Opke W. Bonnema1

M, #492, b. 16 Jan 1884
FatherWytze Bonnema2 b. 7 Mar 1846
MotherGeertje Anema2 b. 2 Feb 1848


Opke W. Bonnema was born on 16 January 1884 in Wonseradeel, Friesland, The Netherlands.1,2 He married Romke Nieuwland on 19 September 1906 in Court of Common Pleas, Bergen County, New Jersey.3,1,4


More information:
Oepke Bonnema immigrated with Wytze Bonnema and Geertje Anema with their children Beitske, Oepke and Sjoerd on the SS Statendam. They left Rotterdam on 16 May 1901, and arrived in Ellis Island, New York on 26 May 1901. They were going to their son Jan Bonnema, who was living in Passaic. Their town of residence is listed as Witm (poss. Witmarsen). Wytze and Oepke are skippers, Beitske's occupation is unreadable.5,1 Opke W. Bonnema was a teamster in 1910, and a millhand in 1915.3,1 Wietse (Will) Bonnema and Irene Bonnema must have travelled to Holland, as they arrived on 17 January 1912 on the SS Olympic at Ellis Island from Southhampton, where they had left on 10 Jan 1912. Their last residence was Paterso, and they were going to Paterson, 127 Midland Ave in Garfield.4 Opke W. Bonnema and Romke Nieuwland were naturalized before 1915.1

Census Records:
9 May 1910 Fed. census: Household of Opke W. Bonnema, (#135) Saddle River Ave (1st Ward), Garfield, Bergen County, New Jersey. Household consists of Opke W. and his wife Irene.3
7 June 1915 Fed. census: Household of Opke W. Bonnema, Midland Ave #127, Garfield Borough, Bergen County, New Jersey. Household consists of Opke W., his wife Romke and Garrett J. Brink and George Odolphi.1

Citations

  1. [S21] 1915 New Jersey State Census, Bergen County, Garfield Borough, ED 3, sheet 23A.
  2. [S3] Wie Was Wie, Dutch Genealogical Database. Online at http://www.wiewaswie.nl/, Wonseradeel Birth : 1884 #A25. Oepke Bonnema, 16 Jan 1884.
  3. [S5] 1910 Federal Census, Opke Bonnema. T624, Roll 868, p 233, ED 20, Sheet 32B, line 63-64.
  4. [S2] Ellis Island, SS Olympic, arr. 17 Jan 1912.
  5. [S2] Ellis Island, SS Statendam, arr. 26 May 1901.