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ALSO NOTE: The variety of spellings of the van Wijk surname in American records is great: Vanwyk, Van Wyk, Vanwik, Van Wik, Van Wyck, Van Wyke are just a few. So I have NOT tried to figure out what spelling the person actually used, and in many cases I have included multiple forms of the surname, which may or may not include all the versions that I found in various records. Even in the Dutch records, I occasionally saw the name recorded as van der Wijk, though this was a very rare exception and not at all an acceptable variant of the surname: I have found no evidence that we are connected to anyone who routinely used the surname van der Wijk.
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American Descendants in Red The children of Tjitte are shown, since at least three of them came to America. If you know of any more who came to America, please let me know.
The immigrant descendants are presented in the order in which they came to America. They all came initially to Grand Rapids, Michigan. Click on them in order to go to their section of this web page. The lines connected through marriage when Corneliske Bloemberg, the widow of Tjitte's son Jannes, married Gerrit's son Willem. However, Willem and Corneliske had no children together. IMPORTANT NOTE: There very well may have been more of Jannes' descendants who came to America. If you know of any, please let me know. |
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Gerrit married in Friesland. He was a young copper smith, trying to find a town in which he could become the copper smith. He would move to a town and stay for 2 or 3 years, having children in each town along the way, as he failed to become the preferred copper smith in one town and so moved on to another town. Eventually, he gave up on Friesland and tried his fortune at Grootegaast in Groningen, but his luck was the same there. So he finally gave up being a copper smith altogether and moved to America. [My great thanks to my Veenstra-line cousin's husband Sibbele Postma. As he drove me around Friesland for 3 days visiting ancestral towns in 2007, we came to the recognition of what all those children born in all those different towns must have meant. So this version of how and why Gerrit moved and emigrated is not found anywhere; it is the deduction of Sibbele and I from the evidence.] We know the exact date that Gerrit and his family left Grootegast since all arrivals and departures in the town were required to register, which was recorded. [Thanks to Gerben de Jong for finding and sending the Grootegast document images.] Gerrit's oldest son Johannes did not come with the family but followed them in 1871. All of the children were born in the Netherlands (all in Friesland except Johannes and Wiebe), and many of them died there. The ones who survived and came to America are shown in red and have links you can click to go directly to their families. Gerrit Jannes van Wijk married 10 Jun 1849 (in Lemsterland, Friesland) with Martjen Wybes Feenstra (15 Apr 1825 Oudermirdum - 7 Mar 1904 Blendon Township (Ottawa County), Michigan)
The family's registration at Grootegast While they did come to Grand Rapids and did appear in Grand Rapids (Kent County) in the 1870 Census, they must have moved to Fillmore (Allegan County) soon after 1870, since Grietje gives Fillmore as her residence at her 28 Sep 1872 marriage in Grand Rapids, and Gerrit himself was living in Fillmore when he was a witness to Johannes' 24 Jul 1875 marriage in Fillmore (although Johannes was then living in Saugutuck). By the 1880 Census, Gerrit had moved to Allendale Township (Ottawa County), which was where Johannes and Willemke (married to Jacob Wierda) and Willem also lived. Only Grietje (married to Jan Boezel) was living elsewhere in 1880, in Grand Rapids. At some point between 1880 and the 1900 Census, Gerrit moved to Blendon Township (Ottawa County), where he and Martha (Martje's Americanized name) died.
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Gerritje Jannes van Wijk was the fourth known child and first daughter of Jannes and his second wife Janke. She was born 22 August 1833 at Joure in Friesland. At the age of 24, she married 9 May 1858 with Frederik Berends Ozinga. They moved to Kollum and then came to America in 1881. |
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Five years after their brother Klaas had moved his family to America, Jannes and Willem van Wijk (grandsons of the Jannes of the Battle of Waterloo) did the same. Jannes married Cornelia Bloemburg at Joure in 1882. They had five children at Joure. Their youngest was only 8 months old when they made the voyage to America, with Jannes' brother Willem's family. What I know of the voyage is from the passenger list of the ship Veendam that arrived 7 Apr 1893 in New York, after sailing from Rotterdam. Jannes Tjittes van Wijk married 20 Jan 1882 at Joure, Haskerland, Friesland with Corneliske Bloemberg (27 Feb 1862 Haskerland, Friesland - 22 Jun 1921 Grand Rapids, Michigan)
1-Jannes John VAN WIJK b. 20 Jul 1862, Joure, Friesland, Netherlands, d. 13
Aug 1901, Grand Rapids, Kent, Michigan, USA
+Corneliske Cornelia Cora BLOEMBERG b. 27 Feb 1862, Haskerland, Friesland,
Netherlands, m. 20 Jan 1882, Joure, Friesland, Netherlands, d. 22 Jun 1921,
par. Arend Jacobs BLOEMBERG and Geeske VOS
....1.1-Tjitske Jessie VAN WYK b. 7 Aug 1882, Haskerdijken, Friesland,
Netherlands, d. 23 Feb 1956, Grand Rapids, Kent, Michigan, USA
+Henry BOELEMA b. Abt 1882, Netherlands, m. 16 Oct 1900, Grand Rapids,
Kent, Michigan, USA, par. Sikke BOELEMA and Jennie MOLDERMAN
........1.1.1-Jennie Jean Gean BOELEMA b. 23 Nov 1900, Grand Rapids
........1.1.2-John BOELEMA b. 28 Nov 1902, Grand Rapids, Kent, Michigan, USA,
d. Mar 1958
+Maria Johanna KAAT b. Abt 1906, Grand Rapids, Kent, Michigan, USA, m.
