Our Family Roots in The Netherlands

A Study of the Haasdijk, Scheffer, Benner and Neering families in The Netherlands

Sijbrand Jans Sterk

Male Abt 1904 - 1993  (~ 89 years)


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  • Name Sijbrand Jans Sterk  [1
    Birth Abt 1904  [1
    • 17y in 1921
    Gender Male 
    Immigration 1921  Corsica, SD, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    • to his uncle Thijs J. Sterk
    Moved to 1922  Grand Rapids, MI, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Name Sam Sterk  [1
    Occupation painter 
    Reference Number 65712 
    Death 22 Nov 1993  Grand Rapids, MI, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Person ID I65712  Haasdijk family tree
    Last Modified 14 Apr 2013 

    Father Jan Pieters Sterk,   b. Abt 1874, Ferwerd, Ferwerderadeel, FR, NLD Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 15 Jun 1941 (Age ~ 67 years) 
    Mother Antje Sijbrands Offringa,   b. 11 Jul 1875, Rinsumageest, Dantumadeel, FR, NLD Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Marriage 08 Jun 1901  Ferwerderadeel, FR, NLD Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F29242  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Gertrude Hoogeboom,   b. Abt 1904   d. 15 Jun 1995, Grand Rapids, MI, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 91 years) 
    Marriage 09 May 1924  Grandville Ave. CRC, Grand Rapids, MI, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    • by Rev. Y.P. de Jong
    Children 
     1. Betty Sterk
     2. Ann Sterk
     3. Milly Sterk
     4. Kay Sterk
    Family ID F29290  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 2 Apr 2020 

  • Notes 
    • second of seven sons! [1]

  • Sources 
    1. [S170] Origins, Vol. xxx No.2 2012, pp. 14-21; Sam and Gertrude Sterk: One Immigrant Family's Story - by Sharon Joy Gordon.


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