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Circa 1910s photos of Dick, Klaus/Klaas & Bertha Tjepkema

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Circa 1910s photos of Dick, Klaus/Klaas & Bertha Tjepkema

Posted: 28 Aug 2014 8:13PM GMT
Classification: Query
Surnames: Tjepkema, DeGroot, Bouwman
I purchased in Jacksonville, OR a set of photos as described below:

1. Circa 1910s studio portrait taken by Govier, Grand Rapids, WI, identified on the back of the mount:

"Uncle
Dick Tjekema [sic]"

2. Circa 1910s studio portrait of a young man taken by Menzel, Grand Rapids, WI, identified on the back of the mount:

"Dick Tjepkema"

3. Circa 1910s studio portrait of a young man taken by Govier, Grand Rapids, WI, identified on the back of the mount:

"Klaus Tjepkema
Mothers or Mrs Martin Kievil
youngest Bro"

4. Circa 1910s studio portrait of a toddler (no studio name or location shown), identified on the back of the mount:

"Bertha Tjepkema"

Dick Jacob Tjepkema, born 10 Aug 1884 in St. Jacob Parochie, Friesland, Netherlands (immigrated 1899), died 8 Mar 1916 in Vesper, Wood Co., WI, was the son of Jacob Johannes Tjepkema (1851-1935) and Ida (Ytje) DeGroot (1848-1925). He appears in Public Member Trees posted on ancestry.com. He married Gertrude DeGroot (1894-1980). The couple had seven children. He is listed in the 1910 U.S. Census data for Hansen Township, Wood Co., WI; the 1930 U.S. Census data for McMillan, Marathon Co., WI; and the 1940 U.S. Census data for Knox, Price Co., WI. He was employed as a cheese maker.

The other young man is probably Dick's younger brother, Klaas Jacob Tjepkema, born 1 Jan 1888 in St. Jacob Parochie, Friesland, Netherlands, died 8 Mar 1916 in Vesper, Wood Co., WI. He is listed in the 1910 U.S. Census data for Sherry, Wood Co., WI. He married Jantje Jennie Bouwman (1896-1942). The couple had one child.

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Paul A. Peterson
email: farulacaddis@yahoo.com

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