Grietje Starke1

F, #8589, * 19 Sep 1867, + 14 Sep 1925
FatherJan Tonkes Starke2,1 * 18 Jan 1838, + 8 Oct 1922
MotherAafien Meijering2,1 * 26 Dec 1839, + 13 Aug 1920
Picture in her husband's passport application file

Family

Wildrik Jacobus Beumee * 27 Jan 1863, + 9 Jul 1944
Children
  • Mensiena Beumee12,7 * 14 Jan 1887, + 10 Mar 1889
  • Jan Tonkes Beumee2 * 26 Mar 1888, + 27 Jan 1952
  • Mensiena A. Beumee9 * 14 Apr 1891, + 8 May 1954
  • Joseph Godfry Beumee9 * 7 Aug 1892, + 6 Feb 1965
  • Ethel Beumee9 * 2 Aug 1894, + 5 May 1945
  • Ole Harrison Beumee9 * 26 Mar 1897, + 21 Jul 1967
  • Margaret Joan Beumee9 * 4 Nov 1899
  • Catherine Beumee10 * 26 Mar 1903, + 3 Oct 1924
     Grietje Starke was born on 19 Sep 1867 in Nieuwe Pekela.2,3,1 She married Wildrik Jacobus Beumee, son of Jan Beumee and Mensiena Houwen, on 4 Nov 1886 at Nieuwe Pekela1 (banns 17 Oct 1886.)1 She died on 14 Sep 1925 in South Bend, Indiana,4,5, and was buried in the Prospect Hill Cemetery at LaGrange Township at Cass County5 Her obituary appeared on 17 Sep 1925.6

Other information:
She and Wildrik Jacobus Beumee emigrated in 1889 from 'Schiedam', Onstwedde, to Argentina on the ship Schiedam. They arrived 9 Mar 1889 in Argentina. Mensiena died on board.7,8
     They must have gone soon afterwards to the US, as they are in the 1900 census in Muskegon City, Michigan with 6 children, the 5 youngest being born in Michigan.9
For a short blogpost about her daughter Mensiena Beumee, see link.

She is listed in the following census:
1900 Fed. census (1 Jun): Household of Uldrick J. Beumee, 68 Florence Street, Muskegon City, Muskegon County, Michigan.9
1910 Fed. census (15 Apr): Household of Wildrik Jacobus Beumee, Cassopolis Village, LaGrange Township, Cass County, Michigan.10
1920 Fed. census (1 Jan): Household of Earl Beumee, Cassopolis Village, LaGrange Township, Cass County, Michigan.11

Name variants: Margaret Beumee (in the 1900 census.)9 Grace Beumee (in the 1910 census.)10

Citations

  1. [S140] BS Nieuwe Pekela, Civil Registration : 1886 #32. Wildrik Jacobus Beumee en Grietje Starke, 4 Nov 1886.
  2. [S150] Letter, afd. Burgerzaken, Gemeente Nieuwe Pekela Secretarie to Jennifer Broekman, 23 Jan 1987.
  3. [S445] Nieuwe Pekela Geboorten : 1867 #116. Grietje Starke, 19 Sep 1867. Index and/or images online at http://www.allegroningers.nl/
  4. [S537] Klaas Beumee, 2009.
  5. [S635] Prospect Hill Cemetery, MI, online: http://www.migenweb.org/cass/cemeteries/Prospect/phillcem_11.htm
  6. [S934] Rootsweb, Cass County, MI, Obituary Name Index <http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~micass2/obit.htm>., online: http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/
  7. [S184] BS Nieuwe Pekela, Civil Registration : 1889 #63. Mensiena Beumee, 10 Apr 1889.
  8. [S527] Argentinie, (Emigratie naar Argentinie, Lijst 1882-1890). Source: Dr. Robert P. Swierenga.., online: http://www.wierstra.net/
  9. [S108] Fed. Census: 1900. Michigan, Muskegon County, Muskegon City, Ward 2, ED 69, sheet 6B, line 64-71. (NARA: T623, Roll 734, Page 186). Household of Uldrick Beumee (indexed as Beumer).
  10. [S108] Fed. Census: 1910. Michigan, Cass County, La Grange Township, Cassopolis Village, ED 106, sheet 1B, line 75-82. (NARA: T624, Roll 640, Page 95). Household of Jacob Beumee.
  11. [S108] Fed. Census: 1920. Michigan, Cass County, La Grange Township, Cassopolis Village, ED 127, sheet 13A, line 11-14. (NARA: T625, Roll 756, Page 193). Household of Earl Beumee.
  12. [S171] Nieuwe Pekela, online database : Mensiena Beumee, 14 Jan 1887.