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• Hij is geboren op 11 januari 1853 in Smilde, Drenthe, NL.Bron 1

  Geboren in Huis 25 Wijk Hoogersmilde

  Tijdstip: 12:00

• Registratie van geboorte op 13 januari 1853.Bron 1
• Beroepen:
• Arbeider.
• Koopman.Bron 2
• Geloof: Christelijk Gereformeerd.

  Ouderling

• (Emigratie) op 30 maart 1893.

  naar de USA vertrek op 30.03.1893 uit Rotterdam aankomst op 15.04.1893 in de USA met de Obdam. Doorreis naar Grand Rapids

• Hij is overleden op 6 december 1924 in Grand Rapids, Kent County, Michigan, Verenigde Staten, hij was toen 71 jaar oud.Bron 3

  Oorzaak: Pneumonie

• Hij is begraven in Jamestown, MI, USA.Bron 3
• Een kind van Jan Jans SCHANS en Hendrikje VELDSTRA
• Deze gegevens zijn voor het laatst bijgewerkt op 4 mei 2021.

Gezin van Marten Jans SCHANS

Hij is getrouwd met Grietje KLOK.

Toestemming voor het huwelijk is rond 27 april 1874 verkregen te Smilde, Drenthe, NL.Bron 4

Kind(eren):

1. Hendrikje SCHANS  1879-1969 
2. Marten M SCHANS  1880-1955 
3. Johanna SCHANS  1882-1969 
4. Jansje SCHANS  1886-1977 
5. Klaasje SCHANS  1890-1978 
6. Wubbichje SCHANS  1890-1962 
7. Jan SCHANS  1892-1964 
8. Neal Cornealius SCHANS  1896-1986

Notities over Marten Jans SCHANS

PROVINCIALE DRENTSCHE en ASSERCOURANTZATURDAG 28AUGUSTUS 1880

Hoogersmilde, 27 Aug. De zondagschool onder leiding van den heer Marten Schans viert thans feest ten huize van Harm Vink alhier.We twijfelen niet of vele belangstellenden zullen aan de pret luister bijzetten door hunne tegenwoordigheid: immers, de vruchten van ’t degelijk onderwijs, door den heer Schans gegeven, worden algemeen erkend.

