Name | Martha Boezel [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6] | |
Born | 25 Feb 1877 | Holland, Ottawa, Michigan, USA [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6] |
Gender | Female | |
Baptism | 25 Feb 1877 | Grand Rapids, Michigan, USA [6] |
Residence | 1880 | Grand Rapids, Kent, Michigan, USA [1] |
53 Prescott St; age 3; Daughter | ||
Residence | 29 Mar 1883 | Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA [6] |
date shown in Grand Rapids church register of the move to Chicago of Grietje and the three children | ||
Jan Boezel & Grietje van Wijk Children-Grand Rapids Dutch Reformed Church - 1873-1883 Gerdina Johanna, Martha, Albert "with mother to Chicago 29 Mar 1883" - NOTE that Albert birth year conflicts with 1879 civil birth record. == https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/60524/images/43107_344026-00334 |
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Residence | 1900 | Chicago Ward 34, Cook, Illinois, USA [2] |
7242 Dobson Avenue - born Feb 1877 Michigan of parents both born in Holland - age 23 - married 4 years - mother of 2 children, of whom 2 are now living - they are living with her sister Jennie (Boezel) Young family | ||
Residence | 1910 | Greenfield, Monroe, Wisconsin, USA [3] |
Residence | 30 Oct 1915 | Indianapolis, Indiana, USA |
1351 Nordyke Avenue [probably there temporarily for her husband's work as a steam shovel operator in the construction business] | ||
30 Oct 1915 Letter from "Aunt Gertie" (Grietje Oldenhoff) Van Wyk to Martha (Boezel) Johnston |
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30 Oct 1915 Letter from "Aunt Gertie" (Grietje Oldenhoff) Van Wyk to Martha (Boezel) Johnston Note that the Martha mentioned could be an as-yet-unknown dau of Gertie but may also be the 27 Sep 1889 Martha Van Wyk, dau of Gertie's husband's brother John (Johannes Gerrits) & Hattie Van Wyk. |
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30 Oct 1915 Letter from "Aunt Gertie" (Grietje Oldenhoff) Van Wyk to Martha (Boezel) Johnston - p 4 (envelope) of 4 Letter: October 30, 1915 From: Aunt Gertie; R. R No. 35; Sand Lake, Michigan To: Mrs. Martha Johnston; 1351 Nordyke Avenue; Indianapolis, Indiana Sand Lake, Mich. Oct 30: 15 Dear Loving Martha: I was so glad to get a card from you. glad yours are well so are we at present. Well your children are all big and full growing I suppose bij this time. so are mine. Mij smallest is bigger than Im myself he is going to be 17 years the 14th of December and Johanna bin 18 in the spring thats all I got to home. Cora bin home with her babij for a week and a half. she left her other two children with her husbands folks. Jennie got four children and Martha got two. Where is Joe now. I heard she was not living with her husband. how manij children has she got. Well it certainlij was hard for you people to lose your Mother, but O thank the Lord: that yours all have a home. There are so manij children that lose their father and Mother and that aint got no house and no place to staij and yours all got a good home Well let me hear soon of you and write me a long letter how big a family that Albert got now. Now I hope you will excuse me for not writing before. When I got your card. we where busy digging potatoes and Cora came. so I wrote a letter to you and it got lost We got almost a thousand bushels potatoes, and about 85 bushels beans and 150 bushels of wheat. Now let me hear of you again soon. So have the best regards from us all to you all Your Aunt Gertie Sand Lake, Mich R. R. No: 35 |
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30 Oct 1915 Letter from "Aunt Gertie" (Grietje Oldenhoff) Van Wyk to Martha (Boezel) Johnston - p 1 of 4 Letter: October 30, 1915 From: Aunt Gertie; R. R No. 35; Sand Lake, Michigan To: Mrs. Martha Johnston; 1351 Nordyke Avenue; Indianapolis, Indiana Sand Lake, Mich. Oct 30: 15 Dear Loving Martha: I was so glad to get a card from you. glad yours are well so are we at present. Well your children are all big and full growing I suppose bij this time. so are mine. Mij smallest is bigger than Im myself he is going to be 17 years the 14th of December and Johanna bin 18 in the spring thats all I got to home. Cora bin home with her babij for a week and a half. she left her other two children with her husbands folks. Jennie got four children and Martha got two. Where is Joe now. I heard she was not living with her husband. how manij children has she got. Well it certainlij was hard for you people to lose your Mother, but O thank the Lord: that yours all have a home. There are so manij children that lose their father and Mother and that aint got no house and no place to staij and yours all got a good home Well let me hear soon of you and write me a long letter how big a family that Albert got now. Now I hope you will excuse me for not writing before. When I got your card. we where busy digging potatoes and Cora came. so I wrote a letter to you and it got lost We got almost a thousand bushels potatoes, and about 85 bushels beans and 150 bushels of wheat. Now let me hear of you again soon. So have the best regards from us all to you all Your Aunt Gertie Sand Lake, Mich R. R. No: 35 |
