Fifth Generation

16. Willebrordis Martinus SCHARFF⁴ was born on 16 June 1819 in Schaarloos (now Charlois), IJselmonde, Netherlands. He appeared in the census in 1850 in Charlois, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands. He immigrated on 10 March 1856 to USA. Willebrordis appeared in the census in 1859 in Rotterdam, Netherlands. He died on 19 December 1890 at the age of 71 in Pella, Marion County, Iowa, USA.¹¹ Interment #:
Name: Wm B Scharff
Birth: Holland, calculated as 18 Jun 1819
Last Residence: Pella, Iowa
Gender/Marital Status: M/Married
Death: 18 Dec 1890, age 71y6m0d, cause: perforated stomach
Burial: 21 Dec 1890; lot: 40; (plot: section OLD, lot 40); book page: 47
Nearest Relative: Dora C. wife
[Source: See Oakwood Cemetery on iagenweb.org/marion] He was buried on 21 December 1890 in Oakwood Cemetary, Pella, Marion Co, Iowa, USA. Willebrordis was a Carpenter. He nickname William B. . He has Ancestral File Number LVYC-W41. Theodora C KRAAK and Willebrordis Martinus SCHARFF were married on 2 December 1842 in Schaarloos (now Charlois), IJselmonde, Netherlands.

17. Theodora C KRAAK⁴ was born on 24 December 1821 in New Beijerland, Netherlands. She died on 25 March 1893 at the age of 71 in Pella, Marion County, Iowa, USA. Interment #: 637
Name: Dora C Scharff
Birth: calculated as 25 Dec 1821
Last Residence: Pella, Iowa
Gender/Marital Status: F/Widowed
Death: 25 Mar 1893, age 72y3m, cause: bronchitis
Burial: 28 Mar 1893; lot: 40; (plot: section OLD, lot 40); book page: 47
Remarks in book: widow of Wm. B. Scharff
Notes from card: wife of WM B Schakel She was buried on 28 March 1893 in Oakwood Cemetary, Pella, Marion Co, Iowa, USA. Theodora nickname Dora . She has Ancestral File Number GM39-5GV. BIO:Theodora was dis-inherited for marrying Willeborordis Scharff.
There is no reason given, but she would not even let her brother or parents into the house when they came from Holland to Pella to visit.

Biography: Willebrordus was born a Protestant. Theodora was a Roman Catholic. Theodora and Willebrordus and their 7 children left from (Charlois)Schaarloos, Zuid Holland to emigrate to Pella, Iowa on March 10, 1856. "Souvenir History of Pella" lists 1856 arrivals as Scharf, William; Scharf, Mrs. Wm.; Arie, Helena, Engeltje, Wilhelmina, Maria, and Adriana. under 1856 arrivals. Child 9 Willebrordus was not listed in arrivals Two other children had apparently died as children in the Netherlands. ( 1. Cornelia and 7 . Theodora) William was a carpenter.

Sylvia Westercamp said it was told that Dora Kraak's father and mother had a lot of money. They disowned her because she married William, who was poor and a servant for the family. Thus they came to the U.S.

Children were:

	i.	Cornelia Helena SCHARFF⁴ died in 1843 at the age of 0. She was born on 5 March 1843 in Schaarloos (now Charlois), IJselmonde, Netherlands.
8	ii.	Arie Wilhelmus SCHARFF II.
	iii.	Helena Maria "Lena" SCHARFF⁴ was born on 21 April 1845 in Iselmonde, Netherlands. She was buried in 1916 in Oakwood Cemetary, Pella, Marion Co, Iowa, USA. Lot 40 She died on 19 April 1916 at the age of 70 in Sully, Jasper County, Iowa, USA. Helena nickname Ella .
	iv.	Ingetje Maria (Emma) SCHARFF⁴ was born on 10 October 1848 in Schaarloos (now Charlois), IJselmonde, Netherlands. She died on 1 October 1927 at the age of 78 in Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California, USA. She nickname Emma .
	v.	Wilhelmina (Minnie) Johanna SCHARFF⁴ was born on 31 August 1850 in Schaarloos (now Charlois), IJselmonde, Netherlands. She immigrated on 12 September 1892 to Ellis Island, New York County, New York, USA.¹² on Obdam ship.@ 50 yr old She was buried in 1933 in Oakwood Cemetary, Pella, Marion Co, Iowa, USA. Wilhelmina died on 21 December 1933 at the age of 83 in Pella, Marion County, Iowa, USA. Death of Mrs. A. W. Reynolds After an illness of a few days' duration Mrs. Willhelmina Reynolds, wife of Dr. A. W. Reynolds, died early Thursday afternoon at her home in Ringgold. Mrs. Reynolds had been in her usual health until Monday, when she contracted pneumonia. She was 72 years of age. Dr. and Mrs. Reynolds were united in marriage at Washougal, Wash., November 13, 1930, and since July had made their home in the parsonage at Ringgold. Besides her husband, Mrs. Reynolds is survived by one brother, William Scharff, of Pierre, S.D., and one sister, Mrs. Mary Dellama, of Pella. The body was taken Friday morning in Rhoades' funeral coach to Pella, where the body lay in state at the funeral home until Tuesday, when the funeral was conducted at the Baptist church and interment in the Pella cemetery. Dr. Reynolds, accompanied by Hugh Burchett, went Tuesday morning to Pella to attend the funeral services. She nickname Minnie .
	vi.	Maria Martina (Mary) SCHARFF⁴ was born on 12 December 1851 in Schaarloos (now Charlois), IJselmonde, Netherlands. She died on 24 March 1936 at the age of 84. She nickname Mary .
	vii.	Theodora Cornelia SCHARFF⁴ was born on 17 June 1853 in Schaarloos (now Charlois), IJselmonde, Netherlands. She died on 16 January 1854 at the age of 0 in Schaarloos (now Charlois), IJselmonde, Netherlands.
	viii.	Gregora Adriana (Jane) SCHARFF⁴ was born on 12 May 1855 in Schaarloos (now Charlois), IJselmonde, Netherlands. She died in 1920 at the age of 65. She nickname Jane .
	ix.	Wilbrordus Martinus SCHARFF⁴ was born in 1856 in Schaarloos (now Charlois), IJselmonde, Netherlands. He died Y.