Jan Tonkes Starke1,2

M, #8586, * 18 Jan 1838, + 8 Oct 1922
FatherRoelf Jans Starke3,2 * 24 Nov 1805, + 19 Feb 1848
MotherGeertje Jans Tonkes3,2 * 6 Jun 1808, + 21 Apr 1892
op Grietje's huwelijksacte

Family

Aafien Meijering * 26 Dec 1839, + 13 Aug 1920
Children
     Jan Tonkes Starke was born on 18 Jan 1838 in Nieuwe Pekela (#370.)3,4 He married Aafien Meijering on on 9 Oct 1861 at her father's house at Wijk D #430, Nieuwe Pekela,2 (banns 6 Oct 1861, Nieuwe Pekela.)4 He died on 8 Oct 1922 in Avereest5, and was buried on 12 Oct 1922 in the Achterveld Cemetery at Dedemsvaart.6

Other information:

Jan Tonkes Starke was a sailor. Before his marriage he was 2nd mate at the 'Janna Lukkiena'. The captain was A. Bontekoe, and the ship was on route from Rouan to Holland. He had to leave again for Spain a week after his marriage4,2He was a farmer at Geertje's and Grietje's marriage. After their son Roelf drowned, Aafien did not want him to sail anymore.7,8
     The Winschoter Courant mentioned:
The ship 'Jeltina' (134 ton, build in 1858, owner U. Zuiderveen from Pekela, captain J. T. Starke) sank on 1 Jan 1789 near the Doggersbank, en route from Hamburg to Cette (France) with a load of salt. All 6 hands were saved.9,10
The dutch ship 'Elsje', with captain J. T. Starke from Nieuwe Pekela, and owned by J. J. Koerts and Sons from Oude Pekela, en route from St. Petersburg to Helsingor, and loaded with rye, has been stranded on the Rodshor Cliffs in Finland. All hands (consisting of Jan Tonkes Starke (captain, 40 yr, Nieuwe Pekela), Wolter de Grooth (30 yr, mate, Nieuwe Pekela), Reinko Lagtenberg (seaman, 16 yr, Groningen), and Wilhelmus van der Laan (cook, 23 yr, Nieuwe Pekela) were saved (reported on 20 Sep 1879.)11,12
He and Aafien Meijering moved on 18 Dec 1899 to Borger.13
     De Winschoter Courant noted:
The farm of J. T. Starke in Nieuwe Pekela has been sold to A. J. Zuiderweg, farmer te Zuidwending (Veendam.)14


Name variants: Jan Tonkes R. Starke (in the authorization for his marriage.)4

Citations

  1. [S171] Nieuwe Pekela, online database : Jan Tonkes Starke, 18 Jan 1838.
  2. [S140] BS Nieuwe Pekela, Civil Registration : 1861 #24. Jan Tonkes Starke en Aafien Meijering, 9 Oct 1861.
  3. [S171] Nieuwe Pekela, online database : Jan Tonkes Starke 18 Jan 1838 (File # 0030P).
  4. [S188] BS Nieuwe Pekela, Huw. Bijlagen : 1861 #24. Jan Tonkes Starke en Aafien Meijering, 9 Oct 1861.
  5. [S2] BS. Avereest Overlijden : 1922 #101. Jan Tonkes Starke, 8 Oct 1922.
  6. [S784] Begraafplaats Achterveld. #309483 Jan Tonkes Starke, Online Cem.nl. Index and/or images online at http://www.online-begraafplaatsen.nl/
  7. [S62] Geertje de Haan, 18 Oct 1986.
  8. [S140] BS Nieuwe Pekela, Civil Registration : 1886 #32. Wildrik Jacobus Beumee en Grietje Starke, 4 Nov 1886.
  9. [S33] Pers. comm, e-mail from email, Marten Fokkens <e-mail address,>, 23 Dec 1997. Veenkoloniaal Museum, Veendam. Source: Wilco van Koldam e.a., Veenkoloniale Zeevaart, Veendam: 1979, ISBN 90.7031801.6 to Afina Broekman.
  10. [S130] Dick Kuil, Pekela, pg. 137. Bron: Winschoter Courant.
  11. [S130] Dick Kuil, Pekela, pg. 139. Bron: Winschoter Courant.
  12. [S442] #1879-32, Schippers. Index and/or images online at http://www.noordelijkscheepvaartmuseum.nl/en/collection-and-research/research/muster-rolls
  13. [S150] Letter, afd. Burgerzaken, Gemeente Nieuwe Pekela Secretarie to Jennifer Broekman, 23 Jan 1987.
  14. [S130] Dick Kuil, Pekela, pg. 237. Bron: Winschoter Courant.
  15. [S171] Nieuwe Pekela, online database : Geertje Starke 7 Oct 1861 (File # 0038P).
  16. [S140] BS Nieuwe Pekela, Civil Registration : 1889 #12. Ulpen de Haan en Geertje Starke, 2 May 1889.
  17. [S2] BS. Nieuwe Pekela Huwelijken : 1896 #3. Jan Starke en Harmke de Vries, 6 Feb 1896.
  18. [S2] BS. Nieuwe Pekela Huwelijken : 1899 #9. Jan Scholte en Klaassien Starke, 13 Apr 1899.