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Dirk Feikes Boonstra

Male 1876 - 1950  (74 years)


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Generation: 1

  1. 1.  Dirk Feikes Boonstra was born on 14 Jun 1876 in Holland, MI, USA (son of Feike Dirks Boonstra and Neeltje de Feijter); died on 03 Nov 1950 in Zeeland, MI, USA; was buried about 08 Nov 1950 in Pilgrim Home Cemetery, Holland, Ottawa, MI, USA.

    Dirk married Kathryn Rooks on 18 Jun 1902 in Holland, MI, USA. Kathryn (daughter of Gerrit H. Rooks and Minnie A. Naber) was born on 27 Nov 1876 in Holland, MI, USA; died on 21 May 1947 in Zeeland, MI, USA; was buried about 26 May 1947 in Pilgrim Home Cemetery, Holland, Ottawa, MI, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. Nellie Kathryn Boonstra was born on 23 Sep 1903 in Zeeland, MI, USA; died on 19 Apr 1996 in Grand Blanc, Genesee, MI, USA.
    2. Dina Ruth Boonstra was born on 25 Apr 1908 in Holland, MI, USA.

Generation: 2

  1. 2.  Feike Dirks Boonstra was born on 16 Mar 1850 in Ferwerd, Ferwerderadeel, FR, NLD (son of Dirk Feikes Boonstra and Maaike Rintjes Hijma); died on 18 Nov 1923 in Zeeland, MI, USA; was buried about 22 Nov 1923 in Zeeland Cemetery, Zeeland, MI, USA.

    Feike married Neeltje de Feijter on 29 Mar 1875 in Holland, MI, USA. Neeltje (daughter of de Feijter) was born on 29 Mar 1857 in Holland, MI, USA; died about 1885 in Zeeland, MI, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 3.  Neeltje de Feijter was born on 29 Mar 1857 in Holland, MI, USA (daughter of de Feijter); died about 1885 in Zeeland, MI, USA.
    Children:
    1. 1. Dirk Feikes Boonstra was born on 14 Jun 1876 in Holland, MI, USA; died on 03 Nov 1950 in Zeeland, MI, USA; was buried about 08 Nov 1950 in Pilgrim Home Cemetery, Holland, Ottawa, MI, USA.
    2. Maatje Boonstra was born on 04 Jul 1879 in Holland, MI, USA; died in Apr 1970 in De Land Volusia, FL, USA.
    3. Jacob Feikes Boonstra was born on 06 Nov 1881 in Zeeland, MI, USA; died on 17 Oct 1893 in Zeeland, MI, USA.


Generation: 3

  1. 4.  Dirk Feikes Boonstra was born on 01 Jan 1827 in Wester Nijkerk, Ferwerderadeel, FR, NLD (son of Feike Sakes Boonstra and Maaike Pieters de Lange); died on 16 Nov 1915 in Zeeland, MI, USA.

    Dirk married Maaike Rintjes Hijma on 12 May 1849 in Ferwerderadeel, FR, NLD. Maaike (daughter of Rintje Abes Hijma and Akke Jans van der Kooi) was born on 03 Dec 1824 in Marrum, Ferwerderadeel, FR, NLD; died on 05 Dec 1897 in Zeeland, MI, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 5.  Maaike Rintjes Hijma was born on 03 Dec 1824 in Marrum, Ferwerderadeel, FR, NLD (daughter of Rintje Abes Hijma and Akke Jans van der Kooi); died on 05 Dec 1897 in Zeeland, MI, USA.
    Children:
    1. 2. Feike Dirks Boonstra was born on 16 Mar 1850 in Ferwerd, Ferwerderadeel, FR, NLD; died on 18 Nov 1923 in Zeeland, MI, USA; was buried about 22 Nov 1923 in Zeeland Cemetery, Zeeland, MI, USA.
    2. Akke Dirks Boonstra was born on 28 Mar 1852 in Ferwerd, Ferwerderadeel, FR, NLD; died on 19 Jun 1910 in Rock Valley, IA, USA.
    3. Maaike Dirks Boonstra was born on 28 Sep 1854 in Ferwerd, Ferwerderadeel, FR, NLD; died on 09 Apr 1938 in Detroit, MI, USA.
    4. Rentje Dirks Boonstra was born on 04 Jun 1856 in Ferwerd, Ferwerderadeel, FR, NLD; died on 27 Sep 1935 in Zeeland, MI, USA.
    5. Elizabeth Dirks Boonstra was born on 11 Aug 1859 in Holland, MI, USA; died on 08 Dec 1867 in Holland, MI, USA.
    6. Sake Dirks Boonstra was born on 03 Feb 1862 in Holland, MI, USA; died on 25 Sep 1953 in Zeeland, MI, USA.
    7. Abe Dirks Boonstra was born on 11 Sep 1866 in Holland, MI, USA; died before 1870 in Holland, MI, USA.
    8. Eike Dirks Boonstra was born on 11 Apr 1867 in Holland, MI, USA; died on 04 Mar 1936 in Zeeland, MI, USA.

