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Female Wopka (Myrtle) Beving Click to view Wopka (Myrtle) Beving in the family tree

Wopka (Myrtle) was born on August 24th, 1886 in Matlock, Sioux Co. or Lyon Co., Iowa.  Wopka (Myrtle)'s father was Dick (Dirk) Beving and her mother was Mareka Willemssen.  Her paternal grandparents were Dirk (Ubbens) Evers Beving and Trientje "Tena" Jans Freeksen; her maternal grandparents were Jan Hindkerk Willemssen and Peterke (Pearl) Muntinga. She had five brothers and ten sisters, named John Willemssen, Dirk (Dick), Ubbe, Henry, Henry, Trientja (Tena), Peterka (Patty), Antje (Anna), Gepka (Abbie), Amke (Emma), Mareka (Mary), Henrietta, Etta, Minnie and Bertha.  She was the seventh oldest of the sixteen children.  She died at the age of 72 on May 12th, 1959.


Wopka (Myrtle)'s family with George W. Johnson

They had a son named Wiert.

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