Born in Greene Township, Iowa, Iowa, United States
Ancestors 
Daughter of Christian Birky
and Magdalena (Kauffman) Birky
Sister of
Harry Birky, Elias J. Birky, Ida (Birky) Fosbeck, Walter Birky, Francis Birky, William Birky, Mary Lavanda (Birky) Bender and Blanche (Birky) Williams
Wife of
Harvey Allison Purk
— married
24 Dec 1925 in Tama, Iowa, United States
Died
at age 90
in Marshalltown, Marshall, Iowa, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 8 Dec 2019
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Biography
Catherine (Birky) Purk Nissen, 90, a resident of Community Care, Toledo, formerly of Belle Plaine, died Saturday, Nov. 4, 1995, in Marshalltown Medical and Surgical Center, Marshalltown, of congestive heart failure. Services: 1 p.m. Wednesday, Hrabak Funeral Home, where friends may call after 4 p.m. Tuesday. The Rev. Dean Swartzendruber will officiate. Burial: Irving Cemetery, rural Belle Plaine.
Survivors include two sons, Robert Purk of Belle Plaine and Leonard Purk of Tama; and a sister, Mary Bender of Kalona. Also surviving are 19 grandchildren.
6 Nov 1995 , Copyright (c) 1995, 2000 Cedar Rapids Gazette, Cedar Rapids, Iowa.
Sources
- ↑ Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 07 December 2019), memorial page for Catherine Birky Nissen (27 Feb 1905–4 Nov 1995), Find A Grave Memorial no. 74173409, citing Irving Cemetery, Irving, Benton County, Iowa, USA ; Maintained by J Anthony (contributor 47281207) .
- "Iowa, County Marriages, 1838-1934," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XJJL-XBW : 10 February 2018), Harvey A Purk and Katherine Birky, 24 Dec 1925, Tama County, Iowa, United States; citing reference 1761, county courthouses, Iowa; FHL microfilm 1,763,981.
- The Daniel Bender Family History, Editor Lucy Beachy, 1985
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Catherine by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Catherine:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Catherine by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Catherine:
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~0.78%
~1.56%
Raylene Honeyman 
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~0.78%
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