Jan Roelfs Starke1,2

M, #8945, * 17 Jun 1836, + 15 Apr 1904
FatherRoelf Jans Starke1,2,3 * 24 Nov 1805, + 19 Feb 1848
MotherGeertje Jans Tonkes1,2,3 * 6 Jun 1808, + 21 Apr 1892

Family

Grietje Heiting * 1840, + b 1904
Child
  • Roelf Jans Starke9 * 7 Aug 1867, + 26 Aug 1923
     Jan Roelfs Starke was born on 17 Jun 1836 in Nieuwe Pekela (#370.)1 He married Grietje Heiting on 3 Nov 1866 at Bellingwolde.2,3 He died on 15 Apr 1904 in Nieuwe Pekela.3

Other information:
Jan Roelfs Starke was in 1861 a 2nd mate on the ship Trouw. The ship sailed from Harlingen to Narva (Estonia)4Later he was a storekeeper.5,34
     The Winschoter Courant mentioned:
The ship Jeltina (134 ton, build in 1858, owner U. Zuiderveen from Pekela, captain J. T. Starke, name in error) sank on 1 Jan 1879 near the Doggersbank, en route from Hamburg to Cette (France) with a load of salt. All 6 hands were saved.6,7

Jan Roelfs Starke and Grietje Heiting had at least three more children.8

Name variants: Jan Starke (at death.)3

Citations

  1. [S171] Nieuwe Pekela, online database : Jan Roelfs Starke 17 Jun 1836.
  2. [S445] Bellingwolde Huwelijken : 1866 #33. Jan Starke en Grietje Heiting, 3 Nov 1866. Index and/or images online at http://www.allegroningers.nl/
  3. [S184] BS Nieuwe Pekela, Civil Registration : 1904 #26. Jan Starke, 15 Apr 1904.
  4. [S171] Nieuwe Pekela, online database : 1861. Grietje Bosker, located at the end of 1861 Birth Certificates.
  5. [S140] BS Nieuwe Pekela, Civil Registration : 1902 #14. Roelf Starke and Elsiena Abbes, 24 Apr 1902.
  6. [S1205] Wilco van Koldam and e.a.,, Veenkoloniale Zeevaart, via email, Marten Fokkens <e-mail address,>, 23 Dec 1997.
  7. [S130] Dick Kuil, Pekela, pg. 137. Bron: Winschoter Courant.
  8. [S202] . Index and/or images online at http://www.familysearch.org
  9. [S171] Nieuwe Pekela, online database : Roelf Jans Starke, 7 Aug 1867. 9 Aug 1867.