Person Sheet


Name Derk Ruesink [immigrant] - 2B10
Birth 5 Oct 1844, Aalten, Netherlands10
Death May 1925, Orange City, Iowa46
Occupation Farmer44
Father Jan Willem Ruesink [immigrant] - 2 (1816-1903)
Mother Grada Christiena Rensink [immigrant] (1815-<1900)
Spouses
1 Nancy S. Frericks [immigrant]
Birth Nov 1849, Netherlands
Marriage ca 1873, prob. Iowa
Children Johanna (ca1873-ca1900)
John W. (1875-ca1940)
Christina (1877-ca1930)
Sophia (1880-ca1905)
Minnie (1882-ca1930)
Richard (Derk) (1883-1959)
Benjamin (Ben) (1884-ca1950)
Nancy (1886->1940)
Edward (1890-1968)
Notes for Derk Ruesink [immigrant] - 2B
Emigrated from Aalten, neighborhood Lintelo, to America 27 Dec 1855 with parents and 4 sibs.10 Settled first in Sheboygan Co., Wisconsin, then moved to near Waupun and later to Orange City, Iowa.46

1880 census:
Census Place: Nassau, Sioux, Iowa
Source: FHL Film 1254364 National Archives Film T9-0364 Page 204A
Relation Sex Marr Race Age Birthplace
Dirk RUESINK Self M M W 35 HOLLAND
Occ: Farmer Fa: HOLLAND Mo: HOLLAND
Nancy RUESINK Wife F M W 31 HOLLAND
Occ: Keeping House Fa: HOLLAND Mo: HOLLAND
Johanna RUESINK Dau F S W 6 IA
Occ: At Home Fa: HOLLAND Mo: HOLLAND
John W. RUESINK Son M S W 4 IA
Occ: At Home Fa: HOLLAND Mo: HOLLAND
Christina RUESINK Dau F S W 2 IA
Occ: At Home Fa: HOLLAND Mo: HOLLAND
Sophia RUESINK Dau F S W 1 IA
Fa: HOLLAND Mo: HOLLAND47

In 1920 census he had four unmarried children still at home: John 43, Bernard 33, Nancy 38 & Minnie 35, all born in Iowa.5

A photo of Derk and his wife hung on the wall at the home of their grandson Dick in Hull, Iowa, in 1978.46
Notes for Nancy S. (Spouse 1)
Came to America 1854.
Last Modified 12 Feb 2004 Created 26 Nov 2004 using Reunion for Macintosh

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