Martjen Martje Wiebes Martha Maggie Feenstra

1825 - 1904  (78 years)

• Name	Martjen Martje Wiebes Martha Maggie Feenstra  [1, 2, 3]
  Born	15 Apr 1825	Oudermirdum, Gaasterland, Friesland, Netherlands   [1, 2, 3]
  		Martjen Feenstra - Birth
  Gender	Female
  Arrival	1865  [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   [3]
  	granddaughter Martha (as Mary) Van Wyk (daughter of son Willem) living with them
  Died	7 Mar 1904	Blendon Township, Ottawa, Michigan, USA
  Person ID	I422	Terug in de Tijd
  Last Modified	30 May 2023

  
  

  Father	Wybe Wiebe Douwes Feenstra,   b. 24 Oct 1792, Oudega, Hemelumer Oldeferd, Friesland, Netherlands ,   d. 24 Aug 1849, Oudermirdum, Gaasterland, Friesland, Netherlands  (Age 56 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Grietje Robijns de Jong,   b. 23 Nov 1790, Harich, Gaasterland, Friesland, Netherlands ,   d. 26 Jun 1829, Oudermirdum, Gaasterland, Friesland, Netherlands  (Age 38 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Married	19 Apr 1815	Balk, Gaasterland, Friesland, Netherlands
  		Wiebe Douews Feenstra-Grietje Robijns de Jong Marriage
  Family ID	F344	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Gerrit Jannes van Wijk,   b. 23 Jan 1826, Joure, Friesland, Netherlands ,   d. 6 May 1906, Michigan, USA  (Age 80 years)
  Married	10 Jun 1849	Lemsterland, Friesland, Netherlands   [3, 4]
  	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

  
  

• 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 - 7 Mar 1904 - Blendon Township, Ottawa, Michigan, USA  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Photos » Slide Show		Grietje van Wijk - Birth - 1856, Kollumerland
  		Martjen Feenstra - Birth
  		Janke 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 1864
  		Feenstra, Martha-Van Wijk, Willemke-Wierda, Martha-Antonides, Alice This photograph shows four generations. The following uses maiden names. Martha Feenstra at left is the oldest. Her daughter Willemke "Mary" van Wijk is on the right. Mary's daughter Martha Wierda is standing in the back. And Martha's daughter Alice Antonides is in the front center.
  		Feenstra, Martha (1825-1904)
  		Grootegast - Akte 42 - Death Wiebe van Wijk - 7 Jun 1865
  		Grootegast - Akte 67 - Birth Wiebe van Wijk - 1 Jun 1865
  		Death 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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