Dirks - Family History & Genealogy Message Board

Dirks - German-Russians

Linda M. Ricketts — 3 Feb 2000 7:56:57 GMT

Are there any Dirks out there who came from the area of Russia
that was settled by Germans?

Any Dirks immigrating from Canada? Down to Washington State?

dirks newark new york

jenniferkeirn14620 — 29 Feb 2004 9:49:43 GMT

any information on dirks in newark new york
william john dirks or john dirks of newark looking for john dirks parents

Olive Tracy Dirks

kenandbetty_1 — 1 Feb 2008 5:06:39 GMT

Does anyone have this person in their research. She was born in Doniphan Co. Ka to James and Elvessa Louden Tracy. married unknown Dirks and had at least two daughters. Believe they lived in either SD or NE

Looking for Kirschman relatives

Deborah — 3 Aug 2006 5:53:13 GMT

I am the granddaughter of the late Eva Waterfied who lived in Regina Saskatchwan, married to Charles Nathaniel Waterfield. Does anyone have any information on Eva's relatives and ancestors as I am trying to complete a family history of Eva's. Could use anyone's help. THanks Deborah Fobes

John B Dirks

MonteDirks — 6 Jul 2006 6:47:10 GMT

I am looking for anyone associated with Johann Berend Dirks son of Johann Berend Dirks of Upschoert Germany or any of their relatives. Johann Jr. died in Sully Co. South Dakota. Johann Sr. died1899 and is buried in Akron Iowa.

B: 1824
M: Maria Gerdes
Lived: Preston twsp, Plymouth Co. Iowa 1885
Father: Dirk Dirks married toTaulke Heeren Upschoert
2nd wife.

Dirks in BonHomme Cty, SD

Julie Shepard — 31 Dec 2003 6:15:12 GMT

I am looking for the person who created the website "Anna Dirks' Diary". I am interested in some of the information translated from the diary. Please contact me.

Henry Dirks & Family, d. in Galveston, TX. 1900

BasketLady420 — 23 Feb 2006 5:13:16 GMT

Henry Dirks and family, are listed among the dead in the 1900 Galveston, Texas Hurricane.

I am not related to this family, just passing on this information, which comes from a webpage titled "The Great Galveston Storm" The link for the site is listed below.
Joyce

http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~barnette/surnames_d...

Thanks

Linda Ricketts — 25 Apr 2001 12:22:44 GMT

I have now found my cousin who compiled the story of most of my DIRKS family.
Her name is Edna Egbert of Oregon.
Our family is Peter and Elizabeth from Russia who came to Washington State.

Illinois obit: Dick E. Dirks, s/o Peter & Louisa Miller Dirks --- Menard Co.

janm581 — 20 Jun 2005 4:03:48 GMT

PETERSBURG - Dick Edward Dirks, 92, of Petersburg died Friday, June 17, 2005, at Menard Convalescent Center.

He was born June 16, 1913, the son of Peter and Louisa Miller Dirks. He married Dulcena Cline in 1942; she died in 2003.

Mr. Dirks retired from farming in the Greenview area after many years. He was a member of the Shriners, Shambolee Golf Club and St. Paul's United Church of Christ in Petersburg and a 50-year member of Greenview Masonic Lodge.

Survivors: daughter, Sally Jan Dirks of Rock Island; son, Kenneth Cline (wife, Susan) Dirks of Mariette, Ga.; two grandsons; brother, Loren Dirks of Petersburg; and several nieces and nephews.

Burial: Oakland Cemetery, Petersburg.

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COURTESY OBIT ONLY....I am not researching the Dirks family.
source: State Journal Register, Springfield IL, 6/19/05

Dirks

lsa911 — 10 Mar 2005 2:51:43 GMT

Btw 1860 & 1867 Salome Bedel Glotz m. ? Dirks in New Orleans LA. Want to know what happened to these people after 1867.