PROVINCIALE DRENTSCHE en ASSERCOURANTMAANDAG 30 AUGUSTUS 1880

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Mijnheer de redacteur!
’t Was een schoon feest, ons Zondagschoolfeest. Netjes uitgedoscht kwam de jeugd te één uur in de woning van Vink zamen en begon de publieke les met het zingen van een psalmvers. Daarna behandelde de heer Schans met zijne leerlingen de geschiedenis en wel het tijdvak van Adam en Eva tot aan de komst van Jozef in Egypte. De antwoorden, door de leerlingen, vooral door de oudsten, gegeven, waren soms verrassend. Men kon merken, dat die geschiedenis degelijk was onderzocht en behandeld. Hierop gaf ds. Eskes in korte trekken de geschiedenis der Zondagscholen aan.Nadat dit deel van ’t programma tot aller genoegen was afgeloopen, kwam men tot het tweede deel: de kleinen te onthalen.Of er ook vreugde straalde uit aller oogen, toen koek, broodjes en melk in ruimen voorraad werd aangebragt. Later werden de kinderen nog eens weer onthaald en ontving elk van hen een keurig boekje, waarin zij, na eerst nog een vers te hebben gezongen, weer huiswaarts keerden.Een woord van dank aan allen, die dit feest mogelijk maakten, aan den heer Schans voor zijn degelijk onderwijs en aan den heer Eskes, pred. der Chr. Ger. gem. te Smilde, voor zijne tegenwoordigheid. Wanneer de kinderen zien, dat hun werk door de aanwezigheid van zulke personen gewaardeerd wordt, dan zullen ze zich in ’t vervolg zeker nog meer oefenen. Lang zal dit feest bij de leerlingen en ouders in aangename herinnering blijven. Hoogersmilde, 28 Junij 1880.
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Marten Jans Schans (son of Jan Jans Schans and Hendrikje Jans Veldstra) was born January 12, 1853 in Smilde, Province of Drenthe, NL540, and died December 06, 1924 in Grand Rapids, Michigan541.He married Grace Klok on May 03, 1878 in Smilde, Province of Drenthe, NL542, daughter of Marten Klok and Johanna Mulder.
Includes NotesNotes for Marten Jans Schans:
Marten Jans Schans and his spouse, Grietje Klok, had 8 children, and he lived to be 71.She lived to age 83.
The following story is sourced from an unpublished February 1976 genealogy report compiled by Pauline Karsten Bos concerning the genealogy of Marten Jans Schans and Grietje Klok Schans, [a copy is in Joel Bergsma's file of Schans family documents as of July 2002]:
Marten Jans Schans was born on January 12, 1853 in Smilde, Province of Drenthe, Netherlands, near the German border.He lived to be 71.His spouse, Grietje Klok, was born August 17, 1856, also in Smilde, Province of Drenthe, Netherlands, and she lived to be 83.Both died in Kent County, Michigan.
Marten Jans Schans' mother died when he was a young child.His father, Jan Jans Schans, later remarried, and from this union Marten had a half-sister who later drowned, and a half-brother, Roelof, who remained in the Netherlands after Marten emigrated.Roelof was approximately 20 years younger than Marten.
Marten Jans Schans and his spouse, Grietje Klok, married in Smilde on May 3, 1878, when he was 25 and she was 21.
After Marten Jans Schans married Grietje Klok, they continued to reside in Smilde, where he operated a store (winkel).They lived on a canal (vaard), and the house where seven (7) of their children were born was still standing and a family still lived there in the 1980s.Their eighth child, Neal, was born in the United States.
They were members of the Christian Reformed Church in Smilde, and Martin Jans Schans served as an Elder in the Smilde Christian Reformed Church. The town of Smilde claims the distinction of being the town where the first congregation of the Secession was organized, [according to the Banner page 1558 on December 23, 1955 (obituary of Rev. Martin M. Schans)].Again, according to the Banner article, Martin Jans "busied himself in that town in behalf of the Christian School."[There is a picture of a Christian school in Smilde in the Henry Boersma book at page 80, on file with Joel Bergsma as of January 28, 2001.The children of the sister of Marten Schans spouse are known to have attended the school, at least from 1903-1909.]
Grietje Klok Schans was without much formal education, but was a "godly woman of sound judgment," according to an obituary article on Marten Schans appearing in the December 23, 1955 Banner magazine, a publication of the USA Christian Reformed Church.
In early 1893 the Schans family decided to emigrate to the United States, believing that the United States offered better opportunities for their 7 (at the time) children.After selling their store in the Netherlands, and buying passage for the family of 9 (2 adults, 7 children), they had the grand sum of$75.00 left over to start their new life in Michigan.
They set sail on the ship S.S. Obdam from Rotterdam to the USA, arriving in the USA on April 15, 1893, with Grand Rapids, Michigan, as their ultimate destination.On the ship's manifest, Marten Schans' occupation was listed as "merchant."He was 40 years old, his spouse Grietje was 36, and they brought 7 children under the age of 14!
Upon arrival in the USA, they continued on to Grand Rapids, Michigan, and were taken in by the Hendrik Jan Grit family who lived on the West side of Grand Rapids.
They slept on the floor in the back room of the Grit store.They soon moved to Holland, Michigan, where they were given lodging in the Henry Haveman home.Both the Grits and the Havemans had been their close friends in the Netherlands.
