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• .		I16508 Record of Heinrich's birth in Traghemerweide Church Prussia. Pearl Epp McClain's Heinrich Duerksen Genealogy.
  		I16508 Heinrich arrived in Alexanderthal at age 11. He would live his entire life there.

• Birth	7 Apr 1809	Schweingrube, Stuhm, Prussia   [1]
  Immigration	1819
  Died	8 Nov 1872	Alexanderthal, Molotschna, South Russia   [2]
  Individual ID	I16508	Brotherfield
  Father	Johann Cornelius Dircks, b. Abt 1766, Montaurweide, Prussia
  Mother	Catarina Dircks, b. Abt 1770
  Family ID	F5402	Group Sheet
  Spouse	Catarina Adrian, b. 29 Sep 1813, Boenhoff, Stuhm, Prussia
  Married	3 Nov 1831  [2, 3]
  Children	1. Heinrich Dircks, b. Abt 1833, Alexanderthal, Molotschna, South Russia   2. Johann Dirksen, b. 4 Oct 1836, Alexanderthal, Molotschna, South Russia   3. Elisabeth Dirksen, b. 30 Dec 1840, Alexanderthal, Molotschna, South Russia.   4. Jacob Dirksen, b. 1 Oct 1841, Alexanderthal, Molotschna, South Russia   5. Abraham H Dirksen, b. 03 Jan 1843, Alexanderthal, Molotschna, South Russia   6. Cornelius Dirksen, b. 21 Dec 1847, Alexanderthal.   7. Eva (Anna) Dirksen, b. 17 Sep 1856, Alexanderthal, Molotschna, South Russia
  Last Modified	02 Aug 2009 18:31:00
  Family ID	F139	Group Sheet

• Notes

  Modify Note | Help Note: His descendants emigrated to South Dakota and spelled their last name "Dirksen" while those of Although some researchers have suggested he is an ancestor of U.S. Sen. Everett McKinley Dirksen, the Senator's own books link him to Volga Germans who immigrated to Indiana. In the 1835 census, heinrich is listed at Alexanderthal #11, the home of his father Johann K. Duerksen, who emigrated (with Elder Goertz group of 179 families) from Tragheimerweide, Prussia in 1819 with his wife Katharina, sons Johann J. "Oel-Ohm", Heinrich J. and daughter Eva, who died young. Heinrich and his wife died in Alexanderthal. All of their children emigrated to Dakota Territory where they became Seventh Day Adventists and spelled their last name "Dirksen". His brother Johann's children went to Kansas and spelled their name Duerksen. Four of Heinrich's children (Jacob, Abraham, Cornelius and Eva Guenther) immigrated on the same ship, 28 Jul 1876 Vaderland, Philadelphia. Then Elizabeth came in 1878 and Johann in 1885. Private The Next Generation of Genealogy Sitebuilding, v.6.1.2

• Sources

  [S396] Tragheimerweide, Prussia. Mennonite Church Records 1781-1862, 62 (Reliability: 0). [S2] LDS Family Group Record. [S375] Jacob Dirksen's Diary.