Delaware Dirks

Kimberly Dirks Vezmar — 20 Mar 2000 10:53:15 GMT

What is "Dirks" ethnically speaking?

Dirck or Dirk

@@juneken@gte.net — 15 May 2002 5:59:30 GMT

I am looking for the Dircks that came from Seladia, MO. My grandfather was George Henry Dirck, who later moved to Salina and Pryor, OK. He married Elizabeth Lulu Harless, who was born in 1886 and married George in 1900. My father was born in 1901, name, John Henry Dirck. There were 7-8 living children from this marriage. I am looking for all info on this family line and it would be appreciated. I have dates. etc/ Thanks.

Dena Tammen Dirks--Rock Rapids, Iowa

Donna — 8 Dec 2003 7:22:36 GMT

Dena Tammen married a Mr. Dirks. Dena was a sister to Rev. Roelf Tammen. Any info for me? Thanks

Vernie (Cunningham) Dirks obituary

puppup — 23 Oct 2003 2:42:44 GMT

Source: Tri-City Herald , Pasco, WA June 19, 2003
Deceased: Dirks, Vernie Ann (Cunningham)
Age: 60
Birth date: Feb. 19, 1943
Birth place: Pasco, WA
Death date: June 14, 2003
Place of death: Port Orchard, WA

For a copy of full obituary send email to:
dactackm@jlink.net

No relation to deceased

Elizabeth Dirks, m. George Hamilton

arielmontego — 20 Apr 2003 5:03:53 GMT

I'm looking for information on Elizabeth Dirks (m. George Hamilton), mother of my gg-grandfather John Hamilton. Everything I know about her is from a birth/baptism record for John, and then a family story.

John was born 1 Apr 1839 in Pittsburgh, Allegheny Co., PA, and was baptized 14 Apr 1839 in St. Philomena Catholic Church in Pittsburgh (a German Catholic church). The baptism record lists John's parents as Georgii Hamilton and Elizabethae Dirkes. No other information is listed about them.

The family story is that George died when John was about 18 months old, and Elizabeth rode on horseback with John to Illinois. She remarried (whether in PA or IL we don't know) and, according to the story, died when John was around 5 years old. Also, according to story, he left St. Clair Co., IL because he couldn't stand his stepfather and moved to Clinton Co., IL, where he eventually married and had his own children (he later moved to Missouri and died in Carthage, MO in 1922). I haven't been able to locate any marriage records in IL for an Elizabeth Hamilton that might be John's mother.

If anyone has a match for this Elizabeth Dirks in their database I'd love to hear from you! It took 25+ years to find the names of John Hamilton's parents, and now I'm trying to take his line back a little further. Any help is greatly appreciated.

DIRKS; Timmel, Grossefehn, Emden, Leer; Ostfriesland, Germany.

Eddo Hans Feyen, Jr. — 10 Apr 1999 3:40:03 GMT

Researching surnames: Feyen, Bojunga, Vaillant, Albers, Gerdes, Hindrichs, Arens, Tonjes (Toenjes), and Dirks, mainly from Timmel, Grossefehn, Emden, Leer, the Frisian Islands, and other areas of Ostfriesland, Germany. - EHF JR. - Delray Beach, Florida.