While in Holland, Marten Schans worked in a tannery.Later they moved to a farm in Rusk, Michigan.In 1895, they moved to Jamestown, where Kornelus (Neal) Schans was born in 1896.
From Jamestown, they moved to Gitchell, near Jamestown, for two years, and then they returned to Jamestown.At that time Marten operated a general store, and also made sales and deliveries from a peddler's wagon.Once a week Marten would travel to Grand Rapids by horse and wagon to sell butter and eggs and to pick up supplies.
During this time Marten Schans helped to organize the Jamestown Christian Reformed Church.In the fall of 1902 the family left the store and Jamestown and moved to Grand Rapids for the winter, living near the Grandville Avenue Christian Reformed Church.From there, in the spring of 1903, they moved back to Jamestown to what has always been called the "Dertien Akker." (Dutch? acre?)
Later the family moved to a farm a mile south of Moline, Michigan.They were the first Dutch family to live in that community.There was no Christian Reformed Church in Moline, so they attended the church in Byron Center for a few Sundays, but soon began worshipping with three or four other families in Moline, using their home for a meeting place.
Later Marten Schans was the chief organizer of the Moline Christian Reformed Church, which was formed on March 31, 1908.
His 1910 census record, a copy of which is on file with Joel Bergsma as of 10.2004, shows him residing at age 57 in Leighton Township, Allegan County, Michigan.Martin Schans worked as a farmer and owned the farm, subject to a mortgage.He could read and write English, but his wife, Grace, could only read and write Dutch. They were living with three children, ages 14-24, in their household as of the 1910 census.Martin and Grace had been married 32 years. They had 8 children, six of whom were living in 1910. Details of the 1910 census record are below and in teh scrapbook file for Marten Schans.
In 1912, they sold their farm and moved into Moline to a house which their son-in-law, Jacob Karsten, built for them.
In 1913, at age 60, Marten Schans and his 57 year old wife, Grietje, returned to the Netherlands, presumably to visit family. When they returned, they re-entered the United States through Ellis Island, NY.His record is -"Schans, Marten -- US citizen, Moline, Mich is his residence; 4 Aug 1913 arrived at Ellis Island, 60y, Male, Married, Ship Rotterdam Dep Rotterdam, South Holland, NL *This passenger is a U.S. citizen."
http://www.ellisislandrecords.org/search/passRecord.asp?MID=213616483&LNM=SCHANS&PLNM=SCHANS&RF=19&ALTS=97%7Cschams&ALTS=97%7Cschanss&pID=100707120046
In 1916, the couple again moved, this time to Bradley, Michigan, where Marten worked to organize a Christian Reformed Church, which was finally established nearby in East Martin, Michigan.
Marten Schans took great delight in helping to organize churches for the Dutch immigrants.He would put a notice in "De Wachter", the denominational weekly publication, giving information about the area.Dutch families would read the notice and move to the community, and a church would eventually be formed.
The couple lived in Bradley just one year, and moved back to Moline in the spring of 1917, to another house that their son-in-law, Jacob Karsten, again built for them.They had two acres of land which Marten Schans tilled.They also had a cow and chickens.
After living in this house for seven years, they decided to sell it, and in the fall of 1924, they moved to Grand Rapids.They lived in an apartment in daughter Annie and son-in-law Henry Nagel'shome on Hancock Street in Grand Rapids.Within one month's time, Marten Schans became ill and died of pneumonia on December 7, 1924, one month short of turning 72.A Standard Obituary recognizing the death appeared in the Grand Rapids Press on page 24 on Monday, December 8, 1924.[Source - http://data.wmgs.org:591/KentCountyObits/FMPro].
From that time on, Grietje Klok Schans, his spouse, moved about, living by turns with her children.In the fall of 1939, 15 years after the death of Marten, while staying with daughter Winnie and son-in-law John Bushouse in Comstock, Michigan, Grietje Klok Schans became ill, and died on September 18, 1939 at the age of 83.Her obituary appeared the following day in the Grand Rapids Press. http://data.wmgs.org:591/KentCountyObits/FMPro
According to an unpublished, February 1976 genealogy report compiled by Pauline Karsten Bos at page 4, Marten Jans Schans was a passive individual - a peacemaker - who loved the Christian Reformed Church and served as an Elder all of his life.His grandchildren said he lived as though he were walking with "one foot in heaven."Grietje Klok, his spouse, was thrifty and managed the family finances.Her grandchildren can picture her brushing and mending clothes.As soon as her children were able, they worked outside the home, often for small wages.
Marten's son, Marten, followed his path of church organization and involvement.In 1903 Marten's son, Martin, entered the Preparatory Department of the Calvin Theological School and graduated with the class of 1911, eight years later.(See narrative entry at his name.)
Marten Jans Schans is buried in Jamestown, Michigan with his spouse Grietje Klok, and his minister son, Rev. Martin M. Schans (1880-1955).

Bron: https://www.genealogy.com/ftm/b/e/r/Joel-Bergsma-San-Diego/WEBSITE-0001/UHP-0154.html

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