Genealogie Gomes » Dirk Kikkert (1875-1950)

Persoonlijke gegevens Dirk Kikkert 

• Hij is geboren op 25 oktober 1875 in de hoeve 'Holland' in Eierland (Texel).
• Eigendom: gradzerk.
• Hij is overleden op 30 juli 1950 in Chicago Heights, Cook, Illinois, USA, hij was toen 74 jaar oud.
• Hij is begraven in Oak Ridge Cemetery, Lansing, Cook County, Illinois, Verenigde Staten.
• Een kind van Cornelis Kikkert en Josina Blom
• Deze gegevens zijn voor het laatst bijgewerkt op 14 juni 2022.

Gezin van Dirk Kikkert

Hij is getrouwd met Bastiaantje Witvoet.

Zij zijn getrouwd op 31 december 1903 te Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, USA, hij was toen 28 jaar oud.

Kind(eren):

1. Cornelis Kickert  1904-1983 
2. Geertruida Kickert  1907-
3. Josephine Kickert  1908- 
4. Gerard Frank Kickert  1911-1995 
5. Marchal Kickert  1916-1916
6. (Niet openbaar)

Notities over Dirk Kikkert

Hij is op 19 apr 1888 naar Amerika vertrokken en noemde zich daar Richard Kickert.

Dirk had in Chicago een busonderneming, 'The Kickert Busline', met oa schoolbussen; deze bestond in 2005 nog steeds.

He was born Dirk Kikkert (= Frog) in October 1875 on De Hoeve (The Farm) "Holland" in the area of Eijerland, the extreme northern part of the island Texel, which is located in the extreme northern part of the Dutch western province Noord-Holland, the seventh of ten children of the 42 years old laborer Cornelis Kikkert and Josina Blom. Eierland is now the name for the northern part of Texel, which covers the Eierland polder and De Cocksdorp. Eierland used to be a separate island. This island was named Eierland, meaning egg land, due to the abundance of bird's eggs which lay for the taking.

His father Cornelis had from his first marriage to Neeltje Boesje, who died in 1862 at De Hoeve Holland, four children at De Hoeve "Madura" in Eierland, Texel:
* Klaas, 1851-1932, Highland, Indiana;
* Jan, 1853-1908, Munster, Indiana;
* Souwtje, 1856-1856, De Hoeve Madura;
* Souwtje, 1857-1920, Highland, Indiana;
and one child at De Hoeve Holland in Eierland:
* Job, 1860, De Hoeve Holland-1920, De Cocksdorp, Texel.

Dirk had at De Hoeve Holland in Eierland, Texel, the following nine siblings Kikkert:
* Pieter, 21 Feb 1865-26 Sep 1938, Munster, Indiana;
* Albert, 20 Aug 1866-28 Oct 1943, Chicago Heights, Illinois;
* Bastiaan, 16 May 1868-29 Apr 1887, at sea on his way to the USA;
* Marretje, 20 Dec 1869-15 Jul 1871, drowned in a ditch near the farm;
* Marretje, 11 Oct 1871-29 Nov 1952, Illinois;
* Leendert, 5 Apr 1873-27 Dec 1961, Oak Forest, Indiana;
* Adrianus (Henry), 27 Oct 1876-29 Nov 1967, Grand Rapids, Michigan;
* Cornelis, 7 Aug 1878-4 Mar 1904, South Holland, Illinois;
* Nanning (John), 20 Aug 1879-18 Aug 1957, South Holland, Illinois.

Source: Genealogieonline, Rob Gomes, July 2015.

On 23 February 1880 his father Cornelis Kikkert died at the age of 48 years in Eierland, Texel.

On 5 March 1885 his brother Pieter Kikkert emigrated to the USA and on 28 March 1887 his brother Albert Kikkert.

On 14 July 1887 his mother Josina Blom remarried widower Pieter van der Vliet, also to be able to emigrate with six children to the USA.

On 19 April 1888 Dirk Kikkert emigrated together with his mother Josina Blom and siblings Leendert, Adrianus (Henry), Nanning (John) and Marretje to the USA. Because of sickness his half-sister Souwtje and his stepfather Pieter van der Vliet followed later, on 27 June 1888. Pieter van der Vliet returned in October 1893 alone to Texel, where he died in 1915 at the age of 82 years. Source: Genealogieonline, Rob Gomes, July 2015.

On 31 December 1903 Richard Kickert married in Chicago, Cook County, Illinois at the age of 28 years the 10 years younger Bessie Witvoet (= White foot), who was also born in the Netherlands, in the northeastern province Groningen.

On 13 October 1904 they had in Chicago son Cornelius Bastian Kickert.

In 1910 Richard Kikert (33 y, born in Holland, immigrated in 1886), his wife Bessie (25, Holland, immigrated in 1891), their children Cornelius B (5, Illinois), Gertrude B (3, Illinois), Josephine M (2, Illinois) and his nephew Nicholas Kickert (17, Indiana) were living in Thornton [Township], Cook County, Illinois.

On 1 December 1916 their son Marshal Kickert died in Thornton [Township], just south of Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, less than 11 months old. On 29 December 1916 his mother died in Chicago, at the age of 72 years.

In April 1940 Richard Kickert (63, farmer), his wife Bessie (53) and their daughter Maryian Kickert (16, Illinois) were living at their own farm in Bloom Township [including the village of Lynwood], south of Chicago, Cook County, Illinois. They lived in 1935 in the same house.

Kickert School Bus Hits 100-Year Milestone
Here’s a brief history of Kickert School Bus Line’s operations and ownership:
1915: Richard and Bessie Kickert live in South Holland, Illinois. Besides taking the Kickerts’ own children to McKinley School (which is still a customer today), their neighbors ask if their children can also be taken to school. They pay Richard for that service, which is provided by a horse-drawn wagon fitted with board seats.
1920s: Richard buys a diesel truck and converts it to a school bus. The family moves to Lynwood, Illinois (the same location where Kickert is today). They sign their first contract with a school district in the 1920s. Bessie is the brains behind the operation.
1950: Richard passes away. Bessie, along with her five children, continues to run the school bus company.
Early 1960s: The family is advised to sell the company, and they want to make sure it is sold to a non-family member. As it turns out, Bill Messmaker, grandson of Richard Kickert, has put an investment team together and ends up purchasing Kickert without any of the family members knowing he is involved. He brings in Noel Biery and Paul Boender to help run the company. They not only grow the school bus side of the business, but they also expand into coach buses.
1980: Bill Messmaker becomes ill and sells the company to John Benish Sr. of Cook-Illinois Corp. Noel and Paul stay on to run the company until they retire.
2015: Kickert celebrates its 100th anniversary.
Over 10 decades transportation went from seven to about 12,000 students.

Richard Kickert died in July 1950 at the age of 74 years in Chicago Heights, Cook County, Illinois. His widow Bessie died in May 1989 at the age of 104 years (!) in Chicago, Cook County, Illinois.

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