VanderZiel, Lubbigje (Mrs. Egbert), 1854-1935

VANDERZIEL, POST, VANDERWEERD

Posted By: Lydia Lucas - Volunteer (email)
Date: 3/3/2022 at 21:58:34

From the Sioux Center News, January 10, 1935:

Mrs. E. Vander Ziel Laid to Rest Tuesday

Mrs. Egbert Vander Ziel died suddenly early Saturday morning after only three days illness. The cause of her death was pleurisy and high blood pressure.

Mr. and Mrs. Vander Ziel were to have celebrated their sixty-first wedding anniversary March 19. Only two couples in Sioux Center had been married longer than they.

Mrs. Vander Ziel was born in Kampen-Eiland, Netherlands, She married in 1874 and lived in the Netherlands until 1908. While living in the Netherlands six children were born to Mr. and Mrs. Vander Ziel, three of whom are still living. They are Jacob Vander Ziel of Hanford Calif., Al Vander Ziel of Chicago, and Elizabeth Vander Ziel of Sioux Center.

Mr. and Mrs. Vander Ziel immigrated to America in 1908, settling in Sioux Center as soon as they reached this country. Here Mr. Vander Ziel followed the same work he had been doing in the Netherlands when he became street commissioner. He retired in 1922 on account of poor health.

Besides her widow[er] and three children, Mrs. Vander Ziel is survived by sixteen grandchildren and twenty-two great grand children.

Funeral services were held Tuesday afternoon at the home and at the 2nd Christian Reformed Church. Rev. L. Ypma had charge of the services. Mr. and Mrs. Al Vander Ziel of Chicago and John Vander Ziel, a grandson, of Hanford Cal., were here to attend the rites.

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RESEARCH NOTES

The Sioux County Cemetery Index has Vander Ziel, Lubbigje, born 17 Sep 1854, died 5 Jun 1935, mother, ss Egbert, Memory Garden Sioux Center IA. However, her death month in this index proved to be an error. The Iowa Gravestones Photo Project has a photo of the joint headstone of Lubbigje and Egbert, which shows her death date as Jan. 5, 1935.

Her death certificate (informant Elizabeth Vander Ziel) has Mrs. Lubbigje Vander Ziel, wife of Egbert Vander Ziel, resident of the U.S. and of Sioux Center for 26 years 6 months; born Sept. 17, 1854 in the Netherlands; parents Gerrit Post and Beeldje Vander Weerd; died at 1:00 a.m. January 5, 1935; cause, “left pleurisy”; contributory causes, high blood pressure and nephritis.

WieWasWie.nl has a birth index record for Lubbigje Post, born in Kampen, Overijssel 17 Sep 1854, parents Gerrit Post, age 23, and Beeltje van der Weerd. It also has a marriage index record for groom Egbert van der Ziel, age 24, born in Hattem, a farmhand, parents Jacob van der Ziel and Aaltje Meppelink; bride Lubbigje Post, age 19, born in Kampen, a maidservant, parents Gerrit Post, a laborer, and Beeltje van der Weerd; married in Kampen 19 March 1874.

The 1910 U.S. census for Sioux Center has Egbert Van der Ziel, age 60, married 36 years, born in Holland, immigrated 1908, an alien, an odd jobs laborer; wife Lubigje, age 55, mother of 6 children, 4 living, immigrated 1908; daughter Elizabeth, age 20, single, immigrated 1908, a dressmaker working at home; and son Gerrit, age 30, married 9 years (but no wife listed with them), immigrated 1908, a house carpenter.

In the 1920 census Egbert, Lubbertje, and Elizabeth are living together in Sioux Center, all immigrated in 1909, all aliens, Egbert a street work laborer and Elizabeth a dressmaker. In 1930 their immigration year is given as 1908, all speak Dutch, all aliens; Egbert has no occupation and Elizabeth is a seamstress.

Researcher Wilma J. Vande Berg found family information (done by others) on Ancestry.com showing Egbert Van der Ziel, born 12 Mar 1850 in Hattem, Gelderland, died 31 Jan 1939 in Iowa; married Lubbigje Post, born 17 Sep 1854 in Kampen OV Netherlands, died 4 Jan 1934 in Sioux Center IA. Children listed were Jacob 1875, Beeltje 1877, Gerrit 1879, Hendrik 1883, Aalt 1886 and Elizabeth 1889.