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Berend Pieters Renkema

Male 1879 - 1953  (73 years)


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  • Name Berend Pieters Renkema 
    Birth 30 Nov 1879  Letterbert, Leek, GR, NLD Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Immigration Nov 1899  USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Occupation Abt 1900  Chicago, IL, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    teamster 
    Moved to Abt 1910  Hamshire, TX, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    • bought 30 acres on the Winnie/Hamshire area
    Occupation Abt 1915  Chicago, IL, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    teamster hauling refuse 
    Moved to 1925  Hamshire, TX, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Reference Number 72954 
    Death 1953  Phoenix, AZ, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    • buried in Chicago
    Person ID I72954  Haasdijk family tree
    Last Modified 8 Jul 2014 

    Father Pieter Willems Renkema,   b. Abt 1839, Sebaldeburen, Grootegast, GR, NLD Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Mother Trientje Fokkes Zigter,   b. Abt 1841, Ezinge, GR, NLD Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Marriage 02 Jun 1860  Groningen, GR, NLD Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F32301  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Rose Sprietsma,   b. Abt 1880   d. 1936, Hamshire, TX, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 56 years) 
    Marriage 1904  CRC, Chicago, IL, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Children 
     1. Tessie Berends Renkema,   b. 1905   d. 1994, Holland, MI, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 89 years)
     2. John Renkema,   b. 1907, Chicago, IL, USA Find all individuals with events at this location
     3. Peter Renkema,   b. Abt 1910, TX, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1952, Hamshire, TX, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 42 years)
    Family ID F32305  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 2 Apr 2020 

    Family 2 Anna Sprietsma,   b. Abt 1895   d. 1982, IL, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 87 years) 
    Marriage 1938  Chicago, IL, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Family ID F32306  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 2 Apr 2020 

  • Notes 
    • clerk of consistory, to 1946

  • Sources 
    1. [S170] Origins, Vol. XXXII, No. 1, 2014, p. 25.

    2. [S170] Origins, Vol. XXXII, No. 1, 2014, p. 26.


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