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Jacob J. Dirksen  1877 - 1950

• .		I6523 This original photo comes from Connie Dunphy. I believe the wife is Matilda Thom and the two children on the right are David Dirksen and sister Katie or Edith. Their mother was Jacob's first wife Lena Peters. The family is listed in the Stutsman County census of 1900, but not in the 1910. They sold their farm to Gerald's grandfather in 1904, which could be the year they left New Home. Jacob and Matilda are buried at Shafter, California. David was born Feb 1898 so he might be 6 or 7 years old in this picture, if so it was taken in 1904 or 1905. Birth records show that he late applied for a birth certificate which shows mother's name as Elizabeth Funk. The Burt family, Santa Rosa California reports that he went to Saskatoon where and married Lena Peters there. He was quite a traveler. He lived in Saskatoon for a while then moved back to Dakota. The Klassen book 1974 shows Marie (Curtis) Hiebert married to Jacob Dirksen (1877-1950). Jacob's neice Ruth Rose Dirksen Burt (102 yrs old in 2007) says there were only two marriages to Peters and Thom. - Mike D.
  		I6523 From the Robert Guenther collection. Clearly taken a year or two later, but where is the fourth child? -md
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• Birth	28 Jan 1877	Turner County, South Dakota   [1]
  Died	3 Apr 1950	Kern County, California   [2]
  Individual ID	I6523	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	Lena Peters, b. Feb 1877, Kansas
  Married	10 Feb 1897
  Children	1. Katie Dirksen   2. Edith Dirksen   3. David D. Dirksen, b. Feb 1898, North Dakota
  Last Modified	02 Aug 2009 18:31:00
  Family ID	F299	Group Sheet
  Spouse 2	Mathilda Thom, b. 24 Sep 1883
  Married	28 Apr 1902
  Children	1. William Dirksen   2. Frances Dirksen   3. Clifford Dirksen, b. 24 Dec   4. Dorothy Dirksen   5. Francis Dirksen   6. Eleanor Dirksen   7. Daniel E. Dirksen, b. 24 Aug 1909   8. Living   9. Laura Dirksen, b. 8 Aug 1914
  Last Modified	02 Aug 2009 18:31:00
  Family ID	F2905	Group Sheet

• Notes

  Dates for the death of his first wife, and marriage to his second wife overlap, perhaps incorrectly. Source: Burt family, Santa Rosa CA. Late applied for birth certificate which shows mothers name as Elizabeth Funk. His mother Elizabeth was pregnant with him while on the ship coming to America. He was born after they arrived. Jacob was born right after coming to America. He went to Saskatoon and married Lena Peters there. He was quite a traveler. He would live in Saskatoon for a while then move back to Dakota.

• Sources

  [S548] http://www.state.sd.us/doh/vitalrec/birthrecords/index.cfm. [S374] Leeb, Marjorie Harms.