Er is een verzoek binnen gekomen uit Amerika. Mevrouw Bakker komt
aanstaande januari naar Beerta om het huis van haar
voorouders te bezoeken. Ze zou het leuk vinden om familieleden te ontmoeten.
Dit is de informatie die ze heeft gegegeven. Als iemand haar familie kent, of
zelf familie van haar is, neem dan contact op met Marianne Kruijswijk:
chcoldambt@gmail.com.
My Opa's name was actually Geert
Viet. He was born January 30, 1896 in Beerta. He was the first of
their family to immigrate to the US sometime in
1914. While still living in Beerta I think he was a carpenter as
he made boxes, trunks and coffins.
We do not have an address of that house,
only the picture. His father's name was Berend Viet, born
January 18, 1866, also in
Beerta I think he was a shoemaker or cobbler. He immigrated to the US
sometime after
1914, probably in the 1920s.
His mother's name was Jaunjtie Aukes
Viet. I do not have her birthdate. I think that she died in Beerta and did
not
immigrate. They were married in
1892. They had 4 children:
Bouwgien - March 14, 1893
Geert - Opa - January 30, 1896
Twins - Hilko and John - November 6,
1899