Frances Siersma1

F, #168, b. 1874, d. 6 May 1939


Frances Siersma was born in 1874 in The Netherlands.1 She married Kornelis Siersema on 18 May 1893 in Baflo, Groningen, The Netherlands.2,1,3 Frances Siersma died on 6 May 1939 in Hackensack Hospital, Hackensack, Bergen County, New Jersey.1 She was buried in Fair Lawn (Fair Lawn Cemetery.)1


The obituary of Frances Siersma appeared on 11 May 1939 in the Ridgewood Herald (pg. 2.)1

More information:
Her parents were Hendrik Jans de Boer Bottema and Pilke van der Wal.2 Tokje Siersma immigrated on the Potsdam, arriving in New York on 24 Jul 1906, with 3 children: Trientje (8), Hendrika (4) and Martha (2.)1,4

Census Records:
1910 Fed. census: Household of Cornelius Siersma, Ackerman Ave, Glen Rock Borough, Bergen County, New Jersey. Household consists of Cornelius, his wife Frances and 4 children: Katherine (12), Henrietta (8), Martha (6), and William (3.)3
1920 Fed. census: Household of Cornelius Siersma, Hamilton Ave (#98), Glen Rock Borough, Bergen County, New Jersey. Household consists of Cornelius, his wife Frances and 3 children: Catherine (21), Henrietta (18), and William (12.)5

Citations

  1. [S1] Ridgew. Herald, 13 July 1901 - 25 Jan 1940, May 11, 1939, pg. 2.
  2. [S3] Wie Was Wie, Dutch Genealogical Database. Online at http://www.wiewaswie.nl/, Baflo Marriages : 1895 #6.
  3. [S5] 1910 Federal Census, Cornelius Seitsma, 20 Jun 1910. T624 Roll: 870 Page: 32, ED 117.
  4. [S2] Ellis Island, Potsdam, 24 Jul 1906 (T715, Roll 745, Frame 628).
  5. [S7] 1920 Federal Census, Cornelius Siersena, 10 Jan 1920. T625 Roll: 1017 Page: 222, ED 49.