Faber, Tjeerd 1867 & son Hans Faber & Sadie Tamminga Family

FABER, KRIKKE, TAMMINGA, KOSTER, DEVRIES, KOOPMANS

Posted By: Wilma J. Vande Berg - volunteer (email)
Date: 9/23/2021 at 13:23:09

Faber, Tjeerd 1867 and son, Hans Faber and Sadie Tamminga Family

This story was taken from the Sioux Center Centennial book of 1991 pages 232 and 233, and was submitted to the book by Mrs. Pete Noteboom. It was transcribed for this BIOS by Beth De Leeuw and some research notes were added by Wilma J. Vande Berg, both of the Greater Sioux County Genealogical Society

Sioux Center history and the Faber family began when Tjeerd Faber came to the United States in 1888 at the age of 21. He was the son of Hans Faber and Pieterje Kosters of Bolswaard, The Netherlands. He worked for Ring Jongewaard and the Van Steenwyks for two years and then on the railroad for one year. He married Jantje Krikke in 1889. They moved to a farm south of Sioux Center near the West Branch River. Their children were Pietje, who died at the age of 8, from blood poisoning. Rena, who married Ben Bakker and later Martin Wierda; Fannie, Mrs. Dick W.A. Doornink; Nellie, Mrs. John Nyhof, and their only son Hans. Tjeerd worked as a road patrol for six years during the paving of highway 75 through Sioux Center. All their children married and raised their families in or near Sioux Center.

Hans attended the local grade school but had to quit in the 7th grade when he was hired out as a farm hand. He married Sadie (Sybrigje) Tamminga Oct. 5, 1927 in Sioux Center. She too was born in Holland in the province of Tzummarum in Friesland, the Netherlands. She was the daughter of Wiebe Tamminga and Jitske Koopmans who immigrated to Sioux Center from Holland in 1920 when Sadie was 16. Hans and Sadie spent their one night honeymoon at the home of her sister Mattie and husband Fred Vander Weide in Sioux Center.

Hans and Sadie had five children, all who were born at home with Mrs. J. Van Otterloo as midwife. Joyce, Mrs. Gerald Geurkink of San Marcos, California, has three children; Chester and Marilyn (Siebersma) have four children and live in Escondido, California; Leona (Mrs. Peter I. Noteboom) has three children and lives in Orange City, IA; Howard and Garneth (Sybesma) have four children and live in San Marcos, Calif.; Evelyn (Mrs. Henry Pruim) has two children and lives in Orlando, Florida. In Dec. of 1987 Chester became ill with a rare disease called Guillian-Barre’ (French polio), while visiting his son in Minnesota. He was hospitalized in Minneapolis for 7 weeks and then flown by air ambulance to Calif. He was in intensive care for 112 days and spent six months in the hospital. He was totally paralyzed and completely incapacitated. Basically the Dr. said “nothing was working”. Today Nov. 1989 after many months of therapy he is almost completely healed. A living miracle!

Hans worked for Skelly Oil Co. for many years. The first station was the Community Service Station located one block west of the present stop light. It was the first drive-in service in Sioux Center with an inventory of one kind of gasoline, one barrel of oil (tagoline) and one barrel of kerosene.

For many years Hans was known as the tallest man in Sioux County being 6 feet 8 inches tall. He always wore high water pants because he could not find any long enough. His favorite joke was when he walked into a café and asked the waitress “do you serve meals here” and she replied “yes, but we don’t fill silos.” In the late forties under the tutelage of Col. H.J. Ramaker he went to auctioneering school and became an auctioneer and went into the Real Estate business with Lawrence Achterhof.

Entertainment for us was self made and some of my earliest recollections are going swimming with Grandpa Tjeerd in his Model T rumble seat to the sandpit (Sandy Hollow). He’d usually take as many of the neighbor kids as the car would hold. Les, Don and Thelma Brommer were some of the lucky ones. There were no lifeguards at that time just guardian angels working overtime. Ice skating on the city pond (where the bowling alley is now); hooking cars on snowy winter nights while dodging Joe (the Cop) Te Veltrup. On one particular Fourth of July a group of the town’s “ondeugend jongens” (naughty boys), Tony Van Oosbree, Floyd Wanningen and others, put a smoke bomb under Grandpa Tjeerd’s Model T hood, and hiding behind the bushes of the Coop Burial Home, which is now the City Hall, until he started the car and bounded out shouting that his car was on fire!! (in Dutch of course). Some of the games we played with the neighbor kids were, Run my good sheep run, Follow the arrow (one time right thru Doc’s Café); Capture of the flag; Hoop-o-wheel, rubber guns with John Kroon’s kids Stanton and Norma in their machine shed or threshing machine; hiking out to the first and second “arch” down the railroad track; Evie remembers playing “kick the can” with the Eshuis cousins. Howard spent many hours riding the steam engines while the engineers switched box cars in position for the various businesses. Then later he’d ride the diesel engines. He also kept the depot agents company and helped tie strings for the relay messages that the caboose rider would catch. Joyce recalls fondly the visits to the library which was an old house near the underground Legion Hall. The pot bellied stove was so inviting on those cold snowy Saturday afternoons. Noreen Te Veltrup was the faithful librarian. Wednesday night — band concerts in the new bandshell were exciting too. The rousing “John Philip Sousa Marches” echoed thru all Sioux Center. The band was led by Joe Wandscheer who Joyce thought was more handsome than any Hollywood star. We always had a nickel to spend for some popcorn from Casey Bleeker or an ice cream cone. Patriotism flared when the parade passed by on Decoration Day. Ed Te Veltrup carrying the flag and behind the parade-decorated bicycles! On to the cemetery where “Taps” would give everyone goose bumps. And how could one forget the ball games on a field west of John Kroon (Casey’s today). What team spirit was displayed. Catching a greased pig and climbing a greased telephone pole was part of the in between game show one time. I (Leona) personally remember going door to door on Saturdays with Betty Plantage selling fresh homemade doughnuts made by her mother Sadie Plantage. Her husband Bill was in the hospital in Oakdale, Iowa suffering from tuberculosis so she took in ironing and made doughnuts. We always hoped that they wouldn’t all sell so we could at least taste one of them. They sold for 15¢ for 6 and 30¢ a dozen.

