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Pieter Fokkes Zigter

Male Abt 1842 - 1916  (~ 74 years)


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  • Name Pieter Fokkes Zigter 
    Birth Abt 1842  Ezinge, GR, NLD Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • 24y in 1866
    Gender Male 
    Occupation 1866 
    landbouwer, also in 1868 
    Occupation 1867 
    gardenier 
    Occupation 1871 
    trekschipper, also in 1873 
    Immigration Jul 1881  Roseland, IL, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    • left Netherlands 31 May 1881 on S.S. Rotterdam
    Moved to Dec 1881  Missaukee, MI, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Reference Number 85754 
    Death 1916  Missaukee, MI, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    • in the summer of a stroke
    Burial 1916  Missaukee, MI, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    • Prosper Cemetery
    Person ID I85754  Haasdijk family tree
    Last Modified 16 Jun 2016 

    Father Fokke Pieters Zigter,   b. Abt 1801 
    Mother Grietje Fokkes Dijkstra,   b. Abt 1817, Leek, GR, NLD Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Marriage 26 Mar 1840  Ezinge, GR, NLD Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F32302  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Grietje Ennes de Wind,   b. Abt 1836, Marum, GR, NLD Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 04 Apr 1877, Oldekerk, Oldekerk, GR, NLD Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 41 years) 
    Marriage 19 May 1866  Oldekerk, GR, NLD Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
     1. Anke Pieters Zigter,   b. 09 Feb 1867, Oldekerk, Oldekerk, GR, NLD Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 05 Jun 1962, Missaukee, MI, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 95 years)
     2. Grietje Pieters Zigter,   b. 10 Feb 1868, Oldekerk, Oldekerk, GR, NLD Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 18 Jan 1869, Oldekerk, Oldekerk, GR, NLD Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 0 years)
     3. Fokke Pieters Zigter,   b. 15 Dec 1871, Zuidhorn, Zuidhorn, GR, NLD Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 27 Dec 1872, Zuidhorn, Zuidhorn, GR, NLD Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 1 year)
     4. Fokke Pieters Zigter,   b. 26 Oct 1873, Zuidhorn, Zuidhorn, GR, NLD Find all individuals with events at this location
    Family ID F37463  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 2 Apr 2020 

    Family 2 Teske Jelkes Hoogstra,   b. 12 Aug 1851, Niekerk, Oldekerk, GR, NLD Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 24 Jun 1937, Missaukee, MI, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 85 years) 
    Marriage 14 Mar 1878  Oldekerk, GR, NLD Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
     1. Grietje Pieters Zigter,   b. 21 Nov 1878, Sebaldeburen, Grootegast, GR, NLD Find all individuals with events at this location
     2. Anna Pieters Zigter,   b. 09 Jan 1880, Sebaldeburen, Grootegast, GR, NLD Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Abt Nov 1881, Roseland, Cook, IL, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 1 year)
     3. Sena Pieters Zigter,   b. 1884, Missaukee, MI, USA Find all individuals with events at this location
     4. Lena Pieters Zigter,   b. 1886   d. 1931 (Age 45 years)
     5. Jennie Zigter,   b. 1890, Missaukee, MI, USA Find all individuals with events at this location
    Family ID F37464  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 2 Apr 2020 

  • Sources 
    1. [S170] Origins, Vol. XXXIV, no. 1, 2016; "A Dutch Midwife in Missaukee County, Michigan" by Janet Sjaarda Sheeres, pp. 4-13.


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