Roghair, Nicholas 1845-1907 and Christina Hendrikse Family

ROGHAIR, VANRAVENSWAAY, HENDRIKSE, WOUTERS

Posted By: Wilma J. Vande Berg - volunteer (email)
Date: 12/4/2022 at 19:18:48

Roghair, Nicholas 1845-1907 and Christina Hendrikse

This biography was compiled by Wilma J. Vande Berg of the Greater Sioux County Genealogical Society and taken from various identified sources. Purpose was to find as much about the Nicholas Raghair family as was available in local sources. When family information is taken from various sources it is often found that the information varies from one source to another. Often birth places and dates are listed differently by various family reports. The information in this biography was stated as found in the source addressed.

The life and times of Sioux County pioneers can be read about in several Sioux County books. “The Story of Sioux County” by Charles Dyk gives a very colorful account of pioneer life with its joys and hardships. The book “Siouxland A History of Sioux County” by Nelson Nieuwenhuis gives great historical accounts of the area. The “1908 Sioux County Atlas” has historical accounts of the various townships of Sioux County.. Also, the ‘Sioux County Iowa digital archives’ newspapers can be googled as such, and can be searched for your ancestors names that could lead to more items of interest in their daily life.

OBITUARY of Nicholas Roghair 1845-1907

From the Alton Democrat, July 27, 1907: Orange City News :
On Saturday evening N. Roghair died aged seventy two years. He came to this country from Holland in 1868 and settled here in 1873. On Tuesday he was buried. Rev. Van Dellen of Middleburg conducted the services.

From the Sioux County Herald, July 24, 1907:
Saturday evening at 10 o'clock N. Roghair, one of the oldest settlers, passed away at his home about a mile east of the city. Nicholas Roghair was born at Barneveld, Netherlands, the11th of June, 1835. In 1865 he was united in marriage to Christina Alberts in his native town. They crossed the ocean in 1868 to make their fortunes in the new world. From 1868 to 1878 they lived at Pella, Iowa, whence they came west to Sioux county where they have since lived. The deceased has been engaged in the past few years in raising blooded stock, and he is well known among western breeders and dealers in stock. His wife and only son, Johan, survive the deceased. The funeral was held Tuesday in the Christian Reformed church.

(No evidence found that Christina’s maiden name was Alberts. Their marriage record indicates she was Christina Hendrikse)

GSCGS research He is listed in the Sioux County Cemetery Index as Nicolaas Roghair born 10 Jun 1835 died 20 Jul 1907, buried West Lawn Cemetery, Orange City. His wife who died 1912 apparently has no headstone and is not listed in the index. See her obituary as Christina Roghair 1831-1912 for further details on the family.

BIRTH RECORD Nicolaas Roghair was born 10 Jun 1835 to Johan Jacob Roghair 48, and Therese Julie van Ravenswaaij 43 at Barneveld, Gelderland Netherlands

MARRIAGE record - Nicolaas Roghair age 29 born at Barneveld, Gelderland, Netherlands to Johan Jacob Roghair and Terese Julie Van Revenswaay married on 3 May 1865 at Utrecht, Utrecht, Netherlands to Christina Hendrikse born at Ede age 34, to Hendrik Hendrikse and Cornelia Wouters. Know of only one child Johan 'John'.

OBITUARY of Christina Mrs. Nicholas Roghair died 1912
Sioux County Herald of Mar 28, 1912
Mrs. Nicholas Roghair died Tuesday morning at the home of her son John Roghair after a brief illness at the advanced age of eighty-one years.
Mrs. Roghair, Christina-Alberts, was married to Nicholas Roghair in 1865 in her native town of Barnevelt, Holland. In 1868 Mr. and Mrs. Roghair came to this country and settled at Pella, Iowa, where they lived for five years after which they came to Sioux County. They settled on the place now owned by Geo. C.Oelrich and latter moved to a farm a few miles west of town. Some years ago they located on the present Roghair home east of town where Mr. N. Roghair died in July of 1907.
Mrs. Roghair leaves one son, John, at whose home she has been staying. The funeral will be, held this afternoon at the Christian Reformed church of this city.
(from the marriage record - Nicolaas Roghair age 29 born at Barneveld, Gelderland, Netherlands to Johan Jacob Roghair and Terese Julie Van Revenswaay married on 3 May 1865 at Utrecht, Utrecht, Netherlands to Christina Hendrikse born at Ede abe 34, to Hendrik Hendrikse and Cornelia Wouters. Know of only one child Johan 'John')
(Question arose, why was she indicated as Christina Alberts in her obit as well as Nicholass obit when her marriage maiden name was Hendrikse, father was Hendrik Hendrikse.

