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Neeltje “Nellie” <I>van Zweden</I> Zwartepoorte

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Neeltje “Nellie” van Zweden Zwartepoorte

Birth
Kapelle, Schouwen-Duiveland Municipality, Zeeland, Netherlands
Death
9 Mar 1899 (aged 52)
Grand Rapids, Kent County, Michigan, USA
Burial
Grand Rapids, Kent County, Michigan, USA GPS-Latitude: 42.9389685, Longitude: -85.6496239
Plot
N-91-07
Memorial ID
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Daughter of Cornelis van Zweeden and Neeltje van Willigen of Kapelle, Zeeland, Netherlands.

Neeltje van Zweden married Willem Zwartepoorte [Blackport] 19 Feb. 1874 te Hoedekenskerke

Wife of William Blackport. Blackport in Dutch is Zwartepoorte.
Grand Rapids, Michigan
March 10, 1899
Newspaper Article
(sic)WARTEPOOTE---At No. 16 Ten Haaf's Court, March 9, Mrs.Neeltje Wartepoote (sic) aged 52 years and 10 months, died of exhaustion from abscess. Burial at Valley City cemetery March 10.
In the 1902 Grand Rapids city directory, the Zwartepoorte family lives at 20 TenHaaf Court.
Nellie Blackport's tombstone in Oak Hill Cemetery is in the old Valley City part.
Her tombstone stone is in Dutch and reads; Hier Rust Mrs. Zwartepoorte geb te Zuidbeveland 20 April 1846 overl te Grand Rapids 9 Maart 1899 Ps. 103.15.16Michigan Death Certificate

Parents: Cornelius VanZweren (sp?) & Neeltje VanWillinge (sp?)
Daughter of Cornelis van Zweeden and Neeltje van Willigen of Kapelle, Zeeland, Netherlands.

Neeltje van Zweden married Willem Zwartepoorte [Blackport] 19 Feb. 1874 te Hoedekenskerke

Wife of William Blackport. Blackport in Dutch is Zwartepoorte.
Grand Rapids, Michigan
March 10, 1899
Newspaper Article
(sic)WARTEPOOTE---At No. 16 Ten Haaf's Court, March 9, Mrs.Neeltje Wartepoote (sic) aged 52 years and 10 months, died of exhaustion from abscess. Burial at Valley City cemetery March 10.
In the 1902 Grand Rapids city directory, the Zwartepoorte family lives at 20 TenHaaf Court.
Nellie Blackport's tombstone in Oak Hill Cemetery is in the old Valley City part.
Her tombstone stone is in Dutch and reads; Hier Rust Mrs. Zwartepoorte geb te Zuidbeveland 20 April 1846 overl te Grand Rapids 9 Maart 1899 Ps. 103.15.16Michigan Death Certificate

Parents: Cornelius VanZweren (sp?) & Neeltje VanWillinge (sp?)

Gravesite Details

Service date: 03/09/1899



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  • Created by: stonelink Relative Grandchild
  • Added: Jul 22, 2006
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/15013863/neeltje-zwartepoorte: accessed ), memorial page for Neeltje “Nellie” van Zweden Zwartepoorte (20 Apr 1846–9 Mar 1899), Find a Grave Memorial ID 15013863, citing Oakhill Cemetery, Grand Rapids, Kent County, Michigan, USA; Maintained by stonelink (contributor 46852458).