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Josephine “Minnie” <I>Niewald</I> Kooima

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Josephine “Minnie” Niewald Kooima

Birth
Riverdale, Cook County, Illinois, USA
Death
9 Feb 1971 (aged 83)
South Holland, Cook County, Illinois, USA
Burial
Lansing, Cook County, Illinois, USA Add to Map
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Minnie Niewold or Niewald was born in August 1887 at a farm on the Calumet River just east of the village of Riverdale, Cook County, Illinois, at the far south end of Chicago extending beyond the Chicago boundary of 138th Street to 144th Street, daughter of Luije or Luye (Louis) Niewold and Trijntje (Catherine) Kleinhuizen, who emigrated in 1868 to the USA from the small country village Vierhuizen [Four houses], municipality Ulrum, in the northwestern part of the Dutch northeastern province Groningen.

Her father Louis Niewald died in 1895 at his farm on the Calumet River, just east of the village of Riverdale and just south of Chicago, Cook County, Illinois.

In June 1900 Minnie (13 years old, born in August 1887 in Illinois), her mother Kate Newald (55, April 1845, Holland, immigrated in 1868, widow, mother of 8 living children, farmer), her siblings Nicholas (30, November 1870, Illinois, farm laborer) Martin (22, July 1878, Illinois, farm laborer), Margaretta Newald (9, April 1881, Illinois, servant), John (17, December 1883, Illinois, farm laborer), Albert (17, December 1883, Illinois, farm laborer) and Henry (10, June 1890, Illinois) were living on a rented farm in Thornton Township, just south of Chicago, Cook County, Illinois.

In 1910 Minnie Newald (22), her mother Catherine Newald (65, widow), her brothers Nicholas (39), Albert (26), John (26) and Henry (19) were still living in Thornton Township, Cook County, Illinois.

Josephine M. Niewald married on 20 February 1918 in Chicago, Cook County, Illinois at the age of 30 years to the three years older Henry Kooima, who had Dutch parents too.

In September 1918 Minnie and Henry Kooima resided in Chicago, 123 W. 113th Pl. In 1920 they were residing in Chicago too, in Ward 9, with their son Evel (0) and Minnie's brother John Niewald (36). On January 27, 1922 their son Louis [Lewis] Kooima was born.

In 1940 Minnie (52), her husband Henry Kooima (55, farmer), their children Ebel (20, farm laborer), Louis (18, farm laborer), Catherine (15, farm laborer), Marjorie (9), and her brother John Niewald (56, farm laborer) resided at an own farm, worth $1500, in Thornton [Township], East 167th Street, house number 907, just south of Chicago, Cook County. In 1935 they lived at the same house.

In 1942 Minnie and Henry were residing in South Holland, 167 St., a half block east of Cottage Grove (south side of the road), Cook County, Illinois.

Minnie Kooima died in 1971 at the age of 83 years in the Dutch truck farmers settlement of South Holland, located just south of Chicago, within Thornton Township, Cook County, Illinois. Her husband Henry Kooima died there too in 1972 at the age of 87 years.
Minnie Niewold or Niewald was born in August 1887 at a farm on the Calumet River just east of the village of Riverdale, Cook County, Illinois, at the far south end of Chicago extending beyond the Chicago boundary of 138th Street to 144th Street, daughter of Luije or Luye (Louis) Niewold and Trijntje (Catherine) Kleinhuizen, who emigrated in 1868 to the USA from the small country village Vierhuizen [Four houses], municipality Ulrum, in the northwestern part of the Dutch northeastern province Groningen.

Her father Louis Niewald died in 1895 at his farm on the Calumet River, just east of the village of Riverdale and just south of Chicago, Cook County, Illinois.

In June 1900 Minnie (13 years old, born in August 1887 in Illinois), her mother Kate Newald (55, April 1845, Holland, immigrated in 1868, widow, mother of 8 living children, farmer), her siblings Nicholas (30, November 1870, Illinois, farm laborer) Martin (22, July 1878, Illinois, farm laborer), Margaretta Newald (9, April 1881, Illinois, servant), John (17, December 1883, Illinois, farm laborer), Albert (17, December 1883, Illinois, farm laborer) and Henry (10, June 1890, Illinois) were living on a rented farm in Thornton Township, just south of Chicago, Cook County, Illinois.

In 1910 Minnie Newald (22), her mother Catherine Newald (65, widow), her brothers Nicholas (39), Albert (26), John (26) and Henry (19) were still living in Thornton Township, Cook County, Illinois.

Josephine M. Niewald married on 20 February 1918 in Chicago, Cook County, Illinois at the age of 30 years to the three years older Henry Kooima, who had Dutch parents too.

In September 1918 Minnie and Henry Kooima resided in Chicago, 123 W. 113th Pl. In 1920 they were residing in Chicago too, in Ward 9, with their son Evel (0) and Minnie's brother John Niewald (36). On January 27, 1922 their son Louis [Lewis] Kooima was born.

In 1940 Minnie (52), her husband Henry Kooima (55, farmer), their children Ebel (20, farm laborer), Louis (18, farm laborer), Catherine (15, farm laborer), Marjorie (9), and her brother John Niewald (56, farm laborer) resided at an own farm, worth $1500, in Thornton [Township], East 167th Street, house number 907, just south of Chicago, Cook County. In 1935 they lived at the same house.

In 1942 Minnie and Henry were residing in South Holland, 167 St., a half block east of Cottage Grove (south side of the road), Cook County, Illinois.

Minnie Kooima died in 1971 at the age of 83 years in the Dutch truck farmers settlement of South Holland, located just south of Chicago, within Thornton Township, Cook County, Illinois. Her husband Henry Kooima died there too in 1972 at the age of 87 years.


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