Bastiaan took the American name John (sr), as did his son Bastiaan (jr).
1868-1940
Riverside, Missaukee, Mi, Michigan, USA
census1940us
vertrokken Rotterdam 24-03-1898 en aankomst Ellis Island, New York, USA in april 1898 en vestigden zich in op een farm in Vogel Center, Michigan.
Mount View Cemetery, McBain, Missaukee County, Michigan (USA)
Er ist verheiratet mit Wilhemina Stenis.
Sie haben geheiratet am 1. März 1889 in Heukelum (NL) , er war 21 Jahre alt.Quelle 2
Kind(er):
Bastiaan and his wife were sponsered by Bastiaan's uncle John Hoekwater. They indentured for twelve years to pay back off cost of passage. The family lived on a farm in Vogel Center Michigan. They saved some money and bought a small farm where they lived. Bastiaan took the American name John, as did his son. After he could no longer farm because of old age and his wife died, he lived in McBain Michigan with his daughter Maria/Marie (1891).
Source: Information and a lot of decendants of Bastiaan could be found and connected thanks to the help of his grandgrandson William Charles van Steenis (Holland MI, USA).
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