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Jan Tjitzes Bottema

Male 1889 -


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  • Name Jan Tjitzes Bottema 
    Birth 15 Jan 1889  Oldeboorn, FR, NLD Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Immigration 04 Mar 1914  Denver, CO, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    • disembarked in New York from SS Rijndam which left Rotterdam 21 Feb 1914, farm laborer 24y 5'9" red hair; last residence in Oldeboorn; with wife Jeltje; destination J. Thordeff, 1819 E37 Ave. Denver
    Living 1916  Edgewater Box 666 RR4, Denver, CO, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Living 1920  Downey Township, Los Angeles, CA, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    • John Bottema 31y, immigrated 1906, born Holland, farmer, dairy farm; Jennie Bottema 27y, immigrated 1914, born Holland; Winnie 5y, born Colorado; George 2/12y, born California
    Living 1930  Norwalk, CA, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [4
    • John Bottema 41y, born Holland, manager dairy, immigrated 1914; Jennie Bottema 37y, born Holland; Winnie 15y, born Colorado; George 9y, born California; Catarina 2 9/12y, born California
    Living 1944  2013 East Center St., Norwalk, CA, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [5
    • dairyman, not listed in 1946 cards!
    Name John Bottema 
    Reference Number 25145 
    Person ID I25145  Haasdijk family tree
    Last Modified 28 Nov 2009 

    Father Tjitze Sijtzes Bottema,   b. 15 May 1856, huis 133, Oldeboorn, FR, NLD Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 05 Dec 1911, Utingeradeel, FR, NLD Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 55 years) 
    Mother Tietje Catharina Poutsma,   b. 11 Oct 1856, Leeuwarden, FR, NLD Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 25 Oct 1929, Oldeboorn, FR, NLD Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 73 years) 
    Marriage 02 Sep 1880  Utingeradeel, FR, NLD Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F10822  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Jeltje Ubeles Smid,   b. 19 Dec 1892, Hemrik, Opsterland, FR, NLD Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Marriage 19 Feb 1914  Utingeradeel, FR, NLD Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
     1. W.J. Bottema
     2. T.J. Bottema
     3. C.J. Bottema
    Family ID F11475  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 2 Apr 2020 

  • Notes 
    • disembarked from SS Rijndam from Rotterdam to visit his friend R(?) de Boer in Denver CO; farmer 17y 5'5" fair complexion, brown hair, blue eyes
    • disembarked from SS Nieuw Amsterdam from Rotterdam to visit his friend E. Osinga in Edgewater Denver CO; farm laborer, 21y 5'9" fair complexion, blond hair, blue eyes
    • left Rotterdam on SS Rotterdam; arrived at New York: Jan Bottema 35y farmer with last address in USA, Jeltje Bottema, his wife 31y, daughter Wietske 10y, his son Tjitze 4y

  • Sources 
    1. [S52] Ellis Island Ship Manifests, 1914, lines 20,21.

    2. [S52] Ellis Island Ship Manifests, 1916, line 13.

    3. [S57] Census, American, 20 Jan 1920, Downey Township, Los Angeles County Super. Dist. 8, Enum Dist 48, Sheet 11A.

    4. [S57] Census, American, 18 Apr 1930, Norwalk, Los Angeles County, En. Dist. 19-1196, Superv. Dist. 19, Sheet 20A, lines 16-20.

    5. [S151] Voter Registration, 1944.


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