Brief Life History of Dirk
When Dirk Bockholt was born on 6 October 1843, in Gorinchem, South Holland, Netherlands, his father, Hermann Heinrich Bockholt, was 41 and his mother, Anna Valk, was 32. He married Christina Olivier on 25 January 1869, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 daughters. He lived in Bluffdale, Salt Lake, Utah, United States in 1880. In 1874, his occupation is listed as president of netherlands mission. He died on 1 January 1887, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States, at the age of 43, and was buried in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States.
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Sources (51)
- D Bockholt, "United States Census, 1880"
- Dirk Bockholt, "Utah, Salt Lake County Death Records, 1849-1949"
- D Bockholt, "United States City and Business Directories, ca. 1749 - ca. 1990"
World Events (8)
1846
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
1847
Historical Boundaries: 1848: Mexican Cession, United States 1850: Utah Territory, United States 1851: Great Salt Lake, Utah Territory, United States 1868: Salt Lake, Utah Territory, United States 1896: Salt Lake, Utah, United States
1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
Name Meaning
North German: topographic name for someone who lived near a beech wood, from Middle Low German bōk ‘beech’ + holt ‘wood’. Compare Bookhout .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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