Individual Details
Harm Janssen Dirks
(20 Jan 1885 - 28 Jan 1939)
Events
Families
Spouse | Hieska Katherine Gerdes "Kate" Zimmerman (1886 - 1940) |
Child | Living |
Father | Dietrich Wilhelm Dirks (1857 - 1940) |
Mother | Gesche Margaretha "Grace Maggie" Bödeker (1859 - 1936) |
Sibling | Friederike Hermine "Recka" Dirks (1880 - 1960) |
Sibling | Margaret Sophia "Greta, Maggie" Dirks (1882 - 1971) |
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)
19 19 Dirks, Harm J, Head, rent, MW, 34, married, IA Ger Ger, FarmerKate, Wife, FW, 32, Married, 1903, Germany 3x
Herman, Son, MW, 11, single, IA
Emma, Daughter, FW, 9, single, IA
Eddie, Son, MW, 7, single, IA
Lizzie, Daughter, FW, 5, single, IA
Census (family)
7 DIRKS HARN J 39 IA H DIRKS, D 66 GER BODEKER, MARGRET 64 GER GER8 DIRKS KATE 38 GER W ZIMMERMAN, GERD GER TRANERNIHT, GRACE GER GER
9 DIRKS HERMAN D 16 IA S IA
10 DIRKS EMMA 14 IA D IA
11 DIRKS EDWARD 12 IA S IA
12 POPPE ALNORA 2 IA D IA
12 DIRKS LIZZIE 11 IA D IA
13 DIRKS ALVA 1 IA S IA
Census (family)
Harm J Dirks Head M 45 IowaKate Dirks Wife F 43 Germany
Edward Dirks Son M 18 Iowa
Louise Dirks DaughterF 16 Iowa
Alva Dirks Son M 5 Iowa
Death
Conduct Rites For Harm DirksTakes Own Life on Farm Near Langworthy; 5 Children Survive Him
Services for Harm Dirks, 63, who took his life on his farm near Langworthy Saturday morning were conducted by the Rev. F. H Kehren in Wayne Zion Lutheran church Monday afternoon.
The body was found hanging from a rafter in the hog house early Saturday by a son, Alvin, who had gone to look for his father when he didn't return from chores. Having lost his farm through fore closure, Harm was despondent, which fact prompted his action.
He hadn't slept well during the night, and shortly before dawn had prepared something to eat which he shared with his wife, who is ill.
Mr. Dirks had spent all of his life in Wayne township and married Kate Zimmerman in 1907. He was the son of Dietrich Dirks and Margaret Bodiker Dirks. .Surviving are Mrs. Dirks and five children, Herman Dirks of Monticello, Mrs. Herman Tapken of Cass Center, and Lizzie, Ed, and Alvin, at home. Also surviving are his father, four sisters, Mrs. Gerd Djrks of Langworthy, Mrs. Will Dirks of Amber, Mrs. Mino Zimmerman of Olin and Mrs. Will Oltmann of Anamosa; three brothers, Gerd Dirks, John Dirks and Henry Dirks, all of Amber.
Endnotes
1. Jones Co. Iowa Census, Jones Co. Iowa GenWeb online [http://iowajones.org/census/census.htm], accessed.
2. , Seventy-fifth anniversary of the Zion Evangelical Lutheran Congregation 1872-1947. (Wayne Township, Jones Co. Monticello, Iowa.:, 1947).
3. , Seventy-fifth anniversary of the Zion Evangelical Lutheran Congregation 1872-1947. (Wayne Township, Jones Co. Monticello, Iowa.:, 1947).
4. U.S. Census images. Heritage Quest Online. Subscription database through the Sonoma County Public Library. (ProQuest LLC, 2009.), 1920 > IOWA > JONES > WAYNE Series: T625 Roll: 495 Page: 121.
5. Jones Co. Iowa Census, Jones Co. Iowa GenWeb online [http://iowajones.org/census/census.htm], accessed.
6. "Conduct Rites for Harm Dirks," Monticello (Iowa) Express, 2 February 1939; Ross & Elizabeth Baty Public Library (http://batypl.newspaperarchive.com : accessed 1 December 2011), Newspaper Digital Archives.