Person:Willem Veenboer (1)

Facts and Events
Name Willem Melles Veenboer
Alt Name Willem Melles Veneboer
Gender Male
Birth? 20 Oct 1823 Donkerbroek, Ooststellingwerf, Friesland, Netherlands
Marriage 19 Apr 1848 Ooststellingwerf, Friesland, Netherlandscivil
to Jantje Jacobs Klooster
Emigration[3] 1868
Death[2] 21 Sep 1874 Jamestown, Ottawa, Michigan, United States
Burial[1] Forest Grove Cemetery, Jamestown (township), Ottawa, Michigan, United States

"De Weerd's meat market and dwelling" (one of the buildings destroyed by the fire), pg. 494, Vol. II. DeWitt--3 mentions: Kees DeWitt, an early settler of Holland, Michigan; Menno De Witt, brief mention as a political opponent in Muskegon Co., Mich.; Rev. Thomas DeWitt, member of the Reformed Dutch Church in America, c.1846. Dykema--F. Dykema; Simon Dykema and family from Chicago, one of the first to arrive at the Renville settlement in Minnesota. F. Dijkema, 1860, early settler at Fulton, Illinois. Tiesinga--no. Veenboer--Willem A Veenboer, an elder of the First Reformed Church of Jamestown, Forest Grove, Michigan (c.1869). Zuidema--yes, several: Dutmar, Klaas, Meindert, and Pieter. If you want more detail about any of these, just let me know.

References
  1. William Veenboer, in Find A Grave.
  2. Michigan. Secretary of State. Death Records, 1867-1897. (Lansing, Michigan)
    1874.

    Name: William Beenboer
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 21 Sep 1874
    Event Place: Jamestown, Ottawa, Michigan
    Gender: Male
    Age: 50
    Marital Status: Married
    Occupation: Farmer
    Birth Year (Estimated): 1824
    Birthplace: Holland Europe
    Father's Name: Welle Veenboer
    Mother's Name: Maggie Veenboer

    "Michigan, Deaths, 1867-1897," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/N36R-44Y : accessed 17 Nov 2014), William Beenboer, 21 Sep 1874; citing p 44 rn 171, Jamestown, Ottawa, Michigan, Department of Vital Records, Lansing; FHL microfilm 2363453.

  3. Staat van Landverhuizers: Register of Emigrants
    1315, 1868.

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