Kluvers, Petronella (Mrs. Steven E), 1860-1940

KLUVERS, VANDERWAL, BOSCH

Posted By: Lydia Lucas - Volunteer (email)
Date: 2/1/2022 at 19:33:22

From the Sioux County Capital, March 28, 1940:

Former Resident Dies

Mrs. C. E. Kluvers died at her home in Litchville, N.D., last Monday. Mr. and Mrs. Kluvers were former residents here. The Kluvers, Mrs. L. Scholten and the late Mr. Scholten were in childhood all residents of a certain orphans home in The Netherlands and both couples came to Orange City where they remained close friends. Mr. Kluvers followed the carpenters trade here, and they lived in a house where the C. Hospers home now stands.

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From the Alton Democrat, March 29, 1940, Orange City news:

Mrs. S. Kluvers of Litchville, N.D., passed away at her home last week following a severe attack of the flu. She was born in the Netherlands and had reached her 80th birthday in February. She came to Orange City from the old country in April, 1887, with her friends, Mr. and Mrs. L. Scholten who were married just before sailing, and she was married the same summer to Mr. S. Kluvers who had come to America earlier. For many years the Kluvers lived in Orange City and then moved to Litchville. Seven children were born to this union, five of whom, with their father, are left to mourn. The children are Bernard; Ralph; Nellie, Mrs. P. Ver Duin; Gertrude, Mrs. Sortlamb; Senie, Mrs. H. Ver Duhn.

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RESEARCH NOTES

Her FindaGrave.com page has Petronnella VanDer Wal Kluvers, born 1860, died 1940, buried in North Marion Reformed Church Cemetery, Barnes County, North Dakota. Husband Steven E. Kluvers (1861-1948, married 1884). Children Bernard J. Kluvers (1889-1959), Ralph Kluvers (1892-1967), Nell Kluvers Verduin (1894-1990), Gertrude Geraldine Kluvers Sortland (1897-1984), Ralphine Kluvers Verduin (1899-1995). There is a photo of her headstone: “Petronella, 1860-1940.”

The 1900 U.S. census for Orange City shows Steven E. (39, born March 1861) and Petronella (40, born Feb. 1860) Kluvers, both born in the Netherlands, and their five children, all born in Iowa. Steven, a carpenter, immigrated in 1886 and is naturalized; Petronella immigrated in 1887.

WieWasWie.nl has a birth index record for Pietje van der Wal, parents Abe Jans van der Wal and Janke Sipkes Bosch, born in Ferwerderadeel, Friesland, 18 Feb 1860.