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Tjitske <I>Postma</I> Van Essen

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Tjitske Postma Van Essen

Birth
Surhuizum, Achtkarspelen Municipality, Friesland, Netherlands
Death
14 Apr 1950 (aged 89)
Grand Rapids, Kent County, Michigan, USA
Burial
Grand Rapids, Kent County, Michigan, USA Add to Map
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(Aka: Tjitske Visser, Tjitske de Roos)

Daughter of Kornelis Hayes Postma*, she was the second wife of Commer Van Essen, who preceded her in death. They were married on March 8, 1910 in Grand Rapids. Employed at the time as a housekeeper, it was her third marriage. She died at the age of 89.

(*According to Michigan Marriage Records she was the daughter of Cornelius Postema and was 46 years old at the time of her marriage to Commer Van Essen in 1910.)

(According to Civil Birth Records for Friesland, NL she was born Tjitske Postma on December 6, 1862, daughter of Kornelis Hayes Postma and Grietje Aukes Broersma in the municipality/county of Achtarspelen.)

Tjitske Postma married Albert Visser in Leeuwarden, Friesland, Netherlands on May 28 1887. Their daughter Grietje Visser was born in Leeuwarden on March 3, 1889 and died there on February 20, 1896.

Tjitske Postma married Rykele de Roos in Leeuwarden, Friesland, Netherlands on January 5, 1898. (Rykele de Roos born November 12, 1844 in Leeuwarden, Netherlands, died April 30, 1908 in Leeuwarden, Netherlands.)

Obituary appeared in the Grand Rapids Press on April 15, 1950, page 18. Funeral services were held on Monday, April 17, 1950 at DeVries Funeral Home.
(Aka: Tjitske Visser, Tjitske de Roos)

Daughter of Kornelis Hayes Postma*, she was the second wife of Commer Van Essen, who preceded her in death. They were married on March 8, 1910 in Grand Rapids. Employed at the time as a housekeeper, it was her third marriage. She died at the age of 89.

(*According to Michigan Marriage Records she was the daughter of Cornelius Postema and was 46 years old at the time of her marriage to Commer Van Essen in 1910.)

(According to Civil Birth Records for Friesland, NL she was born Tjitske Postma on December 6, 1862, daughter of Kornelis Hayes Postma and Grietje Aukes Broersma in the municipality/county of Achtarspelen.)

Tjitske Postma married Albert Visser in Leeuwarden, Friesland, Netherlands on May 28 1887. Their daughter Grietje Visser was born in Leeuwarden on March 3, 1889 and died there on February 20, 1896.

Tjitske Postma married Rykele de Roos in Leeuwarden, Friesland, Netherlands on January 5, 1898. (Rykele de Roos born November 12, 1844 in Leeuwarden, Netherlands, died April 30, 1908 in Leeuwarden, Netherlands.)

Obituary appeared in the Grand Rapids Press on April 15, 1950, page 18. Funeral services were held on Monday, April 17, 1950 at DeVries Funeral Home.

Inscription

"Mother" "PS. 84"

Gravesite Details

Double marker with Commer Van Essen.



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