Searching for family and info re: my husbands grandparents
His father's side, Anne Buursema, born July 1, 1877, married May 12, 1900 to Jantje Nieuman, born abt. 1877-1878.
Anne Buursema was Burgemeester of Aduard during WW2.
His mother's side, Hendrik Hamming, born May 10, 1883, married to Grietje Klaassens, born Jan 31, 1884.
My husbands parents were Fokke Buursema, born Dec.19, 1910 in Aduard, married June 12, abt 1942 to Hendrika Hamming, born June 10, 1919 in Groningen. My husband was abt. 2 years old when the family moved to Canada.
Any help greatly appreciated

Amy,

At http://www.genlias.nl I found pointers to the following records:

Aduard, marriage, 12 May 1900
Anne Buursema, 22 years old, born in Ezinge, son of Teunis Buursema and Alieda Heemstra, marries
Jantje Nieuman, 22 years old, born in Oldekerk, daughter of Atze Nieuman and Henraca [Henrica?] Algonda Hes.

I'm sure you'll find more in that index, if you spend some time on it. Good luck!

Cheers,

Lars Roobol
http://www.familyaffairs.nl/LarsFemke

Hello Amy,
Saw your message and I think I can help you with the URL of the site of the Dutch Rijksarchief. There is a online database of the Burgerlijke Stand (Civil Registration) of the Netherlands between 1811-1940. The database is not complete yet. But there is a part available of the marriages in the province of Groningen. I'm sure you will find there something more about the Buursema's. Besides the homepage the site is in Dutch.If you have problems with that I'm willing to help you, just mail me on my emailadress.
The URL I mentioned before is :
http://www-lias.rad.archief.nl/genlias/ara/logon?cid=-1
Have a good hunt,

Auke

Thanks to both Lars and Auke.
I went to genlias site and found some Buursema ancestors but could not find Hendrik Hamming who married Grietje Klaassens.
I have pictures of the headstones for graves of his grandparents on both his father's and mother's side (which is how I know the name of Grietje Klaassens) but I don't know the name of the cemetery.
Thanks again for your help,
Amy

Amy,

The database is not complete yet, so it might be that the Hammings turn up there in the next couple of years. The surname Hamming is typical for the Groningen / Drenthe
area, so I do think you will find them somewhere there.

If you cannot wait that long, you could always try to find them in an archive (either in Groningen or through the "mormons").

Cheers,

Lars
http://www.familyaffairs.nl/LarsFemke

my name is atze buursema, grandson of atze buursema, the oldest brother of your grandfather. my father was jan teunis buursema. my grandfather was married with antje hoekstra.
they had three sons: anne, wob and teun and one daughter: greetje.they alle passed away.
mail me if you want more information


greetings
atze buursema

Hello Atze,

As a descendant of Tunnis Fokkes Buursema and Antje Rierts Bolhuis, I would like to know when you where born and were, as for your grandfather who was married to Antje Hoekstra. I'm not sure but my guess is that you are a descendant of Anne Buursema and Jantje Nieuman; they had a son Atze born in 1902 and he died in 1903. I could not find another Atze Buursema, but my guess is that Anne an Jantje had another son by the name of Atze and he is (very likely) your grandfather........but I don't have this data.
In short: I would like to receive as much data (birth, marriage, death) about your family as you are willing to share with me.

I posted an e-mail assuming you are dutch.
shortly in English:
my name: atze buursema, groningen 28-11-1961
my grandfather atze buursema 3-1-1903 - 20-05-1971
mail me if you want some more information.


atze buursema
abuursema@gkv.nl

I will send you all I know about the Hamming family. Hendrika Hamming was a aunt of my wife. Grietje Klaasen was her grandmother, so we are in a way relatives!

My name is Caralee (maiden name Buursema) Dwight. My grandparents were Hendrika and Fritz Buursema. I live in Red Deer, Alberta and would love to learn more about my family. Eventually I would love to visit Holland and meet some of my relatives. I would love to hear from anyone who I may be related to who can share some of our family history.

Hey there, I'm Tiemen Staal, my grandmother was Alida Buursema. Her family was from a town called Aduard in the province of Groningen.
Was your grandfather possibly a relative of Alida and her brother Fritz (Fokke) Buursema?

Hey there! My name is Tiemen Staal, we appear to be cousins. My grandmother, Alida Buursema, was your grandfather's sister. I've been looking for Fritz' descendents because I now reside in North America myself.
Alida Buursema married Gerhard Staal and they had four children: Tiemen, Diet, Jo and Eelco (my father).
I currently live in Arizona and I understand you're all up in Canada? I'd love to hear some stories about Fritz and his immigration experience. The best source for your family's stories from my side would be my aunts Jo and Diet. But time is precious as they are in their 80's and especially aunt Jo's health is rapidly declining. But they have plenty stories on their mom I'm sure and heard from her about your grandfather and the other siblings. Maybe I can ask them to commit some of this stuff to paper.