  3. 6.  de Feijter
    Children:
    1. 3. Neeltje de Feijter was born on 29 Mar 1857 in Holland, MI, USA; died about 1885 in Zeeland, MI, USA.
    2. Jacob de Feijter was born between 1859 and 1860.


Generation: 4

  1. 8.  Feike Sakes Boonstra was born on 16 Dec 1793 in Ferwerd, Ferwerderadeel, FR, NLD (son of Saake Kornelis Boonstra and Baukje Alles Boonstra); died on 10 Nov 1848 in Nijkerk, Ferwerderadeel, FR, NLD.

    Feike married Maaike Pieters de Lange on 13 Aug 1815 in Marrum (Ferwerd), Ferwerderadeel, FR, NLD. Maaike (daughter of Pieter Willems and IJke Teunis) was born on 15 Jul 1791 in Marrum, Ferwerderadeel, FR, NLD; died on 04 Sep 1858 in Marrum, Ferwerderadeel, FR, NLD. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 9.  Maaike Pieters de Lange was born on 15 Jul 1791 in Marrum, Ferwerderadeel, FR, NLD (daughter of Pieter Willems and IJke Teunis); died on 04 Sep 1858 in Marrum, Ferwerderadeel, FR, NLD.
    Children:
    1. IJke Feikes Boonstra was born on 10 Dec 1817 in Nijkerk, Ferwerderadeel, FR, NLD.
    2. Sake Feikes Boonstra was born on 07 Aug 1820 in Ferwerd, Ferwerderadeel, FR, NLD; died on 29 Apr 1840.
    3. Pieter Feikes Boonstra was born on 06 Dec 1822 in Ferwerd, Ferwerderadeel, FR, NLD; died on 18 Jun 1828 in Nijkerk, Ferwerderadeel, FR, NLD.
    4. Dirk Feikes Boonstra was born on 12 Sep 1825 in Nijkerk, Ferwerderadeel, FR, NLD; died on 15 Oct 1825 in Nijkerk, Ferwerderadeel, FR, NLD.
    5. 4. Dirk Feikes Boonstra was born on 01 Jan 1827 in Wester Nijkerk, Ferwerderadeel, FR, NLD; died on 16 Nov 1915 in Zeeland, MI, USA.
    6. Pieter Feikes Boonstra was born on 14 Dec 1832 in Nijkerk, Ferwerderadeel, FR, NLD.

  3. 10.  Rintje Abes Hijma was born on 10 Jan 1787 in Wester Nijkerk, Ferwerderadeel, FR, NLD (son of Abe Hans Hijma and Rinske Jans); died on 22 Feb 1854 in Marrum, Ferwerderadeel, FR, NLD.

    Rintje married Akke Jans van der Kooi on 16 May 1813 in Marrum, Ferwerderadeel, FR, NLD. Akke (daughter of Jan Hendriks van der Kooi and Lijsbet Jacobs) was born on 14 Sep 1787 in Hallum, Ferwerderadeel, FR, NLD; died on 22 Dec 1859 in Marrum, Ferwerderadeel, FR, NLD. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  4. 11.  Akke Jans van der Kooi was born on 14 Sep 1787 in Hallum, Ferwerderadeel, FR, NLD (daughter of Jan Hendriks van der Kooi and Lijsbet Jacobs); died on 22 Dec 1859 in Marrum, Ferwerderadeel, FR, NLD.
    Children:
    1. Rinske Rintjes Hijma was born about 1819 in Marrum, Ferwerderadeel, FR, NLD.
    2. 5. Maaike Rintjes Hijma was born on 03 Dec 1824 in Marrum, Ferwerderadeel, FR, NLD; died on 05 Dec 1897 in Zeeland, MI, USA.


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