Person Sheet


Name Nancy S. Frericks [immigrant]
Birth Nov 1849, Netherlands
Spouses
1 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)
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 Nancy S. Frericks [immigrant]
Came to America 1854.
Notes for Derk (Spouse 1)
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
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