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Gerrit Jannes van Wijk
1826 - 1906 (80 years)
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Name Gerrit Jannes van Wijk [1, 2, 3, 4] Born 23 Jan 1826 Joure, Friesland, Netherlands 
[1, 2, 3, 4] - Geboorteakte Haskerland, 1826 Aangiftedatum 24 januari 1826, blad nr. 6 Gerrit Jannes van Wijk, geboren 23 januari 1826 Zoon van Jannes van Wijk en Janke Tjittes Smit
Gerrit Jannes van Wijk Birth Gender Male Arrival 1865 [4] Arrival 1868 (Port Uncertain) [3] Residence 3 Aug 1870 Grand Rapids Ward 3, Kent, Michigan, USA [1] Residence Jun 1880 Allendale, Ottawa, Michigan, USA [2] Residence 1900 Blendon Township, Ottawa, Michigan, USA [4] granddaughter Martha (as Mary) Van Wyk (daughter of son Willem) living with them Died 6 May 1906 Michigan, USA Person ID I421 Terug in de Tijd Last Modified 30 May 2023
Father Jannes Gerrits van Wijk, b. 2 Nov 1789, Zwolle, Zwolle, Overijssel, Netherlands , d. 24 Jun 1872, Joure, Haskerland, Friesland, Netherlands (Age 82 years) Relationship natural Mother Janke Tjittes Smit, b. 2 Feb 1800, Joure, Haskerland, Friesland, Netherlands , d. 12 Aug 1878, Joure, Haskerland, Friesland, Netherlands (Age 78 years) Relationship natural Married 8 Dec 1825 Joure, Haskerland, Friesland, Netherlands - Jannes van Wijk, oud 36 jaar, geboren te Zwolle, provincie Overijssel - Gerrit van Wijk en Gesina Leenderts - Janke Tjittes Smit, oud 25 jaar, geboren te Joure - Tjitte Heerkes Smit en Geertje Bonnes - 8 december 1825, akte nr. 30
Marriage of Jannes van Wijk and Janke Tjittes Smit
Jannes van Wijk, born at Zwolle in Overijssel, widower of Geertje Christoffels (died at Joure), son of Gerrit van Wijk (no occupation, living at Amsterdam) and Gesina Leenderts (deceased at Zwolle) +++ Janke Tjittes Smit, daughter of Tjitte Heerkes Smit (occupation ?Scheijftimmerman? [ship carpenter?] and Geertje Bonnes [Note that the bride signed SMIT but her father signed SMID]
Gerrit van Wijk's Consent for his son Jannes van Wijk second marriage to Janke Tjittes Smit
Consent ... De Heer Gerrit van Wyk ... woonenede ... hoogte van de kadyk, No. 99 ... -- Zynen Zoon Jannes van Wyk ... wonende op de Joure in Friesland ... Gezina Leendert ... is aantegaan met Janke Tjittes Smidt ... dogter van Tjitt Herkes Smidt ... en Geertje Bonnes.... ---------- Translation ---------- Mr. Gerrit van Wijk ... living ... at Hoogte Kadijk #99 ... -- His Son Jannes van Wijk ... living at Joure in Friesland ... Geezina Leendert ... is [aantegaan] with Janke Tjittes Smidt ... daughter of Tjitte Heerkes Smidt ... and Geertje Bonnes [Note that the spellings are variants of usual spellings -- e.g. Wyk and Kadyk for Wijk and Kadijk; dogter for dochter -- the different spellings are spoken the same way and mean the same things.]Family ID F150 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family Martjen Martje Wiebes Martha Maggie Feenstra, b. 15 Apr 1825, Oudermirdum, Gaasterland, Friesland, Netherlands , d. 7 Mar 1904, Blendon Township, Ottawa, Michigan, USA (Age 78 years) Married 10 Jun 1849 Lemsterland, Friesland, Netherlands [4, 5] - Gerrit Jannes van Wijk, 23, geboren Joure, gemeente Haskerland - Jannes van Wijk en Janke Tjittes Smit - Martjen Wybes Feenstra, 24, geboren Oudemirdum, gemeente Gaasterland - Wybe Douwes Feenstra en Grietje Robijns de Jong - 10 juni 1849, akte nr. 27
