Muilenburg, Orange City. Brothers and Sisters: Isaac Vander Meer, Seattle, Wash., Cornelius Vander Meer, Alton, Iowa; Mrs. A. Kuyper, Hollandale, Minn.; Jacob Vander Meer, Dumont, Iowa; Mrs. C. Van Citters, Sibley, Iowa; Mrs. Dr. A. C. Jongewaard, Sioux Center; Mrs. G. Van Steenbergen, Hull, Ia. -Obituary from The Sioux Center News (10/2/1930)

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Aaltje “Ellen” Vander Meer Muilenburg death on 24 Sep 1930 in Sioux Center, Sioux County, Iowa, USA
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Latitude: 43.0680000
Longitude: -96.1720000

Family Members:

Spouse

Jacob Hubert Muilenburg

(1849 - 1935)

Children

Dirk Muilenburg

(1876 - 1927)

Agnes Muilenburg Boeyink

(1882 - 1948)

Asa Muilenburg

(1886 - 1964)

Harvey Muilenburg

(1899 - 1969)

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Coordinate: 43.0680000, -96.1720000

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Coordinate: 43.2000008, -96.1669006

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14. Saint Marys Cemetery
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Coordinate: 42.9902992, -96.0160980

15. Lebanon Christian Church Cemetery
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Coordinate: 43.0996700, -96.3578300

16. Newkirk Cemetery
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Coordinate: 43.0661011, -95.9781036

17. Pleasant Hill Cemetery
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Coordinate: 42.9681015, -96.3143997

18. Saint Mary's Cemetery
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Coordinate: 43.1864014, -96.2878036

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Coordinate: 43.1866989, -96.2953033

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Coordinate: 43.2282000, -96.0985000

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Coordinate: 42.8953018, -96.2005997

22. Sheridan Township Cemetery
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Coordinate: 43.2047005, -96.0208969

23. Hospers Cemetery
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Coordinate: 43.0732994, -95.9197006

24. Union Hill German Baptist Cemetery
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