Individual Details

Trienke Margaretha Hoefing

(1840 - 1902)

Events

Birth1840Hanover, Germany
Death1902Scotch Grove Township, Jones, Iowa, United States
MarriageHeinrich Melchers "Henry" Dirks
Alt nameLena Hervink

Families

SpouseHeinrich Melchers "Henry" Dirks (1841 - 1916)
ChildDiedrich Jakob Dirks (1871 - 1941)
ChildJohn Heinrich Dirks (1873 - 1950)
ChildTrienke Margaretha "Meta" Dirks (1875 - 1967)
ChildTaalke Maria Dirks (1877 - 1953)
ChildHenry Melchers Dirks (1879 - 1956)
ChildHerman Gerhard Dirks (1882 - 1945)

Notes

Death

Trienke Hoefing Dirks was born in Hanover, Stadt Hannover, Niedersachsen, Germany in 1840. She and husband Heinrich (Henry) M. Dirks later migrated to the U.S. with their son, Diedrich (1871-1941), where they settled in Jones County, IA. They had four other children born in Jones County, Iowa: John (1873-1950), Trienke (b. 1875), Taalka (b. 1878), and Henry (1879-1956). Trienke Hoefing Dirks died in 1902 and is buried in Wayne Zion Cemetery, Jones County, IA, next to her husband.