Chattie Sybesma1

F, #18, b. 27 Jan 1883, d. 27 Jul 1949
FatherTjalling Dijkstra2
MotherAntje Bouma2


Tjitske Dijkstra was born on 27 January 1883 in Het Bildt, Friesland, The Netherlands.2,1,3 She married Samuel Sybesma in 1905.1,4 Chattie Sybesma died on 27 July 1949 in 8 Payne Ave, Midland Park, Bergen County, New Jersey.3,5 She was buried in Fair Lawn (Fair Lawn Cemetery.)3,5


The obituary of Chattie Sybesma appeared on 28 July 1949 in the Ridgewood Herald News (pg. 4, col. 4.)3

More information:
She immigrated with Tjalling Dijkstra and Antje Bouma in 1890.6 Tjalling Dijkstra and Antje Bouma had five children born in Het Bildt, Friesland, The Netherlands: Tjerk (1879 #A 23), Tetje (1881 #A 25), Tjitske (1883 #A 15), Rikje (1886 #A 129) and Brechtje (1889 #112.)7

Census Records:
1900 Fed. census: Household of Charles Dexter, (#214), Midland Park Borough, Bergen County, New Jersey. Household consists of Charles, his wife Annie and their children: Theodore (Dec 1879), Jessie (Jun 1881), Jennie (Jan 1883), Rachel (Jun 1886), Bertha (May 1889), all born in Holland, and Sadie (Apr 1892, b. in NJ). They were married 21 years, immigrated 1890.6
1910 Fed. census: Household of Samuel Sybesma, 9 Highland Ave, Midland Park Borough, Bergen County, New Jersey. Household consists of Samuel, his wife Chattie and three children: William (4), Charles (2) and Anna (4 mo), all born in NJ.4
1920 Fed. census: Household of Samuel Sybesma, Midland Park, Bergen County, New Jersey. Household consists of Samuel, his wife Chattie and four children all born in NJ: William (17 yr), Charles (11 yr), Anna (9 yr), Bertha (7 yr.)1

Citations

  1. [S7] 1920 Federal Census, Samuel Syberma, 12 Jan 1920. T625 Roll: 1018 Page: 253, ED 72.
  2. [S3] Wie Was Wie, Dutch Genealogical Database. Online at http://www.wiewaswie.nl/, Het Bildt Births : 1883 #A 15.
  3. [S52] Ridgew. Herald News, 1 Feb 1940 - 28 Dec 1972, Jul 28, 1949, pg. 4, col. 4.
  4. [S5] 1910 Federal Census, Samuel Sybesma, 2 May 1910. T624 Roll: 868 Page: 170, ED 18. (indexed as Sybeama).
  5. [S9] Record, Jul 28, 1949.
  6. [S4] 1900 Federal Census, Charles Dexter, 16 Jun 1900. T623 Roll: 955 Page: 46, ED 17.
  7. [S3] Wie Was Wie, Dutch Genealogical Database. Online at http://www.wiewaswie.nl/, Het Bildt Births.