Individual Notes
Note for: Eelkje (Eke) Froukje Yntema, 13 JUL 1952 - 18 AUG 1983 Index
Occupation:
Place: Lerares geografie
Individual Note: Omgekomen bij een tragisch verkeersongeval tijdens een busreis in India.
Individual Notes
Note for: Bouwe Koerts Zijlstra, 1 MAR 1879 - 1968 Index
Occupation:
Place: Beurtschipper (Tjeukemeer) in lijnmeel,mais en lijnkoeken
Individual Notes
Note for: Simon Gerrit Alberda, 16 JAN 1933 - Index
Occupation:
Place: Gemeente ambtenaar te sneek
Individual Notes
Note for: Watze Tjebbes Hepkema, 13 FEB 1850 - 22 JAN 1917 Index
Occupation:
Place: Bakker / boer
Individual Notes
Note for: Watze Tjebbe Beetstra, 24 NOV 1916 - Index
Occupation:
Place: apotheker te workum
Individual Notes
Note for: Assuereus Femmes de Ringh, - Index
Occupation:
Place: Wijnhandelaar te Leeuwarden
Individual Notes
Note for: Thomas Assuerus de Ringh, - Index
Occupation:
Place: Waarschijnlijk goudsmid te Leeuwarden en later predikant te Suawoude en Tietjerk
Individual Notes
Note for: Froukjen Hisses Hissema, 21 MAR 1759 - 1802 Index
Individual Note: In de overlijdens akte wordt ze Froukje Hisses genoemd,dus zonder achternaam.
Individual Notes
Note for: Keimpe Meinties Bosma, 1765 - 12 MAR 1817 Index
Individual Note: Datumfoutje Volgens doopregister in 1765 geboren
Overlijdensakte Gaasterland, 1817
Aangiftedatum 13 maart 1817, blad nr. 6
Keimpe Mijnties Bosma, man, overleden 12 maart 1817, oud 57
jaar
Individual Notes
Note for: Met (tje) Meintes (Stijnties) Bosma, 7 MAY 1766 - 15 JUL 1825 Index
Individual Note: Ongehuwd
Bij naamaanname noemt ze zichelf Lycklama in de overlijdensakte Bosma
Individual Notes
Note for: Antje Bosma, 22 MAR 1824 - 1 DEC 1868 Index
Occupation:
Place: Winkelierse
Individual Notes
Note for: Cent Gravius, - Index
Individual Note: Cent Gravius kan daarom ook worden beschouwd als een stamvader van alle Van Asperens. De naam Gravius is bijna zeker een Latijnse vorm van Grou. De naam werd al genoemd rond 1500, Idzardus Gravius was toen pastoor in Grou. Het schijnt dat hij kinderen had.
Individual Notes
Note for: Ruurd (Reuben) Johannes Smid, 12 AUG 1813 - 26 APR 1893 Index
Occupation:
Place: was a pastor of a small Mennonite church at Woudsend, Friesland, and who also pastored the Dutch settlement in Indiana until his death.
Occupation:
Place: farmer at Rijs
Individual Note: Bekend voorganger van de Fijne mennisten te Balk (Gekozen op 15 aug 1847).
Is in 1853 geemigeerd naar Indiana samen met 60 andere Mennisten van Balk o.a. i.v.m. invoering van de dienstplicht.
emigrated to New Paris, Indiana, in the 1850s where they lived until their deaths in 1892 and 1911, respectively. Both are buried in the Whitehead Cemetery, New Paris.
Herald of Truth , Vol. XXX, No. 11, June 1, 1893 - Page 181, 182, 183
ANOTHER LABORER IN THE LORD'S VINEYARD GONE TO HIS REWARD
R.J. Smith of Jackson Township, Elkhart County, Indiana, departed this life on Wednesday, April 26th, 1893. He was born in Balk, Gaasterland, in Friesland, Holland, on the 12th of August, 1813, and was consequently 79 years, 8 months and 14 days of age. His early days were spent in attending school and manual labor as was, and is still the custom of the country. On the 22d of January, 1842 he united with the Mennonite church in the town where he was born. On the 13th of May, 1840, he was joined in marriage to Margaret J. Symensma. The fruits of this union were seven children, one of whom died in Holland when about two years old. John died at the aged of 19 about 26 years ago, and Jacob, shortly after his marriage with Hanna Christophel, died 8 years ago at the age of 26. Bro. Smith's aged widow and four children survive.
He was ordained to the ministry in 1847 and advanced to the office of bishop in 1849. He left Holland on the 9th of April 1853 in company with his fellow-laborer and minister R.J. Symensma, (who died some years ago) and others, 17 souls in all, and settled in Jackson and Union Townships, where they formed a little colony of Holland Mennonites which was increased by others coming over in subsequent years. Bro. Smith was a man of more than ordinary mental attainments. He was well read in biblical literature, history, both sacred and profane, and especially well versed in Mennonite history and Mennonite literature generally. Having been born in the same province and country as Menno Simons, the faithful preacher, promoter and defender of the doctrines of non-resistant faith, and feeling a deep and earnest interest in these doctrines and in the church, Bro. Smith devoted himself to the study and practice of these same doctrines. He was a man of mild and loving qualities. His whole purpose was ever bent upon preserving peace, harmony and fraternal feelings among all classes, both by precept and example he sought to hold together all in peace and unity. He was a man likewise of exceptional modesty. His extensive knowledge and ability to expound the Scriptures made it very desirable for him to take a prominent place in public services and instructions, but it was only through earnest solicitation that he would consent to do this, especially in the later years of his life, excusing himself on account of his language.
He was the leader of the little colony from Holland to this country, and among his people he maintained the position of pastor and adviser to the time of his death.
During many years he maintained in the neighboring school-house a church service in the Holland language, until the use of the school-house was no longer allowed him by those having charge of it, when he quietly left it, advising his people to worship with the American congregation.
He was taken with apoplexy with which he was afflicted six days. He never complained, and was perfectly resigned to the will of God and passed peacefully away. He was buried at the Whitehead Dunkard meeting-house on the 28th, where services were held in the English language by Noah Metzler from Luke 2:28, 29 and by J.F. Funk in the German. A large number of people were present.