Person:Jacob Niewold (1)

Emigrant Jakob Aielkes Nieuwold 37 jaar koornschipper en dagloner

Vertrek uit 't Zandt

Datum vertrek 1842

Religie Gereformeerd

Vrouw 1

Kinderen 5

Reden van vertrek Het verblijf van de moeder en de beide broeders van de vrouw te New York, vereenigd met het vooruitzigt van armoede.

Welgestelden, Mindergegoeden, Behoeftigen Mindergegoeden

Hoofdelijke omslag Ja, in de14e klasse

Opmerkingen Bestemming: eerst naar New York, toen naar de omtrek van Lafayette en thans naar de westelijke staten. Volgens de laatste berigten bevinden dezelve zich in eenen welvarenden toestand.

Bron Staat v. landverhuizers vóór 1847 Commissaris der Koningin Inventarisnummer 5548

http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/n/i/e/James-Harry-Niewold/index.html :

The Niewold family origins are found in the Groningen area of the Netherlands. Jakob Nieuwold/Niewold and his family left their home there in 1842 to settle in New Holland, Logan County, Illinois. Pioneer life was tough on them causing the death of Jakobs wife Anna in 1848, Anna's mother Klaaske died in 1846, their daughter Clarrissa died in 1851. The Civil war took the life of the youngest boy Theodore in 1862. The older daughter Margaret married, had 5 children and soon died in 1866. The surviving two sons prospered and grew old in New Holland fathering 10 children between them including my grandfather Newton Niewold. My dad, John H. Niewold and his three brothers and one sister were all born there but they soon started moving around the country in search of a new home which they finally found in Sycamore, Dekalb County, IL. in about 1932. Some of the remnants of this family are still here in Sycamore but most have gone the ways of the wind.