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Persoonlijke gegevens Geertruida Jager 

• Zij is geboren op 1 maart 1847 in Laar, Dld.
• Beroep: Housewife.
• Zij is overleden op 5 maart 1932 in Holland, MI, USA, zij was toen 85 jaar oud.
• Zij is begraven in Graafschap Cemetery, Holland, MI, USA.
• Een kind van Derk Jager en Dena KLINGENBERG
• Deze gegevens zijn voor het laatst bijgewerkt op 15 mei 2012.

Gezin van Geertruida Jager

(1) Zij is getrouwd met Jan Langejans.

Zij zijn getrouwd maart 1871 te Laar, Graafschap Bentheim, Dld, zij was toen 24 jaar oud.

Kind(eren):

1. Hendrik Jan Langejans  1872-1953 
2. Derk Langejans  1876-1963
3. Albert Langejans  1880-1893
4. Jantje Langejans  1883-1977

(2) Zij is getrouwd met Harm Morsman.

Zij zijn getrouwd in het jaar 1884, zij was toen 36 jaar oud.

(3) Zij is getrouwd met Steven WOLTERS.

Zij zijn getrouwd in het jaar 1886, zij was toen 38 jaar oud.

Kind(eren):

1. Zwaantien WOLTERS  1887-1963
2. Hendrik Jan WOLTERS  1890-1959
3. Johanna WOLTERS  1890-????

Notities over Geertruida Jager

Jan and Geertruida and son, Hendrik Jan, age 3, left Laar, Germany for Rotterdam, Netherlands to catch the boat (the W A Scholten) to New York. They arrived on 22 April 1875 and joined Geertruida's sister, Geesje in Graafschap, MI. Geesje had
married Jan Hendrik Pauels. Geertruida was widowed at age 37, three weeks before her daughter Jantje was born.
By this time, there were 3 boys in the family: Hendrik Jan (age 11), Derk (age 7), and Albert (age 3). Hendrik Jan went to live with Oom Jan and Tante Jennigien Ensink in Vriesland. They took care of his schooling and personal needs, and he
worked for them on the farm. They often lodged visiting students from Calvin Seminary who came to preach at First Zeeland Christian Reformed Church. They had an organ.
Geertruida was widowed again after a year's marriage to Harm Morsman. It was difficult in those days for a widow on a farm whose children were not old enough to assume responsibility for running it. A year later (1886), she married Steven
Wolters with whom she lived 37 years.
They had three children, the first of whom was Zwaantien (called Susan). When Susan was 1 1/2, she fell face down in a ditch. Jantje (age 5 1/2) ran and alerted Geertruida, who rescued Susan in the knick of time. The twins were born three
years after Susan in the dead of winter. Each weighed only 2 1/2 lbs. and had club feet. Jantje carried them one on each hip until they were 3 years old. By then, their feet were normal enough they could walk on their own.
Clarissa Haveman wrote in 1978:
"Grandma Wolters (Geertruida) was a devoted Christian woman who lived close to the Lord. The following information will give you somewhat of an insight of this and also an idea of what her household was like.
All the water was brought from the well for the horses, cows, pigs, chickens, and home use. Later, they had a pump in the kitchen.
The "peddler wagon" was a regular occasion. He sold groceries, dry goods, notions, kitchen utensils, etc. This took the place of today's supermarket. Butter and eggs were sold to the peddler.
In the winter they were fortified with a good breakfast of johnny cake. Imagine how early they had to get up to start the kitchen stove using wood, later coal. With the corn bread, they had fat pork fried and used the hot fat on the johnny
cake and hot sweet milk.
Grandma was a good cook. Her bread was delicious and her apple pies were just out of this world. She loved baking them and usually made six at a time.
In their home, there were marble topped tables, rocking chairs, a lamp with a beautiful china shade, and chairs with cane seats. The beds had straw matresses and were piled high with homemade quilts.
Albertha Bratt remembers well some of the enjoyable trips her family made to Grandma Wolters' house. In the winter, they went by sleigh. Grandma would send along a heating stone that would keep their feet warm. Also, fur robes for the
six-mile trip through the cold. At breakfast time, they would all kneel in prayer by their chairs and Grandma would lead in prayer, saying: "Wij bidden U voor U zegen van der bodem onze alle harten." English: "We ask You four Your blessing
from the depths of all our hearts."
Another of Grandma's prayers: "Heere, behoud en bewaar, beschut en bescharmt ons in het donkere van dezen nacht. In naam van Jesus, Amen." English: "Lord, preserve and keep us, protect and shelter us in the darkness of this night. in
Jesus' name, Amen.""
The following is a letter Geertruida wrote to Jantje Bratt's family:
"Dear Children,
We are all well because of the Lord's goodness and I am much better than I have been when I use the (olive) oil. i was able to go to God's house this afternoon. . . May there be much love in our hearts to laud and praise Him for all his
favors. . . that we may go forward in all experiences of life, those needs and concerns that drag us down are difficult, but we may rely on our sustaining Saviour who never leaves us nor forsakes us even in this fearful world. He is the only
Prince of Peace, oh that we may have more love for our Lord in all our hearts.
Marta and Hendrik Jan were here yesterday and said they felt somewhat better. They said they had met Gerrit Jan Oom in town. They said he looked very bad. I have not seen him for a long time.
Write soon. Hearty greetings from us,
Gt. Wolters
December 2, 1926

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