Jan Harm Drenth1,2

M, #5, b. 1848


Jan Harm Drenth was born in 1848 in Finsterwolde, Groningen, The Netherlands.1,2 He married Stientje Spel on 4 October 1873 in Nieuwolda, Groningen, The Netherlands.1,2

Children of Jan Harm Drenth and Stientje Spel



More information:
His parents were Jan Drenth and Wopchien Jans Kuiper.1 Jan Harm Drenth and Stella Drenth immigrated on the Spaarndam, from Rotterdam, arriving on 2 Mar 1896 in New York, with nine children: Jan (17), Aaltje (16), Anna (14), Stientje (11), Pieterke (9), Syfke (8), Reinkje (6), Derk (4), and Ernst (2). They were going to Hackettstown, NJ.2

Census Records:
1900 Fed. census: Household of Jan Harm Drenth, (#184), Hope Township, Warren County, New Jersey. Household consists of Jan Harm, his wife Stella and ten children: Tunis (May 1877), John Jr (Aug 1878), Annie (Nov 1991), Stella (Nov 1883), Pieterske (Feb 1886), Sypke (Mar 1888), Reintje (Mar 1890), Derk (Feb 1892), Ernest (Apr 1884), and Jennie (Dec 1896). All are born in Denmark, including John and Stella!3 John Jr lives next door, and a Derk and Grietje Spell live two houses further.4
1910 Fed. census: Household of Jan Harm Drenth, Great Meadows Road, Hope Township, Warren County, New Jersey. Household consists of Jan Harm, his wife Stella and eight children: Anna (28), Stella (26), Nellie (24), Syfko (22), Rientje (20), Derk S. (18), Ernst (16), and Jennie (14), all are born in Holland.5

Citations

  1. [S67] Regional Archives Groningen, Nieuwolda Marriages : 1873 #10.
  2. [S2] Ellis Island, Spaarndam, 2 Mar 1896. (pg# 633).
  3. [S4] 1900 Federal Census, Jan H Drenth, 12 Jun 1900. T623 Roll: 998 Page: 124, ED 189.
  4. [S4] 1900 Federal Census, Jan H Drenth, 28 Apr 1910. T624 Roll: 911 Page: 240.
  5. [S4] 1900 Federal Census, Jan H Drenth, 28 Apr 1910. T624 Roll: 911 Page: 240, ED 131.
  6. [S1] Ridgew. Herald, 13 July 1901 - 25 Jan 1940, Aug 19, 1937, pg. 2.