Marriage of Gerrit Jannes van Wijk and Martjen Wijbes Feenstra Children 1. Janke Gerrits van Wijk, b. 29 Jul 1849, Lemmer, Lemsterland, Friesland, Netherlands , d. 20 Nov 1864, Grootegast, Groningen, Netherlands (Age 15 years) [natural]+ 2. Johannes Gerrits John Gerritt Van Wijk Van Wyck, b. 15 Feb 1851, Oldemarkt, Overijssel, Netherlands [natural]+ 3. Willemke Gerrits Mary Wilhelmina Helena van Wijk, b. 3 Jul 1853, Akkrum, Utingeradeel, Friesland, Holland , d. 27 Apr 1938, Allendale Township, Ottawa, Michigan, USA (Age 84 years) [natural]+ 4. Grietje Gerrits Grace Maggie van Wijk, b. 29 Mar 1856, Kollum, Kollumerland, Friesland, Netherlands , d. 20 Aug 1915, Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA (Age 59 years) [natural]5. Willem Gerrits van Wijk, b. 19 Dec 1857, Kollumerland, Friesdland, Netherlands , d. 21 Dec 1857, Kollumerland, Friesland, Netherlands (Age 0 years) [natural]6. Willem Gerrits van Wijk, b. Abt 24 Jan 1861, d. 28 Mar 1861, Westdongeradeel, Friesland, Netherlands (Age 0 years) [natural]+ 7. Willem Gerrits William van Wijk Van Wyck Vanwyk Van Wyk, b. 4 Aug 1862, Westdongeradeel, Friesland, Netherlands , d. 28 Nov 1931, Georgetown Township, Ottawa, Michigan, USA (Age 69 years) [natural]8. Wiebe Gerrits van Wijk, b. 1 Jun 1865, Grootegast, Groningen, Netherlands , d. 7 Jun 1865, Grootegast, Groningen, Netherlands (Age 0 years) [natural]Last Modified 30 May 2023 Family ID F143 Group Sheet | Family Chart
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Event Map 
Married - 10 Jun 1849 - Lemsterland, Friesland, Netherlands 
Residence - Jun 1880 - Allendale, Ottawa, Michigan, USA 
Residence - granddaughter Martha (as Mary) Van Wyk (daughter of son Willem) living with them - 1900 - Blendon Township, Ottawa, Michigan, USA 
Died - 6 May 1906 - Michigan, USA = Link to Google Earth
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Photos Grietje van Wijk - Birth - 1856, Kollumerland Janke van Wijk - Birth Gerrit Jannes van Wijk Birth 
Janke Tjittes & Jannes van Wijk - Reverse
Grootvader Jannes van Wijk Geboren Nov 2 1789 Overleden June 27 1872 / Grootmoeder Janke Geboren Feb 23 1800 Overleden Aug 12 1878 / Gerrit Van Wijk born Jan 23 1826 Died May 6 1906 / wife Martha Veenstra Born died / Willemke Wierda nee Van Wijk born July 5 1854 died April 27 1938 / Jacob Wierda born died / Cornelius Wierda born 1830 died 1916 / wife Maria Huisinga died Nov 13 1864Death of Janke Gerrits van Wijk (1849-1864) Marriage of Gerrit Jannes van Wijk and Martjen Wijbes Feenstra 
HOL-FR-A-00002 Birth Willem van Wijk (1857, Kollumerland)
Geboorten regio 3: noordoost Friesland Geboorteakte Kollumerland Aangiftedatum 21 december 1857, akte nr. 183 Willem van Wijk, geboren 19 december 1857 zoon van Gerrit van Wijk en Martje Veenstra ____ TRANSLATION ____ Births Region 3: Northeast Friesland Birth Records of Kollumerland Declaration date 21 December 1857, record number 183 Willem van Wijk, born 19 December 1857 son of Gerrit van Wijk and Martje Veenstra Actual Document {handwritten entries in brackets} ------------------------ No. 183 In het jaar Een duizend acht honderd zeven en viftig, den {eenentwintigsten} dag der maand {December} is voor ons {Hendrikus Eskes, Methouder} Ambtenaar van den Burgerlijken stand der geemeente {Kollumerland in Nieuwkruisland} provincie Friesland, gecompareerd: {Gerrit van Wijk} oud {eendertig} jaren, {koperslager} wonende te {Kollum} Welke ons werklaarde dat op den {negenentienden dezer maand} des {morgens} ten {zeven} ure te {Kollum} een kind van het {[mame?]} lijk geslacht is geboren uit {Zijne huisvrouw Martje Veenstra, zonderberoep aldaar} --- aan welk kind {hij} verklaarde de voorna{am} to geven van {Willem}. --- De gemelde verklaring is geschied in tegenwoordigheid van {Fokke Snyder} oud {drieenviftig} jaren, {Winkelier} wonende te {Kollum} en {Ruurd? Jans Draisma} oud {zevenentwintig} jaren, {timmerman} wonende te {Kollum} Waarvan wij deze acte hebben opgemaakt, welke, nadat dezelve was voorglezen, door ons {den vader en de getuigen is onderteckand.