Braskamp, Margaret 'Maggie' (Mrs. Albert) 1879-1963

BRASKAMP, HOEVEN, MULDER, ROUWENHORST

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Braskamp, Margaret ‘Maggie’ Mrs. Albert M. Braskamp 1879-1963

Alton Democrat of Thursday Dec 12, 1963
Mrs. Bert Braskamp Funeral Will Be At Sheldon Today 'Relatives here were notified Tuesday of the death of Mrs. A. M. (Bert) Braskamp of Madison, So. Dak. who died Monday evening, Dec. 9th after a long illness. Funeral services will be held Thursday at 1:30 p.m. at the Congregational church in Sheldon where the Braskamps were residents for many years. Mrs. Braskamp, nee Maggie Hoeven, was born near Newkirk, Sioux County Sept. 20. 1878, to the pioneers, Mr. and Mrs. E. Hoeven, and was 85 years old at the time of her death. She was one of 14 children born to the pioneer couple, of whom four still survive. After her marriage to Mr. Braskamp she lived at Alton, where her husband was in the hardware business, a son of the late pioneer hardware man, A. M. Braskamip. Later they moved to Sheldon where her husband conducted a hardware store. 22 years ago they moved to Madison, S. D. to be near their only son, Dr. Howard Braskamp. There the couple observed their golden wedding a few years ago. Surviving are her husband, Bert, and son Howard; her twin sister, Mrs. Ella Eidema of Mason City, Iowa; 2 brothers, Isaac Hoeven of Sioux Center; Abe Hoeven of Long Beach, Cal.; a sister, Mrs. C. P. De Jong of Hospers. Mrs. Braskmnp is an aunt of Congressman Chas. B. Hoeven of Alton and also of Mrs. Harry Vander Pol of Newkirk, who kindly furnished The Democrat by telephone with the foregoing information.

Research notes:
Marriage record Sioux County IA lisst Maggie E. Hoeven age 26 born 1879 Newkirk IA married 28 My 1905 Sioux County IA to Albertus M. Braskamp. She was the daughter of Evert Hoeven and Aaltje Mulder.
Birth record of her son Howard 22 Nov 1906 at Alton IA , his parents were Albert Marinus Braskamp and Margaret Hoeven. From a brief obit outline on ancestry.com; Howard died July 1981 Sioux Falls SD, his wife was Leona Hein. Children : Howard, William and Rick
From a report on Public Members Trees on ancestry.com Albertus Marinus Braskamp was born 26 May 1881 Alton IA died 23 Jan 1965 at Madison SD.
See Obit of Albertus M. Braskamp Sr. 1854 May 14, 1929 and wife Gertrude Rouwenhorst as parents of Albertus 1881-1965.