Lolkje Pieters Zijlstra1
F, #226, b. 15 Sep 1870
Lolkje Pieters Zijlstra was born on 15 September 1870 in Oosterwierum, Baarderadeel, Friesland, The Netherlands.1,2,3 She married Sjouke Jans Stienstra on 13 May 1893 in Baarderadeel, Friesland, The Netherlands.4
Child of Lolkje Pieters Zijlstra and Sjouke Jans Stienstra
- Gertrude de Young4 b. 24 Jul 1895, d. 23 Mar 1975
More information:
Her parents were Pieter Hendriks Zijlstra and Geeltjen Martens van der Goot.1 Lolkje Pieters Zijlstra and Sjouke Jans Stienstra had 10 children, 9 were alive in 1910. Aside from Geeltje/Gertrude there were: Lutske (b. 27 Mar 1894, Baarderadeel 1894 #A32), Jantje (b. 30 Nov 1896, Baarderadeel 1896 #A122), Jeltje (b. 5 Aug 1898, Baarderadeel 1898 #A92), Baukje (b. 30 Jul 1899, Baarderadeel 1899 #A86), Trijntje (b 15 Jul 1900, Baarderadeel 1900 #A71), Jan (b.1903, Leeuwarden), Peter and Nellie (b. New York.)3,5,6 Lolkje Stienstra immigrated on the Rotterdam, from Rotterdam, arriving in New York on 8 Sep 1908, with 7 children: Lutske (14, b. Oosterwierum), Geeltje (13), Jantje (11), Jeltje (10), Baukje (9), Trijntje (8) all born in Britswerd, and Jan (5, b. Leeuwarden). They are going to her husband Ch. Stienstra in Pleasantville, NY. Her contact in Holland is P. H. Zijlstra in Oosterwierum.3
Census Records:
1910 Fed. census (1 Jun): Household of Charles Stienstra, (#182), Pine Plains, Dutchess County, New York.5
1920 Fed. census (1 Jun): Household of Charles Stienstra, 62 Schley Street (2nd Ward), Garfield, Bergen County, New Jersey.7
Citations
- [S3] Wie Was Wie, Dutch Genealogical Database. Online at http://www.wiewaswie.nl/, Baarderadeel Marriages : 1893 #23.
- [S3] Wie Was Wie, Dutch Genealogical Database. Online at http://www.wiewaswie.nl/, Barradeel Births : 1870 #A137.
- [S2] Ellis Island, Rotterdam, 8 Sep 1908. pg 256-257, line 1-8.
- [S3] Wie Was Wie, Dutch Genealogical Database. Online at http://www.wiewaswie.nl/, Baarderadeel Births : 1895 #A94.
- [S5] 1910 Federal Census, Charles Stienstra, 27 Apr 1910. T624, Roll 937, Pg 64, ED 59.
- [S3] Wie Was Wie, Dutch Genealogical Database. Online at http://www.wiewaswie.nl/, Barradeel Births : 1893-1900.
- [S7] 1920 Federal Census, Charles Stienstra, 3 Jan 1920. T625 Roll: 1018 Page: 82, ED 40.