Stamboom Knol » Derk Diephuis (1857-1954)

Personal data Derk Diephuis 

  • Alternative name: Diephouse (variation)
  • He was born on February 6, 1857 in Wirdum, Gemeente Loppersum, Groningen, Netherlands.Source 1
    Registered 7 FEB 1857
  • Emigrated in the year 1881, Muskegon, Muskegon County, Michigan, United States.Source 2

    In May 1881, a large group of relatives, consisting of three families, went to North America. They left Rotterdam on the steamship Maas of the Holland-America Line. The ship arrived in New York on May 17 and the group continued to Muskegon.
    The three families were:
    Evert Alles Smit (1844 - 1920) with his wife Edske Diephuis (1846 - 1924)
    Sietje Alles Smit (1841 - 1913), her husband Sebe Diephuis (1847 - 1932) and their four young children Klaassien (1873 - 1897), Anje (1875 - 1894), Eiso "Isaac" (1877 - 1958) and Alje Evert (1880 - 1947)
    Sebe's brother Derk Diephuis (1857 - 1954), his wife Hillechien Ploeger (1853-) and their children, Eise (1876- )and Trijntje (1878-).
  • Profession: in the year 1875 Houtzaagmolenaarsknecht.
  • He died on October 1, 1954 in Muskegon, Muskegon County, Michigan, United States, he was 97 years old.
  • He is buried October 1954 in Mona View Cemetery, Muskegon County, Michigan, United States.Source 3
    Plot 10-A-13
  • A child of Eisse Sebes Diephuis and Klaassien Pieters Hoving
  • This information was last updated on February 8, 2025.

Household of Derk Diephuis

He is married to Hillechien Ploeger.

They got married on December 23, 1875 at Ten Boer, Gemeente Ten Boer, Groningen, Netherlands, he was 18 years old.Source 4


Child(ren):

  1. Eisse Diephuis  1876-1956
  2. Trijntje Diephuis  1878-1935


Notes about Derk Diephuis


Emigration record says Derk has wife and three children. but i've only found records for two (Eisse 1876 and Trijntje 1878).
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    Sources

    1. Loppersum geboorteregister 1857, aktenummer 16, via https://www.allegroningers.nl/zoeken-op-...
    2. Nationaal Archief, Staat van landverhuizers in 1881, archiefnummer 800, via https://www.allegroningers.nl/zoeken-op-...
    3. Find a Grave, via https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/6092...
    4. Ten Boer huwelijksregister 1875, aktenummer 38, via https://www.allegroningers.nl/zoeken-op-...

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