Catharina Visser (Fisher) was born in March 1864 in the country village of Ferwoude, located in the extreme western part of the Dutch northern province Friesland, daughter of Jouke Durks Visser (30 years old, laborer) and Magdalena Willems de Vries. Source: scan of her birth certificate.
On May 17, 1884 Catharina Visser married in the country village of Witmarsum at the age of 20 years the five years older baker's hand Gaele Bakker.
Witmarsum, located in the western part of Friesland, was about 1496 the birthplace of Menno Simons, the founder of the Mennonite Church.
They had in the former fishing village of Gaast, located in the extreme western part of the province Friesland, the following seven children:
* Jan (John), born February 2, 1885;
* Jouke (Joseph), November 6, 1886;
* Jenny (Jacobje) (Jenny), April 4, 1888;
* Riemer (Raymond), January 13, 1891;
* Magdalena, February 21, 1893;
* Dirk (Dick, Richard), June 20, 1895;
* Grietje (Katie), April 8, 1897.
Her husband Gaele Bakker was in 1885, 1888, 1891 and 1897 a baker, in 1886, 1893 and 1895 a baker's hand.
In 1899 Catharina and Gaele immigrated from the Netherlands to Whitinsville, Massachusetts, U.S.A., along with their seven children. Once there, Gaele found work in the Within Machine Works. The WMW became one of the largest textile machinery companies in the world. By 1948, the company was operating at peak capacity, employing 5,615 men and women. "The Shop" was the center of life in the village of Whitinsville, Massachusetts for over 135 years, until 1976.
On April 4, 1901 her parents, brother Gerrit and Janke Visser emigrated from Ferwoude to the Usa, very likely to Withinsville too.
In April 1911 the family Baker moved with the Mast family to the city of Edmonton, the capital the Canadian province Alberta, where Gaele got a job working on construction of the High Level Bridge.
In February 1913 Catharina, her husband Gaele, their son Raymond, and daughter Katie moved to the Dutch agrarian settlement of Neerlandia, located about 60 miles northwest of Edmonton, where they had bought in July 1912 two quarters (320 acres) of land. Gaele and Raymond kept cattle on their homesteads from the first year they were there.
On May 1, 1915 the membership of the Christian Reformed Church of Catharina, Gaele and three children was transferred from Edmonton to Neerlandia, where recently a new church of logs had been built.
Carharina and Gaele enjoyed working in the garden. They raised many vegetables and kept also a strawberry path. Catharina canned most of the vegetables in jars.
About 1934 Catharina and Gaele retired and Raymond took over their quarter.
Catharina died in February 1943 at the age of 76 years in Neerlandia. Her widower Gaele Baker died there too, in May 1945, at the age of 86 years.
On May 17, 1884 Catharina Visser married in the country village of Witmarsum at the age of 20 years the five years older baker's hand Gaele Bakker.
Witmarsum, located in the western part of Friesland, was about 1496 the birthplace of Menno Simons, the founder of the Mennonite Church.
They had in the former fishing village of Gaast, located in the extreme western part of the province Friesland, the following seven children:
* Jan (John), born February 2, 1885;
* Jouke (Joseph), November 6, 1886;
* Jenny (Jacobje) (Jenny), April 4, 1888;
* Riemer (Raymond), January 13, 1891;
* Magdalena, February 21, 1893;
* Dirk (Dick, Richard), June 20, 1895;
* Grietje (Katie), April 8, 1897.
Her husband Gaele Bakker was in 1885, 1888, 1891 and 1897 a baker, in 1886, 1893 and 1895 a baker's hand.
In 1899 Catharina and Gaele immigrated from the Netherlands to Whitinsville, Massachusetts, U.S.A., along with their seven children. Once there, Gaele found work in the Within Machine Works. The WMW became one of the largest textile machinery companies in the world. By 1948, the company was operating at peak capacity, employing 5,615 men and women. "The Shop" was the center of life in the village of Whitinsville, Massachusetts for over 135 years, until 1976.
On April 4, 1901 her parents, brother Gerrit and Janke Visser emigrated from Ferwoude to the Usa, very likely to Withinsville too.
In April 1911 the family Baker moved with the Mast family to the city of Edmonton, the capital the Canadian province Alberta, where Gaele got a job working on construction of the High Level Bridge.
In February 1913 Catharina, her husband Gaele, their son Raymond, and daughter Katie moved to the Dutch agrarian settlement of Neerlandia, located about 60 miles northwest of Edmonton, where they had bought in July 1912 two quarters (320 acres) of land. Gaele and Raymond kept cattle on their homesteads from the first year they were there.
On May 1, 1915 the membership of the Christian Reformed Church of Catharina, Gaele and three children was transferred from Edmonton to Neerlandia, where recently a new church of logs had been built.
Carharina and Gaele enjoyed working in the garden. They raised many vegetables and kept also a strawberry path. Catharina canned most of the vegetables in jars.
About 1934 Catharina and Gaele retired and Raymond took over their quarter.
Catharina died in February 1943 at the age of 76 years in Neerlandia. Her widower Gaele Baker died there too, in May 1945, at the age of 86 years.
