Bertha Beving 
Bertha was born on December 30th, 1902 in Near Woden, Hancock, Iowa. Bertha'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), Wopka (Myrtle), Mareka (Mary), Henrietta, Etta and Minnie. She was the youngest of the sixteen children. She died at the age of 76 on May 13th, 1979 in Elk River, Sherburne, Minnesota. She was buried in Fairview Cem, Wahpeton, Richland, North Dakota.General Notes
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Ancestor Pedigree Chart
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- b.~ 1722
- b.1753 in Bunde, Germany
- b.~ 1726
- b.~ 1789 in Tichelwarf, Hanover, Preussen, Germany
- b.~ 1757 in Tichelwarf, Hanover, Preussen, Germany
- b.22 Feb 1814 in Weener, Hannover, Preussen, Germany d.1876 in Cleves, Hardin, Iowa
- b.~ 1792 in Hanover, Preussen, Germany
- b.26 Feb 1849 in Holthusen, Germany d.30 Nov 1946 in Doran, Wilkin, Minnesota
- b.~ 1790 in Weener, Hannover, Preussen, Germany
- b.22 Feb 1817 in Weener, Hannover, Preussen, Germany d.1910 in Cleves, Hardin, Iowa
- b.30 Dec 1902 in Near Woden, Hancock, Iowa d.13 May 1979 in Elk River, Sherburne, Minnesota
- b.~ 1735 in Ostfriesland, Germany d.< 1787
- b.~ 1765 in Ostfriesland, Germany
- b.~ 1740 in Ostfriesland, Germany
- b.09 May 1794 in Rorichum, Ostfriesland, Germany d.17 Jul 1850 in Oldersum, Ostfriesland, Germany
- b.04 Aug 1764 in Ostfriesland, Germany
- b.06 Nov 1825 in Oldersum, Germany d.15 May 1877 in Grundy Co., IA
- b.1798 in Perkkum, Ostfriesland, Germany d.14 Mar 1889 in Ostfriesland, Germany
- b.08 Jun 1854 in Grundy Co., Iowa d.07 Apr 1921 in Doran, Wilkin, Minnesota
- b.17 May 1839 in Rorichum, Ostfriesland, Germany d.15 Mar 1921 in Geneva, IA
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‌Bertha and William were married in a religious ceremony on February 26th, 1923 in Breckenridge, Wilkin, Minnesota. They had a son and a daughter, named Willis Leslie and Lavonne Kathleen.
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