Gesina Dirks Schriefer obit

kdhunter — 22 Jan 2003 2:11:55 GMT

XXXI NO. 17 ASHKUM , ILLINOIS FRIDAY, APRIL 26 1929

Obituary of Mrs. R. Schriefer

Gesina Maria Schriefer was the daughter of Behrend and Margaretha Dirks , and was born March 25, 1852, at Tettens in Oldenburg, Germany . She was baptized and confirmed in the Lutheran Church at Tettens .
In company with her sisters, she emigrated to America in 1869 and came to Danforth . On February 19, 1871, she was married to Gerd Kramer, and this union was blessed with six sons and two daughters, of which one son , George, preceded her in death .
After the death of Mr. Kramer in 1885, she entered into a second marriage in 1886, with Onno Habben. This union was of short duration , as Mr. Habben died in 1887 .
In 1888 she was united in marriage for the third time, with Mr. Reiner Schriefer , and to this union two sons and two daughters were born . Of these , one daughter Mary , preceded her mother in death . For several years the family lived in Minnesota , then came to Danforth , and in 1913 moved to Indiana , where they resided until the spring of 1928 .
Since about a year ago , when our deceased friend suffered a stroke of paralysis , she has been more or less helpless , and at times was bed-ridden . Her death came rather unexpectedly on Tuesday April 16 , at the age of 72 years and 21 days .
The mourners are her husband Reiner Schriefer , the children : John Kramer of Gilman, Ben Kramer of Idaville , Ind., Mrs. Minnie Klemen of Peoria, Mrs. Clarles Wasmer of Gilman , Onno Kramer of Danforth, Lambert and Tony Kramer of Idaville , Ind., Dick Schriefer of Sheldon , Henry Schriefer of Fowler, Ind., and Mrs. Alma Geisler of Idaville, Ind. , 32 grand-children and 6 great grand-children, and one sister Mrs. William Hoppe of Chatsworth.
Funeral services were conducted by Rev. H. Staehling at the St. John's Lutheran church in Danforth on Friday afternoon April 19, and interment was in the Lutheran cemetery. -Contributed.

Dirks/Remmers/Casper/Antholz/Holthus information

Leland Dirks — 30 Dec 2002 10:39:20 GMT

Greetings to all!

I've posted over 1500 members of the Dirks/Remmers/Casper/Antholz/Holthus clans on my website. I'm interested in hearing from other researchers in these families. If you've got any feedback, or more information, please let me know. Also, I'm trying to collect digital scans and photographs of the relatives... You can see what I've got so far.

http://www.leland1234.com/family/

Thanks in advance for any help!

Leland

DIRKS, OLTMANNS > IA, SD

Velda6205 — 19 Jul 2002 9:04:14 GMT

Hello, does anyone have a Henry Dirks married to a Mary Brandt? My uncle, George (Jurgen) Oltmanns married their daughter, Maggie, I believe in Iowa. According to the death certificate, she was born in Montgomery Co., IL. Maggie died in Madison, Lake Co., SD on Sept. 23, 1948, due to a terrible car accident. She is buried in Chester, SD. I would like to more about Henry and Mary and if they had any other children.

Dirks relatives

Alexis Bertsch — 13 Jul 2000 10:26:41 GMT

I have a Henry Edwards Dirks, who was my great-grandfather. He was born/died in eastern SD but not sure where and I don't know who his parents were. I think they may have come from Russia but they are German

Sytie Dirks from Amsterdam, North Holland

TammyWolke — 31 Jan 2002 8:09:20 GMT

Looking for info on her and family-she married Thomas Janse Van Dyck and I have 4 children listed. Would like to know when she died and info on her parents

Dirks from Oldenberg, Germany

CharlesBest55 — 3 Mar 2002 10:50:52 GMT

My g-g-grandmother was "Anna Margaret Dirks". She was born in Oldenberg on 7-29-1858. Her father was "Herman J. Dirks. She came to Nebraska in 1883, and married Laurenz J. Eden. They later moved to Oklahoma. Any further infomation on this line would be appreciated.

Relatives

Laurie — 15 May 2001 5:48:40 GMT

My e-mail is: jhkling@smig.net Any relatives of Dirk U. Dirks from Pipestone,MN

Dirks relatives

Laurie — 15 May 2001 1:33:46 GMT

My grandfather was Dirk Ulfred Dirks, who came from Germany with his parents John and Ericka. He and his wife, Johanna Maria, had 12 children; lived near Pipestone, MN. Any relatives out there?

