Boye Seibrand Sever Pannkuk

1857-1939 · Loquard, Lower Saxony, Germany
Also recorded as Boyd Pannkuk

Born 1857, Loquard, East Frisia, Kingdom of Hanover

Died 1939

Father: Anton Pannkuk

Mother: Ockje Evers Meyer

Children include Minert

Boye Seibrand Sever Pannkuk, known as Boyd, was born on 26 October 1857 in Loquard, Lower Saxony, Germany. In 1864 he came to America with his parents. The family settled first at Forreston, Illinois, and moved to Grundy County, Iowa, in 1871. He later became one of the first settlers of northern Kossuth County, Iowa.

In 1878 he married Hilka Helena Wiltfang. Their children were Gertie, Henry B., who became a minister, Alice, Anna, Anton, Maggie, Hilka, Ella, Boyd Jr., and Fred, born between 1879 and 1897. Hilka died in 1899.

In 1902 he married Rentje Smidt. According to his memorial, he met her while traveling in Germany. Their children were Everett, Minert, John, who also became a minister, Agnes, Ben, Fannie, and Alice, born between 1902 and 1916.

When he died he was president of the Titonka Savings Bank. He died on 3 March 1939, aged 81, after an illness of fourteen weeks. He left 50 grandchildren and 16 great-grandchildren. He is buried in Ramsey Reformed Church Cemetery at Titonka, Kossuth County, Iowa.

Parents

Anton Pannkuk 1830-1911 Ockje Evers Meyer 1831-1914

Children

Minert Pannkuk 1905-1994

Sources

Find a Grave memorial of Minert Pannkuk, Forreston Grove Cemetery
Find a Grave, memorial 31858827, Minert Pannkuk (1905-1994), Forreston Grove Cemetery, Forreston, Ogle County, Illinois
Proves: Names Boye Seibrand Sever 'Boyd' Pannkuk (1857-1939) and Rentje Smidt Pannkuk (1875-1962) as the parents of Minert Pannkuk, born 6 October 1905 in Titonka, Iowa, husband of Sadie Ruter and father of Eugene and Ronald.

Find a Grave memorial of Boye Seibrand Sever 'Boyd' Pannkuk, Ramsey Reformed Church Cemetery
Find a Grave, memorial 53790602, Boye Seibrand Sever Pannkuk (1857-1939), Ramsey Reformed Church Cemetery, Titonka, Kossuth County, Iowa
Proves: Lists Minert (1905-1994) among Boyd Pannkuk's children by his second wife Rentje Smidt, whom he married in 1902 after the 1899 death of his first wife.

Germany, Births and Baptisms, 1558-1898, FamilySearch ark 1:1:NCWL-SYV (Boye) and 1:1:NCWL-S8Y (Berand Anton).

The Titonka Topic, Titonka, Iowa, 9 March 1939, page 1, by Rev. Calvin Schnucker; clipping on Find a Grave memorial 53790602, added by K S Post, 1 October 2026.

The Titonka Topic, Titonka, Iowa, 5 April 1962; clipping on Find a Grave memorial 53791489, added by K S Post, 10 October 2026.

Find a Grave, memorial 53790602, photograph added by Robbie Decker, 26 September 2011.

Germany, Births and Baptisms, 1558-1898, FamilySearch ark 1:1:NCWL-SYV; Germany, Marriages, 1558-1929, ark 1:1:J4R7-3MD; obituary of Boyd Sever Pannkuk, March 1939; Find a Grave memorial 53790602

Algona Courier, Algona, Iowa, 25 December 1914, page 4, reprinting the Titonka Topic; Algona Public Library digital archives.

Kossuth County Advance, Algona, Iowa, 10 February 1915, page 1; Algona Public Library digital archives.

Algona Republican, Algona, Iowa, 2 April 1902, page 8; Algona Public Library digital archives.

Algona Courier, Algona, Iowa, 16 February 1900, page 5; Algona Public Library digital archives.

Kossuth County Advance, Algona, Iowa, 5 July 1934, page 9; Algona Public Library digital archives.

Germany, Births and Baptisms, 1558-1898, FamilySearch ark 1:1:NCWL-SYV; Germany, Marriages, 1558-1929, ark 1:1:J4R7-3MD; obituary of Boyd Sever Pannkuk, March 1939; Find a Grave memorial 53790602; Algona Courier, 16 February 1900, page 5; Algona Republican, 2 April 1902, page 8; Algona Courier, 25 December 1914, page 4, quoting the Titonka Topic; Kossuth County Advance, Algona, 10 February 1915, page 1

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