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Jan Fraantje, geb. ± 1785
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1) Maria Janse Fraanje, geb. te Borssele 18 aug 1812, ovl. te Holland, Ottawa, MI 4 aug 1879, begr. 6 aug 1879
Gehuwd te Borssele 23 sep 1830, @N1395@ met: Jan Cornelisse Steketee, geb. te Borssele 17 apr 1803, ovl. te Holland, Ottawa, MI, US 4 mrt 1878, begr. te Pilgrim Home Cemetery in Zeeland, Ottawa, MI 6 mrt 1878, zoon van Cornelis Andriesse Steketee en Paulina Cornelia Westpla(a)te Jan Steketee emigreert in 1847 vanuit Borssele met vrouw en 9 kinderen naar de VS. Reden: Godsdienstijver, daar uit voortvloeiende zucht tot verandering en daarstelling van eene op zichzelve staande gemeente, tevens gepaard met groote verwachting op rijkdom of verbetering van bestaan. Jan woont in 1870 in Holland, Ottawa, MI, US. He and his family founded the ZEELAND-community in Michigan. Emigration: The ship the Barque Wilhelm von Wolgast, also known by just the name Wilhelm. The "Wilhelm von Wolgast" left Antwerp and arrived in New York on June 18, 1847. The trip was 63 days at sea. At Zeeland, Michigan these earlier settlers were Dutchmen from the Province of Zeeland in the Netherlands. The ships captain C.D.Schultz, however, listed them as Germans. The original group of Zeelanders was composed of 452 people. Of these, 425 left for the state of Michigan, 26 died before leaving their native land, one cancelled out, and 4 died at sea. Following is part of the total group; and this was one of the 3 ships carried them to our shores. The Wilhelm von Wolgast left first, of the 3 ships. |