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UITHUIZEN Netherlands ... Homeland of Jacob Bouwman |
BOUWMAN 'man who tills the land' - 'man die het land bebouwt'  Uithuizen
is one of the most northern and eastern municipalities
in the province of
Groningen, Netherlands. Uithuizen
looks out over huge farms to the north and into the Wadden
Sea. Many people
from Germany crossed over to Groningen and vice versa in the
1700-1800's due to the lack of border control and also people went to
places where there was work. Most Bouwman's migrated west where the
majority now live in province Gelderland in central Netherlands.
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Jacob's
father Jan
"John" (28) and Duurke (24)
married May 5, 1866 in Uithuizen, Groningen, Netherlands. Three
years after Jacob was born, his parents immigrated to
the U.S. with their 4 children.
.. Jan, a farm hand, was the son of Jacob Jans Bouwman, day laborer and Janna Pieters Werkman Duurke,
was the daughter of
Derk Baltus Smit and Catrina
Luurts Huizinga
.. Jacob married
about 1889, ELIZABETH NOORD.
In the same year as Jacob, Elizabeth was born March 17, 1869 in Ezinge, Netherlands.
She arrived in the U.S. much later at the age of 16.
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In
the 1910 census, Jacob
Bouwman and Elizabeth, their 8 children and Jacob's father John (then
age 73 and a widow) were living in Wyoming Township, County of Kent,
Michigan and Jacob was working as a farmer.
See Ezinge
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shallows
at the village of Uithuizen were the subject of a struggle in the 19th
century for reclamation of the land. However, compromise was possible.
When the dikes were made, the farmhouses and the land were placed
inside them and the problem was solved. The character
of the seaside area is created by the wetlands. These are normally
partly dry and, therefore, it is possible for sheep to graze there.
Also, the shallows were responsible for all the skid, which makes it
difficult for the ships to reach this harbor. |
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Uithuizen is
all arable land with huge farms and some old castles. It adopted a flag
on 2 Feb. 1950, derived partly from the CoA, pointing at the green
meadows, the yellow corn and the deep blue sea (actually at that point
not so very deep). |
Foggy Cows under a full moon by Don Rietbroek Visit ZEN River or Menkema Borg Go To Groningen Page or Bouwman Page |
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