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Anton Robert Walter (Tony) de Blonk was born in Brookings, Sth Dakota, on 16 October 1955.^1,2

Anton died on 19 June 1975 in Fort Sill, Oklahoma, at age 19.^1,3 He was buried on 22 June 1975 in Brookings.¹

Arnold Francis de Blonk was born in Rock Valley, Iowa, on 29 May 1918.^1,2

He married Cornelia Maria (Corry) Venden Berg, daughter of Cornelius Venden Berg and Anna Geertruida Maarschalk, in Brookings, Sth Dakota, on 23 October 1949.¹

He was widowed at age 42 on the death of his wife Cornelia on 20 December 1960.¹

Arnold died on 20 September 1990 in Sioux Falls, Sth Dakota, at age 72.^1,3 He was buried on 23 September 1990 in Brookings.¹

Hendrina/Henrietta (Sis) de Blonk was born in Netherlands on 21 June 1905.^1,2

William C (Bill) de Blonk and Hendrina/Henrietta (Sis) de Blonk left Rotterdam in March 1908 on board the 'Statendam' for New York, arriving on the 10th in the company of their parents Wilhelmus (Bill) de Blonk and Cornelia Jacoba van der Harst.³

She married Raymond Bol.

Hendrina/Henrietta died on 23 May 1985 in Brookings, Sth Dakota, at age 79.^1,4 She was buried on 28 May 1985 in Brookings.¹

Karel Marthyn (Carl Martin) de Blonk was born in Rock Valley, Sioux Co., Iowa, on 17 October 1909.¹

Carl was a carpenter by trade, the first born in the US to his Dutch parents (all his older siblings being born in Holland).²

He served with the US Forces in the Pacific during WWII, and spent some period of leave in Brisbane in 1942, at which time he met his future wife, even promising to return one day to marry her.³

Brisbane newspapers were full of stories of how Carl arrivied in Brisbane on 3 March 1950 with the intent of finding the girl he'd met 8 years before and proposing to her. Nancy was unfortunately in hospital at the time and unable to greet him.^3,4

He married Nancy Cumming, daughter of George Cumming and Ethel Maud Robinson, at St Stephen's Cathedral in Brisbane, Queensland, on 2 September 1950.

Karel died on 25 April 2004 in Brisbane, Queensland, at age 94.^5,6 He was buried on 29 April 2004 at the Pinnaroo Cemetery, Bridgeman Downs.⁷

Margaret E de Blonk was born in USA on 5 April 1924.^1,2

She married Shirley (Tommy) Tompkins.¹

She was widowed at age 54 on the death of her husband Shirley in November 1978.^1,3

Margaret died on 27 April 1991 in Aberdeen, Sth Dakota, at age 67.^1,3 She was buried in Aberdeen.¹

Peter A. de Blonk was born on 6 January 1911.^1,2

Peter died on 30 November 1995 in Athens, Tennessee, at age 84.^1,3

She married William de Blonk.¹ She was born in Netherlands.¹

Tuntze died in Netherlands.¹

Wilhelmus (Bill) de Blonk was born in DeHague on 6 June 1877.¹

He married Cornelia Jacoba van der Harst, daughter of Gerrit van der Harst and Hendrina van der Harst, on 26 August 1903.¹

He left Rotterdam in March 1908 on board the 'Statendam' for New York, arriving on the 10th with his wife Cornelia, accompanied by William C (Bill) and Hendrina/Henrietta (Sis).²

Wilhelmus died on 10 April 1961 in Aberdeen, Sth Dakota, at age 83.¹ He was buried in Brookings.¹

William de Blonk was born in Netherlands.¹

He married Tuntze de Blonk.¹

William died in Netherlands.¹

William C (Bill) de Blonk was born in Netherlands on 6 December 1903.^1,2

William C (Bill) de Blonk and Hendrina/Henrietta (Sis) de Blonk left Rotterdam in March 1908 on board the 'Statendam' for New York, arriving on the 10th in the company of their parents Wilhelmus (Bill) de Blonk and Cornelia Jacoba van der Harst.³

He married Jessie G McMahan in Sioux Falls, Minnehaha, Sth Dakota, on 3 June 1936.⁴

William died on 28 May 1997 in Red Bluff, Tehama, California, at age 93.^1,5