Il est marié avec Taetske Gerrits Brouwer.
Taetske and her husband Sjoerd planned on immigrating to America, so in 1882 Sjoerd went on ahead to get a job and find lodging for his family to join him the following year. In 1883 Taetske packed up her belonging and 5 children, and they embarked on the journey to America along with her parents, Gerrit and Johanna Brouwer and her siblings. They were excited to be reunited with Sjoerd who had been corresponding through letters, and they arrived in NY on 14 May, 1883. However, after they landed, someone came to tell them that Sjoerd had died of Pneumonia in Grand Rapids 2 weeks before the ship landed, and he was buried in Oakhill Cemetery. The family boarded a train to take them to Grand Rapids with their boxes of belongings, and it was a sad trip knowing the husband and father was not going to be there to greet them. The youngest daughter Johanna was complaining about her arm hurting her, and while on the train, she died of blood poisoning, and Taetske held her dead body for the train ride on her lap covered with a blanket, and she was buried when they reached Grand Rapids. Being a newly arrived immigrant with now 4 children, not speaking English or having a means of support, Taetske remarried 6 Mar 1884 to Tjipke Van Tuinen. She gave birth to a baby girl named Taetske on 8 May, 1887 and then died 3 weeks later from Anemia. The baby died 14 Jul 1887 from Enteritis at the age of 2 months 6 days. There was no formula for babies back then, and with her mother dead, it's no wonder the baby didn't survive. With 4 Bergsma children now being orphans in a strange country, the now youngest daughter Lutske or Lucy, was put up for adoption. A couple named Arend John Welmers and Ella Martha Steketee Welmers adopted her when she was 10 years old.
Ils se sont mariés le 12 mai 1867 à Franeker , il avait 32 ans.Source 3
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Vertrokken 9 mei 1882 vanuit Franeker naar Noord-Amerika
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Taetske Gerrits Brouwer |