Heemsbergen, Bastiaan Christian 1865-1923

HEEMSBERGEN, VANRAVENSWAAIJ

Posted By: Wilma J. Vande Berg (email)
Date: 6/13/2021 at 20:33:34

Heemsbergen, B. C. born 1866 died 1923 buried in Memory Gardens Sioux Center as listed in the Sioux county IA cemetery index.

Sioux Center Nieuwsblad Wednesday 25 April 1923

Text was in Dutch, translated by Google Translate reads….
On Monday, a sad accident took place two mile south of town. When the ten-hour train passed the level crossing, Christiaan Heemsbergen was in the middle on the railway with a horse and buggy. He had apparently not seen the train coming. The train hit the rear wheels of the buggy and swung it fifty feet away. Heemsbergen was taken in by the train staff and brought to Sioux City. He had some scratches above his eyes and over his nose. In Sioux City, internal wounds were observed, one of the ribs had the punctured the lungs. Heemsbergen died Thursday; the body was sent to Sioux Center. The funeral will take place Thursday for an hour with the Van Rennes family and at two o'clock in the First Reformed Church. The deceased was 55 years old and unmarried; he made his home with the Van Rennes family.

Note: This is believed to be Bastiaan Christiaan Heemsbergen born 4 Dec 1865 at Veenendaal, Ede, Gelderland to Pieter Heemsbergen 39 and Elizabeth van Ravenswaaij.

Sioux Center Nieuwsblad of July 25, 1923
The district Court appointed G. E. Den Herder and W. G. Vande Brake as administratiors of the C. Heemsbergen estate. He met an untimely death at a railroad crossing North of town.