Daughter of Johann Benjamin and Annie (Schmidt) Dirks; born at sea while on the way to America. She was named after the ship on which they were sailing (SS Illinois) It is believed the middle name Freudenport is the name of the port at which they landed.
Von Hildegard Heibach, Köln, Germany
Ref.:
Susanna Illenois Freudenport Dirks
Freudenport: The German word "Freude" means "joy". The German word "Port" is another word für "Hafen" (harbour) or "Zuflucht" (refuge).
I now discovered why one of Susanna Dirks' first names is "Freudenport". It is not the name of any place, as I suspected (assumed), so it is not a place where the Johann and Anna Dirks family were anytime. No, the word "Freudenport"(Translaton: "port of joy") (Latin: portus laetitiae = port of happiness). This word comes from a spiritual song.
Jesus soll mein Jesus bleiben,
bis ich werde wandern fort
zu des Himmels Freudenport,
der mich ihm wird einverleiben.
Translation:
Jesus shall remain my Jesus,
until I will wander away
to heaven's joyful port,
who will incorporate me into him.
(Source: Deutsches Wörterbuch (= German dictionary) by Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm. Volume 1 (1863), Vol. IV,I,I (1878), Col. 152, line 72.)
(extra information courtesy of Bob Dirks)
first wife of Daniel M. Myers
mother of 10 children (6 of 9 living in 1910; and 6 of 10 living at the death of their father in 1935)
Susanna Myers (74949487)
Suggested edit: This was my grandmother. She had 6 children: My father Alfred Dirks the youngest, Anna the oldest, then Samuel, then Ida, then Elsie, then Clayton.
I never heard of a brother Issac as listed.
Contributor: P Craig Myers (50137828)
Von Hildegard Heibach, Köln, Germany
Ref.:
Susanna Illenois Freudenport Dirks
Freudenport: The German word "Freude" means "joy". The German word "Port" is another word für "Hafen" (harbour) or "Zuflucht" (refuge).
I now discovered why one of Susanna Dirks' first names is "Freudenport". It is not the name of any place, as I suspected (assumed), so it is not a place where the Johann and Anna Dirks family were anytime. No, the word "Freudenport"(Translaton: "port of joy") (Latin: portus laetitiae = port of happiness). This word comes from a spiritual song.
Jesus soll mein Jesus bleiben,
bis ich werde wandern fort
zu des Himmels Freudenport,
der mich ihm wird einverleiben.
Translation:
Jesus shall remain my Jesus,
until I will wander away
to heaven's joyful port,
who will incorporate me into him.
(Source: Deutsches Wörterbuch (= German dictionary) by Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm. Volume 1 (1863), Vol. IV,I,I (1878), Col. 152, line 72.)
(extra information courtesy of Bob Dirks)
first wife of Daniel M. Myers
mother of 10 children (6 of 9 living in 1910; and 6 of 10 living at the death of their father in 1935)
Susanna Myers (74949487)
Suggested edit: This was my grandmother. She had 6 children: My father Alfred Dirks the youngest, Anna the oldest, then Samuel, then Ida, then Elsie, then Clayton.
I never heard of a brother Issac as listed.
Contributor: P Craig Myers (50137828)
Daughter of Johann Benjamin and Annie (Schmidt) Dirks; born at sea while on the way to America. She was named after the ship on which they were sailing (SS Illinois) It is believed the middle name Freudenport is the name of the port at which they landed.
Von Hildegard Heibach, Köln, Germany
Ref.:
Susanna Illenois Freudenport Dirks
Freudenport: The German word "Freude" means "joy". The German word "Port" is another word für "Hafen" (harbour) or "Zuflucht" (refuge).
I now discovered why one of Susanna Dirks' first names is "Freudenport". It is not the name of any place, as I suspected (assumed), so it is not a place where the Johann and Anna Dirks family were anytime. No, the word "Freudenport"(Translaton: "port of joy") (Latin: portus laetitiae = port of happiness). This word comes from a spiritual song.
Jesus soll mein Jesus bleiben,
bis ich werde wandern fort
zu des Himmels Freudenport,
der mich ihm wird einverleiben.
Translation:
Jesus shall remain my Jesus,
until I will wander away
to heaven's joyful port,
who will incorporate me into him.
(Source: Deutsches Wörterbuch (= German dictionary) by Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm. Volume 1 (1863), Vol. IV,I,I (1878), Col. 152, line 72.)
(extra information courtesy of Bob Dirks)
first wife of Daniel M. Myers
mother of 10 children (6 of 9 living in 1910; and 6 of 10 living at the death of their father in 1935)
Susanna Myers (74949487)
Suggested edit: This was my grandmother. She had 6 children: My father Alfred Dirks the youngest, Anna the oldest, then Samuel, then Ida, then Elsie, then Clayton.
I never heard of a brother Issac as listed.
Contributor: P Craig Myers (50137828)
Von Hildegard Heibach, Köln, Germany
Ref.:
Susanna Illenois Freudenport Dirks
Freudenport: The German word "Freude" means "joy". The German word "Port" is another word für "Hafen" (harbour) or "Zuflucht" (refuge).
I now discovered why one of Susanna Dirks' first names is "Freudenport". It is not the name of any place, as I suspected (assumed), so it is not a place where the Johann and Anna Dirks family were anytime. No, the word "Freudenport"(Translaton: "port of joy") (Latin: portus laetitiae = port of happiness). This word comes from a spiritual song.
Jesus soll mein Jesus bleiben,
bis ich werde wandern fort
zu des Himmels Freudenport,
der mich ihm wird einverleiben.
Translation:
Jesus shall remain my Jesus,
until I will wander away
to heaven's joyful port,
who will incorporate me into him.
(Source: Deutsches Wörterbuch (= German dictionary) by Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm. Volume 1 (1863), Vol. IV,I,I (1878), Col. 152, line 72.)
(extra information courtesy of Bob Dirks)
first wife of Daniel M. Myers
mother of 10 children (6 of 9 living in 1910; and 6 of 10 living at the death of their father in 1935)
Susanna Myers (74949487)
Suggested edit: This was my grandmother. She had 6 children: My father Alfred Dirks the youngest, Anna the oldest, then Samuel, then Ida, then Elsie, then Clayton.
I never heard of a brother Issac as listed.
Contributor: P Craig Myers (50137828)
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