Marra, Wietse or Wijtze T., 1841-1919

MARRA, PASMA, TERPSTRA

Posted By: Lydia Lucas - Volunteer (email)
Date: 6/13/2021 at 20:33:32

From De Volksvriend, September 11, 1919:

Mr. en Mrs. P. H. Van Wyk en Mr. en Mrs. T. W. Marra, van Hull waren hier bij hunne ouders. Met vader W. T Marra gaa het achteruit, de laatste dagen nemen de krachten sneller af.

TRANSLATION

Mr. and Mrs. P. H. Van Wyk and Mr. and Mrs. T. W. Marra, of Hull, were here with their parents. Father W. T Marra has been failing faster in the past days.

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From the Hawarden Independent, September 25, 1919, Near-by News Notes:

W. T. Marra, one of the old residents of Orange City, died last Tuesday morning [September 16]. He was 78 years of age.

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From De Volksvriend, September 25, 1919:

OVERLIJDENSBERICHT [OBITUARY]

Het behaagde den Heere om Dinsdag, 16 Sept., des morgens om 7:30, zeer zacht en kalm tot Zich te nemen onzen dierbaren man en vader
Wijtse Teunis Marra,
in den ouderdom van 78 jaren, 1 maand en 2 dagen.

Wij zijn verzekerd dat ons verlies zijn gewin is, doch wij zijn diep droefd en heben zeer veel in onzen geliefden overledene verloren. Hij heeft een gevoelige ledige plaats in onzen huiselijken en familie-kring achtergelaten. Wij wenschen Gode te zwijgen, ja wij danken Hem dat het Hem behaagd heeft dit dierbaar leven voor zulk eene reeks van jaren voor ons te sparen, waarin hij een ware voorbidder is geweest. Mogen zijne gebeden beantwoord worden en wij eenmaal hereenigd mogen zijn daar, waar geen geklag en scheiden weder plaats zal hebben.

Aan vrienden en buren onze oprechte dank voor de vele bewijzen van sympathie en hulp gedurende de ziekte en het overlijden van onzen geliefden man en vader.
Mrs. W. T. Marra,
Kinderen en Behuwdkinderen.
Orange City, 22 Sept. 1919.

TRANSLATION

It pleased the Lord to take on Tuesday, Sept. 16, at 7:30 in the morning, very gently and calmly, our dear husband and father.
Wijtse Teunis Marra,
at the age of 78 years, 1 month and 2 days.

We are assured that our loss is his gain, but we are deeply sad and have lost much in our beloved deceased. He has left behind a tender empty place in our domestic and family circles. We wish to remain silent to God, and we thank Him that it has pleased Him to spare this dear life for us for so many years, in which he has been a true intercessor. May his prayers be answered and we may be allowed to be there, where there will be no recollection and separation again.

To our friends and neighbors our sincere thanks for the many proofs of sympathy and help during the illness and the death of our beloved husband and father.
Mrs. W. T. Marra,
Children and Children-in law.

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RESEARCH NOTES

The Sioux County Cemetery Index has Marra, Wietse, b. 1841, d. 1919, West Lawn Cem Orange City IA.

His wife was Douwtje (or Doutje) Marra. See her obituary, posted separately.

FindaGrave.com has Wietse Marra, born 15 Aug 1841, died 1919; wife Douwtje Terpstra Marra (1842-1927); children : Effie Marra Hospers (1866-1939), Sarah Marra Rouwenhorst (1870-1959), Bertha Marra Van Wyk (1871-1964), Jennie Marra (1873-1931), Theunis Wietse Marra (1878-1966), and Peter Marra (1884-1900).

A marriage record on WieWasWie.nl shows bridegroom Wytse Marra, age 23, born in Tzummarum [Friesland], Netherlands, father Theunis Wytses Marra, mother Tjitske Tjippes Pasma; bride Doutje Jelles Terpstra, age 23, also born in Tzummarum, father Jelle Rientses Terpstra, mother Aafke Fokkes Kooistra; married in Barradeel, 20 May 1865.

The 1900 U.S. Census for Orange City has Wietsche Marra, age 58, born August 1841 in the Netherlands, married 35 years, immigrated in 1880, in the U.S. 19 years, naturalized, occupation janitor of church, reads, writes, does not speak English, owns his house; wife Dora Marra, age 58, born Jan. 1842 in the Netherlands, mother of 9 children, 6 living, immigrated in 1880, reads, does not write or speak English; daughter Sarah, age 30, born March 1870, single, no occupation given, reads, writes, speaks English; daughter Jennie, age 26, born Dec. 1873, single, servant at priest’s family, reads, writes, speaks English; son Peter, age 15, born July 1884 in Iowa, at school.