By Rev. A.Z. Zwemer in the Vriesland Reformed Church.
Farmer.
section 35, Holland Twp, Ottawa Co - Michigan, (RR3), 37.3
Ebenezer Reformed Church, 22 June 1906, Henry, Martha and c
at home on section 35.
by Rev. R.J. Rozeboom.
Hij is getrouwd met Martha Jacobs.
Zij zijn getrouwd op 22 juli 1891 te Holland, Ottawa Co, MI - USA, hij was toen 30 jaar oud.
Kind(eren):
Gebeurtenis (married:) op 22 juli 1891 in Holland, Ottawa Co, MI - USA .
By Rev. Frank Wilandt.
Henry did NOT inherite his father's wanderlust, he was the homebody!
He was born in 1860 in his father's second log house on the 'famous sink hole' in Zeeland township near Vriesland, Michigan.
He grew up in that area until his father's death in 1871. At the age of 11 he then moved to a new farm his father had just purchased on section 35 of Holland township (= extension of Adam's road-south side) and became a member of the Ebenezer Reformed Church on December 18, 1872.
Like his sister Hannah he remained a member of that church for his entire life, and lived his whole life on the same farm, inheriting it after his mother's death in 1889, when he was 29.
Two years later he married Martha Jacobs, (the daughter of Jacob Jacobs and Aaltje Wagenveld), who had been born in the Netherlands, but it is not known exactly where the Jacobs family came from and there is also some uncertainty about the date of Martha's birth. Family tradition holds on October 1, 1868; her obituary says it was 1866 and the Ebenezer Church records it as 1871). The Jacobs family emigrated to the U.S. when Martha was only 4 years old, and eventually settled on a small lot of 10 acres directly across the road from the Bor farm. This and their common church membership is enough to explain how Henry and Martha met.
I found the following Individual Record about Henry Borr (alias: Hendrik 2 Bor) via FamilySearch (= Mormons from Salt Lake City) on 2nd January 2009.
It said:
Hendrik (2) Bor, Birthyear: 1861, Birthplace: Michigan, Age: 19, Occupation: works on farm, Marital Status: Single, Race: White, Head of Household: Jacob van Looten, Relation: Stepson, Father's birth place: Netherlands, Mother's birthplace: Netherlands.
Source Information:
Census place: Holland, Ottawa, Michigan.
Family History Library Film: 12.54.601.
NA Film Number: T9-0601.
Page Number: 472A.
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