Individual Details
Johann Berends Hanken
(25 Jan 1840 - 10 May 1865)
Events
| Birth | 25 Jan 1840 | Germany, Ostfriesland, Wiesede |  | ||
| Death | 10 May 1865 | Jones, Iowa, United States |  | | |
| Burial | Saint Johns Evangelical Lutheran Cemetery, Wayne Township, Jones, Iowa, United States | |
Families
| Father | Nanne Arends Hanken (1807 - 1886) |
| Mother | Talka Margaretha Ocken (1803 - 1883) |
| Sibling | Arend Heinrich "Henry" Hanken (1831 - 1901) |
| Sibling | Wessel Berends Hanken (1834 - 1906) |
Notes
Death
SOURCE: Steve HankenMy great uncle Johann Hanken, who is buried at Sand Hill, died as a result of pneumonia after bringing lumber back from Dubuque. He had sold a load of hogs in early spring of 1865 and had to pick up lumber for the church and bring it back, the story was that when he finally made it back he was so weak he couldn't pick up the end of a 2x4. As a result he died and likely was the first official burial at St. Johns with his parents, Nanne Hanken and Talke Margarethe Ocken, on one side and his mother's brother, Ocke Ocken, on the other side.
Endnotes
1. Janssen, Ludwig, Erhard Schlte and Hans Rudolph Manger, compiler, Die Familien der Kirchengemeinde Reepsholt (Aurich: Ostfriesische Landschaft, 1982), p 466 #2456.
2. "Brodersen Lindbloom", database, Sharon Lindbloom, Fort Wayne, IN, slindbloom13@yahoo.com, Rootsweb (http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~slindbloom/ : accessed )"; submitted.
3. "Brodersen Lindbloom", database, Sharon Lindbloom, Fort Wayne, IN, slindbloom13@yahoo.com, Rootsweb (http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~slindbloom/ : accessed )"; submitted.