Vollink, Peter, 1884-1895

VOLLINK, DIELEMAN

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Date: 6/13/2021 at 20:33:34

From the Alton Democrat, October 12, 1895:

A Terrible Accident.

Tuesday Dr. Smith was hastily summoned to the home of Henry Vollink, two miles south of Alton, to attend a son of Mr. Vollink, aged 11, who had been kicked by a horse. It seems the lad went into the stable when the horse was loose, and the noise made by the animal together with the screams of the lad, called the parents to the building. The boy was found lying unconscious, beneath the body of the animal. He was carried to the house and found that his skull had been crushed. Dr. Smith took from the awful wound eight pieces of bone and fully a spoonful of brains. At this writing the lad is very low and death may be expected any time, although there is one chance in a thousand that he will recover. The boy is well liked and popular with his playmates and it is sincerely to be hoped that death will not claim him.

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From the Alton Democrat, October 19, 1895:

[This news note is partially obscured by a strip of self-adhesive tape running diagonally across the page. This is the gist of it: Peter Vollink, the lad who was kicked by a horse last week, died Thursday [October 17] from his injuries, after having lived for nine days. His funeral was held Friday from the First Reformed church.]

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RESEARCH NOTES

The Sioux County Cemetery Index has Vollink, Peter, b. 1884, d. 1896[!?], West Lawn Cemetery, Orange City IA.
The Iowa Deaths and Burials Index on Ancestry.com gives his name as Peter Volling, death date 17 Oct 1895 and burial date 19 Oct 1895 at Alton, Iowa.

FindaGrave.com shows his birth date as 24 Feb 1884 at Alton; death date 8 Oct 1895 at Alton [apparently deduced from the Alton Democrat Oct. 12 article, which is partially reproduced on the page]; burial in West Lawn Cemetery, Orange City. It gives his parents as Herman Vollink (1850-1930) and Cyntena Dieleman Vollink (1852-1889). There is a photo of the joint headstone of Peter, his parents and his stepmother: Peter 1884-1896, Jeanette 1864-1951, Herman 1850-1930, Cyntena 1852-1888.

Researcher Wilma J. Vande Berg found that this most likely was the son of Herman Vollink b. 8 May 1848 Hilten Germany died 14 Sep 1930 Sheldon and Sintena Dieleman b. 1852 died 1888. Children - Frances 1879, Nancy 1881, John 1883, Peter 1884, Lukas 1886 and Tunis 1888. Herman Vollink married a second time to Jannetje Hofland and this union produced another 10 children.