Abel Nicholas Dyksterhuis
1898 birth in South Dakota
1900 Census South Dakota
1898 birth in South Dakota
1900 Census South Dakota
Abel Nicholas Dyksterhuis
On an interesting note, we can see that quite a few of Abel's contemporaries were born this same year, including Politician Golda Meir; Religious Figure Norman Vincent Peale; Pilot Amelia Earhart, Musician George Gershwin; and Author C.S. Lewis (OurTimelines.com, 2018).
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| Abel Nicholaus Dyksterhuis mini pedigree from Ancestry.com |
1898 Birth
Abel Nicholas Dyksterhuis was born on 10 June 1898 in Platte, Charles Mix South Dakota, to Geert Edsko (GE) and Hiltje Grommers Dyksterhuis, both were age 35. There are no birth certificates available online, so we have to rely on secondary and tertiary proofs, by looking at the Census records and death records. |
| Charles Mix County, South Dakota |
On an interesting note, we can see that quite a few of Abel's contemporaries were born this same year, including Politician Golda Meir; Religious Figure Norman Vincent Peale; Pilot Amelia Earhart, Musician George Gershwin; and Author C.S. Lewis (OurTimelines.com, 2018).
Unfortunately, this is also the year the Spanish American War broke out (OurTimelines.com, 2018).
British forces captured most major Boer cities, annexed their territories. Boers launched a guerrilla war that frustrated the British occupiers, which the British "systematically searching out and destroying these guerrilla units, while herding the families of the Boer soldiers into concentration camps." By 1902, the treaty was signed recognizing the British military admiistration over the two territories, giving amnesty for Boer forces. -- (History.com Staff, 2010)
Abel lived in Signal, Charles Mix South Dakota, living with parents, Geert and Hiltje, and his older siblings Jacob, Engelbertus, Fosiena, Cornelia and Elisabeth. This family is encircled in Red, with the star by Abel's name. The yellow arrow above is Jacob and Everdina Dyksterhuis, who may be related somehow. Anyway, Abel is the sixth child, he is 1 year old, and here we find secondary proof of his date of birth, June 1898. Mother (or father or older child) would have been the one to answer this question. Since Mother Hiltje (pronounced HILT-ch) (How To Pronounce, n.d.). could not speak English, it must have been one of the other family members -- OR, the enumerator spoke Dutch! It could happen!
Anyway, he and his siblings are First Generation Americans, since both parents immigrated in 1882 and 1884. Father Geert -- pronounced this way (How To Pronounce, n.d.) -- was naturalized by this time, thus Mother would also be considered naturalized. They lived on their rented farm in Signal Township, Charles Mix County, South Dakota.
In other news -- In this same year, the Galveston Hurricane killed 8,000 and Hawaii was organized as a territory -- (OurTimelines.com, 2018)
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Resources:
Historic Map Works, LLC. (2018). Signal Township, Charles Mix County 1912. Retrieved from Historic Map Works: http://www.historicmapworks.com/Map/US/25909/Signal+Township/Charles+Mix+County+1912/South+Dakota/
History.com Staff. (2010). Boer War begins in South Africa. (A. Networks, Producer) Retrieved May 23, 2018, from History.com: https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/boer-war-begins-in-south-africa
How To Pronounce. (n.d.). How to Pronounce Geert. Retrieved May 23, 2018, from How To Pronounce: https://www.howtopronounce.com/geert/
How To Pronounce. (n.d.). How To Pronounce Hiltje. Retrieved May123 2018, from How To Pronounce: https://www.howtopronounce.com/hiltje/
OurTimelines.com. (2018). TimeLines. Retrieved from OurTimeLines.com: http://ourtimelines.com/
Phillips, D. T. (2008, June 30). The Tunguska Impact--100 Years Later. Retrieved May 24, 2018, from Science@NASA: https://science.nasa.gov/science-news/science-at-nasa/2008/30jun_tunguska
Skeoch Cumming, W. (2017, April 28). The_Second_Boer_War,_1899-1902_Q72217.jpg. (I. W. Museum, Editor) Retrieved May 23, 2018, from Wikimedia.org: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:The_Second_Boer_War,_1899-1902_Q72217.jpg
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1899 - 1902 age 1-4
The Boer War (OurTimelines.com, 2018).
