Person:Broer Haagsma (1)
Broer Baukes Haagsma
b.16 May 1831 Schraard, Wonseradeel, Friesland, Netherlands
d.29/30 Aug 1907 St. Louis (independent city), Missouri, United States
Parents and Siblings
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m. 10 May 1828
  1. Janke Baukes Haagsma1828 - 1899
  2. Broer Baukes Haagsma1831 - 1907
  3. Doutje Baukes Haagsma1835 -
  4. Age Baukes Haagsma1837 - 1838
Spouse and Children
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  • H.  Broer Baukes Haagsma1831 - 1907
  • W.  Mina SmithAbt 1848 -
m. 8 Nov 1866
  1. Albert HaagsmaAbt 1869 -
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Facts and Events
Name Broer Baukes Haagsma
Immigrant Name Benjamin Haagsma
Alt Name Bernard Haagsma
Gender Male
Birth[1] 16 May 1831 Schraard, Wonseradeel, Friesland, Netherlands
Occupation? Bef 1853 Arum, Wonseradeel, Friesland, NetherlandsOndermeester, later boekhouder van Oepke Bonnema
Emigration? 26 Feb 1853 Harlingen, Friesland, Netherlands"City of Norwich"
Emigration? 24 Mar 1853 Liverpool, Lancashire, EnglandPassagierslijst ‘William and Mary’
Immigration[9] 11 Jun 1853 New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, United StatesPassagierslijst ‘William and Mary’
Other[10] 13 Jul 1853 Brice Prairie, La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States
Census[5] 1860 St. Louis (independent city), Missouri, United StatesBookkeeper Crow, McCreery & Co.
Occupation[11][16] 1862 St. Louis (independent city), Missouri, United StatesConsul 216 N. Main
Other[14] 1862 President Lincoln
Other[15] 1863 Chicago, Cook, Illinois, United States
Marriage 8 Nov 1866 St. Louis (independent city), Missouri, United Statesto Mina Smith
Census[2] 1870 St. Louis (county), Missouri, United StatesBookkeeper
Census[3] 1880 Kirkwood, St. Louis (county), Missouri, United StatesBookkeeper
Other[12][17] Oct 1897 Ridder in de Orde van Oranje Nassau
Census[4][13] 1900 St. Louis (independent city), Missouri, United StatesBookkeeper
Death[18][19] 29/30 Aug 1907 St. Louis (independent city), Missouri, United StatesDrowned
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References
  1. ↑ Geboorten, in Wonseradeel, Friesland, Netherlands. Burgerlijke Stand
    Akte 140, 1831.
  2. ↑ St. Louis, Missouri, United States. 1870 U.S. Census Population Schedule.

    "United States Census, 1870," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/M4F9-3RG : accessed 25 January 2015), Albert Haagsma in household of B B Haagsma, Missouri, United States; citing p. 265, family 2311, NARA microfilm publication M593 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 552,318.

  3. ↑ St. Louis, Missouri, United States. 1880 U.S. Census Population Schedule.

    "United States Census, 1880," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/M6FD-KP5 : accessed 25 January 2015), Albert S Haagsma in household of B B Haagsma, Kirkwood, St. Louis, Missouri, United States; citing enumeration district 182, sheet 256B, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 0716; FHL microfilm 1,254,716.

  4. ↑ St. Louis, Missouri, United States. St. Louis, Missouri, United States. 1900 U.S. Census Population Schedule.

    "United States Census, 1900," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/M3D3-LCY : accessed 25 January 2015), Benjamin B Haagsma in household of Louis Junod, Precinct 6 St. Louis city Ward 18, St. Louis, Missouri, United States; citing sheet 9A, family 177, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 1,240,896.

  5. ↑ St. Louis, Missouri, United States. 1860 U.S. Census Population Schedule. (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration Publication M693).

    "United States Census, 1860," index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/MHZ5-7WR : accessed 25 January 2015), Bernard Haagsma, 4th Ward City St Louis, St. Louis, Missouri, United States; from "1860 U.S. Federal Census - Population," Fold3.com; citing p. 380, household ID 2584, NARA microfilm publication M653, National Archives and Records Administration, Washington, D.C.; FHL microfilm 803,649.

  6.   Consul Unaccountably Missing, in New-York tribune
    August 29, 1907.

    St. Louis, Aug. 28 -- No trace can be found of Broer Haagsma, consul for the Netherlands here since 1862. Mr. Haagsma unaccountably disappeared from his home early Tuesday morning and has not been heard from since. His son says he has been subject to mental lapses from the last year.
    http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83030214/1907-08-29/ed-1/seq-1/

  7.   Consul's Body Found in River, in The sun
    August 30, 1907.

    St. Louis, Aug. 29. The body of Broer Haagsma, Consul at St. Louis for the Netherlands, was found in the Mississippi River here to-day. It is believed that while in a state of mental aberration he had walked in to the river.
    http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83030272/1907-08-30/ed-1/seq-1

  8.   Dutch Consul Found Dead, in Omaha daily bee
    August 30, 1907.

    Body Taken Out of River at St. Louis and Later Identified by Son.

    St. Louis, Aug. 29 -- The dead body of an aged man, taken from the river yesterday, was identified at the morgue today by Albert R. Haagsma as that of his father, Broer B. Haagsma, consul in St. Louis for the Netherlands. The son declared that he did not believe his father had committed suicide, but expressed the belief that death was accidental. He explained that his father had been a victim of mental aberation.
    Consul Haagsma was 76 years of age. He disappeared mysteriously last Monday.
    He came to St. Louis in 1855 and became a leader in Holland-American circles in this city. Finally he was appointed as local consul representing his county and his commission bears the signature of President Lincoln in ratification of his appointment. He personally administered the duties of his office until a year ago, when, because of his advanced years, he was superseded in the active work of Vice Consul Tenbroeck.
    http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn99021999/1907-08-30/ed-1/seq-6

  9. ↑ Passagierslijst ‘William and Mary’
  10. ↑ writer of "Lotgevallen van den heer O. H. Bonnema, 1853" [1]
  11. ↑ http://www.aadas.nl/sites/default/files/proceedings/1987_3_DeKlerk.pdf
  12. ↑ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Order_of_Orange-Nassau
  13. ↑ 211 N. Seventh Street
  14. ↑ 1862 - Thursday

    President recognizes Ludwig von Baumbach, consul of Grand Duchy of Hesse-Darmstadt for Wisconsin and Minnesota, and B. B. Haagsma consul of Netherlands for Missouri, Iowa, and Illinois. [2]
  15. ↑ B.B. Haagsma, a Frisian immigrant to Wisconsin in 1854, who replaced Toewater as consul in St. Louis in 1862, visited Chicago in the summer of 62 and was repeatedly asked by the Dutch in that city to help establish a consul there.64
    A Dutch consulate was also established in Milwaukee as early as 1854. The consul agent there, G. van Steenwijk first arrived in the American West in 1849. In 1854, he described the Dutchsettlements in Wisconsin for the Minister Resident in Washington. He estimated that somewhere inthe range of 4,000 Dutch lived in isconsin. These were mostly Protestant, honest, hard-working immigrants belonging to medium-sized communities which held regular church services. "Every
    now and then," Van Steenwijk wrote, "one meets a countryman who does not belong to a Dutchsettlement, and lives in the country." Dutchimmigrants saw the advantage of having a consul nearby.
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