Catharina Visser (Fisher) was born in March 1864 in the country village of Ferwoude, located in the extreme western part of the Dutch northern province Friesland, daughter of Jouke Durks Visser (30 years old, laborer) and Magdalena Willems de Vries. Source: scan of her birth certificate.
On May 17, 1884 Catharina Visser married in the country village of Witmarsum at the age of 20 years the five years older baker's hand Gaele Bakker.
Witmarsum, located in the western part of Friesland, was about 1496 the birthplace of Menno Simons, the founder of the Mennonite Church.
They had in the former fishing village of Gaast, located in the extreme western part of the province Friesland, the following seven children:
* Jan (John), born February 2, 1885;
* Jouke (Joseph), November 6, 1886;
* Jenny (Jacobje) (Jenny), April 4, 1888;
* Riemer (Raymond), January 13, 1891;
* Magdalena, February 21, 1893;
* Dirk (Dick, Richard), June 20, 1895;
* Grietje (Katie), April 8, 1897.
Her husband Gaele Bakker was in 1885, 1888, 1891 and 1897 a baker, in 1886, 1893 and 1895 a baker's hand.
In 1899 Catharina and Gaele immigrated from the Netherlands to Whitinsville, Massachusetts, U.S.A., along with their seven children. Once there, Gaele found work in the Within Machine Works. The WMW became one of the largest textile machinery companies in the world. By 1948, the company was operating at peak capacity, employing 5,615 men and women. "The Shop" was the center of life in the village of Whitinsville, Massachusetts for over 135 years, until 1976.
On April 4, 1901 her parents, brother Gerrit and Janke Visser emigrated from Ferwoude to the Usa, very likely to Withinsville too.
In April 1911 the family Baker moved with the Mast family to the city of Edmonton, the capital the Canadian province Alberta, where Gaele got a job working on construction of the High Level Bridge.
In February 1913 Catharina, her husband Gaele, their son Raymond, and daughter Katie moved to the Dutch agrarian settlement of Neerlandia, located about 60 miles northwest of Edmonton, where they had bought in July 1912 two quarters (320 acres) of land. Gaele and Raymond kept cattle on their homesteads from the first year they were there.
On May 1, 1915 the membership of the Christian Reformed Church of Catharina, Gaele and three children was transferred from Edmonton to Neerlandia, where recently a new church of logs had been built.
Carharina and Gaele enjoyed working in the garden. They raised many vegetables and kept also a strawberry path. Catharina canned most of the vegetables in jars.
About 1934 Catharina and Gaele retired and Raymond took over their quarter.
Catharina died in February 1943 at the age of 76 years in Neerlandia. Her widower Gaele Baker died there too, in May 1945, at the age of 86 years.
On May 17, 1884 Catharina Visser married in the country village of Witmarsum at the age of 20 years the five years older baker's hand Gaele Bakker.
Witmarsum, located in the western part of Friesland, was about 1496 the birthplace of Menno Simons, the founder of the Mennonite Church.
They had in the former fishing village of Gaast, located in the extreme western part of the province Friesland, the following seven children:
* Jan (John), born February 2, 1885;
* Jouke (Joseph), November 6, 1886;
* Jenny (Jacobje) (Jenny), April 4, 1888;
* Riemer (Raymond), January 13, 1891;
* Magdalena, February 21, 1893;
* Dirk (Dick, Richard), June 20, 1895;
* Grietje (Katie), April 8, 1897.
Her husband Gaele Bakker was in 1885, 1888, 1891 and 1897 a baker, in 1886, 1893 and 1895 a baker's hand.
In 1899 Catharina and Gaele immigrated from the Netherlands to Whitinsville, Massachusetts, U.S.A., along with their seven children. Once there, Gaele found work in the Within Machine Works. The WMW became one of the largest textile machinery companies in the world. By 1948, the company was operating at peak capacity, employing 5,615 men and women. "The Shop" was the center of life in the village of Whitinsville, Massachusetts for over 135 years, until 1976.
On April 4, 1901 her parents, brother Gerrit and Janke Visser emigrated from Ferwoude to the Usa, very likely to Withinsville too.
In April 1911 the family Baker moved with the Mast family to the city of Edmonton, the capital the Canadian province Alberta, where Gaele got a job working on construction of the High Level Bridge.
In February 1913 Catharina, her husband Gaele, their son Raymond, and daughter Katie moved to the Dutch agrarian settlement of Neerlandia, located about 60 miles northwest of Edmonton, where they had bought in July 1912 two quarters (320 acres) of land. Gaele and Raymond kept cattle on their homesteads from the first year they were there.
On May 1, 1915 the membership of the Christian Reformed Church of Catharina, Gaele and three children was transferred from Edmonton to Neerlandia, where recently a new church of logs had been built.
Carharina and Gaele enjoyed working in the garden. They raised many vegetables and kept also a strawberry path. Catharina canned most of the vegetables in jars.
About 1934 Catharina and Gaele retired and Raymond took over their quarter.
Catharina died in February 1943 at the age of 76 years in Neerlandia. Her widower Gaele Baker died there too, in May 1945, at the age of 86 years.
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