Menko Dijkman was born in 1886 in the country village of Bierum, located in the extreme northeastern part of the Netherlands, in the province Groningen. His parents were Doeke Dijkman and Antje Rozeboom.
On March 27, 1912 shoemaker Menko Dijkman arrived at the age of 25 years, single and alone, without relatives, on the S.S. Nieuw Amsterdam at New York. His last residence place in the Netherlands was Bierum. Destination: his friend Klaas Danhof in Muskegon, Michigan. On the same ship sailed next to him the family of farmer Johannes Danhof from the country village Spijk, Groningen, with his wife and seven children, amongst whom the 22 years old daughter and servant Antje Danhof, to whom Menko will marry eight months later on. Their destination was also Muskegon, to their son/brother Pieter Danhof.
On November 20, 1912 Menko married at Muskegon, Michigan, the three years younger Antje Danhof, who had also Dutch parents from the province Groningen.
At the end of March 1913 their first child Anna was born in Muskegon and at the end of 1918 Hindriktje (?), a daughter too.
In 1920 the family lived still at Muskegon, but in 1930 in the Dutch settlement of Holland, Gallatin County, located in the southwestern part of Montana, not faraway from Yellowstone National Park.
In 1940 the couple Menko (53 years old, a payd grainfarmer) and Anne Dykman (50) resided with their children Douwina (18), Joe (16), John (14) and Menko W Dykman (10), all born in Montana, at a rented home still in the Dutch settlement Holland (which became later on Amsterdam) in Gallatin County.
In 1968 Menko Dykman lived in Amsterdam, Gallatin County.
On March 27, 1912 shoemaker Menko Dijkman arrived at the age of 25 years, single and alone, without relatives, on the S.S. Nieuw Amsterdam at New York. His last residence place in the Netherlands was Bierum. Destination: his friend Klaas Danhof in Muskegon, Michigan. On the same ship sailed next to him the family of farmer Johannes Danhof from the country village Spijk, Groningen, with his wife and seven children, amongst whom the 22 years old daughter and servant Antje Danhof, to whom Menko will marry eight months later on. Their destination was also Muskegon, to their son/brother Pieter Danhof.
On November 20, 1912 Menko married at Muskegon, Michigan, the three years younger Antje Danhof, who had also Dutch parents from the province Groningen.
At the end of March 1913 their first child Anna was born in Muskegon and at the end of 1918 Hindriktje (?), a daughter too.
In 1920 the family lived still at Muskegon, but in 1930 in the Dutch settlement of Holland, Gallatin County, located in the southwestern part of Montana, not faraway from Yellowstone National Park.
In 1940 the couple Menko (53 years old, a payd grainfarmer) and Anne Dykman (50) resided with their children Douwina (18), Joe (16), John (14) and Menko W Dykman (10), all born in Montana, at a rented home still in the Dutch settlement Holland (which became later on Amsterdam) in Gallatin County.
In 1968 Menko Dykman lived in Amsterdam, Gallatin County.
Menko Dijkman was born in 1886 in the country village of Bierum, located in the extreme northeastern part of the Netherlands, in the province Groningen. His parents were Doeke Dijkman and Antje Rozeboom.
On March 27, 1912 shoemaker Menko Dijkman arrived at the age of 25 years, single and alone, without relatives, on the S.S. Nieuw Amsterdam at New York. His last residence place in the Netherlands was Bierum. Destination: his friend Klaas Danhof in Muskegon, Michigan. On the same ship sailed next to him the family of farmer Johannes Danhof from the country village Spijk, Groningen, with his wife and seven children, amongst whom the 22 years old daughter and servant Antje Danhof, to whom Menko will marry eight months later on. Their destination was also Muskegon, to their son/brother Pieter Danhof.
On November 20, 1912 Menko married at Muskegon, Michigan, the three years younger Antje Danhof, who had also Dutch parents from the province Groningen.
At the end of March 1913 their first child Anna was born in Muskegon and at the end of 1918 Hindriktje (?), a daughter too.
In 1920 the family lived still at Muskegon, but in 1930 in the Dutch settlement of Holland, Gallatin County, located in the southwestern part of Montana, not faraway from Yellowstone National Park.
In 1940 the couple Menko (53 years old, a payd grainfarmer) and Anne Dykman (50) resided with their children Douwina (18), Joe (16), John (14) and Menko W Dykman (10), all born in Montana, at a rented home still in the Dutch settlement Holland (which became later on Amsterdam) in Gallatin County.
In 1968 Menko Dykman lived in Amsterdam, Gallatin County.
On March 27, 1912 shoemaker Menko Dijkman arrived at the age of 25 years, single and alone, without relatives, on the S.S. Nieuw Amsterdam at New York. His last residence place in the Netherlands was Bierum. Destination: his friend Klaas Danhof in Muskegon, Michigan. On the same ship sailed next to him the family of farmer Johannes Danhof from the country village Spijk, Groningen, with his wife and seven children, amongst whom the 22 years old daughter and servant Antje Danhof, to whom Menko will marry eight months later on. Their destination was also Muskegon, to their son/brother Pieter Danhof.
On November 20, 1912 Menko married at Muskegon, Michigan, the three years younger Antje Danhof, who had also Dutch parents from the province Groningen.
At the end of March 1913 their first child Anna was born in Muskegon and at the end of 1918 Hindriktje (?), a daughter too.
In 1920 the family lived still at Muskegon, but in 1930 in the Dutch settlement of Holland, Gallatin County, located in the southwestern part of Montana, not faraway from Yellowstone National Park.
In 1940 the couple Menko (53 years old, a payd grainfarmer) and Anne Dykman (50) resided with their children Douwina (18), Joe (16), John (14) and Menko W Dykman (10), all born in Montana, at a rented home still in the Dutch settlement Holland (which became later on Amsterdam) in Gallatin County.
In 1968 Menko Dykman lived in Amsterdam, Gallatin County.
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