Family tree Westerman » Jacob Zelvius (1854-1930)
Personal data Jacob Zelvius
- He was born on September 18, 1854 in Rottum gem. Kantens.
- Emigrated on December 18, 1918, New York, New York, Verenigde Staten.
On December 18, 1919, the 63 years old farmhand Jacob ZELVIUS together with his 41 years old, unmarried daughter Reintje ZELVIUS, without profession in New York, by the S.S. Rotterdam, coming from the Dutch port of Rotterdam, with their acquaintance Jan BOUMAN, RX6 Kalamazoo, MI, as destination and their son/brother Gerrit ZELVIUS in Roodeschool, Groningen, as Dutch address. Father Jacob was not able to read or write, like his daughter Reintje did; he was 5 feet 7 tall, with brown hairsand blue eyes; his daughter Reintje was 5 feet 6, and also had brown hairs and blue eyes.
Zie http://www.ellisisland.org/search/shipManifest.asp?MID=13543089960157478336&FNM=REINTJE&LNM=ZELVIUS&PLNM=ZELVIUS&first_kind=1&last_kind=0&RF=1&pID=602968050074&lookup=602968050074&show=%5C%5C192%2E168%2E4%2E227%5Cimages%5CT715%2D2708%5CT715%2D2 7080099%2ETIF&origFN=%5C%5C192%2E168%2E4%2E227%5CIMAGES%5CT715%2D2708%5CT715%2D27080100%2ETIF
Vertrokken op 5 december, aangekomen op 18 december. - Profession: Daglooner.
- Physical description: on December 18, 1919 1.70, bruin haar en blauwe ogen.
- Religion: Christelijk Gereformeerd.
- Resident:
- on July 20, 1886: 't ZandtHouse 78, B, "Kom"(Center of Zeerijp?).
- in the year 1920: Portage, Kalamazoo, Michigan, Verenigde Staten.
- He died on July 22, 1930 in Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo, Michigan, Verenigde Staten, he was 75 years old.
- A child of Gerrit Derks Zelvius and Trijntje Jacobs Klein
- This information was last updated on October 31, 2022.
Household of Jacob Zelvius
(1) He is married to Trientje van Zanten.
They got married on June 16, 1877 at Kantens, he was 22 years old.
Child(ren):
- Reinje Zelvius 1877-1959
- Trijntje Zelvius 1879-1970
(2) He is married to Grietje Pel.
They got married on April 7, 1886 at Uithuizen, he was 31 years old.
Notes about Jacob Zelvius
Bron Burgerlijke stand - Huwelijk (Vader bruid)
Archieflocatie Groninger Archieven
AlgemeenGemeente: Uithuizen
Soort akte: Huwelijksakte
Aktenummer: 6
Datum: 07-04-1886
BruidegomJacob Zelvius
Geboorteplaats: Rottum gem. Kantens
BruidGrietje Pel
Geboorteplaats: Uithuizen
Vader bruidegomGerrit Zelvius
Moeder bruidegomTrijntje Jacobs Klijn
Vader bruidHeertje Jans Pel
Moeder bruidAafke Roelfs Kiviet
Nadere informatieberoep bruidegom: daglooner; beroep bruid: dagloonster; beroep vader bruidegom.: daglooner; beroep vader bruid: daglooner; bruidegom 31 jaar; bruid 46 jaar; weduwnaar van Trientje van Zanten; weduwe van Jacob Wiersinga
The 1920 Census of Portage Township, Kalamazoo(?) Co, MI, lists a Jacob Zelvious [*Zelvius], age 68, born in the Netherlands, living with his daughter Oktje Bouma [*nee Oktje Zelvius], her husband Jan Bouma and 4 children on a truck farm in Portage Township, Michigan, immigrated in 1919, Alien status.
Jacob is via twee dochters verbonden met Jacob A. Koetje, zie https://www.stamboomwesterman.net/index.php?route=%2Ftree%2Ftree1%2Frelationships-0-2%2FX79%2FI1000
(*sources: Henk van de Streek and Betz Wyllie)
Briefkaart waarschijnlijk van kleinzoon Jacob Zelvius, van zijn dochter Oktje, rond 1910, die geëmigreerd was naar Michigan. Vader Jacob zou later ook emigreren.
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