We lived only one block from the Great Northern Railroad tracks so many times “bums” would knock on our door for something to eat. Several would carry a few tools and would offer to sharpen our knives in exchange for food.

Also, on Thanksgiving for many years dad would bring Thanksgiving dinner to Gerrit Vander Maanen and Johnny Veldboom, local single men.

Our Grandfather Tjeerd lived with us for 17 years. His wife died only six weeks after Mom & Dad were married so he moved in with them. There were no retirement homes available at that time. I cannot ever remember coming home when I was young that our mother was not there. Dad was very busy with church and school and work but she was home and kept everything going. Her only luxury was having a hired girl, Coba (Willemstein) Rens or Jesse (Eshuis) Voetburg, to help with house cleaning when everything was taken outside to be aired, beat and brushed.

In the early forties there was gas rationing and with dad in the oil business it was his duty to keep track of all the gals. that his customers purchased and had stamps for all their purchases. Once a month the whole family would lay out the invoices all over the floor and when dad would call off a name, we’d find it and place the proper amount of stamps with it so he could make the right account to State Authorities. We also lived through sugar rationing time. We each would get a container with our name on it and our weekly allotment of sugar in it and if we ran out we would have to put honey or syrup on our oatmeal. If our friends wanted to stay overnight, dad would remind them to bring their own sugar.

“Home” was definitely our security blanket. Mom and Dad and grandpa loved us and they were always the final authority. Dad, being in the consistory at the First Christian Reformed Church, was occasionally called on to do “Preek Lezen” (preach reading). There were not enough ministers around to exchange or fill in so elders would read sermons written by other ministers. This was always a tense time for all of us but dad usually came thru in spite of only 7 grades of schooling.

We all attended the First Chr. Ref. Church as well as the Sioux Center Christian School and Western Christian High School in Hull. Howard and Evelyn attended Dordt as well.

Our families memories of Sioux Center will always be precious even tho our Faber family no longer has ancestors living there. Dad passed away Dec. 5, 1967 and mother March 29, 1986 both of heart attacks. Hardee’s Drive In now occupies the corner where our two homes and Grandpa Tamminga’s home were located. The corner was purchased in March of 1984 and the homes were moved off with all the memories packed inside.

So ends our reminiscing and history of Sioux Center but never our memories. The following lines express our sentiments;

Lord thru all the generations
and the children of our race
In our fears and tribulations,
Thou hast been our dwelling place.

by Mrs. Pete Noteboom

RESEARCH NOTES added by Wilma J. Vande Berg

BIRTH of Tjeerd Faber 25 Oct 1867 to Hans Martens Faber and Pietertje Tjeerds Koster at Bolsward, Friesland, Netherlands

OBITUARY of Tjeerd Faber 1864-1951
Sioux Center News of Sep 31, 1951
After a short illness, Tjeerd Faber, 83, died at the Sioux Center Community hospital Thursday, Sept. 6. He is survived-by – four children, Rena, Mrs. Martha Wierda, Fanny, Mrs. Dick W. A. Doornink of Sioux Center, Nellie, Mrs. John Nyhoff of Orange City and Hans Faber of Sioux Center. There are also 19 grandchildren and 18 great grandchildren and one brother, Rein Faber of Orange City.
Mrs. Faber died in 1923 and the oldest daughter passed away at the age of 8 years. Born at Bolswerd, Frieslands Netherleands on Oct 25, 1864 he came to this country at the age of 21. He was untied in marriage to Jantje Krikke in 1890. He spent most of his life in Sioux County. The past years he had made his ome with his daughter. Mrs. Doonrink and with Mrs. Nyhoff where he had been living recently.
Funeral services were held Monday at the John Nyhoff home and in the Chr Ref. church at siou center with Rev. Haan officiating. Burial was in the Sioux Center cemetery.

