KleinBekman, Johanna (Mrs. Hendrik), 1818-1900

BEKMAN, KLEINBEKMAN, HOFMEIJER, HOFMEYER

Posted By: Lydia Lucas - Volunteer (email)
Date: 10/26/2015 at 19:55:27

From the Sioux Center Nieuwsblad, January 3, 1901, p. 8:

Vrijdag waren H. K. Bekman en vrouw te Middelburg [sic] om de begrafenis van hun grootmoeder, de vrouw van H. Klein Bekman, bij te wonen. Zij had den hoogen ouderdom van 82 en een half jaar bereikt zij laat haar man en 3 kinderen na, J. A. Klein Bekman en Mrs. A. Slothouber te Alton en Mrs. G. Koerselman te Middleburg bij wien zij reeds vele Jaren hun tehuis hadden.

Translation:

Friday H. K. Bekman and wife went to Middelburg [sic] to attend the funeral of their grandmother, the wife of H. Klein Bekman. She had reached the great age of 82 and a half years. She leaves behind her husband and three children, J. A. Klein Bekman and Mrs. A. Slothouber at Alton and Mrs. G. Koerselman at Middleburg with whom she has for many years had her abode.

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The Sioux County Cemetery Index has: Bekman, Johanna, b. 11 Jun 1818, d. 26 Dec. 1900, Capel Twp Cem, Middleburg.

Her husband's obituary (posted separately) includes data from researcher Wilma J. Vande Berg, giving her name as Janna Hofmeijer, married Hendrik Klein Bekman 22 Oct. 1847 at Gorssel, Gelderland, Netherlands, came to America 1889.