Noteboom, Pieter 1829-1965 & Maria Vander Meer Family

NOTEBOOM, VANDERMEER, DEKIEVIT, VANDENBOS

Posted By: Wilma J. VandeBerg -volunteer (email)
Date: 12/13/2024 at 05:20:23

Noteboom, Pieter 1829-1865 and Maria Vander Meer Family

The narrative for this biography were put together piece by piece by Wilma J. Vande Berg of the Greater Sioux County Iowa Genealogical Society. Research was done through various local history books, the Sioux County web page www.iagenweb.org/sioux and from ancesty.com vitals records and public member tress submitted by others. Also the Netherlands records sites www.wiewaswie.nl and www.genealogie.nl .

Disclaimer - As historical accounts go, the details of this narrative was put together from many sources in which the dates, places, spellings and such may differ from one account to another. Information was presented as in the source found. Please excuse any obvious spelling and grammatical errors.

RESEARCH Notes: Noteboom ancestors - Early Settlers of Marion Co. Iowa

1860 Census of Marion Co. Iowa The Parents of Pieter Noteboom.
Arie Noteboom born 27 June 1791 Pijnacker Zuid Holland Netherlands, He died 10 Nov 1868 in Pella IA, Living in Pella with wife Neeltje De Kievit born 10 Dec 1801 Dubbeldam Zuid Holland Netherlands She died 28 Jan 1878 Pella IA.

1860 Census of Lake Prairie, Marion Co. Iowa
Peter Noteboom born 9 Nov 1829 Tilburg Noord Brabant, Netherlands died 1865 in Yamhill County Oregon with wife Maria Van der Meer born 30 May 1833 Overshie Zuid Holland Netherland and their children were: Arie 8, Isaac 6, Gerrit 4, Alida, Peter 1 and Johannes 1.

Pieter ‘Peter’ Noteboom was born 9 Dec 1929 Berkel Tilburg, Noord Brabant, Netherlands died 17 Nov 1865 Dayton, Yamhill, Oregon. His parents were Arie Arieszn Noteboom Sr. born 29 Jun 1791 Pijnacker Zuid Holland Netherlands and died 10 Nov 1868 at Pella Iowa; and Neeltje De Kievit born 10 Dec 1801 Dubbeldam, Dordrecht, Zuid Holland, Netherlands died 22 Feb 1870 Pella, Marion Iowa. Pieter married Merte ‘Maria’ Van der Meer 22 May 1850 Pella Iowa.

Merte ‘Maria’ Vander Meer was born 31 May 1833 Overschie, Rotterdam, Zuid Holland, Netherlands died 29 Jun 1865 at Dayton, Yamhill County, Oregon. She was the daughter of Izac Van der Meer and Alida Van den Bos. She, her husband and children endured the six months oxen driven Oregon Trail group from Pella Iowa to Oregon City Oregon..

Death of Maria Mrs. Peter Noteboom . At age of about 32 years.
Maria died 28 Jun 1865 at Dayton Yamhill County, Oregon. Pieter Noteboom’s probate court records include a bill from carpenter John Wood that describes a coffin was made on 29 Jun 1865 for Mrs. Noteboom. At the time they lived in Dayton, near Lafayette, Oregon

Death of Pieter Noteboom 1830-1865 at 35 years of age. Source – Ancestry’s public family trees
Death 17 November 1865 Dayton, Yamhill, Oregon. Details of his and his wife’s death are uncertain, however, the probate records indicate that a coffin was built two different dates, likely one for his wife Maria, and one for himself. This date is derived from the date the second coffin was made. The death of the parents left the eight children orphans and in the hands of the older one who barely entered the teen years.

There are several historical accounts on the Oregon Trail adventure of the Pella Dutch immigrants in the mid 1860s while the Civil War was going on.

Since the youngest daughter of Peter and Marie was Mary Noteboom (Mrs. Dirk Betten), she is recorded (via ancesty.com) as having been born at Pella 1 May 1864, but her death record states she was born in Oregon City Oregon. . The family must have left for Oregon before Mary was born in 1864. Mary died 21 Aug 1957 with no obituary recovered because she had been living in Sioux City where her daughter Mrs. Lawrence lived for many years. She was buried in Orange City.

