Er ist verheiratet mit Anje Veenkamp.
Sie haben geheiratet am 16. Januar 1878 in Chicago, Illinois, er war 23 Jahre alt.
Siewert Bus wrote his life story in about 1933. He recounted his family's immigration to Chicago from The Netherlands in 1872. A copy of the ship's log obtained in a book on passengers from The Netherlands matches the essential details of this st ory, but there are some minor discrepancies, such as names and birth dates. There is a list of emigrants who filed for permission to leave Groningen. The entry for Middelstum in the year 1872 shows that Jan Bus, his wife and six children were bou nd for North America. Jan's occupation is listed as "timmerman," the Dutch word for carpenter.
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