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D. Boonstra



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Generation: 1

  1. 1.  D. Boonstra

    Family/Spouse: Ray. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. D.M. Ray

Generation: 2

  1. 2.  Frank Boonstra was born on 28 Mar 1903 in Zeeland, MI, USA (son of Sake Dirks Boonstra and Adriana Jennie de Graaf); died on 10 Oct 1967 in Flint, MI, USA.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Reference Number: 4624
    • Reference Number: BCbD EFG

    Notes:

    Check chronology of dates for marriages and births.

    from Fam.36, p.124a VIId-6

    Frank married Delores. Delores was born about 1910. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 3.  Delores was born about 1910.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Name: Boonstra
    • Reference Number: 4626

    Children:
    1. 1. D. Boonstra


Generation: 3

  1. 4.  Sake Dirks Boonstra was born on 03 Feb 1862 in Holland, MI, USA (son of Dirk Feikes Boonstra and Maaike Rintjes Hijma); died on 25 Sep 1953 in Zeeland, MI, USA.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Reference Number: 4509
    • Reference Number: BCbD EF
    • Occupation: 1880, Zeeland, MI, USA; grocery clerk
    • Occupation: 1880, Zeeland, Ottawa, MI, USA; grocery clerk living with brother Feike and his family
    • Living: 1937, RR#2, Zeeland, MI, USA

    Notes:

    Fam.36, p.124a

    See Book: "2e Amerika Reis" by Sjouke de Zee.

    Living:
    members of First Reformed Church, Zeeland

    Sake married Adriana Jennie de Graaf on 04 Jun 1889 in Zeeland, MI, USA. Adriana (daughter of Ide de Graaf and Grietje de Beer) was born on 02 Oct 1869 in Holland, MI, USA; died on 09 Apr 1938 in Zeeland, MI, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 5.  Adriana Jennie de Graaf was born on 02 Oct 1869 in Holland, MI, USA (daughter of Ide de Graaf and Grietje de Beer); died on 09 Apr 1938 in Zeeland, MI, USA.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Name: Boonstra
    • Reference Number: 4613

    Children:
    1. Robert Boonstra was born on 28 Mar 1890 in Zeeland, MI, USA; died on 28 Mar 1890 in Zeeland, MI, USA.
    2. John Emerson Boonstra was born on 14 Apr 1911 in Zeeland, MI, USA; died on 23 Dec 1977 in San Diego, CA, USA.
    3. Allen Boonstra was born on 23 Sep 1912 in Zeeland, MI, USA; died on 23 Sep 1912 in Zeeland, MI, USA.
    4. Abel Boonstra was born on 16 May 1914 in Zeeland, MI, USA; died on 16 May 1914 in Zeeland, MI, USA.
    5. E.R. Boonstra
    6. Richard Dirk Boonstra was born on 25 Jun 1891 in Zeeland, MI, USA; died on 04 Dec 1968 in Phoenix, AZ, USA.
    7. Grietje Boonstra was born on 17 Sep 1893 in Zeeland, MI, USA; died on 14 Sep 1975 in Zeeland, MI, USA.
    8. Maaike Boonstra was born on 17 Dec 1895 in Zeeland, MI, USA; died on 14 Jan 1962 in Zeeland, MI, USA.
    9. Anna Elizabeth Boonstra was born on 22 Apr 1898 in Zeeland, MI, USA; died on 12 Apr 1959 in Zeeland, MI, USA.
    10. Ide Boonstra was born on 02 Jan 1900 in Zeeland, MI, USA; died on 21 Dec 1978 in Carson City, MI, USA; was buried on 23 Dec 1978 in Carson City Cemetery, Carson City, MI, USA.
    11. 2. Frank Boonstra was born on 28 Mar 1903 in Zeeland, MI, USA; died on 10 Oct 1967 in Flint, MI, USA.
    12. Christina Boonstra was born on 15 Jan 1905 in Zeeland, MI, USA; died on 29 Sep 1909 in Zeeland, MI, USA.
    13. Anne Boonstra was born on 08 Jun 1907 in Zeeland, MI, USA; died on 17 Sep 1973 in W. Lafayette, IN, USA.


Generation: 4

  1. 8.  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.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Reference Number: 2680
    • Reference Number: BCbDE
    • Emigration: 15 Jun 1857, Holland, MI, USA
    • Occupation: 1880, Holland, Ottawa, MI, USA; farmer

    Notes:

    Fam.36, p.124

    Much of this family to present from John U. Tuttle !!

    Emigration:
    Emigrated with ds. van Raalte??
    Came on ship Benjamin Aymen from Antwerp

    Died:
    Died 6 Nov 1915?

    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. 9.  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.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Name: Boonstra
    • Name: Maggie
    • Reference Number: 4502

    Notes:

    From "Bron van Boonstra" p.123

    Children:
    1. 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. 4. 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. 10.  Ide de Graaf was born on 15 Jan 1831 in Egmond-Binnen, NH, NLD (son of John de Graaf and Alice Kofman); died on 07 Jan 1895 in Zeeland, MI, USA.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Name: Eddie de Graaf
    • Reference Number: 4636

    Notes:

    More children?

    Ide married Grietje de Beer on 09 Aug 1860 in Den Helder, NH, NLD. Grietje (daughter of Daniel de Beer and Zwaantje van der Laan) was born on 16 May 1833 in Den Helder, NH, NLD; died on 12 Jun 1893 in Zeeland, MI, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  4. 11.  Grietje de Beer was born on 16 May 1833 in Den Helder, NH, NLD (daughter of Daniel de Beer and Zwaantje van der Laan); died on 12 Jun 1893 in Zeeland, MI, USA.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Name: de Graaf
    • Name: Gertie
    • Name: Gertrude
    • Reference Number: 4638

    Notes:

    More children?

    Children:
    1. Alice de Graaf was born about 1861 in NLD.
    2. Adriaan de Graaf was born about 1863 in NLD.
    3. John de Graaf was born about 1865 in NLD.
    4. Dina de Graaf was born about 1868.
    5. 5. Adriana Jennie de Graaf was born on 02 Oct 1869 in Holland, MI, USA; died on 09 Apr 1938 in Zeeland, MI, USA.
    6. Daniel de Graaf died before 1893.
    7. Ida de Graaf


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