OBITUARY of their son John Johan Roghair 1866-1934
From the Alton Democrat, June 1, 1934, Orange City news:
Funeral services for John J. Roghair, prominent pioneer and business man of Sioux county, were held Monday afternoon at 1:30 at the home in Orange City, and at 2 o’clock at the First Christian Reformed church, Rev. R. Bronkema, the pastor, officiating. Mr. Roghair died at his home last Friday, May 25, after an extended illness with angina pectoris. He was 67 years of age.
One of the best known farmers and business men in the county for more than thirty years, Mr. Roghair began his life in the Netherlands. He was born at Barneveld, on June 25, 1866. In 1892, on March 18, he married Miss Gertie Ketel, who survives him. Four children also survive—Mrs. John Bylsma of Orange City; Mrs. Steve De Vries, Orange City; Nick J. Roghair of Kearney, Neb.; and John Roghair, Jr., of Orange City.
Until the boom years of ’18 and ’19 Mr. Roghair owned the big farm just east of the county seat on the half mile road. It was famous for years because of the high paddock fence around the grove in front of the house where a number of tame deer were perfectly at home. During the boom days Mr. Roghair sold the farm at the contract price of $1,000 per acre, the highest price that Sioux county land has ever brought. If not mistaken, however, he had to take the farm back later.
Mr. Roghair, in later years, was interested in a number of business enterprises at Orange City and until the time of its reorganization was a director of the Orange City National bank. No matter how fat and prosperous waxed the republican party in Sioux county, Mr. Roghair ever remained staunch in his faith in the principles of Democracy and was many times a delegate to state democratic conventions. He was also a member of the board of directors of the Pioneer Memorial home.
Honest and upright in his dealings with his fellow men, Mr. Roghair was highly respected by all who knew him and his death is a matter of regret to hundreds of people, who sympathize with the bereaved family.
(The obituary includes a photograph.)

From the De Volksvriend of May 31, 1934: TRANSLATION:
Friday, May 25, at 2:00 a.m., John J. Roghair Sr. exchanged the temporary for the eternal, at the age of 67 years and 11 months. He suffered for about six weeks from “angina pectoris,” a heart condition, and went up and down with it, so that only a few days before it seemed not impossible for him to recover.
Born June 28, 1866, at Barneveld, Netherlands, he came with his parents to Pella, Ia., in 1869, and in 1873 the family settled here. The father, N. Roghair, devoted himself to animal husbandry and later, thanks to his Duroc Jersey pigs and Shorthorn cattle, John got a good name in many states. On March 17, 1892, Mr. Roghair married Miss Gertie Ketel, who now survives him along with four of the five children with whom they were truly blessed, namely, Christina (Mrs. John Bylsma), at Orange City, Cynthia (Mrs. Steve de Vries), Orange City, Nick L., in Kearney, Nebr., and John Roghair Jr., still at home.
The family settled in the city in 1912 and still live there, respected by all. This was apparent at the funeral, which was held Tuesday afternoon in the large building of the First Christian Reformed church, where the deceased was a member. The Board of the Cemetery Association, the Board of the Pioneer Memorial Home, and also the board of the Orange City National Bank of which the deceased was a member until recently, all came to pay last respects to the deceased.
From Bigelow, Minn., Lou, John, Henry and Nick Ketel with their other halves came here for that purpose, and Mr. and Mrs. N. L. Roghair of Kearney, Nebr. Dr. R. Bronkema led the service and spoke from Psalms 23, while Elder H. De Vries spoke a final word of comfort to the multitude of people in the church.
RESEARCH NOTES

His death certificate gives his birth date as June 25, 1866; parents Nicklas Roghair and Christina Albers; wife Gertje Roghair; retired farmer, last worked at this occupation March 1914; died in Orange City at 2:30 a.m. May 25, 1934; cause, coronary thrombosis, onset 4/15/34, and congestive heart failure; contributory cause, diabetes mellitis, onset 1925.

WieWasWie.nl has a birth record for Johan Jakob Roghair, parents Nikolaas Roghair, age 31, a farmer, and Christina Hendrikse, age 36; born 25 June 1866 in Kallenbroek (Barneveld), Gelderland.
The Sioux County marriage register for 1891/1892 shows groom Johan Roghair, age 26, resident of Orange City, a farmer, born in Holland, parents Nicklaas Roghair and Christina Hendrikse; bride Gertie Ketel, age 18, resident of Alton, Iowa, born in Alton, parents Laurence Ketel and Julia Roghair; married in Alton March 17, 1892.

This picture of Nicholas Roghair was taken from the 1908 Sioux County Atlas Part IV, Section 3 page 2

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