Iva Aletta Spyker

Brief Life History of Iva Aletta

When Iva Aletta Spyker was born in November 1884, in Wisconsin, United States, her father, Henry Hartwell Spyker, was 24 and her mother, Sarah M Zintz, was 23. She married Clyde Joseph Gwin on 15 September 1903, in Richland Center, Richland, Wisconsin, United States. They were the parents of at least 8 sons and 2 daughters. She lived in Ithaca, Richland, Wisconsin, United States for about 5 years. She died about 1949, in Bellingham, Whatcom, Washington, United States, at the age of 66, and was buried in Washington, United States.

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Family Time Line

Clyde Joseph Gwin
1881–1956
Iva Aletta Spyker
1884–about 1949
Marriage: 15 September 1903
Opal Leith Gwin
1904–1986
Keith Melvin Gwin
1905–2002
Freda Aleta Gwin
1907–1982
Kenneth Clyde Gwin
1910–2002
Cameron Wayne Gwin
1914–1998
Vennor Gwinn
1915–2001
Nordy V Gwin
1920–1983
Arden Lowe Gwin
1921–1979
Wendall Archie Gwin
1923–2000
Denzel Ivan Gwin
1924–2010

Sources (15)

  • Iva Gwin in household of Clyde J Gwin, "Wisconsin State Census, 1905"
  • Legacy NFS Source: Iva A Spiker - Government record: Census record: birth-name: Iva A Spyker
  • Iva Spyker, "Wisconsin, County Marriages, 1836-1911"

World Events (8)

1886

Statue of Liberty is dedicated.

1889 · Washington Becomes a State

On November 11, 1889, Washington Territory became Washington State the 42nd state to enter the Union. The state was named in honor of George Washington.

1902 · So Much Farm Land

A law that funded many irrigation and agricultural projects in the western states.

Name Meaning

Some characteristic forenames: Dutch Dirk, Kryn.

Dutch:variant, archaic or Americanized, of Spijker:

metonymic occupational name for a nailsmith, from spijker ‘nail’.

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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