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| Family of Boer refugees passing by a flock of sheep 1899 |
Today, the Boers are known as Afrikaners, the original Dutch settlers of South Africa. When British rule invaded the Dutch Cape colony, the independent Boers resented Anglicization and anti-slavery policies of Great Britain. The Boers moved into African tribal territory, founding the rebublics of the Transvaal and the Orange Free State. Things went quite well ... until someone ruined it all by discovering diamonds and gold. CONFLICT!
- {As of May 2018, the Afrikaaners are once again arming themselves to fight against government, this time the African government intends to take away any and all property owned by white people. Who will win? How many will die, as I am sure many will. -- J'Anette S., editor}
1900 age 2 Census
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| 1900 Census, for Dyksterhuis family |
Anyway, he and his siblings are First Generation Americans, since both parents immigrated in 1882 and 1884. Father Geert -- pronounced this way (How To Pronounce, n.d.) -- was naturalized by this time, thus Mother would also be considered naturalized. They lived on their rented farm in Signal Township, Charles Mix County, South Dakota.
In other news -- In this same year, the Galveston Hurricane killed 8,000 and Hawaii was organized as a territory -- (OurTimelines.com, 2018)
1900 to 1910, moved from South Dakota to Washington
At some point in this span of nine years, the Dyksterhuis family moved from South Dakota to Washington State. What took them there? We find that there was a huge Dutch influx to this area.
1901 age 3
William McKinley is currently President of the United States, but he was assassinated, and Theodore Roosevelt takes over in 1901; The Commonwealth of Australia is founded, and the first British submarine was launched; Oil was discovered in Texas, and the Third Law of Thermodynamics was first postulated by W.H. Nernst (OurTimelines.com, 2018)
1907 age 9
Plastic is invented (OurTimelines.com, 2018)
1908 age 10
Tunguska atmospheric object explosion -- see also Tunguska Impact 100 years later (OurTimelines.com, 2018), (Phillips, 2008).
1909 age 11
North Pole is reached by Matthew Henson of Robert Peary's expedition; the Union of South Africa is formed; and William Howard Taft becomes President of the United States from 1909 to 1912 (OurTimelines.com, 2018)
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Resources:
Family Search Wiki. (2018). Charles Mix County,
South Dakota Genealogy. Retrieved from Family Search Wiki:
https://www.familysearch.org/wiki/en/Charles_Mix_County,_South_Dakota_Genealogy
Historic Map Works, LLC. (2018). Signal Township, Charles Mix County 1912. Retrieved from Historic Map Works: http://www.historicmapworks.com/Map/US/25909/Signal+Township/Charles+Mix+County+1912/South+Dakota/
History.com Staff. (2010). Boer War begins in South Africa. (A. Networks, Producer) Retrieved May 23, 2018, from History.com: https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/boer-war-begins-in-south-africa
How To Pronounce. (n.d.). How to Pronounce Geert. Retrieved May 23, 2018, from How To Pronounce: https://www.howtopronounce.com/geert/
How To Pronounce. (n.d.). How To Pronounce Hiltje. Retrieved May123 2018, from How To Pronounce: https://www.howtopronounce.com/hiltje/
OurTimelines.com. (2018). TimeLines. Retrieved from OurTimeLines.com: http://ourtimelines.com/
Phillips, D. T. (2008, June 30). The Tunguska Impact--100 Years Later. Retrieved May 24, 2018, from Science@NASA: https://science.nasa.gov/science-news/science-at-nasa/2008/30jun_tunguska
Skeoch Cumming, W. (2017, April 28). The_Second_Boer_War,_1899-1902_Q72217.jpg. (I. W. Museum, Editor) Retrieved May 23, 2018, from Wikimedia.org: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:The_Second_Boer_War,_1899-1902_Q72217.jpg
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