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Gerrit Fikse

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Birth	:	21 Nov 1865 Oldebroek, Oldebroek Municipality, Gelderland, Netherlands
Death	:	12 Jan 1944 Orange City, Sioux County, Iowa, USA
Burial	:	Memory Gardens Sioux Center Cemetery, Sioux Center, Sioux County, USA
Coordinate	:	43.0680000, -96.1720000
Description	:	GERRIT FIKSE Psalm 90:9, "We spend our years as a tale that is told". Gerrit Fikse was born in the Netherlands on Nov. 23, 1865. He never knew his mother, because she died in his infancy. He came to America when he was about four years of age. He came with his father and the Wm. Bakker family. His father died about four weeks after they had landed in America. Mr. Fikse was then adopted by Wm. Bakker. They soon moved from New Jersey to Pella, Ia. In 1884 they moved from Pella to Sioux... Read More	GERRIT FIKSE Psalm 90:9, "We spend our years as a tale that is told". Gerrit Fikse was born in the Netherlands on Nov. 23, 1865. He never knew his mother, because she died in his infancy. He came to America when he was about four years of age. He came with his father and the Wm. Bakker family. His father died about four weeks after they had landed in America. Mr. Fikse was then adopted by Wm. Bakker. They soon moved from New Jersey to Pella, Ia. In 1884 they moved from Pella to Sioux county. About seven years later Wm. Bakker died. Mr. Fikse then about nineteen years old cared for Mrs. Bakker and the family four about nine years. At the age of 32 he married Mary Borgman. She died four years later. In 1912 he married Mrs. Antonia Markus (Kots). In 1920 they moved to Orange City. That was the year the Trinity Church was being build and they immediately united with this church. Mr. Fikse died last Thursday evening at about 8:45 p.m. Jan. 12, 1944 at the age of 78 years. Surviving him are his widow and three sisters through adoption: Mrs. Albert Ten Haken of Hull; Mrs. R.C. Jongewaard of Sioux Center and Mrs. J.H. Rozeboom of Sioux Center. Sioux County Capital 1944-01-20.

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Gerrit Fikse's memorial is located at: Memory Gardens Sioux Center Cemetery, Sioux Center, Sioux County, USA.
When did Gerrit Fikse death?
Gerrit Fikse death on 12 Jan 1944 in Orange City, Sioux County, Iowa, USA
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Latitude: 43.0680000
Longitude: -96.1720000

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Mary Borgman Fikse

(1864 - 1903)

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