Genealogy Zwanepol » Beerd van den Berg (1821-1904)

Personal data Beerd van den Berg 

  • He was born on February 9, 1821 in Doornspijk.
  • He died on January 10, 1904 in Orange City, Sioux County, Iowa, USA, he was 82 years old.
    Beert Van den Berg
    BIRTH9 Feb 1821
    DEATH10 Jan 1904 (aged 82) Orange City, Sioux County, Iowa, USA
    BURIALWest Lawn Cemetery, Orange City, Sioux County, Iowa, USA
    MEMORIAL ID230174738 ·

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    Believe he is buried in West Lawn Cem--but not sure.

    De Volksvriend dated Jan 14, 1904, p. 5, col 2: It pleased the Lord to take from my side and from the family circle on January 10, 1904 my very elderly, beloved husband, B. van den Berg, Sr., at the age of 82 years, 11 months and 1 day. Though I will be lonely, I will be still. The Lord has made it well. I believe that my husband has gone to rest and that in the Lord's time, I shall see him again. My sincere thanks to neighbors and friends for their sympathy and help. In the name of the children, Widow B. Van den Berg. Orange City, 11 Jan. 1904.

    B. Van den Berg is no more. Sunday evening at 8:45, he fell to sleep at the age of 82 years, 11 months and 1 day. He was born in Doornspijk, Netherlands. With his wife and children, he came to America in 1866 and settled in Alto, Wisconsin. After 6 and half years living there, he came here in 1873 to Sioux County and settled at Newkirk. His first wife died 29 years ago. After having been a widower for seven years, he married with the widow Hoeven, who had always been a caring person to him and to his children, as well as to her own children.

    For the past 18 years, Van den Berg has lived in the city with his wife. His own children are Jan, Dries, Hendrik, Lammert, Mrs. R. Rozeboom van Zion City and Mrs. G. Van Beek of Emmons county, N.D. The children of the second wife are Mrs. Herman Harmelink, Mrs. J. v.d. Beek, Mrs. Teunis Verhoef, Mrs. C. v. Beek and Mrs. J. v.d. Maaten. The deceased was a man of faith, for whom dying was a gain. Wednesday at mid-day the remains will be buried and Rev. Stapelkamp will lead the funeral service. [Translated by J. Smith.]

    [At least one daughter predeceased him--Gerritje (Vanden Berg) Versteeg on Nov 11, 1886. She was married to Gysbert Versteeg. Gerritje Van den Berg's mother was Aaltje Juffer who d. abt. 1875 in Sioux County. Aaltje Juffer was Beerd Van den Berg's first wife.]

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    VandenBerg, Beert and Aaltje Juffer

    VANDENBERG, JUFFER, TOP, BOS, BOSCH

    Posted By: Wilma J. Vande Berg (email)
    Date: 1/13/2016 at 15:17:16

    VANDEN BERG, Beert and Aaltje JUFFER

    Beert (or sometimes referred to as Beerd) Van den Berg was born February 9, 1821 in Doornspjik, Gelderland, Netherlands to Jan Van den Berg and Geerigje Top. Beert married Aaltje Juffer on June 15, 1844 and they had eight children. Their oldest son Jan ‘John’ Vande Berg came to America in 1865 at 19 years of age. The Beert Van Den Berg family and seven children Left Doornspijk on March 6, 1866 and headed for Rotterdam. Netherlands.

    After some delay because of technicalities and low tides they left Rotterdam on about March 17, 1866. This information was gathered from a letter written back to Holland by the group traveling with the Beert Van den Berg family. One of these families was the Rijk Sneller family. It was reported that they were put on a large boat with about 800 men and that the boat embarked the next day at noon. The following day they took on passengers at Ireland. The next Sunday at sea they encountered a terrible storm that raged for many days. One man was washed overboard. All were terribly seasick in bed. Seven persons died on the boat including the two year old son of Beert and Aaltje.

    After seventeen grueling days at sea they arrived in New York on March 30, 1866. They were cold, weak, tired and most were sick. But that was not the end of their perilous journey, The Rijk Sneller family lost several weak and sickened children right after they landed. After some frightening experiences of getting lost in New York City on Monday night, they boarded a train and traveled all night to Albany. The following day they arrived in Detroit in the evening, then on to arrive in Chicago the next morning and in Milwaukee late that evening. The rested there a day and night. Then they left for Waupon and Alto Wisconsin were they settled until 1872.

    In 1872 the Beert Van Den Berg family came to Sioux County and homesteaded near Newkirk, IA. Aaltje died 24th of January 1875, and Beert married a widow, Mrs. Hoeven, who died after seven years of marriage and then he married Mrs. Geertje Vis for eighteen years before he died January 10, 1904.

    Beert and Aaltje Van den Berg were the parents of several noted pioneer families in the area. These were John Vande Berg family of Welcome township near Sioux Center and the Lammert Vande Berg family long- time residents of Sioux Center. Those families have many descendants in the Sioux Center area. Two other children of Beert and Aaltje have many descendants in the Sioux County area, these are the descendants of the Henry and Andrew Vanden Berg Family of Newkirk and the descendants of Gerritje Vanden Berg, second wife of Gysbert VerSteeg of Orange City.

    Another noteworthy bit of information is that the aforementioned families of Beert Van den Berg and Rijk Sneller were related in that the wives Aaltje, Mrs. Beert Van den Berg and Matje, Mrs. Rijk Sneller were sisters. Rijk Sneller and wife Matje Juffer were rural Sioux County pioneers who were the ancestors of most of the people associated with the name Sneller in the area today. Aaltje and Matje Juffer were the daughters of Dries Harmensz Juffer and Driesje Egberts Bos or Bosch.

