Person talk:Willem Nykamp (1)

WEST DRENTHE CEMETERY [13 June 2012]

ON http://www.macatawa.org/~devries/drenthecem.html a father Nijkamp died Oct 21 1883, I assume this is Willem NIjkamp, but not certain

Actually, both these inscriptions would be a plausible fit. But both can't be right.

Nykamp, Father, Died(Overl.), Oct.21,1883

Nykamp, Jan Wm., Father, Born 1818, Aged 69 [ABT 1887]

--Pkeegstra 07:05, 12 June 2012 (EDT)

I agree, but now I think the last one born 1818 must be the one--henk 07:18, 12 June 2012 (EDT)

Symmetry would suggest that if the one below is Aaltje Seinen Nykamp, the one that just says "Father" is her husband.

Nykamp, Mother, Died(Overl.),June 2,1886

Did Willem have a brother with him in Michigan? Could his brother's wife have been the one who died in June, 1886? --Pkeegstra 09:59, 12 June 2012 (EDT)

He had a brother in Michigan. I added his parents and the rest of the family--henk 14:21, 12 June 2012 (EDT

http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=nykamp&GSbyrel=all&GSdyrel=all&GSob=n&GSsr=41&GRid=59840746&df=all&

Thanks! I am amused that the FindAGrave text says 1814 when the tombstone can clearly be read as 1818. It's not so easy to read the numbers for his wife. (It looks like that says geb. 1820 overl. oud 66. Do you agree? That makes 1886, but not necessarily 2 Jun.) --Pkeegstra 14:52, 12 June 2012 (EDT)

I agree--henk 15:11, 12 June 2012 (EDT)

I found the actual death record for Aaltje, and it was June, 1886.

I see that Klaas married a Masselink, and Hendrik married a Scholten. Both are families I am interested in. The only other physics major my year at Calvin was a Masselink, and my Mom's first cousin married a Scholten. (FYI, my friend told me that the Masselinks originated in Germany.) I'm having trouble finding the marriage of Gerrit, but he may have married an Aaltje/Alice Nykamp. (I'm also always interested in cousin marriages.) --Pkeegstra 06:23, 13 June 2012 (EDT)

Masselink family: http://www.genealogiedomein.nl/index2.php?option=com_docman&task=doc_view&gid=2193&Itemid=27

Thanks!

What if both tombstones are supposed to be the same person? They can be reconciled if the combined stone was carved in 1886 and the carver used Jan Willem's age at that time instead of his age at death. Is that too unlikely? --Pkeegstra 07:24, 13 June 2012 (EDT)

It passed my mind, it is possible of course I can imagine that a stone is carved for both man and wive, 1 dies and is buried the other dies some years later and buried on another spot with a new stone (with again both names.It sometimes happens here in the Netherlands too --henk 08:37, 13 June 2012 (EDT)

The Scholten family, are they from Wildervank (Groningen)? --henk 09:03, 13 June 2012 (EDT)

It looks like these Scholtens are from Drenthe, but there is a connection to Vlagtwedde, Groningen. (Is that close to Wildervank?) I'm waiting for the 1940 census to start tracking the Scholtens on my Mom's side. --Pkeegstra 10:46, 13 June 2012 (EDT)

Apparently a Gerrit Nykamp born in 1856 filed a defective marriage license, omitting the bride's name. transcription image: his is the last entry on the page This is definitely a different Gerrit Nykamp. But the marriage record for Gerrit Nykamp 1851 finally showed up. Her name is not Nykamp; it is Redder. --Pkeegstra 16:19, 13 June 2012 (EDT)