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30 Oct 1915 Letter from "Aunt Gertie" (Grietje Oldenhoff) Van Wyk to Martha (Boezel) Johnston - p 2 of 4 Letter: October 30, 1915 From: Aunt Gertie; R. R No. 35; Sand Lake, Michigan To: Mrs. Martha Johnston; 1351 Nordyke Avenue; Indianapolis, Indiana Sand Lake, Mich. Oct 30: 15 Dear Loving Martha: I was so glad to get a card from you. glad yours are well so are we at present. Well your children are all big and full growing I suppose bij this time. so are mine. Mij smallest is bigger than Im myself he is going to be 17 years the 14th of December and Johanna bin 18 in the spring thats all I got to home. Cora bin home with her babij for a week and a half. she left her other two children with her husbands folks. Jennie got four children and Martha got two. Where is Joe now. I heard she was not living with her husband. how manij children has she got. Well it certainlij was hard for you people to lose your Mother, but O thank the Lord: that yours all have a home. There are so manij children that lose their father and Mother and that aint got no house and no place to staij and yours all got a good home Well let me hear soon of you and write me a long letter how big a family that Albert got now. Now I hope you will excuse me for not writing before. When I got your card. we where busy digging potatoes and Cora came. so I wrote a letter to you and it got lost We got almost a thousand bushels potatoes, and about 85 bushels beans and 150 bushels of wheat. Now let me hear of you again soon. So have the best regards from us all to you all Your Aunt Gertie Sand Lake, Mich R. R. No: 35 |
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30 Oct 1915 Letter from "Aunt Gertie" (Grietje Oldenhoff) Van Wyk to Martha (Boezel) Johnston - p 3 of 4 Letter: October 30, 1915 From: Aunt Gertie; R. R No. 35; Sand Lake, Michigan To: Mrs. Martha Johnston; 1351 Nordyke Avenue; Indianapolis, Indiana Sand Lake, Mich. Oct 30: 15 Dear Loving Martha: I was so glad to get a card from you. glad yours are well so are we at present. Well your children are all big and full growing I suppose bij this time. so are mine. Mij smallest is bigger than Im myself he is going to be 17 years the 14th of December and Johanna bin 18 in the spring thats all I got to home. Cora bin home with her babij for a week and a half. she left her other two children with her husbands folks. Jennie got four children and Martha got two. Where is Joe now. I heard she was not living with her husband. how manij children has she got. Well it certainlij was hard for you people to lose your Mother, but O thank the Lord: that yours all have a home. There are so manij children that lose their father and Mother and that aint got no house and no place to staij and yours all got a good home Well let me hear soon of you and write me a long letter how big a family that Albert got now. Now I hope you will excuse me for not writing before. When I got your card. we where busy digging potatoes and Cora came. so I wrote a letter to you and it got lost We got almost a thousand bushels potatoes, and about 85 bushels beans and 150 bushels of wheat. Now let me hear of you again soon. So have the best regards from us all to you all Your Aunt Gertie Sand Lake, Mich R. R. No: 35 |
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Residence | 1920 | Chicago Ward 7, Cook, Illinois, USA [4] |
543 East 68th Street | ||
Residence | 1930 | Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA [5] |
Died | 17 Mar 1969 | Waukegan, Lake, Illinois, USA |
Person ID | I401 | Terug in de Tijd |
Last Modified | 30 May 2023 |
Father | Jan John Boezel, b. 12 Jan 1842, Klundert, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands , d. 2 Mar 1914, Eastmanville, Ottawa, Michigan, USA (Age 72 years) | |
Relationship | natural | |
Mother | Grietje Gerrits Grace Maggie van Wijk, b. 29 Mar 1856, Kollum, Kollumerland, Friesland, Netherlands , d. 20 Aug 1915, Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA (Age 59 years) | |
Relationship | natural | |
Married | 28 Sep 1872 | Holland, Ottawa, Michigan, USA |
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Marriage of John Boezel & Maggie Van Wijk (state transcript register) Entry #162 - marriage date 28 Sep 1872 - marriage place Holland, Michigan - John Boezel, farmer, of Fillmore, Michigan, age 30 - Maggie Van Wyk of Fillmore, Michigan, age 16; both born Netherlands Europe - married by Henry D. Post, Justice of the Peace - witnesses Arie Panels of Holland [Michigan] & Jan Tunipe (or Turipe) of Holland [Michigan] - recorded 19 Oct 1872 -+-+- This is the full transcript made for the State of Michigan from the original Ottawa County register. |
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Family ID | F134 | Group Sheet | Family Chart |
