Johan ten Bruggencate1,2

M, #3851, * 12 Dec 1807, + 22 Dec 1877
FatherHendricus ten Bruggencate1,2 * 19 Feb 1775, + 13 Sep 1817
MotherMaria Christina Nieuwerth1,2 * 7 Oct 1774, + 12 Apr 1842
The "Doggersbank", the ship Johan immigrated on

Family 1

Geertje Fransen * 1812, + 4 Jul 1842
Children
  • Maria Christina ten Bruggencate20,14 * 21 Nov 1838, + 27 Feb 1871
  • Hendrikus ten Bruggencate21,22 * 19 Sep 1840, + 14 Sep 1852
  • Jansje ten Bruggencate23,24 * 23 May 1842, + 21 Jul 1842

Family 2

Aleida ten Bruggencate * 6 Dec 1807, + 18 Aug 1868
Child
  • Geertruida Margaretha ten Bruggencate25,26 * 1 Oct 1846, + 3 Aug 1851

Family 3

Nancy Burkhardt * 1815, + 1900
Children
  • George C. Bruggencate27,19,5,11 * 25 Dec 1853, + 26 Jun 1945
  • Jerome Bruggencate27,11 * 25 Dec 1853, + 29 Mar 1920
  • Getty C. Bruggencate11 * 1856, + 5 Feb 1906
  • Adel Bruggencate28 * s 1858, + 1859
     Johan ten Bruggencate was born on 12 Dec 1807 in Almelo.1 Johan was baptized (NH) on 20 Dec 1807 at Almelo.1 He (1) married Geertje Fransen on 5 Nov 1837 at Muiden.3,4,2 He (2) married Aleida ten Bruggencate, daughter of Albertus ten Bruggencate Gzn and Margaretha Bruijns, on 29 Oct 1845 at Almelo2 (banns 19 Oct 1845, Stad Almelo.)2 He (3) married Nancy Burkhardt c 1852 at New York.5 He died on 22 Dec 1877 in St. Johnsville, New York,6,7,8, and was buried on 25 Dec 1877 in the Prospect View Cemetery (Sect. 7, Lot 3** (last 2 numbers not legible.)9,7,8) An obituary in the Utica, NY Morning Herald on 25 Dec 1877.7

Other information:

Johan ten Bruggencate was a blacksmith.4,10,11 He and Thomas ten Bruggencate emigrated in 1847 from Stad Almelo to North America 12.13,10,14 No Declaration of Intent found in Fulton County or Montgomery County for Johan ten Bruggencate. Johan travelled on 4 Aug 1847 on the ''Doggersbank'' to New York City with his cousin Thomas. They left from Amsterdam on the 'Doggersbank', and arrived on 4 Aug 1847 in New York City.15
For a short blogpost, see link.

He is listed in the following census:
1850 Fed. census (1 Jan): John Brokencart, (#246, Fam. #249), Fairfield, Herkimer County, New York. He was a boarder in the household of Jerome Hendriks.16
1860 Fed. census (1 Jun): Household of Johan ten Bruggencate, Oppenheim, Fulton County, New York. Household consists of Johan, his wife Nancy and their children Jerome, George and Getty. Surname listed as Brokenkate. A Stephen Ballard (15, b. NY) is listed as well.11
1870 Fed. census (1 Jun): Household of John Brokengate, (#242), St. Johnsville, Montgomery County, New York. Household consists of John, his wife Nancy and their daughter Gertrude and a Mozes Craig (M, 84, living with son). The surname is spelled Brokengate and John is listed as born in Germany.17 He and Nancy Burkhardt lived acc. to the 1855 census since 8 months in Herkimer County, New York.5
1855 New York census: Household of John Brugencade, (#76), Salisbury, Herkimer County. Household consists of John, his wife Nancy and their children Jerome and George, and the four children from Nancy's first marriage. They were enumerated with the same surname.5

Name variants: Jan ten Bruggencate (at Carel's marriage.)18 John Brokencart (in the 1850 census.)16 John Brugencade (in the 1855 census.)5 John Bruggengate (in the cemetery transcription.) Jerome Bruggencate (in George's death certificate.)19 John Brokengate (in the 1870 census.)17 Gerrit ten Bruggencate Hendzn was the brother of Johan ten Bruggencate.2 Albertus ten Bruggencate Gzn was the uncle of Johan ten Bruggencate.2

