Family:Jannes Wiersma and Beertien Schipper (1)

Jannes and Beertien arrived Mar 18, 1810 at Ellis Island, with the S.S. Rijndam from Rotterdam, Netherlands. He was 25 and she 31 years old. They had a son named Sijbe with them, he was 2 years old. They changed theire given into James and Bertha. Sijbe was born Groningen (the Netherlands) Feb 25, 1908

In the USA they got a daughter, named Bertha (Illinois. 1912) and two sons; Samuel (Illinois, 1918) and John (Illinois, 1925) Census 1930.

John got killed when he was hit when he was changing a tyre of his car, near Litchfield, Illinois. John was maried with Vera Moon. They had a son, John Clifford and a daughter, Joyce.

1.   Census 1930 event place: Chicago (Districts 2627-2876), Cook, Illinois
   
   Household Gender Age Birthplace
   head James Wiersma M 45 Holland
   wife Bertha Wiersma F 52 Holland
   daughter Bertha Wiersma F 18 Illinois
   son Samuel Wiersma M 12 Illinois
   son John Wiersma M 5 Illinois
2.   Census 1940 event place: Ward 20, Chicago, Chicago City, Cook, Illinois, United
   
   digital folder number: 005459703
   image number: 00699
   Household Gender Age Birthplace
   head Harry Dyrhyizen M 31 Illinois
   wife Bertha Dyrhyizen F 28 Illinois
   son Henry John Dykhyizen M 4 Illinois
   daughter Betty Mae Dykhyizen F 0 Illinois
   mother-in-law Bertha Wiersma F 62 Holland
   brother-in-law John Wiersma M 15 Illinois
   brother-in-law Sam Wiersma M 22 Illinois