On another note, my mom is a major genealogy nut and is building a giant database of which the Buursema's are a major part. When I receive a copy I can forward it on.

So, there it is. I found you guys! How cool. Hope to hear from you!

Hi Tiemen!
My name is Amy Buursema and I am a daughter-in-law of Fritz (Fokke) Buursema ... and Caralee's Aunt :)
Thanks for your replies to this thread!

Fritz (Fokke) had two sisters, Alieda and Rika, but his sisters never married.

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Your Grandmother, Alida Buursema, was she:
born: March 11, 1901 in Aduard
deceased: January 31, 1945 in Groningen
married: to Gerhard Staal: date unknown

If the above is correct, then Alida was the daughter of Eilko Buursema (born Apr 10, 1870) and Berendina Katharina Joosten.

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Fritz (Fokke) Buursema was:
born: December 19, 1910 in Aduard
deceased: May 12, 1977 in Smithers, BC, Canada
married: to Hendrika Hamming: June 12, 1941

Fritz (Fokke) was the son of Anne Buursema (born March 08, 1876)and Jantje Nieuman.

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Eilko Buursema (born April 10, 1870) and Anne Buursema (born March 08, 1876) were brothers.

They were sons of Teunis Buursema (born March 04, 1836) and Alieda Heemstra.

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If my info about your Grandmother is correct ... your Grandmother, Alida Buursema (born March 11, 1901) and Caralee's Grandfather, Fritz (Fokke) Buursema (born December 19, 1910) were Cousins!

You and Caralee would then have the same Great-Great-Grandparents and would be Third Cousins!

Your Great-Great-Grandparents would be my husbands Great-Grandparents, so you and my husband would be Second Cousins Once Removed!

Clear as mud, eh!? ... The great part is ... Yes, you found us! and Yes, I believe we are related!!
I look forward to exchanging stories and family history information between our families and would love to hear from your Mother about the data base she is building.

Wow, that makes sense now. Yes, that's my grandmother Alida and Berendina Katharina Joosten was her mom (I have a picture of Berendina too, she was quite stern looking). My mom believed that Fritz was Alida's younger brother. I think it was due to a large family portrait we have of the Buursema family (do you have any?), which probably includes all of Adze's descendents. There are ALOT of people in that photo, so she was trying to piece it together. But now I see how Adze Buursema's offspring fits together, thanks!
It also seems my dad, Eelco, might have been named after his maternal grandfather.
My mom would love to exchange information with you. She's been on the phone already with a present-day Adze Buursema who is actively seeking out relatives around the globe. I'm not sure, but I think he still resides in The Netherlands like my mother Elly Staal. Her email btw is elly.staal@home.nl and she lives in Groningen. I will bring her up to speed on this new information. Talk to you soon!

Hi Tiemen,
You mentioned a portrait of the Buursema family - which branch of the family is the portrait of and are you able to scan and e-mail a copy of this portrait? The only family portrait I have seen is of the Anne Buursema/Jantje Nieuman family.
Also, you mentioned the name Adze Buursema - I am not familiar with this first name.
With the repetition of first names through the generations, it can get a little confusing. That's why I try to use dates with the names when I can. lol
TTYL

My mom has it (in Groningen), so I'll ask her to make a scan. I'm guessing it's a portrait of Eilko (Eelco?) and Berendina Joosten-Buursema and their children. If I remember correctly, there are several adults and at least a dozen children in the picture so maybe it includes some of the other Buursema siblings and their kids. I'll see if I can retreave this info. My Aunts are most likely to know who's who as I'm sure this picture was passed down by Alida.
She contracted pneumonia at the end of WW II and died when my father was about 5 years old due to the shortage in medicine.

Here's some more info: The Atze Buursema we were talking to is the grandson of the elder Atze Buursema (son of Anne Buursema and Jantje Nieuman, brother of Fokke/Fritz Buursema). Atze (a minister) provided a picture of the Anne Buursema family which was taken just before Fritz left for America. It includes his sisters and brothers, but we have no idea which is Fritz. Perhaps this is the same you have as I'm sure everyone received a copy. I also received an obituary from 1977 translated into Dutch about Fritz' passing. All we know about Fritz is based on this document typed up by his sister and handed to my mom over a decade ago. If you want to email me at tiemen@cox.net we can exchange this stuff. Talk to you later!

Hi again, I wondered if you meant Atze instead of Adze.

I will e-mail you at the address provided ...

TTYL

yes, typo. I meant Atze Buursema.

After googling my own name, it pulled up this thread- so I thought I would chime in :) My great grand father is George Buursema- I do not know my great grand mother's maiden name.

My mother's maiden name was vandervelde/ voogt.

Maybe this thread is closed but just thought I would reply.