Wytze Bonnema1,2
M, #495, b. 7 Mar 1846
Wytze Bonnema was born on 7 March 1846 in Wonseradeel, Friesland, The Netherlands.1 He married Geertje Anema on 15 May 1869 in Wonseradeel, Friesland.2
Children of Wytze Bonnema and Geertje Anema
- Ype Bonnema6 b. 26 May 1870
- Jan Bonnema7 b. 30 Jan 1872
- Jacob Bonnema+8 b. 6 May 1876
- Beitske Bonnema9 b. 24 Apr 1879
- Opke W. Bonnema10 b. 16 Jan 1884
- Sjoerd Bonnema11 b. 2 Mar 1887
More information:
His parents were Ype Jans Bonnema and Beitske Jans van de Witte.1 Wytze Bonnema and Geertje Anema immigrated 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.3,4 He and Geertje Anema were naturalized before 1915.4 Wytze Bonnema and Geertje Anema had 1 more child born in Wonseradeel: Oepke (9 May 1874, #B39, prob. died young.)5
Census Records:
7 June 1915 Fed. census: Household of Wietse Bonnema, Midland Ave #127, Garfield Borough, Bergen County, New Jersey. Household consists of Wietse, his wife Gertie.4
Citations
- [S3] Wie Was Wie, Dutch Genealogical Database. Online at http://www.wiewaswie.nl/, Wonseradeel Birth : 1846 #B36. Wytze Bonnema, 7 Mar 1846.
- [S3] Wie Was Wie, Dutch Genealogical Database. Online at http://www.wiewaswie.nl/, Wonseradeel Marriages : 1869 #48. Wytze Bonnema en Geertje Anema, 15 May 1869.
- [S2] Ellis Island, SS Statendam, arr. 26 May 1901.
- [S21] 1915 New Jersey State Census, Bergen County, Garfield Borough, ED 3, sheet 23A.
- [S3] Wie Was Wie, Dutch Genealogical Database. Online at http://www.wiewaswie.nl/, Wonseradeel Birth : 1874 #B39. Oepke Bonnema, 9 May 1874.
- [S3] Wie Was Wie, Dutch Genealogical Database. Online at http://www.wiewaswie.nl/, Wonseradeel Birth : 1870 #B44. Ype Bonnema, 26 May 1870.
- [S3] Wie Was Wie, Dutch Genealogical Database. Online at http://www.wiewaswie.nl/, Wonseradeel Birth : 1872 #B10. Jan Bonnema, 30 Jan 1872.
- [S3] Wie Was Wie, Dutch Genealogical Database. Online at http://www.wiewaswie.nl/, Wonseradeel Birth : 1876 #B43. Jacob Bonnema, 6 May 1876.
- [S3] Wie Was Wie, Dutch Genealogical Database. Online at http://www.wiewaswie.nl/, Wonseradeel Birth : 1879 #A159. Beitske Bonnema, 24 Apr 1879.
- [S3] Wie Was Wie, Dutch Genealogical Database. Online at http://www.wiewaswie.nl/, Wonseradeel Birth : 1884 #A25. Oepke Bonnema, 16 Jan 1884.
- [S3] Wie Was Wie, Dutch Genealogical Database. Online at http://www.wiewaswie.nl/, Wonseradeel Birth : 1887 #A77. Sjoerd Bonnema, 2 Mar 1887.