} {G Van Wijk} {F H Snyder} {R J Draisma} {H Eskes} ____ TRANSLATION ____ No. 65 In the year One thousand eight hundred seven and fifty, the {twenty-first} day of the month {December} appeared before us {Hendrikus Eskes, Methouder} Registrar of the community {Kollumerland in Nieuwkruisland} province Friesland: {Gerrit van Wijk} age {thirty-one} years, {copper-worker} living at {Kollum} who decared to us that on the {nineteenth of this month} in the {morning} at the hour {seven} at {Kollum} a child of the {male} sex was born of {his housewife Martje Veenstra, without profession there} --- on which child {he} declared to give the forena{me} of {Willem} --- The [gemelde] declaration was [historified? - geschied] in presence of {Fokke Snyder} age {fifty-three} years, {shopkeeper} living at {Kollum} and {Ruurd? Jans Draisma} age {twenty-seven} years, {carpenter} living at {Kollum} Of which we have made this record, which, after [reading it?], [door?] us {the father and the witnesses is undertaken}. {G Van Wijk} {F H Snyder} {R J Draisma} {H Eskes}
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Sources - [S16] 1870 United States Federal Census, Ancestry.com, (Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2009. Images reproduced by FamilySearch.Original data - 1870 U.S. census, population schedules. NARA microfilm publication M593, 1,761 rolls. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Record;), Year: 1870; Census Place: Grand Rapids Ward 3, Kent, Michigan; Roll: M593_; Page: ; Image: .
Birth date: abt 1825
Birth place: Holland
Residence date: 1870
Residence place: Grand Rapids Ward 3, Kent, Michigan, United States
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Birth date: abt 1826
Birth place: Holland
Residence date: 1880
Residence place: Allendale, Ottawa, Michigan, United States
http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=1880usfedcen&h=47427556&ti=0&indiv=try&gss=pt1880 United States Federal Census
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Birth date: abt 1826
Birth place:
Arrival date: 1868
Arrival place: Port Uncertain
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Birth date: Jan 1826
Birth place: Netherland
Marriage date: 1849
Marriage place:
Residence date: 1900
Residence place: Blendon, Ottawa, Michigan
Arrival date: 1865
Arrival place:
http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=1900usfedcen&h=25364768&ti=0&indiv=try&gss=pt1900 United States Federal Census
Year: 1900; Census Place: Blendon, Ottawa, Michigan; Roll: T623_738; Page: 4A; Enumeration District: 115. - [S1] 1900 United States Federal Census, Ancestry.com, (Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2004.Original data - United States of America, Bureau of the Census. Twelfth Census of the United States, 1900. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1900. T623, 18;), Year: 1900; Census Place: Blendon, Ottawa, Michigan; Roll: T623_738; Page: 4A; Enumeration District: 115.
Birth date: Apr 1825
Birth place: Netherland
Marriage date: 1849
Marriage place:
Residence date: 1900
Residence place: Blendon, Ottawa, Michigan
Arrival date: 1865
Arrival place:
http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=1900usfedcen&h=25364769&ti=0&indiv=try&gss=pt1900 United States Federal Census
Year: 1900; Census Place: Blendon, Ottawa, Michigan; Roll: T623_738; Page: 4A; Enumeration District: 115.
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