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Jan Jakles Elsma

Male Abt 1820 -


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  • Name Jan Jakles Elsma 
    Birth Abt 1820  Vrouwenparochie, Het Bildt, FR, NLD Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • 25y in 1845
    Gender Male 
    Moved to 07 Apr 1847  Vriesland, MI, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    • left from Hallum and boarded in Rotterdam on the "Vesta" with Dr. Marten IJpma and a group of immigrants, arrived in Michigan on 25 Jun
    Reference Number 99451 
    Person ID I99451  Haasdijk family tree
    Last Modified 2 Jun 2018 

    Father Jakle Sijtzes Elsma,   b. Abt 1774, Vrouwenparochie, Het Bildt, FR, NLD Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 16 Nov 1827, no. 88, Vrouwenparochie, Het Bildt, FR, NLD Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 53 years) 
    Mother Sijke Jans Wijngaarden,   b. Abt 1783, St. Annaparochie, Het Bildt, FR, NLD Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 07 Jan 1823, in een schip liggende te, St. Annaparochie, Het Bildt, FR, NLD Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 40 years) 
    Family ID F42693  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Aaltje Pieters Schaaf,   b. 20 Mar 1818, Oudebildtzijl, Het Bildt, FR, NLD Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Marriage 29 May 1845  Het Bildt, FR, NLD Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F42689  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 2 Apr 2020 

  • Sources 
    1. [S170] Origins, Vol. XXXVI No. 1 2018 pp. 22-28: "Maartje's Story: from Dutch Polderland to American Heartland" by Kenneth A. Schaap.


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