2 Apr 1925, Grand Rapids, Kent, Michigan, USA, par. Simon KAAT and Johanna A
DEJONGE
............1.1.2.1-Kenneth J BOELEMA b. Abt 1925
............1.1.2.2-Colleen L BOELEMA b. Abt 1928
........1.1.3-Sidney BOELEMA b. Abt 1906, Michigan
........1.1.4-Jacob Jack BOELEMA b. Abt 1909, Michigan
........1.1.5-Cornelia BOELEMA b. Abt 1912
........1.1.6-Grace BOELEMA b. Abt 1914
........1.1.7-Henry BOELEMA b. Abt 1916
........1.1.8-Russell J BOELEMA b. Abt 1921
........1.1.9-Edwin J BOELEMA b. Abt 1923
....1.2-Arend Ernest VAN WYK b. 3 Dec 1884, Haskerdijken, Haskerland, Friesland,
Netherlands, d. 11 Dec 1937, Grand Rapids, Kent, Michigan, USA
+Jennette Jennie G BRUMMELS b. 16 Sep 1886, Grand Rapids, Kent, Michigan,
USA, m. 3 Jun 1908, Grand Rapids, Michigan, USA, d. 17 Oct 1940, Grand Rapids,
Kent, Michigan, USA, par. William BRUMMELS and Greitze Gertrude Gertie VAN
OVEREN
........1.2.1-John VAN WYK b. 17 May 1909, Grand Rapids, Kent, Michigan, USA,
d. 3 Mar 1991, Gobles, Van Buren, Michigan, USA
........1.2.2-William B VAN WYK b. 24 Jan 1911, Michigan, USA, d. Mar 1992, Paw
Paw, Van Buren, Michigan, USA
........1.2.3-Gertrude M VAN WYK b. 1912, Grand, Colorado, United States, d.
1913, Grand Rapids, Kent, Michigan, USA
........1.2.4-Ernest H VAN WYK b. Abt 1913, Michigan, d. 13 Dec 1990, Grand
Rapids, Kent, Michigan, USA
........1.2.5-Martin VAN WYK b. 13 Oct 1915, Grand Rapids, Kent, Michigan, USA,
d. 2 Nov 1945, Manila, Philippines
........1.2.6-Cornelia VAN WYK b. 1 Apr 1919, Grand Rapids, Kent, Michigan,
USA, d. 18 Nov 1995, Grand Rapids, Kent, Michigan, USA
....1.3-Geeske Grace Gracie VAN WYK b. 5 Oct 1887, Haskerdijken, Haskerland,
Friesland, Netherlands, d. 16 May 1958
+Edward HAITSMA b. Abt 1885, Netherlands, m. 29 May 1907, Grand Rapids,
Kent, Michigan, USA, par. Siet HAITSMA and Minke TICHEKOR?
....1.4-Tjitte Thomas Tommy VAN WYK b. 28 Mar 1890, Haskerdijken, Haskerland,
Friesland, Netherlands, d. 30 Sep 1970, Grand Rapids, Kent, Michigan, USA
+Dina Dena SMIT b. 1890, Grand Rapids, Kent, Michigan, USA, m. 11 Aug
1911, Grand Rapids, Kent, Michigan, USA, par. Egbert SMIT and Barbara KEMA
........1.4.1-Egbert VAN WYK b. 8 Nov 1912, Michigan, d. 20 Feb 2000, Jenison,
Ottawa, Michigan, USA
+Elaine Lillian JOHNSON b. 9 Mar 1910, Michigan, d. Jun 1966, Grand
Rapids, Kent, Michigan, USA, par. Frank Albert JOHNSON and Bessie Mae HANER
............1.4.1.1-Linda Mae VANWYK b. 27 Aug 1945, Grand Rapids, Kent,
Michigan, USA, d. 11 Aug 1990, Jenison, Ottawa, Michigan, USA
+Living
................1.4.1.1.1-Living
................1.4.1.1.2-Living
................1.4.1.1.3-Living
................1.4.1.1.4-Living
........1.4.2-Cornelia VAN WYK b. Abt 1916, Michigan
........1.4.3-Thomas J. VAN WYK b. Abt 1919, Michigan
........1.4.4-Barbara M. VAN WYK b. 1921, Grand Rapids, Kent, Michigan, USA
........1.4.5-Geraldine S. VAN WYK b. Jan 1926, Grand Rapids, Kent, Michigan,
USA
....1.5-Jeltje Tilly Tillie VAN WYK b. 6 Jun 1892, Haskerdijken, Haskerland,
Friesland, Netherlands, d. Nov 1979, Grand Rapids, Kent, Michigan, USA
+John VAN WYK VANWYK VAN WYCK b. 14 Dec 1898, Grand Rapids, Kent,
Michigan, USA, m. 4 Oct 1917, Grand Rapids, Kent, Michigan, USA, par. Willem
Gerrits William VAN WIJK VAN WYCK VANWYK VAN WYK and Grietje Gertie Grace Greda
OLDENHOFF
....1.6-Klaas Clarence H VAN WYK b. 8 Mar 1896, Grand Rapids, Kent, Michigan,
USA, d. 18 May 1968, Huntington Park, Los Angeles, California, USA
+Erna DENSOW b. Mar 1897, Ahnapee, Kewaunee, Wisconsin, United States, m.
