Bouwe Heinzes de Vries

Brief Life History of Bouwe Heinzes

When Bouwe Heinzes de Vries was born on 15 November 1876, in Surhuisterveen, Achtkarspelen, Friesland, Netherlands, his father, Heinze Sjoerds de Vries, was 40 and his mother, Maaike Hendriks Bethlehem, was 38. He married Geertje Eilander on 14 June 1900, in Achtkarspelen, Friesland, Netherlands. They were the parents of at least 9 sons and 5 daughters. He lived in Wilson, Weber, Utah, United States in 1920 and Marriott, Weber, Utah, United States in 1930. He died on 22 February 1961, in Marriott-Slaterville, Weber, Utah, United States, at the age of 84, and was buried in Ogden City Cemetery, Ogden, Weber, Utah, United States.

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Family Time Line

Bouwe Heinzes de Vries
1876–1961
Geertje Eilander
1878–1948
Marriage: 14 June 1900
Theodore de Vries
1900–1961
Maike de Vries
1902–1992
Pietje de Vries
1903–1903
Heinze de Vries
1904–1983
Hiske de Vries
1905–1970
Wike de Vries
1907–1907
Roel de Vries
1907–1907
Sjoerd De Vries
1908–1979
Oets de Vries
1909–1987
Wesel De Vries
1911–1911
Wesley DeVries
1912–1985
Anna De Vries
1915–2006
Cornelius De Vries
1917–2001
"Kenneth" Hendrik DeVries
1919–1987

Sources (44)

  • Bour Devries, "United States Census, 1940"
  • Bowe Devries, "Utah Death Certificates, 1904-1964"
  • Bouwe, "The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Record of Members (Worldwide), 1836-1970"

World Events (8)

1881 · The Assassination of James Garfield

Garfield was shot twice by Charles J. Guitea at Railroad Station in Washington, D.C. on July 2, 1881. After eleven weeks of intensive and other care Garfield died in Elberon, New Jersey, the second of four presidents to be assassinated, following Abraham Lincoln.

1889

Weber comes from John Henry Weber, an early fur trader. The university opened for students on January 7, 1889. By the late 1920's, the college was in financial difficulty and the Utah Legislature passed a law allowing the purchase of both Weber College and Snow College from the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. In 1954 the college moved from downtown Ogden the southeast bench area of the city where it resides currently.

1899 · Hague Peace Convention

The Hague Peace Convention was a series conferences that produced treaties and declarations. The convention took place in Hague, Netherlands. The conferences were among the first formal statements of the laws of war and war crimes in secular international law.

Name Meaning

Some characteristic forenames: Indian Dilip, Anirban, Gopal, Alok, Anindya, Arunava, Asit, Asok, Dibyendu, Goutam, Indra, Indranil.

Indian: variant of Dey .

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

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Bouwe Heinzes de Vries asked his future mother-in-law to loan him some money so he could take her daughter (his future wife) to the circus. He was dressed shabbily so she bought him some clothes and …

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