BIRTH and MARRIGE From a report on ancestry.com (by Others) Jantje Krekke/Krikke was born 12 Sep 1864 at Tjalleberd, Heerenveen, Friesland. Her marriage record was not found in Sioux County records as indicated in 1889 or 1890. According to the report she came to this country in 1890. Possible birth record found on www.wiewaswie.nl Jentje Beenes Krikke was born 12 Sep 1864 to Beene Wiegers Krikke and Rinske Jacobs de Vries at Aengwieden, Friesland Netherlands. Immigration record in Netherlands had Jentje Krikke born 23 Sep 1864 Tjalleberd, Friesland in31 Mar 1890 and was destined for Orange City Iowa.

OBITUARY of Jennie Mrs. Tjeerd Faber 1864-1927
Alton Democrat of Nov 25, 1927
Mrs. T. Faber died Saturday, was born in Netherlands 63 years ago Funeral Tuesday.
Mrs Tjeerd Faber passed away Saturday at her home of her daughter Mrs. Dick W. A. Doornink, after 4 weeks illness. Mrs. Faber has been a Sioux Center resident for many years and friends here sympathize with the family in her passing.
Mrs. Faber was born 63 years ago in the Netherlands. Her maiden name was Jennie Kriekke/Krikke. At the age of 24 years she came to the USA and two years later was married at Maurice to Mr. Faber. Five children were born to the union, of whom four survive their mother, namely, Mrs. Martin Wierda, Mrs. D. W. A. Doornink, Mrs. John Nyhof and Hans Faber, all of Sioux Center vicinity. The oldest daughter died at the age of eight years. Mr. and Mrs. Faber farmed in this vicinity after their marriage. After retiring from the farm they moved to Grand Rapids but remained there only two years. They also lived a year or two in Orange City but recently have made their home in Sioux Center, except in the winter when on account of Mrs. Faber’s failing health they lived with their children.
Funeral services were held Tuesday afternoon at the Doornink home, with burial in the Sioux Center cemetery. Rev. Ypma was in charge of the services.

OBITUARY of Hans Faber 1903-1967
Funeral services will be held at the First Christian Reformed Church here at 10 A.M., Friday, Dec. 8, for Hans Faber, 64, prominent Sioux Center Realtor and Auctioneer, a life-long resident of the community, who died suddenly and unexpectedly at his home here early Tuesday morning.
Death was attributed to a heart ailment.
Mr. Faber had recently spent 9 days in the local hospital but had been out and about his business on Monday, and during the past week.
Funeral services will be conducted by the Rev. Richard De Ridder and burial will be made in the Sioux Center Community cemetery under the direction of Vander Ploeg's Funeral Home.
Mr. Faber was born in Sioux Center, November 8, 1903. He was married to Sadie Tamminga on October 5, 1927. The couple recently marked their 40th wedding anniversary.
Survivors besides his widow of Sioux Center include three daughters and two son, Joyce (Mrs. Gerald Guerkink) of San Marcos, Cal., Chester of Escondido, Cal., Leona (Mrs. Peter Noteboom) of Orange City, Mrs. Henry Pruim of Alsip IL, two sons - Chester of Escondido CA, and Howard of San Marcuos CA. Three sisters - Mrs. Martin Wierda, Mrs Dick Doornink both of Sioux Center and Mrs. John Nyhoff of Orange City. 13 grandchildren.
Parents: Tjeerd Faber & Jantje Krikke (From the Sioux Center Centenial Book, 1991)
Source: Sioux Center News, December 7, 1967

BIRTH of Sybrigje Tamminga on 25 Aug 1904 to Wybe Tamminga and Jitske Koopmans born at Barradeek, Friesland Netherlands.

OBITUARY of Sadie Mrs. Hans Faber 1904-1986
April 2, 1986 Sioux Center News
Sadie Faber, 81, of Sioux Center, died Saturday, March 29 in a Sioux City hospital. Services were at 10:30 a.m. Tuesday, April 1, at the First Christian Reformed Church. The Rev. John Hellinga, the Rev. B. J. Haan and the Rev. Harley Faber, Mrs. Faber's grandson officiated. Burial was in Memory Gardens Cemetery. Family visitation was at the Vander Ploeg Chapel in Sioux Center.
Mrs. Faber, the former Sadie Tamminga was born August 25, 1904, in The Netherlands and came to the United States at the age of 18. She married Hans Faber on October 5, 1927, in Sioux Center. He died December 5, 1967. She was a 64-year member of the First Christian Reformed Church.
Survivors include two sons, Chester of Escondido, California and Howard of San Marcos, California; three daughters, Joyce Geurkink of San Marcos, California, Leona Noteboom of Orange City and Evelyn Pruim of Orlando, Florida; one brother, Ray Tamminga of Bellflower, California; 16 grandchildren and 30 great-grandchildren. Memorials may be made to Dordt College in Sioux Center.

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