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Name: Jacob Fekken |
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Birth:
11 February 1882 -- Wildervank, Groningen, Netherlands Death: 10 September 1963 -- Hart, Oceana, Michigan |
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Jacob Fekken (I00046)
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| Birth | 11 February 1882 Wildervank, Groningen, Netherlands Source: Birth Register - Groningen, Netherlands Source Text: Civil register - Birth Archive location Groninger Archieven General Municipality: Wildervank Type of record: geboorte Record number: 34 Registration date: 11-02-1882 Child Jacob Fekken Gender: M Abandoned child: N Date of birth: 11-02-1882 Place of birth: Wildervank Father Jacob Fekken Mother Jantje Eefting Additional information beroep vader: landbouwer; |
| Death of a grand-parent | 5 October 1883 (Age 19 months) Grandfather: Berend Alberts Eefting (I00347) (Age 77) |
| Birth of a sibling | 10 March 1885 (Age 3) Brother: Berend Fekken (I00059) |
| Death of a grand-parent | 3 January 1887 (Age 4) Grandmother: Anna Huizing (I00348) (Age 65) |
| Immigration | 31 May 1888 (Age 6) Port of New York Source: Dutch Immigrants: New York Passenger Lists, 1881-1894 Source Text: Name: J. Fekken Arrival date: May 31, 1888 Port of arrival: New York Destination: Chicago, Illinois Age: 4 Gender: Male Relationship to head-of-household: Son Origin: Stadskanaal, Stadskanaal, Groningen, Netherlands Purpose: Permanant Sojourn Port of departure: Antwerp Ship Name: Noordland Ship accommodations: First Class Cabin Original name on record: Fekken J Source: New York Passenger Lists, 1851-1891:Source Text: New York Passenger Lists, 1851-1891: Arrival Date: 31 May 1888 Age: 30 Gender: Male Port of Departure: Antwerp, Belgium Destination: Chicago Ship Name: Noordland Port of Arrival: New York Nativity: Holland Line: 17 Microfilm Roll: 520 List Number: 725 |
| Birth of a sibling | February 1889 (Age 7) Sister: Gepka Fekken (I00062) |
| Death of a sibling | 22 June 1890 (Age 8) Brother: Berend Fekken (I00059) (Age 5) |
| Death of a sibling | 23 June 1890 (Age 8) Sister: Gepka Fekken (I00062) (Age approx. 16 months) |
| Birth of a sibling | 17 October 1891 (Age 9) Brother: Benjamin Jacob Fekken (I00003) |
| Birth of a sibling | February 1894 (Age 12) Sister: Gertie Fekken (I00063) |
| Death of a sibling | 24 May 1894 (Age 12) Sister: Gertie Fekken (I00063) (Age approx. 3 months) |
| Birth of a sibling | April 1897 (Age 15) Sister: Anna Fekken (I00058) |
| Birth of a sibling | December 1899 (Age 17) Brother: Henry Fekken (I00258) |
| Birth of a sibling | 1900 (Age 18) Brother: Ernest Fekken (I00064) |
| Death of a mother's sibling | 4 January 1901 (Age 18) Uncle: Willem Eefting (I00349) (Age 57) |
| Marriage | 11 May 1904 (Age 22) Elizabeth van Dyke Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA |
| Death of a sibling | 1 September 1904 (Age 22) Sister: Anna Fekken (I00058) (Age 7) |
| Death of a sibling | 2 September 1904 (Age 22) Brother: Ernest Fekken (I00064) (Age 4) |
| Birth of a child #1 | about 1908 (Age 26) Daughter: Lillian van der Molen (I00344) |
| Death of a mother's sibling | 8 May 1909 (Age 27) Uncle: Geert Eefting (I02961) (Age 45) |
| Birth of a child #2 | 6 April 1914 (Age 32) Daughter: Ruth Efting Fekken (I05090) |
| Death of a grand-parent | 10 April 1920 (Age 38) Grandmother: Gebke Jans Stevens (I00087) (Age 89) |
| Death of a mother's sibling | 19 April 1925 (Age 43) Uncle: Jan Eefting (I02947) (Age 83) |
| Occupation | 1930 (Age 48) Household products salesman Source: 1930 United States Federal Census |
| Death of a mother's sibling | 13 March 1931 (Age 49) Aunt: Anna Eefting (I00996) (Age 76) |
| Death of mother | 26 September 1938 (Age 56) Mother: Jantje Eefting (I00045) (Age 80) |
| Death of a mother's sibling | 1 March 1939 (Age 57) Uncle: Jan H. Eefting (I02959) (Age 87) |
| Death of father | 7 September 1939 (Age 57) Father: Jacob J. Fekken (I00036) (Age 81) |
| Death of a father's sibling | 27 September 1941 (Age 59) Aunt: Geertje Fekken (I00068) (Age 81) |
| Death of a father's sibling | 12 November 1941 (Age 59) Aunt: Janna Fekken (I00101) (Age 79) |
| Death of a father's sibling | 27 April 1943 (Age 61) Uncle: Hergen Jacobs Fekken (I00160) (Age 87) |
| Death | 10 September 1963 (Age 81) Hart, Oceana, Michigan Source: USA Social Security Death Index Source Text: Name: Jacob Fekken SSN: 366-01-8374 Last Residence: Michigan Born: 11 Feb 1882 Died: Sep 1963 State (Year) SSN issued: Michigan (Before 1951 ) Note: USA Social Security Death Index Name: Jacob Fekken SSN: 366-01-8374 Last Residence: Michigan Born: 11 Feb 1882 Died: Sep 1963 State (Year) SSN issued: Michigan (Before 1951 ). Source: USA Social Security Death Index |
| Social Security Number | 366-01-8374 Source: USA Social Security Death Index Source Text: Name: Jacob Fekken SSN: 366-01-8374 Last Residence: Michigan Born: 11 Feb 1882 Died: Sep 1963 State (Year) SSN issued: Michigan (Before 1951 ) Source: USA Social Security Death Index |
| Burial | New Era Cemetary, New Era, Oceana, Michigan Source: Cemetery Tombstone Photo - New Era Cemetery, Oceana, Michigan |
| Last Change | 23 October 2009 - 17:54:40 Last changed by: Admin |
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Obituary: Shelby - Jacob Fekken, 81, of 1949 Ray Ave., New Era, died Monday at Oceana County Convalescent Hospital, Hart. Mr. Fekken was born in the Netherlands Feb. 11, 1882, and came to Chicago in 1888. As an adult he worked as a varnish maker. He married Elizabeth VanDyke in Chicago May 11, 1904. The couple came to Shelby in 1922, moving to New Era in 1924. Mr. Fekken worked for New Era Canning Co., 27 years. He was warehouse foreman the last 15 years of his association with that company. He was a charter member of the New Era Bible Church. Surviving are his widow; two daughters, Mrs. Lillian VanderMolen of Berwyn, Illinois, and Mrs. Ruth Arthurhultz of Montague; a brother, Ben Fekken Sr., of New Era; and four grandchildren and two great-grandchildren. The funeral will be 2 p.m. Thursday at Cooper Funeral Home, Shelby. Burial will be at New Era Cemetery. |
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