Citations

  1. [S32] DTB, Almelo, Dopen/Baptisms (NH) : Johan, zoon van Hendrikus ten Bruggencate en Maria Christina Nieuwerd, 20 Dec 1807.
  2. [S1] BS, Stad Almelo, Huwelijken/Marriages : 1845 #28. Johan ten Bruggencate en Aleida ten Bruggencate, 29 Oct 1845.
  3. [S2] BS. Muiden Huwelijken : 1837 #16. Johan ten Bruggecate en Geertien Frantzen, 5 Nov 1837.
  4. [S28] BS Stad Almelo, Overlijden/Deaths : 1842 #43. Geertje Fransen, 4 Jul 1842.
  5. [S107] State Census: 1855. New York, Herkimer County, Salisbury Town, East District. House #76, Line 5. (FHL #0462875). Household of John Brugencade.
  6. [S108] Fed. Census: 1870. New York, Montgomery County, St Johnsville, pg 431, line 3. (NARA: M593, Roll 974). Household of John Brokengate.
  7. [S591] Utica NY Morn. Herald, 25 Dec 1877, pg. 3?, col. 7. Obituary John Bruggencate, 25 Dec 1877.
  8. [S575] John Bruggencate. Memorial# 93873370 <https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/93873370/john-bruggencate>, Find-A-Grave. Index and/or images online at http://www.findagrave.com/
  9. [S430] St. Johnsville Cem, St. Johnsville Cemetery <http://www.stjohnsville.com/Cemetery1A.htm>., online: http://www.stjohnsville.com/Cemetery1A.htm
  10. [S50] Robert P. Swierenga, Dutch immigrants, 1820-1880, pg. 245.
  11. [S108] Fed. Census: 1860. New York, Fulton County, Oppenheim Town, ED75, sheet 60, line 27. (NARA: M653, Roll 755, page 60). Household of John Brokenkate.
  12. Marriage enclosure of Johan's daughter Maria Christina give the date as circa 1851
  13. [S76] HCO, Landverhuizers uit Overijssel, 1847-1906., online: http://www.historischcentrumoverijssel.nl/
  14. [S679] BS. Amsterdam, Huwelijken/Marriages : 1867, reg.11;fol.78. Friedrich de Graaf en Maria Christina ten Bruggencate, 28 Nov 1867.
  15. [S667] Doggersbank Passenger Manifest, 4 Aug 1847; M237, Roll 68, Volume 579.
  16. [S108] Fed. Census: 1850. New York, Herkimer County, Fairfield Town, pg 195B, line 35-40 to pg 196A line 1-3 (NARA: M432, Roll: 512, pg: 195B-196) Household of Jerome Hendriks.
  17. [S108] Fed. Census: 1870. New York, Montgomery County, St Johnsville, pg 431, line 3. (NARA: M593, Roll 974, Page 431). Household of John Brokengate.
  18. [S679] BS. Amsterdam, Huwelijken/Marriages : 1837 Reg. 6, Fol. 35. Carel ten Bruggencate en Margrieta de Vries, 8 Nov 1837.
  19. [S92] Death Cert., California. 45-044044-3767. George C. Bruggencate. 26 Jun 1945.
  20. [S20] BS, Stad Almelo, Geboorten/Births : 1838 #109. Maria Christina ten Bruggencate, 21 Nov 1838.
  21. [S20] BS, Stad Almelo, Geboorten/Births : 1840 #84. Hendrikus ten Bruggencate, 19 Sep 1840.
  22. [S28] BS Stad Almelo, Overlijden/Deaths : 1852 #58. Hendrikus ten Bruggencate, 14 Sep 1852.
  23. [S28] BS Stad Almelo, Overlijden/Deaths : 1842 #50. Jansje ten Bruggencate, 21 Jul 1842.
  24. [S20] BS, Stad Almelo, Geboorten/Births : 1842 #42. Jansje ten Bruggencate, 23 May 1842.
  25. [S20] BS, Stad Almelo, Geboorten/Births : 1846 #80. Geertruida Margaretha ten Bruggencate, 29 Jun 1846.
  26. [S28] BS Stad Almelo, Overlijden/Deaths : 1851 #54. Margaretha Geertruida ten Bruggencate, 3 Aug 1851.
  27. [S202] Oppenheim, NY (USA) Births. Film # 1985673. Jerome and George Bruggencate, 25 Dec 1853,. Index and/or images online at http://www.familysearch.org
  28. [S424] Dempster, Dempster Cemetery, Fulton County, NY <http://fulton.nygenweb.net/cemeteries/DempsterCem.html>., online: http://fulton.nygenweb.net/cemeteries/