Sipke Roelofs Hoekstra

1864 - 1915  (50 years)

• Name	Sipke Roelofs Hoekstra
  Birth	17 Nov 1864	Niawier, Oostdongeradeel, FR, NLD
  	27y in 1892
  Gender	Male
  Occupation	1892  [1]
  	arbeider in peat
  Immigration	Jan 1893	Roseland, IL, USA   [1]
  	on the SS Obdam
  Occupation	Abt 1897	Groninger Hoek, Chicago, IL, USA   [1]
  	bought a kerosene delivery route on the near west side
  Moved to	1912	1857 West 13th Street, Chicago, IL, USA   [1]
  Reference Number	65819
  Death	31 Oct 1915	Chicago, IL, USA   [1]
  	murdered "by the Mob"
  Person ID	I65819	Haasdijk family tree
  Last Modified	15 Apr 2013

  
  

  Father	Roelof Sikkes Hoekstra,   b. Abt 1839, Rinsumageest, Dantumadeel, FR, NLD
  Mother	Jantje Sipkes Houtman,   b. Abt 1840, Sebaldaburen, GR, NLD
  Marriage	20 Jun 1864	Oostdongeradeel, FR, NLD
  Family ID	F29325	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Bartha Louwes Dijk,   b. 30 Jul 1870, Marum, GR, NLD
  Marriage	24 Mar 1892  [1]
  Children	1. Jennie Sipkes Hoekstra,   b. Abt 1893, Chicago, IL, USA d. Abt 1918 (Age ~ 25 years)   2. Catharine Sipkes Hoekstra,   b. Abt 1897, Chicago, IL, USA   3. Rudolph Sipkes Hoekstra,   b. Abt 1900   d. Aug 1912, Chicago, IL, USA (Age ~ 12 years)   4. Samuel Sipkes Hoekstra   5. Louis Sipkes Hoekstra   6. John Sipkes Hoekstra   7. Raymond Sipkes Hoekstra   d. 1917, Chicago, IL, USA   8. Albert Sipkes Hoekstra
  Family ID	F29327	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	2 Apr 2020

  
  

• Photos

  Sipke Hoekstra family 1908

  
  

• Notes

  to raise cattle, which failed in1912 largely due to cattle fever ticks which decimated his herds

  
  

• Sources

  [S170] Origins, Vol. xxx No.2 2012, pp. 22-27; "You Know What You Got Now", The Texas Experiences of My Huyser and Hoekstra Grandparents, by Ralph A. Hoekstra.