De Reus, Arie Pieterszn Sr. – 1811-1894

DE KOOMEN, DE REUS, DONKER, JAGTENBERG, MEELDIJK, VAN DER KREEK

Posted By: Diana Wagner
Date: 4/25/2022 at 08:10:33

Arie was the only child of Pieter Arieszn and Neeltje (Meeldijk) DeReus. He married Magcheltje Van Der Kreek (also Van der Kreck or Vandee Crake and various other spellings), the daughter Arie Van Der Kreek and Marija De Koomen on 5 April 1834 in Mijnsheerenland, Zuid Holland, Netherlands.
Arie and Maggie had nine children of which only four sons lived to become adults: Arie Jr., Pieter, Marinus and Nelis. The records of the births and deaths of their children came from the Netherlands National Archives for Zuid Holland and old Dutch Church Records.
Records show that the family of six boarded the ship "York Town" in London, arriving in the Port of New York on 15 May, 1850. It is believed that the De Reus family took a small boat from the island in the river where they lived a short distance from the port of Rotterdam. Once in Rotterdam they took a ship to London where they boarded the ship, York Town going to America.
They moved quickly to Iowa where they are shown on the 1850 census, which was enumerated on 11 Sep 1850; the De Reus family was living in Lake Prairie Township, Marion County. In 1850 Arie's occupation was listed as laborer, but by 1860 things had changed for our Dutch ancestor. In 1860 Arie was still living in Lake Prairie. He now had a farm and was farming with his sons who were helping with the work.
His loving wife, Maggie died in Pella on 2 Feb 1881. Then 13 years later on 30 May 1894 in Pella, Arie married Elizabeth (Jagtenberg) Donker, a widow.
It is believed the Arie and Maggie are buried side by side in the Graceland Cemetery in Pella, Iowa.
Source: findagrave.com website

Mr. A. de Reus, Sr. died at his home in East Pella, last Thursday night after a several weeks illness at the ripe old age of 83 years. Only a couple of months ago he was joined in marriage to Mrs. Donker. A number of children, all grown and married, grandchildren and the widow are left to mourn.
The funeral services were held in the Holland Presbyterian Church last Saturday afternoon and were conducted by Rev. H. Douwstra and Mr. K. van Stigt, after which the remains of another of Pella’s oldest residents were laid to rest in the cemetery a few miles north of this city. So is the list of Lake Prairie’s first residents being cut down slowly but surely.
Source: newspaper unknown, death date 5 Jul 1894 ; found on findagrave.com website