Family talk:Frans Vellema and Eekje Boersma (1)

[26 May 2011]

moved note from family page

Family sources say that Frans and Eekje Vellema had three children who died young - born between Antje and Jan: Dirk, Johannas, Trientje.

I added these 3 children to this family. They did not really die young (ie, not in childhood...), Trijntje was 52 and unmarried, Johannes was 47, and Dirk was 23 and unmarried. --Jennifer (JBS66) 10:17, 26 May 2011 (EDT)

family sources regarding Jan, Tiede and Frans (two accounts differ):

Jan had two children who died in the Netherlands (I have no names)

(added 1 child Jan b in 1895 - this doesn't mean there was not another child, could have been born after 1902)

either Tiede or Frans (probably Tiede?) had two children who died in the Netherlands

(added 2 children for Tiede, Willemke and Frans. Both died in the Netherlands)

either Tiede or Frans (probably Frans?) had six children - three died in the Netherlands and three emigrated to the US:

This will be more challenging to find because Frans was married in 1903. Public records for births end in 1902.

Frans (Frank) born ca 1905 appears at Ellis Island: First Name: Frans Last Name: Vellema Ethnicity: Holland, Dutch Last Place of Residence: Hoogebein Tum, Holland Date of Arrival: May 04, 1923 Age at Arrival: 18y Gender: M Marital Status: S Ship of Travel: Rotterdam Port of Departure: Rotterdam, Holland Manifest Line Number: 0022

Peter born ca 1912 arrived in 1929 but I have no arrival record

A Pieter Vellema born abt 1912 in hoogebeintum arrived in NY 7 Sep 1929 ship name Veendam

"Michgan Deaths" has a Peter F Vellema b 23 Jan 1912 d 21 Nov 1972 in North Muskegon, Muskegon, Michigan.

Frank and Peter appear in the 1930 US census

a third son Don also came to the US - I have no date or age

"Michigan Deaths" There is a Donald Vellema b 24 Jan 1908 d 15 Dec 1984 North Muskegon, Muskegon, Michigan

all three of these lived near Muskegon MI and regularly attended Hamstra/Vellema/DeWind family gatherings--Jhamstra 11:43, 26 May 2011 (EDT)

I added a few inline notes in bold above. --Jennifer (JBS66) 14:02, 26 May 2011 (EDT)