ROLFFS, Hendrik Jacobus
Birth Name | ROLFFS, Hendrik Jacobus |
GRAMPS ID | I9162 |
Gender | male |
Age at Death | 29 years, 9 months, 25 days |
Events
Type | Date | Place | Description | Notes |
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Birth | 1898-06-04 | Sprang-Capelle, Noord Brabant, Nederland | 1a | |
Death | 1928-03-29 | Pella, Iowa, Marion County, U.S.A. | 1b 1c | |
Burial | Sully Cemetery, Jasper County, Iowa, U.S.A. |
Attributes
REFN | 9162 |
Parents
Father | ROLFFS, Hendrik Ludolf [I1585] |
Mother | VOS, Cornelia [I7276] |
Siblings | |
Half Siblings |
Narrative
Hendrik Jacobus was the oldest child of Hendrik and Cornelia Rolffs. He was born June 4, 1898 at Sprang Capella. He came to America with his parents and went to work as a hired farm hand for several area farmers: John Meppelink, Dick Decker (a brother of Tante Ryntje Vos), and Lane Van Rees on the Jake Brand farm on the County line road. It was here his health began to fail because of Tuberculosis. He spent four to five years in the Betheseda Sanatorium in Denver, Colorado. When his health permitted he worked on a dairy farm while living there. His Tuberculosis metastasized to his bones and later affected his right leg. He returned home and spent his remaining days with his parents who were then living south of Sully. Hendrik died March 29, 1928 at the age of 30 years. He is buried in the Sully, Iowa cemetery, beside his parents. (Source: Hendrik Ludolf Rolffs book)
Source References
- Geneology and family history of Hendrik Ludolf Rolffs 1983 [S714]
- Confidence: High; Text: Hendrik Luldolf Rolffs born February 15, 1860 where: Raamdonksveer, the Netherlands married: 1897 died: February 20, 1939 buried: Sully Cemetery, Sully, Jasper County, Iowa Cornelia Vos born, January 13, 1866 where: died: October 13, 1936 buried: Sully Cemetery, Sully, Jasper County, Iowa Children: Hendrik Jacobus, born, June 4, 1898
- Confidence: High; Text: Obituary Hendrik Ludolf Rolffs He was preceeded in death by his two sons, Henry Jacob Rolffs who died March 29, 1928 and William Rolffs who died Dec. 19, 1936.
- Confidence: High; Text: OBITUARY Mrs. Henry Rolffs Henry Jacob who died at Pella, Iowa on March 29, 1928.
- Confidence: High; Text: Dates don't match up yet - need to find death notice