Individual Details
Friederike Hermine "Recka" Dirks
(16 Sep 1880 - 27 Apr 1960)
Events
| Birth | 16 Sep 1880 | Germany, Ostfriesland, Wiesederfehn |  | ||
| Marriage | 2 Mar 1899 | Wayne Township, Jones, Iowa, United States - Gerd Dirks | |||
| Census (family) | 5 Jun 1900 | Wayne Township, Jones, Iowa, United States - Gerd Dirks |  | | |
| Census (family) | 1925 | Wayne Township, Jones, Iowa, United States - Gerd Dirks | | | |
| Death | 27 Apr 1960 | Monticello, Jones, Iowa, United States | |||
| Burial | Wayne Zion Lutheran Cemetery, Jones, Iowa, United States |
Families
| Spouse | Gerd Dirks (1868 - 1952) |
| Child | George Henry Dirks (1899 - 1968) |
| Child | Wilham Dietrich "Will" Dirks (1901 - 1959) |
| Child | Johann Freidrich "John F" Dirks (1903 - 1980) |
| Child | August Janssen Dirks (1905 - 1984) |
| Child | Benhard Gerhard Dirks (1907 - 1936) |
| Child | Rhinehard Dirks (1909 - 1982) |
| Child | Engel Minne Dirks (1911 - 1967) |
| Child | Clara Margaretha Dirks (1913 - 2004) |
| Child | Anna Katrina Dirks (1915 - 2005) |
| Father | Dietrich Wilhelm Dirks (1857 - 1940) |
| Mother | Gesche Margaretha "Grace Maggie" Bödeker (1859 - 1936) |
| Sibling | Margaret Sophia "Greta, Maggie" Dirks (1882 - 1971) |
| Sibling | Harm Janssen Dirks (1885 - 1939) |
| Sibling | Frauke Maria "Frances, Frankie" Dirks (1885 - 1914) |
| Sibling | Sophia Catharina Dirks (1888 - 1944) |
| Sibling | Maria "Mary" Dirks (1890 - 1921) |
| Sibling | Gerd Janssen "George" Dirks (1893 - 1972) |
| Sibling | Johann Gerhard "John" Dirks (1895 - 1969) |
| Sibling | Heinrich Dietrich "Henry" Dirks (1897 - 1976) |
| Sibling | Meta Margaretha Dirks (1900 - 1975) |
Notes
Census (family)
31, 31, Dierks, Harm, Head, WM, Feb 1838, 62, Married 39 yrs., Germany 3x, 1864 36 yrs, Na, Farmer- , Angel, Wife, WF, Jan 1833, 67, M-39 yrs., 6 children born 5 living, Germany 3x, 1864 36 yrs
32, 32, Dierks, Gerd, Head, WM, Feb 1868, 32, Married 1 yr, IA GER GER, Farmer
- , Reca H., Wife, WF, Sept 1880, 19, Married 1 yr, 1 child born & living,
GER GER GER, Immigration 1881 - 18 yrs.
- , George H., Son, WM, Dec 1899, 5/12, single, IA IA GER
Rickels, Anna M, Servant WF, July 1886, 13, single, IA GER GER, Servant
Census (family)
27 DIRKS GERD 56 IA H DIRKS, HARN GER RICKELS, ENGEL GER GER28 DIRKS RECKA H 44 GER W DIRKS, DIEDRICK 66 GER BODEKER, MARGRET 64 GER GER
29 DIRKS WILL 23 IA S IA
30 DIRKS JOHN 21 IA S IA
31 DIRKS AGUSTA 19 IA S IA
32 DIRKS BEN 17 IA S IA
33 DIRKS RHINEHARD 15 IA S IA
34 DIRKS MINNIE 13 IA D IA
35 DIRKS CLARA 11 IA D IA
36 DIRKS ANNA 9 IA D IA
Endnotes
1. Janssen, Ludwig, Erhard Schlte and Hans Rudolph Manger, compiler, Die Familien der Kirchengemeinde Reepsholt (Aurich: Ostfriesische Landschaft, 1982), p 309 #1207.
2. U.S. Census images. Heritage Quest Online. Subscription database through the Sonoma County Public Library. (ProQuest LLC, 2009.), 1900 > IOWA > JONES > WAYNE TWP Series: T623 Roll: 440 Page: 223.
3. Jones Co. Iowa Census, Jones Co. Iowa GenWeb online [http://iowajones.org/census/census.htm], accessed.