Rein Schaper1,2

M, #173, b. 12 May 1864, d. 14 May 1934
FatherWabe Schaper3 b. 1840
MotherJantje Reins de Bok3 b. 1836


Rein Schaper was born on 12 May 1864 in Workum, Friesland, The Netherlands.3 He married Geertje Lunenburg on 6 November 1890 in Hemelumer Oldeferd, Friesland, The Netherlands.4,5 Rein Schaper died on 14 May 1934 in 441 Farview Ave, Ridgewood, Bergen County, New Jersey.1,6 He was buried on 17 May 1934 in Ridgewood (Valleau Cemetery.)1

Children of Rein Schaper and Geertje Schaper



The obituary of Rein Schaper appeared on 18 May 1934 in the Ridgewood Herald (pg. 5, col. 4.)1

More information:
He was a cement block manufacturer in Hawthorne, Passaic County, New Jersey. Rein Schaper and Geertje Schaper immigrated on the Ryndam, from Rotterdam, arriving 9 Apr 1914 in New York, with four children: Wabe (21), Aaltje (15), Jeltje (14) and Jan (11). Their last residence was Balk. Their contact in Holland was her brother H. Lunenburg in Balk. They were going to their son and brother Jacob Schaper in Midland Park. Also mentioned is their daughter and son-in-law in Paterson.7 Reim Schaper and Gertrude Schaper lived in 1931 in 441 Farview Ave, Ridgewood, Bergen County, New Jersey.8 Rein Schaper officially recognizes Jacob as his son on 24 March 1904.9

Census Records:
1920 Fed. census: Household of Ryan Schaper, Wortendyke Roads (#148), Franklin Township, Bergen County, New Jersey. Household consists of Ryan, his wife Gertrude and three children: Wabe (26), Julia (18) and John (16), and a nephew Ryan (20). The family immigrated in 1914, Ryan in 1919. The men were masons and cementblock contractors, Julia was a weaver.10

Citations

  1. [S1] Ridgew. Herald, 13 July 1901 - 25 Jan 1940, May 18, 1934, pg. 5, col. 4.
  2. [S2] Ellis Island, Nieuw Amsterdam, 1 May 1911 (pg. 481-482, line 4).
  3. [S3] Wie Was Wie, Dutch Genealogical Database. Online at http://www.wiewaswie.nl/, Workum Births : 1864 #48.
  4. [S3] Wie Was Wie, Dutch Genealogical Database. Online at http://www.wiewaswie.nl/, Hemelumer Oldeferd Marriages : 1890 #27.
  5. [S3] Wie Was Wie, Dutch Genealogical Database. Online at http://www.wiewaswie.nl/, Gaasterland Births : 1887 #A 98.
  6. [S27] Ridgewood Dir., 1935.
  7. [S2] Ellis Island, Ryndam, 9 Apr 1914, pg 710, line 1-6.
  8. [S27] Ridgewood Dir., 1931.
  9. [S3] Wie Was Wie, Dutch Genealogical Database. Online at http://www.wiewaswie.nl/, Gaasterland Marriages : 1904 #3.
  10. [S7] 1920 Federal Census, Ryan Schaper, 4 Feb 1920. T625 Roll: 1017 Page: 201, ED 35.
  11. [S8] Regional Archives Friesland, Hemelumer Oldeferd Births : 1891 #68.
  12. [S8] Regional Archives Friesland, Opsterland Births : 1892 #104.
  13. [S8] Regional Archives Friesland, Gaasterland Births : 1893 #150.
  14. [S8] Regional Archives Friesland, Gaasterland Births : 1897 #51.
  15. [S8] Regional Archives Friesland, Gaasterland Births : 1900 #43.
  16. [S1] Ridgew. Herald, 13 July 1901 - 25 Jan 1940, Feb 28, 1936.