Married | 1896 [2] | |
Last Modified | 30 May 2023 | |
Family ID | F605 | Group Sheet | Family Chart |
Family 2 | George Henry Johnston, b. 22 Apr 1877, Balsam, Ontario, Ontario, Canada , d. 6 Apr 1972, Hinsdale, Cook, Illinois, USA (Age 94 years) | |||||
Married | 2 May 1896 | Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA | ||||
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George Johnston-Martha Boezel - Marriage License |
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George Johnston-Martha Boezel - Marriage he 19, she 19 - by C. Seymour Bullock, minister of the Gospel, pastor of Oakwoods Union Church |
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Last Modified | 30 May 2023 | |||||
Family ID | F135 | Group Sheet | Family Chart |
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Photos | Boezel, Martha-Birth (Holland, Ottawa County)-1877-02-25 last entry on page - born 25 Feb 1877 - [no given name] Boezel - white - born City of Holland - parents John Boezel, carpenter, and Grietje Boezel, both residing City of Holland - recorded 1 June 1878 - This is the official full transcript register that was hand-copied from the original county and sent to the State of Michigan. The date recorded is the date that the copy was made. -+-+-+- Her birth was recorded in both Ottawa and Kent Counties. I believe that she was born in Holland (Ottawa County) since all prior family events are there and that the family moved very soon to Grand Rapids (Kent County) where immediate subsequent family events show them. This is further supported by her having no given name in the Holland record but having the given name Martha in the Grand Rapids record. | |
Boezel, Martha-Birth (Grand Rapids, Kent County)-1877-02-25 second entry on page - born 25 Feb 1877 - Martha Boezel - white - born First Ward Grand Rapids - parents John Boezel, carpenter, and Grietje Boezel, both residing First Ward Grand Rapids - recorded 27 May 1878 - This is the official full transcript register that was hand-copied from the original county and sent to the State of Michigan. The date recorded is the date that the copy was made. -+-+-+- Her birth was recorded in both Ottawa and Kent Counties. I believe that she was born in Holland (Ottawa County) since all prior family events are there and that the family moved very soon to Grand Rapids (Kent County) where immediate subsequent family events show them. This is further supported by her having no given name in the Holland record but having the given name Martha in the Grand Rapids record. | ||
George Johnston-Martha Boezel - Marriage License | ||
30 Oct 1915 Letter from "Aunt Gertie" (Grietje Oldenhoff) Van Wyk to Martha (Boezel) Johnston - p 4 (envelope) of 4 Letter: October 30, 1915 From: Aunt Gertie; R. R No. 35; Sand Lake, Michigan To: Mrs. Martha Johnston; 1351 Nordyke Avenue; Indianapolis, Indiana Sand Lake, Mich. Oct 30: 15 Dear Loving Martha: I was so glad to get a card from you. glad yours are well so are we at present. Well your children are all big and full growing I suppose bij this time. so are mine. Mij smallest is bigger than Im myself he is going to be 17 years the 14th of December and Johanna bin 18 in the spring thats all I got to home. Cora bin home with her babij for a week and a half. she left her other two children with her husbands folks. Jennie got four children and Martha got two. Where is Joe now. I heard she was not living with her husband. how manij children has she got. Well it certainlij was hard for you people to lose your Mother, but O thank the Lord: that yours all have a home. There are so manij children that lose their father and Mother and that aint got no house and no place to staij and yours all got a good home Well let me hear soon of you and write me a long letter how big a family that Albert got now. Now I hope you will excuse me for not writing before. When I got your card. we where busy digging potatoes and Cora came. so I wrote a letter to you and it got lost We got almost a thousand bushels potatoes, and about 85 bushels beans and 150 bushels of wheat. Now let me hear of you again soon. So have the best regards from us all to you all Your Aunt Gertie Sand Lake, Mich R. R. No: 35 | ||
