VanderMaaten, Frank, Sr., 1861-1933

VANDERMAATEN, VANDERMATEN, FLESCH, UITDEFLESCH, PRUIM

Posted By: Lydia Lucas - Volunteer (email)
Date: 6/13/2021 at 20:33:38

From the Alton Democrat, September 15, 1933:

Boyden Citizen Passes Beyond

Frank Vander Maaten, Sr., of Boyden died at the home of his daughter, Mrs. G. J. Van Es near Newkirk on Sept. 12, at the age of 71 years, 10 months. He was born in the province of Gelderland, Netherlands, and married in 1886 Miss Willempje uit de Flesch. In 1900 they came to America and settled on a farm near Boyden.

Six children, Herman, John, Mary (Mrs. E. Dykstra), Elizabeth (Mrs. G. J. Van Es) of Newkirk, Jennie (Mrs. Ed Vermeer) of Boyden, and Stella (Mrs. Lou de Haan) of Newkirk, were born to them. His wife died Jan. 8, 1933. Four brothers survive, John, Aalt, Bert and Gerrit, and two sisters, Jennie (Mrs. B. Koerselman) of George and Stella (Mrs. John Van der Laan) of Orange City.

Funeral services were held Friday at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Ed Vermeer 3-1/2 miles west of Boyden and at 2 P.M. from the Ref. church at Boyden under the direction of Rev. J. W. Brink.

He submitted to an operation for cancer in an Orange City hospital a few weeks ago but gradually failed until his death.

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RESEARCH NOTES

Obituaries with essentially the same (or less) information were published in the Boyden Reporter (September 14 and 21) and De Volksvriend (September 14). The Volksvriend obituary adds that he and Willempje uit de Flesch married in Oosterwolde, Gelderland.

The Sioux County Cemetery Index has Vander Maaten, Frank Sr., b. 1861, d. 12 Sep 1933, Sheridan Township Cemetery, Boyden IA.

His death certificate has him as Frank Van De Maten Sr., resident of Boyden, a retired farmer; widower, wife Gertrude Vande Maten; born December 3, 1861 in Holland; parents Herman Vande Maten and Mary Pruim; died at 7 a.m. September 12, 1933; cause, carcinoma of stomach, metastasis to liver, duration 4 months?; an exploratory laportomy[??] was performed August 10, 1933.

His FindaGrave page gives his name as Frank Vander Maten and shows him born 3 Dec 1861 in Oldebroek, Gelderland, Netherlands; parents Herman Vander Maten (1834-1920) and Marrigje Pruim. An added note says that his mother died on December 1, 1863 in Oldebroek. His father remarried and moved to Middleburg, Iowa in the mid 1880s. Frank and his family followed his father to Iowa in 1901. The page also lists his six children with their birth and death dates, and eight siblings with their birth and death years.

A birth index entry on WieWasWie.nl shows Frank van der Maten born in Oldebroek 3 December 1861, parents Harmen van der Maten and Marrigje Pruim.

A marriage index entry on WieWasWie.nl has groom Frank van der Maten, age 24, a carpenter, parents Harmen van der Maten, a farmer, and Marrigje Pruim; bride Willempje uit de Flesch, age 23, parents Jan uit de Flesch, a farmer, and Elizabeth Weijenberg; married in Doornspijk, Gelderland, 3 March 1886.