This family emigrated to Grand Rapids in 1907
1 Hermanus (Johannis) van der Heide is born 15-11-1853 in Harlingen(FR), son of Johannis van der Heide en Sijke Burghout. Hermanus (Johannis) married, 24 years old, on 16-05-1878 in Harlingen(FR) with Ynskje Gonggrijp, 23 years old. Ynskje is born 15-10-1854 in Harlingen(FR),daughter of Johannes Gonggrijp en Sytske de Moed.
Children of Hermanus (Johannis) & Ynskje:
1 Johannes Hermanus van der Heide, born 24-02-1879 in Harlingen(FR) .
2 Feike van der Heide, born 12-05-1880 in Harlingen(FR) .
3 Sytske van der Heide, born 13-03-1882 in Harlingen(FR) . Sytske died 26-05-1892 in Harlingen(FR)
4 Eeuwe van der Heide, born 08-04-1884 in Harlingen(FR) .
5 Jan van der Heide, born 14-02-1886 in Harlingen(FR) . Jan died 14-04-1890 in Harlingen(FR)
6 IJbeltje van der Heide, born 05-07-1887 in Harlingen(FR) .
7 Sijke van der Heide, born 06-10-1888 in Harlingen(FR) . Sijke died 12-03-1892 in Harlingen(FR)
8 Geeske van der Heide, born 28-01-1890 in Harlingen(FR) .
9 Elisabeth van der Heide, born 12-06-1891 in Harlingen(FR) . Elisabeth died 15-02-1892 in Harlingen(FR)
10 Sietske van der Heide, born 19-10-1893 in Harlingen(FR) . Sietske died 02-09-1894 in Harlingen(FR)
11 Jan van der Heide, born 05-08-1897 in Harlingen(FR) .
12 Trijntje van der Heide, born 31-01-1903 in Harlingen(FR)
His nephew is(also emigrated to Grand Rapids, without knowing from each other:
1 Hermanus Jan van der Heide is born 16-06-1886 in Harlingen(FR) , son of Feike (Johannis) van der Heide & Heiltje de Boer. Hermanus Jan died in Grand Rapids (USA) . Hermanus Jan married, 40y. old , on 04-06-1927 in Grand Rapids (USA) with Mary Joppe.
Children of Hermanus Jan en Mary:
1 Arie Albert van der Heide, born in Grand Rapids (USA) .
2 Cornelis van der Heide, born in Grand Rapids (USA) .
All dates are dd-mm-yyyy.
Could any one look up the cemetaries in the neighbourhood?
Greetings,
Melle van der Heide
mlh_8861@yahoo.com