Genealogie Van Zanen » Pieter "Peter" Meindertsma (1872-1968)

Persoonlijke gegevens Pieter "Peter" Meindertsma 

• Roepnaam is Peter.
• Hij is geboren op 17 maart 1872Lioessens, Fryslan, Netherlands.
• Hij is overleden op 29 januari 1968, hij was toen 95 jaar oudGrand Rapids, Michigan, United States.
• Deze gegevens zijn voor het laatst bijgewerkt op 24 april 2013.

Gezin van Pieter "Peter" Meindertsma

(2) Hij is getrouwd met Marianna Meindertsma.

Zij zijn getrouwd op 19 september 1903, hij was toen 31 jaar oudFryslan, Netherlands.

Kind(eren):

1. Sibbeltje Pieters Meindertsma  
2. Anne E. Stone   
3. Charles Meindertsma  1912-1985 

Notities over Pieter "Peter" Meindertsma

{geni:about_me} Peter (birth name Pieter) was born in March 1872 in Friesland, the Netherlands, in the Oostdongeradeel region, which is in the far northeast corner of Friesland. His ancestors had long lived in this area.

Little is known about his years as a youth. He was raised by his parents, along with his siblings, in house no. 4 in Lioessens. In 1893 he was living in Lioessens, near his birth place. In May of that year, shortly after he turned 21 and while he was still single, he left for the United States:

Bevolking OOSTDONGERADEEL
PIETER MEINDERTSMA,
SINGLE MALE INDIVIDUAL OR SINGLE MALE PARENT, UNMARRIED/SINGLE
Geb: 17-3-1872
Laatste woonplaats: LIOESSENS
Vertrokken naar: USA-UNIDENTIFIED REGION, 15-5-1893

He lived in Grand Rapids, Michigan, for five years, probably working there for his uncle Meindert Meindertsma. After five years, in September 1898, he returned to the Netherlands. One record states that on March 16, 1899, he went to Germany (Duitsland), although why and for long is not known.

In April 1900, Peter married but his first wife, Hittje Boersma, also referred to as Sybil. They had two sons, Jan (John) and Meindert (Minor). Unfortunately, Hiltje died in Fryslan in mid-August 1902, probably due to complications from childbirth, since Meindert was born on August 1 of that year.

In 1903, Peter married his second wife, Marianna (Mary), who like Peter, had had two children (daughters), and whose spouse had died. (She had been married to Jan Mosselman, who died in 1902, and their two daughters were Trintje and Folkje.) Marianna was five years younger than Peter. Peter and Marianna then had a daughter of their own, Sibbeltje, in 1904.

The family sailed from Liverpool, England on the S.S. Etruria and arrived in New York on May 27, 1906. The family's last city of residence in Holland was the hamlet of Morra, not far from Lioessens. The immigration records (which are translated with the last name of "Meindersoma") reflect that Peter intended to join his uncle, "M. Meindersma," in Coopersville -- which would be Meindert Meindertsma, who had immigrated with his family to the US in 1881.

The 1906 immigration record:

MARIANNE HAIJN HAISMA, GEEN-NONE/WITHOUT ANY JOB
WIFE, MARRIED
Geb: 4-3-1877
Laatste woonplaats: MORRA

JAN PIETERS MEINDERTSMA,
SON, UNMARRIED/SINGLE
Geb: 8-3-1901
Laatste woonplaats: MORRA

MEINDERT PIETERS MEINDERTSMA,
SON, UNMARRIED/SINGLE
Geb: 1-8-1902
Laatste woonplaats: MORRA

SIBBELTJE PIETERS MEINDERTSMA,
DAUGHTER, UNMARRIED/SINGLE
Geb: 3-8-1904
Laatste woonplaats: MORRA

TRIJNTJE JANS MOSSELMAN,
STEP-DAUGHTER, UNMARRIED/SINGLE
Geb: 9-7-1900
Laatste woonplaats: MORRA

FALKJE JANS MOSSELMAN,
STEP-DAUGHTER, UNMARRIED/SINGLE
Geb: 26-8-1901
Laatste woonplaats: MORRA

Vertrokken naar: USA-UNIDENTIFIED REGION, 15-5-1905

Sibbeltje -- the daughter of Peter and Marianne, died when she was a young girl. She reportedly is buried in Lamont, Michigan.

The 1920 U.S. census lists Peter as being 47 years old and living on West Leonard Road in Grand Rapids, Michigan at the time. (The last name is mis-transcribed as Meinderdans.) The census indicates that he was born in the Netherlands, and it notes four children: John (19), Minor (18), Anna (14), and Charles (7). Of these, all but Charles are listed as having been born in the Netherlands. (Anna, however, is not listed on the emigration record. She would have been an infant when they immigrated.)

The 1930 census (mis-transcribes the last name as Mundersona) indicates that Peter and sons John and Charles all worked in a furniture factory in Grand Rapids. Peter owned a home valued at $8,000.

Tresoar (Fryslan) Records --

Birth Record:

Geboorteakte [Birth Certificate] Oostdongeradeel, 1872

Aangiftedatum [Declaration date] 18 maart 1872, blad nr. 25

Pieter Meindertsma, geboren 17 maart 1872

Zoon van Jan Meindertsma en Sibbeltje Kloostra

Marriage Record (First Marriage):

Huwelijksakte Oostdongeradeel, 1900

Man : Pieter Meindertsma

Vrouw : Hittje Boersma

Datum : 21 april 1900, akte nr. 8

(Second Marriage)

Huwelijksakte Oostdongeradeel, 1903

Man : Pieter Meindertsma

Vrouw : Marianna Haisma

Datum : 19 september 1903, akte nr. 54

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