In the book ‘The Story of Sioux County’ by Charles Dyke in 1942, was an excerpt on the Oregon Trail pages 402 – 412. The account is detailed in pages with heading ‘Childhood In Pioneer Days’ is directed with the Van Der Meer and Noteboom families Oregon Trail experiences. Although some of the families are not detailed in either articles many were definitely in the large wagon train that left Pella.

As far as can be gathered these are the families and people who joined the wagon train for the reason of objecting to being called to service in the Civil War. ‘Live by the sword’, ‘die by the sword’ was their motto. Since they as a group were not naturalize yet, they felt no obligation to serve in the civil, until a mandate was place that all men must serve.

The story told in pages 402-412 was authored by Mr. John Ellerbroek, Mrs. Janna Cornelia Jongewaard Bogaard and Mrs. Mary Ellerborek Hornstra. (The submitter assumes as declared these were children of the original group; the Ellerbroeks and Jongewaards) They could not remember names of the others that were in the original group.

A few lines from John Ellerbroek’s obituary, Mr. Ellerbroek was born in Marion County Iowa in 1852. In 1862 he, his brother Peter age 13, moved with his parents and others by ox caravan to Oregon. They were on the trail for months, suffering all the hardships of pioneers. Indians were troublesome and stole, all but three of their horses. He lived in Oregon until he was 19 years old when he came to Sioux County. Too young to take a land claim, he started a store in Orange City and later moved to Douglas County SD. See his obit on this web page.

Names from pages 402-412 Gerrit Ellerbroek, Cornelius Jongewaard, Geert Jot, Theunes Burggraf; Lutje Mars with DeVries step son, John Stoutenburg, and the Rysdams. Although the submitter chose not to record all the pages verbatim, word for word there were many hair raising events along the way. Along the long arduous journey they encountered many hardships, including Indians, fording rivers, crossing mountains. The arduous journey took about 6 months, with the feet of the oxen completely worn out. Please locate this book and read of all the hardships and experience by the three authors of the article. Although most of the participants of the Oregon Trail returned to Iowa it was found that the family of Geert Jot born 1818 died 1892 Multnomah Co. OR, stayed there and raised a family.

Names from the page 429 and commencing were, the Leendert and Dirk Van der Meer Clan, Dirk Van Den Bos, C. (Christian) Niewendorp, Lutje Mars family including stepchildren, Wopke De Haan, Hannes Klein and the family of Pieter and Maria Noteboom with children. By the time they reached Oregon with their wagons driven by oxen whose hoofs were beat sore they were exhausted. Pieter Notenboom and wife Maria died in 1865 at Dayton Oregon. The eight parent-less Noteboom children were later divided among the various relatives and all grew up to be fine, handsome people. Upon reading the obituaries of some of the Noteboom children the Oregon experience is not mentioned as it was with the Ellerbroek children.

See the research for Pieter and Maria Noteboom which gives their death dates being in 1865 , and possible reason being a fever that invaded the group. They had settled there in about October of 1862 (as related by the Ellenbroek boys) in a swampy area near Dayton Oregon. Submitter read at one point that Arie, oldest orphaned Noteboom child got a cheap sailing ship passage from Oregon around South America to New Orleans and trekked up the Mississippi river back to Pella Iowa with his siblings.

The families that went on the Oregon Trail journey, in great part came back to Pella, and subsequently most ended up in Sioux county Iowa.

NOTEBOOM CHILDREN: The eight orphaned children of Peter and Maria Noteboom who had both died in Oregon in 1865 survived: The father, Pieter’s probate record can be found on ancestry.com, Oregon Wills and Probate Records 1849-1963. His death date listed is included in the papers. This record also state that his wife had died prior to his death. Record does not state where he is buried. At the time of his death, he left the following children per his probate record: Arie 14, Isaac 12, Gerrit 10, Alida 9, John 7 Peter 7 A. (Neeltje) 5, Maria 2,

It is interesting to note that the early children’s life, the harrowing experience of the Oregon Trail ordeal in the mid 1860s that the family went through was not mentioned in their obituaries. They possibly wanted to forget the traumatic experience that involved the deaths of their parents.

