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Dirk Feikes Boonstra

Male 1827 - 1915  (88 years)


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  • Name Dirk Feikes Boonstra 
    Birth 01 Jan 1827  Wester Nijkerk, Ferwerderadeel, FR, NLD Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Emigration 15 Jun 1857  Holland, MI, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    • Emigrated with ds. van Raalte??
      Came on ship Benjamin Aymen from Antwerp
    Occupation 1880  Holland, Ottawa, MI, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    farmer 
    Reference Number 2680 
    Reference Number BCbDE 
    Death 16 Nov 1915  Zeeland, MI, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • Died 6 Nov 1915?
    Person ID I2680  Haasdijk family tree
    Last Modified 17 Feb 2009 

    Father Feike Sakes Boonstra,   b. 16 Dec 1793, Ferwerd, Ferwerderadeel, FR, NLD Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 10 Nov 1848, Nijkerk, Ferwerderadeel, FR, NLD Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 54 years) 
    Mother Maaike Pieters de Lange,   b. 15 Jul 1791, Marrum, Ferwerderadeel, FR, NLD Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 04 Sep 1858, Marrum, Ferwerderadeel, FR, NLD Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 67 years) 
    Marriage 13 Aug 1815  Marrum (Ferwerd), Ferwerderadeel, FR, NLD Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F1664  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Maaike Rintjes Hijma,   b. 03 Dec 1824, Marrum, Ferwerderadeel, FR, NLD Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 05 Dec 1897, Zeeland, MI, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 73 years) 
    Marriage 12 May 1849  Ferwerderadeel, FR, NLD Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
     1. Feike Dirks Boonstra,   b. 16 Mar 1850, Ferwerd, Ferwerderadeel, FR, NLD Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 18 Nov 1923, Zeeland, MI, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 73 years)
     2. Akke Dirks Boonstra,   b. 28 Mar 1852, Ferwerd, Ferwerderadeel, FR, NLD Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 19 Jun 1910, Rock Valley, IA, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 58 years)
     3. Maaike Dirks Boonstra,   b. 28 Sep 1854, Ferwerd, Ferwerderadeel, FR, NLD Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 09 Apr 1938, Detroit, MI, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 83 years)
     4. Rentje Dirks Boonstra,   b. 04 Jun 1856, Ferwerd, Ferwerderadeel, FR, NLD Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 27 Sep 1935, Zeeland, MI, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 79 years)
     5. Elizabeth Dirks Boonstra,   b. 11 Aug 1859, Holland, MI, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 08 Dec 1867, Holland, MI, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 8 years)
     6. Sake Dirks Boonstra,   b. 03 Feb 1862, Holland, MI, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 25 Sep 1953, Zeeland, MI, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 91 years)
     7. Abe Dirks Boonstra,   b. 11 Sep 1866, Holland, MI, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Bef 1870, Holland, MI, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age < 3 years)
     8. Eike Dirks Boonstra,   b. 11 Apr 1867, Holland, MI, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 04 Mar 1936, Zeeland, MI, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 68 years)
    Family ID F1685  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 2 Apr 2020 

  • Notes 
    • Fam.36, p.124 [3]
    • Much of this family to present from John U. Tuttle !!

  • Sources 
    1. [S16] users.abac.com/dkiel/history.html, Don Kiel's Web Site, 6 Jan 2006.

    2. [S57] Census, American, 1880.

    3. [S56] Boonstra Committee, Boonstra Genealogie, (Drukkerij de Jong, Grou, September 2000), Fam.36, p.124.


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