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Wiltje Bernardus Eerdmans

Male 1882 - 1966  (83 years)


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  • Name Wiltje Bernardus Eerdmans 
    Birth 04 Nov 1882  Bolsward, FR, NLD Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • 28y in 1911
    Gender Male 
    Immigration 11 Jul 1903  Grand Rapids, MI, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2
    • via New York and Paterson NJ and brother in law A.B. van der Laan
    Name William B. Eerdmans Sr. 
    Reference Number 97641 
    Death 12 Apr 1966  Grand Rapids, MI, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Person ID I97641  Haasdijk family tree
    Last Modified 15 Jan 2018 

    Father Bernardus Dirks Eerdmans,   b. Abt 1845, Bolsward, FR, NLD Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 27 Feb 1901, Bolsward, FR, NLD Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 56 years) 
    Mother Dirkje Johannes Pars,   b. Abt 1849, St. Annaparochie, Het Bildt, FR, NLD Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Marriage 03 Dec 1868  Het Bildt, FR, NLD Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F41973  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Paula Install,   b. 1890, DEU Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1988 (Age 98 years) 
    Marriage 31 Aug 1911  New York, Richmond, NY, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Children 
     1. I. Eerdmans
     2. Eleanor Eerdmans,   b. 1921, Grand Rapids, MI, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1930, Grand Rapids, MI, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 9 years)
     3. W.B. Eerdmans
    Family ID F41974  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 2 Apr 2020 

  • Photos
    William B. Eerdmans
    William B. Eerdmans
    Origins Vol. XXXV, no. 2, 2017, pp. 4-13: Of Making Many Books... by Janet Sjaarda Sheeres

  • Notes 
    • partnered with Brant Sevensma in book publishing
    • dissolved partnership with Brant Sevensma and carried on as the Billeam B. Eerdmans Publishing Company

  • Sources 
    1. [S170] Origins, Vol. XXXV, no. 2, 2017, pp. 4-13: Of Making Many Books... by Janet Sjaarda Sheeres.

    2. [S52] Ellis Island Ship Manifests.


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