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Gerrit Eenigenburg

Male 1814 - 1893  (78 years)


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  • Name Gerrit Eenigenburg 
    Birth 30 Nov 1814  Krabbedam, NH, NLD Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • or Alkmaar?
    Gender Male 
    Immigration 08 Jun 1849  New York, NY, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    • on the ship "Mass. of Boston"
    Moved to 04 Jul 1849  Hooge Prairie, Chicago, IL, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Occupation 1880  Thornton, IL, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    capitalist 
    Reference Number 1739 
    Religion Reformed, Christian Reformed 
    Death 10 Oct 1893  Munster ?, IN, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I1739  Haasdijk family tree
    Last Modified 24 Apr 2006 

    Father Joris Hark Eenigenburg,   b. 25 Jan 1778, Eenigenburg, NH, NLD Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Mother Trijntje Genvist Bowman,   b. 1779, NLD Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F1127  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Jannetje Ton,   b. 08 Dec 1818   d. 08 Dec 1883, Munster ?, IN, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 65 years) 
    Marriage 29 Dec 1842  Schoorl, NH, NLD Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
     1. Trijntje Eenigenburg,   b. 31 Oct 1843, Krabbedam, NH, NLD Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 16 May 1885, Chicago area, IL, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 41 years)
     2. Jan Eenigenburg,   b. 14 May 1845, Schoorl, NH, NLD Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1849 (Age 3 years)
     3. Joris Eenigenburg,   b. 1846   d. 1849 (Age 3 years)
     4. Pietertje Eenigenburg,   b. 1847   d. 1849 (Age 2 years)
     5. John Eenigenburg,   b. 1850, Chicago, IL, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 14 Dec 1920 (Age 70 years)
     6. Mary Eenigenburg,   b. 16 Sep 1852, Roseland, IL, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 01 Dec 1904 (Age 52 years)
     7. George Eenigenburg,   b. 1853, Cook, IL, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1936 (Age 83 years)
     8. Sarah Eenigenburg,   b. 26 Feb 1857, Lansing, IL, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 18 May 1933 (Age 76 years)
     9. Hark Eenigenburg,   b. 29 Dec 1859, Lansing, IL, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 17 Jan 1943 (Age 83 years)
    Family ID F1126  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 2 Apr 2020 

  • Notes 
    • Gerrit's siblings and ancestry from "The Family Eenigenburg" by Bruce and Michelle Enigenburg, 1801 Amalfi Dr., Leucadia CA 92024, Ph. 760.634.0851, email. shelly@inreach.com [3]
    • Assumption: ancestors all born in Eenigenburg NH
    • Ross Ettema: another child Fritz b. 1884, d. 1849 at sea [4]

  • Sources 
    1. [S111] Ross Ettema, Ettema, Ross, (Park Press, South Holland IL, 1984), p53.

    2. [S110] Robert Swierenga, Dutch Chicago, (Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Company, Grand Rapids MI, 2002), Dutch in Chicago 1880 Census, p.117.

    3. [S103] Calvin College Archives, Family Histories Section.

    4. [S111] Ross Ettema, Ettema, Ross, (Park Press, South Holland IL, 1984), p.53.


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