Matthijs Fokkes FEENSTRA

1881 - 1954  (73 years)

• Name	Matthijs Fokkes FEENSTRA
  Born	28 Aug 1881	Bolsward, Friesland, Netherlands   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Died	28 Aug 1954	Bolsward, Friesland, Netherlands   [2]
  	Matthijs Feenstra is buried in the same grave in Bolsward as that of his daughter Grietje Feenstra and her husband Arnoldus de Vries. The headstone does not show this. Source: Grietje de Vries, 2007.
  Buried	Bolsward General Cemetery, Bolsward, Friesland, Netherlands   [3]
  Person ID	I0135	langenberg
  Last Modified	12 Mar 2007

  
  

  Father	Fokke Rinkes FEENSTRA,   b. 9 Nov 1848, Bolsward, Friesland, Netherlands ,   d. 12 Jul 1923, Bolsward, Friesland, Netherlands (died widower)  (Age 74 years)
  Mother	Nieskje EERDMANS,   b. 25 Jun 1848, Bolsward, Friesland, Netherlands
  Married	7 May 1871	Bolsward, Friesland, Netherlands
  Family ID	F038	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Antje KNORR,   b. 6 Oct 1880, Schettens, Wonseradeel, Friesland, Netherlands ,   d. 6 Sep 1947, Bolsward, Friesland, Netherlands  (Age 66 years)
  Married	12 Aug 1905	Bolsward, Friesland, Netherlands
  Children	1. Grietje FEENSTRA,   b. 12 Mar 1906, Patterson, New Jersey, USA ,   d. 22 Oct 1990, Bolsward, Friesland, Netherlands  (Age 84 years)   2. Nieskje (Jikke) FEENSTRA,   b. 1 Apr 1912, Bolsward, Friesland, Netherlands ,   d. 22 Dec 1994, Mount Gambier, South Australia, Australia  (Age 82 years)   3. Gerard FEENSTRA
  Family ID	F037	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map		Born - 28 Aug 1881 - Bolsward, Friesland, Netherlands Married - 12 Aug 1905 - Bolsward, Friesland, Netherlands Died - 28 Aug 1954 - Bolsward, Friesland, Netherlands  = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Photos

  Feenstra, Matthijs: Feenstra family circa 1916 Feenstra Family: Matthijs (Thijs) Feenstra and Antje Knorr with daughters Grietje (Griet) and Nieskje (right).

  
  

  Documents » Slide Show		Feenstra, Matthijs: Bolsward Address Book ± 1928 (note file is 280kb) Bolsward Address Book ± 1928 Algemeen Adresboek van de Provincie Friesland Lists the occupation and addresses of the Feenstra brothers - Rinke, Dirk, Matthijs and Pieter. The brothers were all carpenters 'Timmerman'.
  		Feenstra, Matthijs: Ship's manifest for the S.S. Potsdam for Mathy (Matthijs) Feenstra, 1909. Page 1 Copy of the original ship's manifest for the S.S. Potsdam for Mathy (Matthijs) Feenstra arriving Ellis Island on July 3rd, 1909. Note this is page 1 of 2 pages.
  		Feenstra, Matthijs: Ship's manifest for the S.S. Potsdam for Mathy (Matthijs) Feenstra, 1909. Page 2 Copy of the original ship's manifest for the S.S. Potsdam for Mathy (Matthijs) Feenstra arriving Ellis Island on July 3rd, 1909. Note this is page 2 of 2 pages.
  		Feenstra, Matthijs: Matthijs emigrated to America for a second time in 1909 on the S.S. Potsdam.

  
  

  Histories

  Matthijs Feenstra A brief history of Matthijs Feenstra

  
  

• Sources

  [S3] Tresoar : Fries historisch en letterkundig centrum, Births (Reliability: 3). Geboorteakte Bolsward, 1881 Aangiftedatum 29 augustus 1881, akte nr. 117 Matthijs Feenstra, geboren 28 augustus 1881 Zoon van Fokke Feenstra en Nieskje Eerdmans [S17] Bolsward City Council Records Office (Reliability: 3). Information located by Grietje de Vries, 2007. [S18] Grietje de Vries I1251 (Reliability: 3).