Frank Iemke Kooyman

Brief Life History of Frank Iemke

When Frank Iemke Kooyman was born on 12 November 1880, in Midsland, Friesland, Netherlands, his father, Daniel Iemkes Kooyman, was 38 and his mother, Neeke Gerrits Kooyman, was 33. He married Elisabeth Jacoba Van Der Toom on 15 October 1907, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 4 daughters. He immigrated to World in 1933. He registered for military service in 1917. He died on 13 September 1963, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States, at the age of 82, and was buried in Wasatch Lawn Memorial Park, Millcreek, Salt Lake, Utah, United States.

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Family Time Line

Frank Iemke Kooyman
1880–1963
Elisabeth Jacoba Van Der Toom
1877–1937
Marriage: 15 October 1907
Raymond Vandertoon Kooyman
1909–1968
Florence Julia Kooyman
1910–2000
Lucile May Kooyman
1913–1998
Hilda Louisa Kooyman
1915–1969
Ruby Evangeline Kooyman
1917–1979
Earl Midsland Kooyman
1917–1996
Harold Stolp Kooyman
1921–2013

Sources (73)

  • Frank Jemke Kooyman, "The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Church Census Records (Worldwide), 1914-1960"
  • Frank I. Kooyman, "Utah, County Marriages, 1871-1941"
  • Frank Iinke Kooyman, "Utah, World War I County Draft Board Registers, Name Index, 1917-1918"

World Events (8)

1881 · First Telephone Network

On June 1, 1881, the very first local telephone network was established in Amsterdam.

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.

1902 · So Much Farm Land

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

Name Meaning

Some characteristic forenames: Dutch Bastiaan, Dirk.

Dutch: variant of Kooiman .

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

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Frank I. Kooyman

He wrote 4 hymns in the LDS Hymnbook.

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