Talk:Albatros, arrival 12 Jul 1847

Van Lente [7 February 2015]

Van Lente Immigration and Early History

The first know ancestor of the Van Lente Family was Robert Van Lente. His son, Rutger Van Lente, a baker, became a citizen of Zwolle in 1734. Rutger married twice and had atleast two sons, Jan and Berent Van Lente. Berent was married twice and had atleast one son, Frederick Jan Van Lente born in 1801. On 1 June 1847 the Frederick Jan Van Lente and his family left Amsterdam on "The Albatross" and immigrated to Holland, Ottawa Co, MI. They had to borrow the $440 for the journey. The family that immigrated consisted of: Frederick Jan Van Lente age 46 Maria Horning Van Lente age 47 Berend Lambertus Van Lente age 23 Hermina Blom Van Lente age 22 (Berend's wife) Gerrit Van Lente age 21 Roelofje Van Lente age 18 Geertje Van Lente age 14 Johannes Van Lente age 12 Frrederika J. Van Lente age 10 Hendrikus Van Lente age 7

They arrived in Holland, MI in the fall of 1847. The conditions were very harsh at first. Gerrit died in the first year and Berend's wife, Hermina, (they married shortly before leaving Amsterdam) died before 1849. The rest of the children survived and had very large families:

Berent L. married Wilhelmina Baarchers and they had 11 children Roelofjen (Ruth) married John Kerkhof and they had 12 children Geertje (Gertrude) married John Van Dam and they had 8 children Johnannes married Jane Bouwman and they had 8 children Frederika married John TerVree and they had 12 children Hendrikus (Henry) married Johanna Steketee and they had 9 children

Much of this information is taken from "The Civil War Letters of Johannes Van Lente" edited by Janice Van Lente Catlin, and from "Family History" by Dr. Stoggerda--henk 08:20, 7 February 2015 (UTC)