Dec 1919, Wisconsin, USA
........1.6.1-Living VANWYK
........1.6.2-Clarence Jr VANWYK b. 1924, d. 1928
....1.7-Jennie VAN WYK b. Jul 1898, Michigan
....1.8-Jacob John VAN WYKE b. 14 Sep 1900, Grand Rapids, Kent, Michigan, USA,
d. 25 Oct 1984, Tallmadge, Ottawa, Michigan, USA
+Verda Marie COOLEY b. 3 Jun 1917, Grand Rapids, Kent , Michigan, USA, m.
13 Jan 1940, d. 10 Oct 2009, Dimondale, Eaton, Michigan, USA, par. Howard
COOLEY and Ora Stella WOODBURY
........1.8.1-Living
+Unknown
............1.8.1.1-Living
+Living
................1.8.1.1.1-Living
................1.8.1.1.2-Living
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Five years after their brother Klaas had moved his family to America, Jannes and Willem van Wijk (grandsons of the Jannes of the Battle of Waterloo) did the same. Jannes married Jletje van den Berg in Haskerland, probably at Joure, in 1891. They had one child at Joure, who was only 5 months old when they made the voyage to America, with Willem's brother Jannes' family. What I know of the voyage is from the passenger list of the ship Veendam that arrived 7 Apr 1893 in New York, after sailing from Rotterdam. Willem Tjittes van Wijk married 24 Dec 1891 in Haskerland, Friesland (probably at Joure) with Jeltje van den Berg (8 Feb 1871 Idskenhuizen, Doniawerstal, Friesland - living 1930 in Baldwin, Wisconsin)
1-Willem William VAN WIJK VAN WYK VAN WYKE b. 22 Jan 1871, Joure,
Haskerland, Friesland, Netherlands
+Jeltje Jessie Julia VAN DEN BERG b. 8 Feb 1871, Idskenhuizen, Doniawerstal,
Friesland, Netherlands, m. 24 Dec 1891, , Haskerland, Friesland, Netherlands,
par. Pieter Hanzes VAN DEN BERG and Durkje Alles WALSTRA
....1.1-Tjitske Tillie Tilde VAN WIJK VAN WYK b. 6 Oct 1892, , Haskerland,
Friesland, Netherlands
....1.2-Durkje VAN WYK b. Abt 28 May 1894, Grand Rapids, Kent, Michigan, USA,
d. 7 Mar 1897, Grand Rapids, Kent, Michigan, USA
....1.3-Jessie VAN WYK b. 14 Sep 1895, Grand Rapids, Kent , Michigan, USA
+Joseph HEEBINK b. 22 Jan 1896, Baldwin, Saint Croix, Wisconsin, USA, m.
29 Jan 1918, Wisconsin, USA
........1.3.1-Kenneth George HEEBINK b. 3 Jun 1919, Wisconsin, USA, d. 8 Jul
2008, Rockbridge, Hocking, Ohio, USA
+Virginia Ione MIKESELL b. 19 Apr 1920, Eau Claire, Chippewa,
Wisconsin, USA, m. Wisconsin, USA, d. 4 Dec 2003, Lancaster, Ohio, USA, par.
Ivan MIKESELL and Hazel June ALLEN
............1.3.1.1-HEEBINK b. Abt 1945, d. Bef 2003
+COOK b. Abt 1945
................1.3.1.1.1-Benaye Barbara COOK b. Abt 1970
............1.3.1.2-Dennis HEEBINK b. Abt 1946
+Susan b. Abt 1948, m. Abt 1970
........1.3.2-Charlotte HEEBINK b. Abt 1922
....1.4-Janke Jennie D VAN WYK b. 15 Oct 1896, Grand Rapids, Kent , Michigan,
USA
....1.5-Dora VAN WYK b. Jan 1898, Michigan
....1.6-Peternella Nellie VAN WYK b. 27 Apr 1900, Grand Rapids, Kent, Michigan,
USA
....1.7-Julia VAN WYK b. 3 Dec 1902, Cedar Grove, Sheboygan, Wisconsin, USA
....1.8-Marie Mary VAN WYK b. 30 Dec 1905, Cedar Grove, Sheboygan, Wisconsin,
USA
....1.9-Theodore J VAN WYKE b. 1 Sep 1911, Wisconsin, USA
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