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Sipke Roelofs Hoekstra

Male 1864 - 1915  (50 years)


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Generation: 1

  1. 1.  Sipke Roelofs Hoekstra was born on 17 Nov 1864 in Niawier, Oostdongeradeel, FR, NLD; died on 31 Oct 1915 in Chicago, IL, USA.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Reference Number: 65819
    • Occupation: 1892; arbeider in peat
    • Immigration: Jan 1893, Roseland, IL, USA
    • Occupation: Abt 1897, Groninger Hoek, Chicago, IL, USA; bought a kerosene delivery route on the near west side
    • Moved to: 1912, 1857 West 13th Street, Chicago, IL, USA

    Notes:

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

    Birth:
    27y in 1892

    Immigration:
    on the SS Obdam

    Died:
    murdered "by the Mob"

    Sipke married Bartha Louwes Dijk on 24 Mar 1892. Bartha (daughter of Louwe Dijk and Anna Catharina Burgstra) was born on 30 Jul 1870 in Marum, GR, NLD. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 2. Jennie Sipkes Hoekstra  Descendancy chart to this point was born about 1893 in Chicago, IL, USA; died about 1918.
    2. 3. Catharine Sipkes Hoekstra  Descendancy chart to this point was born about 1897 in Chicago, IL, USA.
    3. 4. Rudolph Sipkes Hoekstra  Descendancy chart to this point was born about 1900; died in Aug 1912 in Chicago, IL, USA; was buried on 02 Sep 1912 in Forest Home Cemetery, Chicago, IL, USA.
    4. 5. Samuel Sipkes Hoekstra  Descendancy chart to this point
    5. 6. Louis Sipkes Hoekstra  Descendancy chart to this point
    6. 7. John Sipkes Hoekstra  Descendancy chart to this point
    7. 8. Raymond Sipkes Hoekstra  Descendancy chart to this point died in 1917 in Chicago, IL, USA.
    8. 9. Albert Sipkes Hoekstra  Descendancy chart to this point


Generation: 2

  1. 2.  Jennie Sipkes Hoekstra Descendancy chart to this point (1.Sipke1) was born about 1893 in Chicago, IL, USA; died about 1918.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Reference Number: 65830

    Notes:

    Birth:
    18y in 1911


  2. 3.  Catharine Sipkes Hoekstra Descendancy chart to this point (1.Sipke1) was born about 1897 in Chicago, IL, USA.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Name: Tornga
    • Reference Number: 65831

    Notes:

    Birth:
    14y in 1911

    Family/Spouse: Peter Tornga. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  3. 4.  Rudolph Sipkes Hoekstra Descendancy chart to this point (1.Sipke1) was born about 1900; died in Aug 1912 in Chicago, IL, USA; was buried on 02 Sep 1912 in Forest Home Cemetery, Chicago, IL, USA.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Name: Ralph Sipkes Hoekstra
    • Reference Number: 65837

    Notes:

    Birth:
    12y in 1912


  4. 5.  Samuel Sipkes Hoekstra Descendancy chart to this point (1.Sipke1)

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Reference Number: 65833

    Family/Spouse: Johanna Huijser. Johanna (daughter of Pieter Huijser and Henderika Raman) was born about 1907. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  5. 6.  Louis Sipkes Hoekstra Descendancy chart to this point (1.Sipke1)

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Reference Number: 65835

    Family/Spouse: Jantien Huijser. Jantien (daughter of Pieter Huijser and Henderika Raman) was born about 1897. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  6. 7.  John Sipkes Hoekstra Descendancy chart to this point (1.Sipke1)

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Reference Number: 65838

    Family/Spouse: Emma Krueger. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  7. 8.  Raymond Sipkes Hoekstra Descendancy chart to this point (1.Sipke1) died in 1917 in Chicago, IL, USA.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Reference Number: 65840

    Notes:

    Died:
    fell from the runningboard of a truck


  8. 9.  Albert Sipkes Hoekstra Descendancy chart to this point (1.Sipke1)

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Reference Number: 65841

    Family/Spouse: Lena Slinkman. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]



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