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Thomas Reins Thomasma

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Thomas Reins Thomasma

Birth
Arum, Sudwest Fryslan Municipality, Friesland, Netherlands
Death
18 Oct 1918 (aged 81)
Grand Rapids, Kent County, Michigan, USA
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Birth Certificate, Wonseradeel [Friesland], 1837
Registration Date 2 Feb 1837, sheet # 13
Thomas Thomasma, son
Born 31 Jan 1837
Father: Rein Johannes Thomasma
Mother: Antje Pieters Nauta

Thomas was the son of Rein Johannes Thomasma (1790 - 1848) and his second wife, Antje Pieters Nauta (1803 - 1868). Thomas was one of ten children (all from Rein's second wife); four of them were emigrants from Friesland.

Thomas and his siblings:
1) Klaaske Reins Thomasma-Buwalda
(f; 1828 – 1908)
2) Pieter Reins Thomasma (1830 – 1841)
3) Johannes Reins Thomasma (1831 – 1834)
4) Haukje Reins Thomasma (f; 1833 – 1833)
5) Johannes Reins Thomasma (1834 – 1882)
—1869 immigrant
6) Thomas Reins Thomasma (1837 – 1919)—1869/70 immigrant
7) Haukje Reins Thomasma-Idsinga–Bergsma
(f; 1839 ~ 1874)
~1869 immigrant
8) Dirk Reins Thomasma (1841 – 1849)
9) Pieter Reins Thomasma (1843 – 1921)
—1885 immigrant
10) Eibert Reins Thomasma (m; 1845 – 1883)

In Friesland Thomas was a kuijper (cooper), owning a cooperage in Arum (which was then in the municipality of Wonseradeel). He married Rinske Folkerts Hofstra in Bolsward, Friesland, on 19 May 1860:

Marriage Certificate, Wonseradeel [Bolsward, Friesland], 1860
Bridegroom: Thomas Thomasma, 23 years old,
born in Arum
Father: Rein Johannes Thomasma
Mother: Antje Pieters Nauta
Bride: Rinske Folkerts Hofstra, 21 years old,
born in Witmarsum
Father: Folkert Ulbes Hofstra
Mother: Geertje Douwes de Boer
Date: 19 May 1860, certificate # 57

The couple and their first five children emigrated from NL (1869 per Rinske's obit; incorrect) in 1870 (per Thomas's obit and R. Swierenga's list; manifest not yet found). They had five more children in Michigan. Their location per census year:

1870: Holland, Ottawa Co., Michigan (cooper)
1880: Manlius Twp., Allegan Co., Michigan (farmer; 80-acre farm in section 4, East Saugatuck)
1900: between 125 & 135 Court St. (which became Scribner), Grand Rapids, Kent Co., Michigan (real estate)
1910: 267* Crescent Ave., Grand Rapids, Kent Co., Michigan (own income)
*The houses were renumbered in 1914.
1920: widow Rose at 417 Crescent Ave., Grand Rapids, Kent Co., Michigan (unemployed)

In Sep 1880 Thomas bought land in section 24 of Allendale Twp., Ottawa Co., Michigan, where he farmed. In Jul 1881 he bought land in section 18 of Tallmadge Twp (this area became part of Allendale Twp. about 1882). In 1883 Thomas operated a feed mill there. In 1887 the family moved to Grand Rapids, where Thomas was listed as farmer, mason, contractor, grocer, laborer and butcher in various years of Polk's city directory. About 1900 he built the house on Crescent Ave., which is now part of the "Heritage Hill" district.
Birth Certificate, Wonseradeel [Friesland], 1837
Registration Date 2 Feb 1837, sheet # 13
Thomas Thomasma, son
Born 31 Jan 1837
Father: Rein Johannes Thomasma
Mother: Antje Pieters Nauta

Thomas was the son of Rein Johannes Thomasma (1790 - 1848) and his second wife, Antje Pieters Nauta (1803 - 1868). Thomas was one of ten children (all from Rein's second wife); four of them were emigrants from Friesland.

Thomas and his siblings:
1) Klaaske Reins Thomasma-Buwalda
(f; 1828 – 1908)
2) Pieter Reins Thomasma (1830 – 1841)
3) Johannes Reins Thomasma (1831 – 1834)
4) Haukje Reins Thomasma (f; 1833 – 1833)
5) Johannes Reins Thomasma (1834 – 1882)
—1869 immigrant
6) Thomas Reins Thomasma (1837 – 1919)—1869/70 immigrant
7) Haukje Reins Thomasma-Idsinga–Bergsma
(f; 1839 ~ 1874)
~1869 immigrant
8) Dirk Reins Thomasma (1841 – 1849)
9) Pieter Reins Thomasma (1843 – 1921)
—1885 immigrant
10) Eibert Reins Thomasma (m; 1845 – 1883)

In Friesland Thomas was a kuijper (cooper), owning a cooperage in Arum (which was then in the municipality of Wonseradeel). He married Rinske Folkerts Hofstra in Bolsward, Friesland, on 19 May 1860:

Marriage Certificate, Wonseradeel [Bolsward, Friesland], 1860
Bridegroom: Thomas Thomasma, 23 years old,
born in Arum
Father: Rein Johannes Thomasma
Mother: Antje Pieters Nauta
Bride: Rinske Folkerts Hofstra, 21 years old,
born in Witmarsum
Father: Folkert Ulbes Hofstra
Mother: Geertje Douwes de Boer
Date: 19 May 1860, certificate # 57

The couple and their first five children emigrated from NL (1869 per Rinske's obit; incorrect) in 1870 (per Thomas's obit and R. Swierenga's list; manifest not yet found). They had five more children in Michigan. Their location per census year:

1870: Holland, Ottawa Co., Michigan (cooper)
1880: Manlius Twp., Allegan Co., Michigan (farmer; 80-acre farm in section 4, East Saugatuck)
1900: between 125 & 135 Court St. (which became Scribner), Grand Rapids, Kent Co., Michigan (real estate)
1910: 267* Crescent Ave., Grand Rapids, Kent Co., Michigan (own income)
*The houses were renumbered in 1914.
1920: widow Rose at 417 Crescent Ave., Grand Rapids, Kent Co., Michigan (unemployed)

In Sep 1880 Thomas bought land in section 24 of Allendale Twp., Ottawa Co., Michigan, where he farmed. In Jul 1881 he bought land in section 18 of Tallmadge Twp (this area became part of Allendale Twp. about 1882). In 1883 Thomas operated a feed mill there. In 1887 the family moved to Grand Rapids, where Thomas was listed as farmer, mason, contractor, grocer, laborer and butcher in various years of Polk's city directory. About 1900 he built the house on Crescent Ave., which is now part of the "Heritage Hill" district.

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