Anna Maria (Heijting) Blom (1832 - 1916)

Born 24 Mar 1832 in Angerlo, Gelderland, Nederland

Wife of Bernard Blom — married 30 May 1857 in Angerlo, Gelderland, Nederland

Descendants

Died 4 Mar 1916 at age 83 in Ackley, Hardin, Iowa, United States

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Biography

Anna Maria Heijting was the daughter of Derk Heijting (1787–1856) and Geertruid Pauls (1793–1863), born on 24 Mar 1832 in the village of Angerlo, Zevenaar, Gelderland, Netherlands.^[1][2]

Maria married Bernard Blom (1829-abt 1911) on 30 May 1857 in Angerlo, Gelderland, Netherlands.^[3][4]

Anna Maria Heijting and Bernard Blom had the following children:

• Dirk H Blom (1858–1942)
• John Benjamin Blom (1859–1948) - born "Jan Blom"
• Bernard Blom (1861–1917)
• Gerrit Blom (1862)
• George Blom (1864–1916)
• Antonie Blom (1864–1871)
• Mary (Blom) Zimmerman (b.1865)
• Anna Geertruida Blom (1866–1867)
• Carolina "Carrie" (Blom) Harsch Voss (1868–1952)
• Aleida Blom (1871)
• William Arthur Blom (1874–1959)
• Alexander Blom (1878–1962)

Birth records show that the couple had ten children in Angerlo between 1858 and 1872 when they emigrated to the United States with their six surviving children. Their two youngest sons were born after the family settled in Ackley, Hardin County, Iowa, where Bernard worked as a cabinet maker.^{[5][6][7][8][9][10]}

Maria was presumably widowed and was living alone in Ackley when she died in a house fire on 4 Mar 1916. Her death was reported in the Evening Times-Republican on 6 Mar 1916.^[11]

LOSES LIFE IN FIRE
MRS. BERNARD BLOM, OF ACKLEY, CREMATED IN OWN HOME.
AGED WOMAN UNABLE TO ESCAPE FLAMES
Building Is Raging Furnace When Fire Is Discovered -- Daughter-in-Law of Unfortunate Woman Is Painfully Burned While Trying to Enter Home -- Second Fatal Fire in Three Months
Special to Times-Republican.
Ackley, March 6.--Mrs. Bernard Blom, a resident of Ackley since 1872, was cremated by the burning of her residence Saturday evening about 8:30 o'clock. Mrs. Blom was living alone in the house and the cause of the fire undoubtedly will never be known. The house was a mass of flames when the alarm was first turned in to the fire department, and the roof fell in before any water could be turned upon it. A daughter-in-law, Mrs. Barney Blom, was burned about the hands in attempting to enter the house when the fire was first observed.
The unfortunate woman, tho 85 years of age, was active and it was thought at first that she had escaped from the building. Later, after an exhaustive search failed it was practically established that her body was in the ruins, and this proved correct, the charred body being found by firemen as soon as enough water had been turned on the ruins to cool them.
Survived by Seven Children
She is survived by seven children, John Blom, of Estherville; Barney and George, residing in Ackley; Alexander, of Dumont; Dick, of Eldora; Mrs. Mary Zimmerman, of St. Paul, and Caroline, of Nebraska.
Ackley has had but two fires in the last three months and strangely in each of them a person has met death. L.A. Furniss was the other victim, being burned to death Christmas day.

Sources

1. ↑ Birth: Burgerlijke Stand Geboorte 1832, Angerlo (Zevenaar), Gelderland, Nederland. Akte 11 (1832-03-27), Gelders Archief accessed via WieWasWie Permalink, view via OpenArch
2. ↑ Netherlands, Birth Index, 1784-1921; Original data: BS Geboorte. WieWasWie. https://www.wiewaswie.nl/: accessed 24 May 2016; Lehi, UT, Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2016.
3. ↑ Marriage: Burgerlijke Stand Huwelijk 1857, Angerlo, Gelderland, Nederland. Akte 4 (1857-05-30), Gelders Archief accessed via WieWasWie Permalink
4. ↑ Netherlands, Civil Marriage Index, 1795-1953; Original data: BS Huwelijk. WieWasWie. https://www.wiewaswie.nl/: accessed 24 May 2016; Lehi, UT, Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2016.
5. ↑ 1880 United States Federal Census; Place: Ackley, Hardin, Iowa; Roll: 342; Page: 344A; Enumeration District: 115 Lehi, UT, Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2010.
6. ↑ Iowa, U.S., State Census Collection, 1836-1925; Provo, UT, Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2007.
7. ↑ 1900 United States Federal Census; Place: Etna, Hardin, Iowa; Roll: 435; Page: 8; Enumeration District: 0147; Lehi, UT, Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2004.
8. ↑ Iowa State Census, 1905; Original data: The State Historical Society, Des Moines, Iowa; Lehi, UT, Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2014.
9. ↑ Iowa, U.S., State Census Collection, 1836-1925; Provo, UT, Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2007.
10. ↑ 1910 United States Federal Census; Place: Etna, Hardin, Iowa; Roll: T624_404; Page: 5b; Enumeration District: 0173; FHL microfilm: 1374417; Lehi, UT, Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2006.
11. ↑ Newsapapers.com, Evening Times-Republican, Marshalltown, Iowa, 6 Mar 1916, Mon, Page 5, Loses Life In Fire.