    There are separate stories in the 1991 Sioux Center centennial book on John and Lammert Vande Berg families, as well as on some of their descendants’ families.

    Beert Van den Berg spelled the last name as recorded in the Netherlands records as- Berg, van den or Van den Berg. However, it seems that the children and descendants in most cases have dropped the letter ‘n’ from Vanden and use Vande instead.

    The author of this history Wilma J. Vande Berg, did a Vande/Vanden Berg family history book in 1995, that records most all of the descendants of Beert and Aaltje Juffer along with many pictures. Wilma’s husband is Don Lee Vande Berg, he is a great great grandson of Beert and Altje Juffer Van den Berg.
  • A child of Jan Jacobs van den Berg and Gerrigje Lamberts Top
  • This information was last updated on July 10, 2022.

Household of Beerd van den Berg

(1) He is married to Aaltje Driesdr Juffer.

They got married on June 15, 1844 at Doornspijk, he was 23 years old.

Bruidegom Beerd van den Berg
Beroep Landbouwer
Leeftijd 23
Bruid Aaltje Juffer
Beroep zonder beroep
Leeftijd 21
Vader van de bruidegom Jan van den Berg
Beroep geen beroep vermeld
Moeder van de bruidegom Gerrigje Top
Beroep geen beroep vermeld
Vader van de bruid Dries Harms Juffer
Beroep Landbouwer
Moeder van de bruid Driesje Egberts Bosch
Beroep zonder beroep
Gebeurtenis Huwelijk
Datum 15-06-1844
Gebeurtenisplaats Elburg
Documenttype BS Huwelijk
Erfgoedinstelling Gelders Archief
Plaats instelling Arnhem
Collectiegebied Gelderland
Archief 0207
Registratienummer 5121
Aktenummer 11
Registratiedatum 15-06-1844
Akteplaats Elburg
Collectie Burgerlijke stand Gelderland, dubbelen
Boek Burgerlijke stand

Child(ren):

  4. Gerritje van den Berg  1852-1886 
  8. Gerrit van den Berg  1864-????
  9. Annie van den Berg  1868-1941


(2) He is married to NN Hoeven.

They got married after 1875 at USA.


(3) He is married to Geertje (Gertrude) Visch (Vis).

They got married about 1886 at USA.


Notes about Beerd van den Berg

Kinderen:
1. John van de Berg 1845-
2. Hendrik van de Berg 1855-1929

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Birthday February 9, 1821

  • The temperature on February 9, 1821 was about -0 °C. Wind direction mainly northeast. Weather type: helder. Source: KNMI
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    De Republiek der Verenigde Nederlanden werd in 1794-1795 door de Fransen veroverd onder leiding van bevelhebber Charles Pichegru (geholpen door de Nederlander Herman Willem Daendels); de verovering werd vergemakkelijkt door het dichtvriezen van de Waterlinie; Willem V moest op 18 januari 1795 uitwijken naar Engeland (en van daaruit in 1801 naar Duitsland); de patriotten namen de macht over van de aristocratische regenten en proclameerden de Bataafsche Republiek; op 16 mei 1795 werd het Haags Verdrag gesloten, waarmee ons land een vazalstaat werd van Frankrijk; in 3.1796 kwam er een Nationale Vergadering; in 1798 pleegde Daendels een staatsgreep, die de unitarissen aan de macht bracht; er kwam een nieuwe grondwet, die een Vertegenwoordigend Lichaam (met een Eerste en Tweede Kamer) instelde en als regering een Directoire; in 1799 sloeg Daendels bij Castricum een Brits-Russische invasie af; in 1801 kwam er een nieuwe grondwet; bij de Vrede van Amiens (1802) kreeg ons land van Engeland zijn koloniën terug (behalve Ceylon); na de grondwetswijziging van 1805 kwam er een raadpensionaris als eenhoofdig gezag, namelijk Rutger Jan Schimmelpenninck (van 31 oktober 1761 tot 25 maart 1825).
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Day of marriage June 15, 1844

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    De Republiek der Verenigde Nederlanden werd in 1794-1795 door de Fransen veroverd onder leiding van bevelhebber Charles Pichegru (geholpen door de Nederlander Herman Willem Daendels); de verovering werd vergemakkelijkt door het dichtvriezen van de Waterlinie; Willem V moest op 18 januari 1795 uitwijken naar Engeland (en van daaruit in 1801 naar Duitsland); de patriotten namen de macht over van de aristocratische regenten en proclameerden de Bataafsche Republiek; op 16 mei 1795 werd het Haags Verdrag gesloten, waarmee ons land een vazalstaat werd van Frankrijk; in 3.1796 kwam er een Nationale Vergadering; in 1798 pleegde Daendels een staatsgreep, die de unitarissen aan de macht bracht; er kwam een nieuwe grondwet, die een Vertegenwoordigend Lichaam (met een Eerste en Tweede Kamer) instelde en als regering een Directoire; in 1799 sloeg Daendels bij Castricum een Brits-Russische invasie af; in 1801 kwam er een nieuwe grondwet; bij de Vrede van Amiens (1802) kreeg ons land van Engeland zijn koloniën terug (behalve Ceylon); na de grondwetswijziging van 1805 kwam er een raadpensionaris als eenhoofdig gezag, namelijk Rutger Jan Schimmelpenninck (van 31 oktober 1761 tot 25 maart 1825).
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Day of death January 10, 1904

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  • In The Netherlands , there was from August 1, 1901 to August 16, 1905 the cabinet Kuijper, with Dr. A. Kuijper (AR) as prime minister.
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    • The Netherlands had about 5.4 million citizens.
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