Cornelius J. Dirksen

1879 - 1971

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Birth 26 Apr 1879 Parker, South Dakota [1, 2]

Died 2 Nov 1971 Bakersfield, California [1]

Individual ID I6453 Brotherfield

Father Jacob Dirksen, b. 1 Oct 1841, Alexanderthal, Molotschna, South Russia

Mother Elizabeth Funk, b. 19 Nov 1846, Alexanderthal, Molotschna, South Russia

Family ID F5520 Group Sheet

Spouse 1 Dorothea Teske, b. 24 Aug 1882, Romania then Guarenfeld, Russia

Married 1903

Children

	1. Ruth Rose Dirksen, b. 18 Feb 1905, Sykeston, North Dakota
	2. Louis Thomas Dirksen, b. 20 Jun 1906
	3. Melvin F Dirksen, b. 29 Nov 1908
	4. Aldina Dirksen, b. 26 Aug 1911

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Family ID F2884 Group Sheet

Spouse 2 Mathilda Thom, b. 24 Sep 1883

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Family ID F2885 Group Sheet

Notes	After the death of his first wife, Dora Teske on September 7,1954 he married his deceased brother's wife, Mathilda Dirksen. There is a question whether he died in Bakersfield, CA or Grass Valley,CA. Louis Dirksen believed it was in Grass Valley. He had very red hair as a young man. He was a single man 21 years old. His brother Jacob, living in Canada , had married Matilda Thom. He told Cornelius about a girl who was in Winnipeg. Dora was an Adventist. When she left Romania there was an Adventist family who brought the message to her and her brother. In two or three days they were married. They were either married in Canada or in North Dakota. He had already started building the barn. It was a well constructed house wit h lightning arresters. Cornelius died at age 95. He was in a rest home and got chilled by air conditioning during the summer. He got a cold that went into pneumonia.

Sources
[S394] Duerksen Family Sheets genealogy chart and diary, Dirksen, Mike, (received from Mike Dirksen).

[S1677] 1880 US Census, Dakota Territory, Turner County.