1. ARIE NOTENBOOM born 30 Dec 1851 Marion Co. Iowa died 14 Feb 1930 Orange City IA. His parents were Pieter Arijszn Notebooom 1829-1865 and Maria Ijsaaksdr Van der Meer 1833-1865. Arie married Huibertje ‘Hattie’ van Horsen 1854-1929 on 12 May 1875 Orange City IA.
Obituary of Arie Noteboom as found in the Alton Democrat of 21 Feb 1930 Born: December 30, 1851 Died: February 14, 1930
One of the pioneers of Sioux County, Arie Noteboom Sr., passed away at the home of his son Gerrit
Noteboom, Friday, February 14th, 1930, with whom he had been making his home. Mr. Noteboom lost his wife the 5th of July, 1929 and has not been real well since.
He was born on a farm near Des Moines in 1851, thus making him 78 years old. In May 1879 at the age of 19 he came to Sioux County, being one of the first to settled here. On March 12, 1879 he married Miss Hattie Van Horssen and settled on a farm a mile and a half west of Orange City, where they remained until 1904, when they moved to town. Mr. Noteboom was a charter member of the First Christian Reformed Church where he served several years and from which church on Monday afternoon a large concourse of relatives and friends gathered to pay their last respects to the departed. Mr. Noteboom is survived by six children: Peter of Denver, Colorado; Nicholas, Mrs. Ralph Mary Cleveringa, Mrs. Gerrit Anna Bloemendaal, Frank and Gerrit of Orange City. Also one brother, Gerrit Noteboom of Sioux Center; and three sisters, Mrs. Peter Eernisse of Armour, South Dakota and Mrs. K. Vander Stoep of Maurice and Mrs. D. Betten of Woodbine, Iowa.

2. ISAAC NOTEBOOM born 24 Dec 1853 Pella Marion Iowa died 24 Oct 1913 Canistota McCook SD.
Obituary -  Source: Alton Democrat issue of 1 November 1913. Isaac Noteboom died at his home at Canistota, S.D., on Saturday Oct. 25, of stomach trouble, at the age of 59 years, 10 months and 1 day. He was born in Marion county Iowa and at the age of eighteen came to Sioux county. Three years later he was united in marriage to Miss Jane Moret. The ceremony was performed at Hospers by Squire Koolbeek. This union was blessed with twelve children, ten of whom survive. Mr. Noteboom had been a farmer most of his life. Some years ago he served Alton as marshal and during his stay here made many friends. He removed to Canistota when he again engaged in farming and where he lived until death claimed him. The remains were brought to Alton and taken to the John Reuvers residence. Funeral services were held on Tuesday and were conducted by Rev. J.P. De Jong. Interment was made in the Nassau Township cemetery. Deceased is survived by the following sons and daughters: Mrs. Mary J.J. Muilenberg of Alton, Peter of Chicago, Lane of Canistota, Mrs. Marine Langeraak of Monroe, S.D., John of Davis, S.D., Mrs. Jess Muilenberg of Hospers, Mike of Canistota and Magdalene, Bennie and Willie at home. All the children wth the exception of Mrs. Langeraak and Magdalene were present at the funeral. Deceased is also survived by the following brothers and sisters--Arie and Peter of Orang City, Gerrit of Rock Valley, John of Zion City, Mrs. Peter Ernisse of Armour, S.D., Mrs. K. Vander Stoep of Maurice and Mrs. Dick Betten of Onawa.

3. GERRIT PIETER NOTEBOOM born 1 Jan 1856 Pella, Marion Iowa died 29 Apt 1932 Sioux Center IA. Obituary - Source: Sioux Center News issue of May 5, 1932 Mr. Gerrit. Noteboom died last Thursday at the home of his children Mr. and Mrs G. W. Rozeboom.
Mr. Noteboom, a kindly man, has been at home with the Rozeboom family since his daughter married
and was to the children the benevolent relative. Mr. Noteboom was seyenty-six years old when he died. Sixty-four years ago he came from Pella with Dirk Vande Bos, herding the cattle along the ox-trail. He lived with Vande Bos on a farm near Orange City for twelve years when he married Johanna Verduin and started farming for himself. During their early married years. Mr, and Mrs. Noteboom lived in Douglas County, So. Dak.,and in Fanklin County, Iowa. They finally settled on the farm near Rock Vailey on which Tony Rozeboom now lives. Mrs. Noteboom died thirry-three years ago, shortly after their only child and daughter married G. W. Rozeboom and they welcomed Mr. Noteboom into their home.
For the past six months Mr. Noteboom has been ill; a few days prior to his death he became very
sick and succumbed to a heart attack. The funeral was held from the First Chr. Reformed Church
Monday.

