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Theresa Julia <I>De Reus</I> Bensink

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Theresa Julia De Reus Bensink

Birth
Marion County, Iowa, USA
Death
8 Jul 1956 (aged 77)
Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa, USA
Burial
Pella, Marion County, Iowa, USA GPS-Latitude: 41.4124756, Longitude: -92.9275589
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Julia was the 2nd of three daughters born to Nelis DeReus and his 2nd wife, Elizabeth Boshuis. She was probably named after her maternal grandmother, Therese Julia (Roghair) Boshuis Van Essen, though her aunt bore the same name. Her sisters: Maggie and Nellie.

Julia's mother died in 1881 and her father remarried in 1884 to Francoise Van Hoeve and they had 7 children. Her half-siblings: Marie, Arie N., Barbara, Peter N. Frances, Wilhelmina and Elizabeth Jane.

Julia married widower Gradus Bensink, son of Hendrik and Geertje (Beintema) Bensink, on November 12, 1903. She instantly became step-mother to his five children whose mother had died in 1897: Elizabeth, Arie G., Henry, David and Willem. Julia and Gradus had one daughter, Gertrude.
Julia was the 2nd of three daughters born to Nelis DeReus and his 2nd wife, Elizabeth Boshuis. She was probably named after her maternal grandmother, Therese Julia (Roghair) Boshuis Van Essen, though her aunt bore the same name. Her sisters: Maggie and Nellie.

Julia's mother died in 1881 and her father remarried in 1884 to Francoise Van Hoeve and they had 7 children. Her half-siblings: Marie, Arie N., Barbara, Peter N. Frances, Wilhelmina and Elizabeth Jane.

Julia married widower Gradus Bensink, son of Hendrik and Geertje (Beintema) Bensink, on November 12, 1903. She instantly became step-mother to his five children whose mother had died in 1897: Elizabeth, Arie G., Henry, David and Willem. Julia and Gradus had one daughter, Gertrude.


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