Dirks in Manitoba originally from Molochna

Patrick Dirks — 26 Dec 2000 8:58:46 GMT

We live in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. My father is Walter Dirks. His parents were Abram and Anna Dirks who came to Canada in 1926. I believe that they came from Molochna in Russia. They came along with my aunt Frieda (3 months old at the time)and with my great grandparents, David and Ekaterine (?) Dirks. Can anyone tell me where they would have travelled from or provide any further information?

Katherina Dirks

Edward Westphal — 20 May 2000 7:03:56 GMT

Does anyone have any information on this person, my ggrandmother who was married to Daniel Meyer and lived in Underhill, Oconto county Wisconsin c 1900? Thanks

Johnalee Loretta Dirks

JMayfield5209 — 6 Feb 2002 5:56:32 GMT

Looking for Johnalee Loretta Dirks, May not be spelled correctly. Born about 1942, father John Dirks. Lived in Urbana Illinois and moved to Quincy, Illinois early '50s.

Dirks, Hinderks

Teijo Doornkamp — 12 Oct 2000 11:47:14 GMT

Got three Dirks (Jan, Antje, Jan) from Ihrhove, Ost-Friesland, all children of Dirk Jurgens and Engel Hinderks.

Teijo

Dirks From Ascheburg Germany

Gareth_Horvath — 24 Jun 2001 6:14:49 GMT

Looking for anyone with Dirks relatives originating from Ascheburg, Westphalia, Germany. Franz,Gertrude and family came to US~1854. To St. Rosa Ohio and then St. Augusta MN.

George's twin

luannab — 17 Jul 2002 11:02:00 GMT

George Herman Dirks had a twin sister, Louise M who married Fred Freudenthal. They lived in Cheyenne Wy and were buried in Ft. Collins Co.

George Dirks

luannab — 17 Jul 2002 11:02:00 GMT

Looking for information about George Hermann Dirks, Born Dec. 14, 1867 in Ostfriesland, Germany to Herman Casper Dirks and Katherine Eckhof...born about 1841 and 1845 in Tichelboe Germany(?) Settled in Johnson Co, Ne. and was Luthern. I believe he may have had siblings, but do not have any info.

Johann DIRKS

Donnell28 — 1 Jul 2001 7:03:21 GMT

Guten abend to all of you Dirks relatives. We must be cousins somewhere down the line. My Johann DIRKS married HIlka Maria Remmers and is part of the group that Ostfriesland, settling first in Illinois and then in Nemaha County, Neb. My mom searched for her roots for years, but I found most of them in Nemaha. Her grandma "annie" Yelkin married Joseph Marriott and they lived in Lemoore, Calif. Anne Catherine Yelkin's parents were Anne Catherine Dirks (Dierks in some records) and John Johnson Yelkin, Jr. Anne Catherine Dirks was the daughter of Johann and Hilka. I have the Remmers book which includes a map of the area that the families were from and some info on both of these families - the majority being on the Remmer side of the family. Most of my "cousins" live in the Fresno area of California and I currently correspond with four of them who are also doing research. I will happily share photos and research. Contact me at Maestrowz@aol.com. Donnell

Taatje Dirks

nevalogan — 4 Jul 2001 6:05:21 GMT

I am looking for Taatje Dirks, born about 1770 to 1780, and married to Benjamin Benjamins, a tenant in Wiesens.

Any connection anyone?

Dirks then Ernst from Texas

Tim Jackson — 28 Jan 2000 12:37:35 GMT

Does anyone here have any info on Christian Frierich Dirks born 1796 to Meine and Sybille (Grimms) Dirks in Lower Saxony? He then changed his name to Johann Friedrich Ernst around 1800 following the death of his father. In 1829 he arrived in New York with wife Louise Gesine Auguste Weber, then moved to Texas and recieved a land grant from Stephen F. Austin. Possibly one of the "Old 300" Ernst settled Texas in 1831, and was most likely the first German family to arrive in Texas. I'm looking for names of children and grandchildren. Thanks!
Tim Jackson
E-mail walldoxie2@cs.com