4. ALIDA NOTEBOOM born 2 Feb 1857 Pella Marion IA died 4 Jan 1935 Hutchison County SD She married Pieter J. Ernisse 1852-1923 at Orange City IA on 9 Nov 1875. Shortly after their marriage they moved to Douglas County S. D. No local obit published. Found family on ancestry.com public member trees as submitted by other than this submitter. Children: Cornelia Eernisse (Mrs Otto John Bruhn) born 16 Oct 1875 Orange City IA died 11 Jul 1982 Santa Cruz CA; John James Eernisse 1879-1961; Peter Adolphus Eernisse 1881-1951; Arie Francis Eernisse 1884-1885; Marie Rosaline Eernisse 1888-1981; Frank Arie Erniesse 1891-1957; Adeline Ernisee 1894-1976 and Luvern Lillian Eernisse 1897-1985.

5. PETER NOTEBOOM (twin) born 3 Jan 1859 Pella Iowa died 25 Dec 1916 Orange City IA. He married Adiana ‘Jennie’ Verduin 1862-1940. Obituary - Source: Alton Democrat (12-30-1916) Born: January 3, 1859 Died: December 25, 1916 On Monday evening, at about 6 o’clock, Peter P. Noteboom died at the age of 58 years, as a result of cancer. The deceased suffered for several years. He was born at Pella January 3, 1859. He lived in Sioux County for the greatest part of his life. On December 16 of this year it was 35 years ago that he married Miss Jennie Verduin, who survives him. The following children are also surviving: Mrs. Marie A. Bliek, of Edgerton, Minnesota; P. Noteboom, of Leota, Minnesota; Mrs. Dena H. F. Mapel (TenNapel) , of Sioux Center; Mrs. J. Kooiman, of Leota, Minnesota; Mrs. J. Hofmeyer, of Orange City; Mrs. H. Tott, of Edgerton, Minnesota; Mrs. J. Reinders, of Orange City and Obrie Noteboom, who is at the paternal home, besides the following brothers and sisters: A. Noteboom, Orange City; G. Noteboom, of Rock Valley; Mrs. P. Eernisse, of Armour, South Dakota; Mrs. K. Vander Stoep, of Maurice and Mrs. B. Betten of Onawa. Funeral services were held Thursday afternoon at 1 o’clock in the home and at 1:30 in the Christian Reformed Church. In 1940 children listed in obit of Jennie VerDuin Noteboom Brunsting were - They are, Marie, Mrs. Bliek of Fulton, Ill.; Peter and Arie of Orange City; Dena, Mrs. Ten Napel of Ireton; Allie, Mrs. Frank Vander Stoep of Edgerton, Minn.; Bessie, Mrs. John Hofmeyer of Alton; Nellie, Mrs. H. Tott of Sioux City; Johanna, Mrs. Joe Reinders of Alton;

6. JOHANNES ‘JOHN” KENNETH NOTEBOOM (twin) born 3 Jan 1859 Pella, Marion Iowa died 13 Feb 1915 Zion, Lake, Illinois. He married 21 Jan 1881 at Orange City to Johanna C. Muilenburg born 26 Dec 1859 Pella, IA died 10 Oct 1938 Zion City IL. No local obit found. From a family report on ancestry.com public member trees submitted by others. Children born in Sioux County IA and SD. – Maria Noteboom 1882-1963, Hubert Noteboom 1883-1972, Clara Noteboom 1885-1961, Peter Henry Noteboom 1888-1971, Ouise Henrietta Noteboom 1891-1979, Sarah Noteboom 1892-1978, Grace Laura Noteboom 1896-1987.

