DeVries, Jakob Harms

1824 - 1908

• Born	6 Apr 1824	Uithuizermeeden, Eemsmond, Groningen, Netherlands
  Gender	Male
  Immigration	1866	Council Bluffs, Pottawattamie, Iowa
  	sailing vessel
  Residence	1880	Council Bluffs, Pottawattamie, Iowa
  Residence	1900	Kane, Pottawattamie, Iowa
  _UID	9F18177208D042E4B4574EDFEBCA3DF860F8
  Died	5 May 1908	Council Bluffs, Pottawattamie, Iowa
  	Nonpareil, Thursday, May 7, 1908 Obituary Jacob DeFries Jacob DeFries, aged 84 years and 1 month, died Tuesday night at 11:30 o'clock of cancer, at the home of his grandson, Patrick Kilbane, 2029 South Ninth street. The funeral will take place Friday afternoon at 2 o'clock from the residence. Burial will be in Walnut Hill cemetery. Mr. DeFries was a native of Holland, but came to this country many years ago, and was an old resident of Council Bluffs. He leaves one daughter, Mrs Mary Brown of Hennessey, Okla., and two sons, Nicholas J. De Fries and Hiram J. DeFries, both of this city. Nonpareil, Friday, May 8, 1908 Funerals The funeral of the late Jacob DeFries will be held from the residence of his grandson, Patick Kilbane, 2029 South Ninth street, this afternoon at 2 o'clock. Burial will be in Walnut Hill cemetery.
  Buried	8 May 1908	Walnut Hill Cemetery, Council Bluffs, Pottawattamie, Iowa
  	section WH07 Lot 078 grave 2
  Notes	Jacob, Anna and the sons living with them are listed as being born in Germany. Also Jacob and Anna's parents were listed as being born in Germany. In his obit he had a grandson listed as Patrick Kilbane of Council Bluffs, Iowa. Death record #526  Co. Bluffs DeFries, Jacob dob 5 Apr 1824 age 84 yrs 1 month widower born Holland informant P Kilbane dod 5 May 1908 of Epithelomia? attending physician J E Billinger buried Walnut Hill 8 May 1908, Undertaker Woodring Co Co. Bluffs. [1, 2] Anje DeVries http://trees.ancestry.com/rd?f=image&guid=936a435d-9ee5-410a-a671-44c43b5ef069&tid=10578216&pid=2389 Jacob-DeFries http://trees.ancestry.com/rd?f=image&guid=9fdd2a71-4666-4f92-8754-b3d839ed11a7&tid=10578216&pid=2389
  Person ID	I1312	Keith and Kay's
  Last Modified	9 Feb 2013

  
  

  Father	DeVries, Harm Jans,   b. 7 Nov 1794, Groningen, Groningen, The Nederlands ,   d. 17 Mar 1858, Uithuisermeeden, Groningen, Netherlands
  Mother	Goedhuis, Maria Ferdinant
  Married	21 Jan 1816	Groningen, Netherlands
  _UID	A7D59292C3C04206ADFACD49FDEA61E85854
  Family ID	F743	Group Sheet

  
  

  Family	Bolt, Anje Jans,   b. 20 Jul 1818, Uithuizermeeden, Eemsmond, Groningen, Netherlands ,   d. 24 Mar 1905, Council Bluffs, Pottawattamie, Iowa
  Married	16 Sep 1848	Holland
  _UID	AC3581F7407E4D41AC466EB5855C58483BB0
  Children	> 1. DeFries, Hiram 'Harm' Jacob,   b. 27 Jan 1850, Uithuisermeeden, Groningen, Netherlands ,   d. 3 Jan 1929, Council Bluffs, Pottawattamie, Iowa   2. DeFries, Pretertje Jacob,   b. 11 Apr 1853,   d. Bef 1905 > 3. DeFries, Maria,   b. 30 Mar 1856, Amsterdam, Holland ,   d. 12 Mar 1941   4. DeVries, Empton,   b. Abt 1861,   d. Bef 1905   5. DeFries, Nicklaus Jakob,   b. 16 Aug 1863, Holland ,   d. 18 Jun 1923, Council Bluffs, Pottawattamie, Iowa   6. DeVries, Jackson,   b. Abt 1864,   d. Bef 1905   7. DeVries, Jacob,   b. Abt 1866,   d. Bef 1905   8. DeVries, Minnie,   d. Bef 1905   9. Defries, Pretertje,   b. 11 Apr 1853, Holland   10. Defries, Empton,   b. Abt 1860, Germany   11. Defries, Jackson,   b. Abt 1864, Germany   12. Defries, Jacob,   b. Abt 1866, Germany
  Family ID	F733	Group Sheet

  
  

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  Immigration - 1866 - Council Bluffs, Pottawattamie, Iowa Residence - 1880 - Council Bluffs, Pottawattamie, Iowa Died - 5 May 1908 - Council Bluffs, Pottawattamie, Iowa  = Link to Google Maps   = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Photos		DeFries-Jacob-and-Annie
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• Sources

  [S70] U.S. Census, Population, Schedule, Record Type: census, (U.S. Census Bureau, 1880), T9-0361 page 381. [S345] DeFries / Bishop, Recipient: Kay Bauman, Author E-mail: cbishop@sisna.com, Connie Starr Bishop, (March 26, 2002).