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Facts and Events
| Name |
Abelus Tjepkema |
| Gender |
Male |
| Birth[1] |
18 Sep 1864 |
Sint Jacobiparochie, Het Bildt, Friesland, Netherlands |
| Marriage |
4 May 1893 |
Het Bildt, Friesland, Netherlandsto Sjoukje Miedema |
| Occupation? |
1900 |
Sint Jacobiparochie, Het Bildt, Friesland, NetherlandsVisser |
| Marriage |
30 Aug 1900 |
Het Bildt, Friesland, Netherlandsto Jetske van Dijk |
| Census[3] |
1920 |
Arpin, Wood, Wisconsin, United StatesUnited States Census, 1920 |
| Naturalization[4] |
5 Jan 1925 |
Rapids, Wisconsin, United States |
| Occupation[2][5] |
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Arpin, Wood, Wisconsin, United StatesDairyman |
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 Illinois, Northern District Naturalization Index Abelus Tjepkema. References
- ↑ Geboorteregister 1864, in Het Bildt, Friesland, Netherlands. Burgerlijke Stand
Tresoar, inventarisnummer 1032, aktenummer 0217, 18 Sep 1864.
(Genlias ceased operating.)
Abelus Tjepkema geboren 18-09-1864
Vader: Johannis Tjepkema, 44 jaar, werkman
Moeder: Neeltje Kuiken
- ↑ History of Wood County.
- ↑ United States. 1920 U.S. Census Population Schedule. (National Archives Microfilm Publication T625)
Familysearch, 1920 .
- ↑ Illinois. Illinois, Northern District Naturalization Index, 1840-1950. (FamilySearch Record Search)
Familysearch, 5 Jan 1925.
- ↑ Abelus J. Tjepkema, a successful dairyman in Arpin Township, was born in
Holland, Sept. 18, 1864, son of John and Nellie (Kuikem) Tjepkema. The parents
were natives of Holland, the father being a fisherman there all his life. Abelus
J. Tjepkema received his education in Holland, and he also became a fisherman
there, following this line through the summers and making nets during the winters
until 1902, when he came to the United States, landing at New York, Sept.2, 1902.
He came direct to Wisconsin and bought 80 acres of partly cleared land in Wood
County, in Section 26 of Arpin Township, the property being that previously
owned by Charles Tomfhorde. Here Mr. Tjepkema established a home and proceeded to clear the balance of the land and develop the farm. He erected a set
of buildings and carried on general farming and dairying until 1911, when he sold
the property to Henry Aakster and returned to his native land, in which country
he remained for the two succeeding years, engaged in the potato business. Mr.
Tjepkema had acquired too much of the atmosphere of the new world to permit
,of his being satisfied with the European way of doing things, however, and he
returned to America in 1913. He traveled through Minnesota, North and South
Dakota, and Iowa, but could not locate a finer piece of country that that which
had been his home during his previous residence here, and accordingly he returned
to Wood County and purchased the farm of Casper Stussie in Section 34 of Arpin
'Township, and has since made this his home. He cleared and broke an additional
20 acres of this property, erected a barn 32 by 58 feet, and his ability and willingness to work have brought him excellent success as a dairyman. He has a
fine herd of grade and pure-bred Hoisteins. In the spring of 1922 he added to
his place by the purchase of 40 acres in Section 34 of Arpin Township. Mr.
Tjepkema was married in Holland, May 10, 1892, to Sjouke Miedema, who died
April 15, 1897. Aug. 30 1900, he married Jetske Van Dyke, who was born July 7.
1865 at Wier, Holland. Mr. and Mrs. Tjepkema have one child, John, who wa
born Nov. 6, 1904, in Arpin Township, Wood County, and is now assisting his
father in the operation of the farm.
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