Brief Life History of Wüpke Freerks
When Wüpke Freerks Mustert was born on 1 January 1847, in Dyksterhusen, Pogum, Weener, Hanover, Prussia, Germany, her father, Freerk Reemts Mustert, was 41 and her mother, Küntje Luitjens Brinkema, was 27. She married Hinderk Jacobs on 15 May 1872, in Bunde, Weener, Hanover, Prussia, Germany. They were the parents of at least 7 sons and 2 daughters. She lived in Germantown Township, Turner, South Dakota, United States in 1900. She died on 6 January 1916, in Chancellor, Turner, South Dakota, United States, at the age of 69, and was buried in Monroe Reformed Church Cemetery, Rumpus Ridge, McCook, South Dakota, United States.
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- Wubke Jacobs in household of Henry Jacobs, "United States Census, 1900"
- Legacy NFS Source: Wüpke Freerks Mustert - birth: 1 January 1847; Dyksterhusen, Hannover, Preussen, Germany
- Wupke Freerks Mustert Jacobs, "Find A Grave Index"
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World Events (8)
1852 · The Book of Mormon Published in German
On May 25, 1852, the Book of Mormon is published in German.
1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
1866 · The First Civil Rights Act
The first federal law that defined what was citizenship and affirm that all citizens are equally protected by the law. Its main objective was to protect the civil rights of persons of African descent.
Name Meaning
Some characteristic forenames: Dutch Pieter, Willem, Hendrik.
Dutch and German: occupational name for a grower or seller of mustard, from Middle Dutch mostaert (Old French mo(u)starde). This surname is also established in South Africa.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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