Tomas Ennes “Thomas” Kraai (1816-1874)

Tomas Ennes “Thomas” Kraai

Birth

17 May 1816

Zoutkamp, De Marne Municipality, Groningen, Netherlands

Death

30 Dec 1874 (aged 58)

Olive Center, Ottawa County, Michigan, USA

Burial

North Holland Cemetery

Holland, Ottawa County, Michigan, USA Show Map

Memorial ID

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Born to Enne Tomas Kraai and Grietje Jans Sikkens. (Known) siblings:

-Eije Ennes Kraai born abt 1808 (vanishes from records but wife Martha Willems Helder came to America and remarried)
-Jantje Ennes Kraai 1810-1891, m. Johannes Benes
-Magrietha Ennes Kraai 1813-1895, m. Franciscus Niestern
-Janna Ennes Kraai 1819-1909, m. Jan Por, no children
-Popke Ennes Kraai 1822-1833
-Arendina Ennes Kraai 1824-1824
-Arend Ennes Kraai 1825-1826
-Arendina Ennes Kraai 1829-1915, m. Marten Benes (brother of Johannes Benes that married her sister Jantje).

Son Jan died at age 4 on Sept 11, 1849 at Wildervank, Groningen Netherlands.

There was a son Gerrit born Nov 23, 1851 and a son Jan born Dec 29, 1856 at Schouwerzijl, Groningen Netherlands - no death record located for either but neither are with the family in the 1860 census of Ottawa Co Michigan.
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****Known Kraai relatives that came to America via his siblings:****

Nieces and Nephews:
via brother Eije Kraai
Enne Kraai
Eltje Kraai Helder Dyck
Grietje Kraai Van Kampen
Wilhelmina Nienhuis
Thomas Kraai
Jan Kraai
Edward Kraai

via sister Jantje Kraai Benes:
Germtje Legger

via sister Arendina Kraai Benes:
Gerben Benes (actually some of his descendants)

Grand-uncle (via his sister Arendina Kraai Benes' son Enne):
Klazina Groen
Klaas Benes

Grand-uncle (via his sister Magrietha Kraai Niestern's daughter Grietje Nienhuis):
George Nienhouse

1st cousin (via his father Enne Tomas' brother Arend Tomas):
Jan Arends Kraai

1st cousin once removed (via cousin Jan Arends Kraai's sister Eijke Arends Kraai and Willem van Houw): Tomas van Houw

1st cousins twice removed (via Tomas van Houw's brother Folkert): Willem van Houw and Thomas van Houw