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Rommert Annes Weerstra

Male 1859 - 1920  (60 years)


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    Weerstra Family Picnic 1910    		Weerstra Family Picnic 1910
    from Donald Sinnema: The First Dutch Settlement in Alberta, p. 304

  • Name Rommert Annes Weerstra 
    Birth 15 Feb 1859  Makkum, Wonseradeel, FR, NLD Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Immigration 25 Nov 1905  Granum, AB, CAN Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    • from St. Jacobiparochie
    Moved to 25 Sep 1907  Granum, AB, CAN Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    • moved into house on homestead
    Reference Number 38540 
    Death 01 Feb 1920  Leeuwarden, FR, NLD Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • 60y, weduwnaar
    Person ID I38540  Haasdijk family tree
    Last Modified 3 Sep 2010 

    Father Anne Rommerts Weerstra,   b. 24 Feb 1835, Wonseradeel, FR, NLD Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 27 Mar 1882, Wonseradeel, FR, NLD Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 47 years) 
    Mother Japkje Douwes Bakker 
    Marriage 15 May 1858  Wonseradeel, FR, NLD Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F17784  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Jantje Hillebrands Postma,   b. Abt 1857, Witmarsum, Wonseradeel, FR, NLD Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Marriage 18 Nov 1882  Wonseradeel, FR, NLD Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
     1. Anne Rommerts Weerstra,   b. 24 Sep 1883, Wonseradeel, FR, NLD Find all individuals with events at this location
     2. Japkje Rommerts Weerstra,   b. 29 Jan 1886, Wonseradeel, FR, NLD Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1954 (Age 67 years)
     3. Rinske Rommerts Weerstra,   b. 26 Apr 1887, Wonseradeel, FR, NLD Find all individuals with events at this location
     4. Hilbrandtje Rommerts Weerstra,   b. 19 Jul 1888, Wonseradeel, FR, NLD Find all individuals with events at this location
     5. Jeltje Tjitske Weerstra,   b. 13 Feb 1890, Het Bildt, FR, NLD Find all individuals with events at this location
     6. Rinze Hillebrand Weerstra,   b. 20 Oct 1891, Kollumerzwaag, Kollumerland, FR, NLD Find all individuals with events at this location
     7. Janna Rommerts Weerstra,   b. 29 Oct 1895, Het Bildt, FR, NLD Find all individuals with events at this location
     8. Jan Douwe Weerstra,   b. 29 Nov 1901, Het Bildt, FR, NLD Find all individuals with events at this location
    Family ID F17785  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 2 Apr 2020 

  • Notes 
    • Homestead: SE20-8-25, abandoned 11 Jun 1906
    • Homestead: SW34-9-24, house built Jan 1907
    • "married, has a wife and six children, a half socialist, will have nothing to do with the church and worship, doesn't associate with many people, also because he lives in a somewhat out-of-the-way place, otherwise is well educated nad a sociable talker", correspondence from Geert Venhuizen to Holland

  • Sources 
    1. [S192] Donald Sinnema, Sinnema - First Dutch Settlement in Alberta, (University of Calgary Press, 2500 University Drive NW, Calgary AB T2N 1N4, 2005), pp. 170,185,188,189,369.

    2. [S192] Donald Sinnema, Sinnema - First Dutch Settlement in Alberta, (University of Calgary Press, 2500 University Drive NW, Calgary AB T2N 1N4, 2005), pp. 378,379.


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