Maria Margaretha Dircks

Brief Life History of Maria Margaretha

When Maria Margaretha Dircks was born on 9 January 1905, in Grant Township, Plymouth, Iowa, United States, her father, Albert Jansen Dircks, was 22 and her mother, Etta Anke Margaretha Kleihauer, was 18. She married Herman Popken on 10 February 1925, in Grant Township, Plymouth, Iowa, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 2 daughters. She lived in Washington Township, Plymouth, Iowa, United States in 1930 and Brunsville, Plymouth, Iowa, United States in 1940. She died on 26 August 1992, in Bellflower, Los Angeles, California, United States, at the age of 87, and was buried in Westminster, Orange, California, United States.

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Family Time Line

Herman Popken
1905–1990
Maria Margaretha Dircks
1905–1992
Marriage: 10 February 1925
Leona Hilda Etta Popken
1925–1999
Willis Albert George Popken
1928–1992
Marian Lucille Popkin
1931–2021

Sources (31)

  • Mary Dircks, "Iowa State Census, 1925"
  • Mary Margaret Dirks, "Iowa, Birth and Stillbirth Records, 1921-1947"
  • Mary M Dircks, "Iowa, County Marriages, 1838-1934"

World Events (8)

1906 · Saving Food Labels

The first of many consumer protection laws which ban foreign and interstate traffic in mislabeled food and drugs. It requires that ingredients be placed on the label.

1910

Historical Boundaries: 1910: Plymouth, Iowa, United States

1929

13 million people become unemployed after the Wall Street stock market crash of 1929 triggers what becomes known as the Great Depression. President Herbert Hoover rejects direct federal relief.

Name Meaning

Dutch and North German: variant of Dirks and Diercks .

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

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The Dircks Family Move to South Dakota in 1926

Albert Dircks was born in 1881 in Grant Township, Plymouth County, Iowa to successful hard-working German immigrants. He inherited his father’s rich Iowa farmland when he was in his 30s. The farm lan …

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