30 Oct 1915 Letter from "Aunt Gertie" (Grietje Oldenhoff) Van Wyk to Martha (Boezel) Johnston - p 1 of 4 Letter: October 30, 1915 From: Aunt Gertie; R. R No. 35; Sand Lake, Michigan To: Mrs. Martha Johnston; 1351 Nordyke Avenue; Indianapolis, Indiana Sand Lake, Mich. Oct 30: 15 Dear Loving Martha: I was so glad to get a card from you. glad yours are well so are we at present. Well your children are all big and full growing I suppose bij this time. so are mine. Mij smallest is bigger than Im myself he is going to be 17 years the 14th of December and Johanna bin 18 in the spring thats all I got to home. Cora bin home with her babij for a week and a half. she left her other two children with her husbands folks. Jennie got four children and Martha got two. Where is Joe now. I heard she was not living with her husband. how manij children has she got. Well it certainlij was hard for you people to lose your Mother, but O thank the Lord: that yours all have a home. There are so manij children that lose their father and Mother and that aint got no house and no place to staij and yours all got a good home Well let me hear soon of you and write me a long letter how big a family that Albert got now. Now I hope you will excuse me for not writing before. When I got your card. we where busy digging potatoes and Cora came. so I wrote a letter to you and it got lost We got almost a thousand bushels potatoes, and about 85 bushels beans and 150 bushels of wheat. Now let me hear of you again soon. So have the best regards from us all to you all Your Aunt Gertie Sand Lake, Mich R. R. No: 35 | ||
30 Oct 1915 Letter from "Aunt Gertie" (Grietje Oldenhoff) Van Wyk to Martha (Boezel) Johnston - p 2 of 4 Letter: October 30, 1915 From: Aunt Gertie; R. R No. 35; Sand Lake, Michigan To: Mrs. Martha Johnston; 1351 Nordyke Avenue; Indianapolis, Indiana Sand Lake, Mich. Oct 30: 15 Dear Loving Martha: I was so glad to get a card from you. glad yours are well so are we at present. Well your children are all big and full growing I suppose bij this time. so are mine. Mij smallest is bigger than Im myself he is going to be 17 years the 14th of December and Johanna bin 18 in the spring thats all I got to home. Cora bin home with her babij for a week and a half. she left her other two children with her husbands folks. Jennie got four children and Martha got two. Where is Joe now. I heard she was not living with her husband. how manij children has she got. Well it certainlij was hard for you people to lose your Mother, but O thank the Lord: that yours all have a home. There are so manij children that lose their father and Mother and that aint got no house and no place to staij and yours all got a good home Well let me hear soon of you and write me a long letter how big a family that Albert got now. Now I hope you will excuse me for not writing before. When I got your card. we where busy digging potatoes and Cora came. so I wrote a letter to you and it got lost We got almost a thousand bushels potatoes, and about 85 bushels beans and 150 bushels of wheat. Now let me hear of you again soon. So have the best regards from us all to you all Your Aunt Gertie Sand Lake, Mich R. R. No: 35 | ||
Jan Boezel & Grietje van Wijk Children-Grand Rapids Dutch Reformed Church - 1873-1883 Gerdina Johanna, Martha, Albert "with mother to Chicago 29 Mar 1883" - NOTE that Albert birth year conflicts with 1879 civil birth record. == https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/60524/images/43107_344026-00334 | ||
Boezel, Martha (1877-1969) | ||
30 Oct 1915 Letter from "Aunt Gertie" (Grietje Oldenhoff) Van Wyk to Martha (Boezel) Johnston - p 3 of 4 Letter: October 30, 1915 From: Aunt Gertie; R. R No. 35; Sand Lake, Michigan To: Mrs. Martha Johnston; 1351 Nordyke Avenue; Indianapolis, Indiana Sand Lake, Mich. Oct 30: 15 Dear Loving Martha: I was so glad to get a card from you. glad yours are well so are we at present. Well your children are all big and full growing I suppose bij this time. so are mine. Mij smallest is bigger than Im myself he is going to be 17 years the 14th of December and Johanna bin 18 in the spring thats all I got to home. Cora bin home with her babij for a week and a half. she left her other two children with her husbands folks. Jennie got four children and Martha got two. Where is Joe now. I heard she was not living with her husband. how manij children has she got. Well it certainlij was hard for you people to lose your Mother, but O thank the Lord: that yours all have a home. There are so manij children that lose their father and Mother and that aint got no house and no place to staij and yours all got a good home Well let me hear soon of you and write me a long letter how big a family that Albert got now. Now I hope you will excuse me for not writing before. When I got your card. we where busy digging potatoes and Cora came. so I wrote a letter to you and it got lost We got almost a thousand bushels potatoes, and about 85 bushels beans and 150 bushels of wheat. Now let me hear of you again soon. So have the best regards from us all to you all Your Aunt Gertie Sand Lake, Mich R. R. No: 35 | ||
George Johnston-Martha Boezel - Marriage he 19, she 19 - by C. Seymour Bullock, minister of the Gospel, pastor of Oakwoods Union Church |
Documents | 30 Oct 1915 Letter from "Aunt Gertie" (Grietje Oldenhoff) Van Wyk to Martha (Boezel) Johnston |
Histories | 30 Oct 1915 Letter from "Aunt Gertie" (Grietje Oldenhoff) Van Wyk to Martha (Boezel) Johnston Note that the Martha mentioned could be an as-yet-unknown dau of Gertie but may also be the 27 Sep 1889 Martha Van Wyk, dau of Gertie's husband's brother John (Johannes Gerrits) & Hattie Van Wyk. |
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