7. Neeltje ‘Nellie’ Noteboom born 13 Oct 1860 Pella IA died 7 Apr 1951 Maurice IA. She married Klaas Vander Stoep 1859-1927, on 13 Oct 1879 Maurice IA. Obituary - Source: Sioux Center News (4-12-1951) Funeral services for Mrs. Klass. Vander Stoep Popma, 90, who died here Saturday at the home of her son, Mayor A. F. Vander Stoep, will be Wednesday afternoon at the First Reformed Church at Maurice, Iowa. Rev. John Roggen, pastor of the church, will officiated, assisted by Rev. John Straaks of Orange City, a former pastor of the church. Burial will be in Maurice Cemetery under direction of the Van Etten funeral home of Orange City. Mrs.Neeltje Popma, an early day resident of Sioux County, was injured in a fall a few days before her death. She had spent most of her life at and near Maurice since 1879. In recent years she had made her home with a son-in-law and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. John Van Roekel at Maurice. Survivors are 10 children, 52 grandchildren, 109 great-grandchildren and three great-great-grandchildren. (In 1927 obit of Klaas the children were are follows: The children surviving are Mrs. Johanna John Van Roekel, Edgerton, Minnesota; Peter Vander Stoep, Orange City; Andrew Vander Stoep, Maurice; Mrs. Maria Gerrit Vande Brink (Brake), Andover, South Dakota; Mrs. Tina Neal Ellerbroek, Okaton, South Dakota; Mrs. Alida J. Kuiken, Maurice; Mrs. Hattie Geo Van Roekel, Mrs.Eva Rudolp Van Pelt, Arie Vander Stoep all of Maurice, Gerrit Vander Stoep of Iowa.)

8. FRANS NOTEBOOM born 13 Aug 1862 Pella Iowa died 1866 in Oregon.

9. MARIA ‘MARY’ NOTEBOOM recorded in family trees on ancestry as born 1 Mar 1864 Pella, Iowa; but was recorded to have been born at Oregon City OR per Mary’s death certificate. She died 31 Aug 1957 Sioux City Iowa. She married Dirk ‘Derk’ Betten 1858-1940 on 7 Feb 1883 Plymouth County IA . No local obit was found for Mary Betten. For family information here is the obit of her husband Dirk Betten Obituary - Sioux County Capital March 28, 1940 Dirk Betten, 81, died Saturday morning in the home of his daughter, Mrs. Ada Mae George Lawrence, 511 29th street, Sioux City after an extended sickness. Mr .Betten was born Nov. 14, 1858 at Pella, la. For many years he was engaged in the hotel business at Orange City. He came to Sioux City four years ago. Surviving are his widow, Mary; two sons, A. J. Betten of Evanston, IL.; and Harold of Omaha; five daughters, Mrs. A. C. Palmer and Mrs. Lawrence both of Sioux City, Mrs. Adrian Rieks of Pasadena, Mrs. Bernice Paul Colby of Morris, Tenn., and Mrs.Charlotte Marie E. L. Gaunt of Little Rock, Ark.; and nine grandchildren. Funeral services were held in the American Ref. church Tuesday afternoon at 2:30 with Rev. Mr. Stimson of the Presbyterian church at Sioux City and Rev. Mr. Le Roy Nattress in charge. Burial was made in the local cemetery.

10. KLAAS NOTEBOOM ? Ancestry.com public member tree family report has a 10th child as Klaas Noteboom with no dates. Unknown, but possible that a baby was born just prior to Marie Noteboom’s death in 1865.

Observation - The submitter of this biography finds it strange that none of the 8 orphaned children of Peter and Marie Noteboom who died out in Yamhill Oregon in 1865 mentioned anything about their heroic-traumatic Oregon Trail experience about 1862-1869 in their obituaries, was it too painful to talk about and had their children forgotten all about it already? In the late 1870s the Noteboom children were located with relatives, page 431 of the Story of Sioux County states the L. Vander Meer besides his own large family was rearing his two adopted nephews the Noteboom twins. Others possibly went to live with Vander Meers, Noteboom and VandenBos families.

By delving into all the resources it is evident more can be found on that courageous Oregon trail colony. The Pella Iowa Historical Society could be tapped for additional information on the Oregon Trail experience. However, this submitter must move on to other Sioux County biographies. Be sure to read the accounts of other pioneers involved and their children, as Klaas Vander Stoep and Neeltje Noteboom’s biography and the Lutje Mars family, who braved the Oregon Trail, as they come up on our web page at www.iagenweb.org/Sioux - BIOS.