This individual was found on GenCircles at: http://www.gencircles.com/users/pwvolbeda/3/data/1813903
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Bron Burgerlijke stand - Geboorte
Archieflocatie Tresoar, Frysk Histoarysk en Letterkundich Sintrum
Algemeen Gemeente: Haskerland
Soort akte: Geboorteakte
Aktenummer: B 46
Aangiftedatum: 31-08-1847
Kind Sieger Bouwes van der Laan
Geslacht: M
Geboortedatum: 31-08-1847
Vader Bouwe Siegers van der Laan
Moeder Neeltje Klazes Blaauw
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Bron Burgerlijke stand - Huwelijk
Archieflocatie Tresoar, Frysk Histoarysk en Letterkundich Sintrum
Algemeen Toegangnr: 30-31
Inventarisnr: 2027
Gemeente: Schoterland
Soort akte: Huwelijksakte
Aktenummer: 86
Datum: 16-11-1873
Bruidegom Sieger Bouwes van der Laan
Leeftijd: 26
Geboorteplaats: Nijehaske, gemeente Haskerland
Bruid Martha Lubberts de Vries
Leeftijd: 24
Geboorteplaats: Heerenveen, gemeente AEngwirden
Vader bruidegom Bouwe Siegers van der Laan
Moeder bruidegom Neeltje Klazes Blaauw
Vader bruid Lubbert Bartelds de Vries
Moeder bruid Aaltje Djimmers Bijzeit
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United States Census, 1920 for Silzrt Vanderlaan

Name: Silzrt Vanderlaan
Residence: , Kent, Michigan
Estimated Birth Year: 1848
Age: 72
Birthplace: Holland
Relationship to Head of Household: Self
Gender: Male
Race: White
Marital Status: Married
Father's Birthplace:
Mother's Birthplace:
Film Number: 1820778
Digital Folder Number: 4311616
Image Number: 00776
Sheet Number: 13
Household Gender Age
Silzrt Vanderlaan M 72y
Spouse Martha Vanderlaan F 70y
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The 1911 edition of the Grand Rapids City Directory lists

Van der Laan & Co. Meats
(Sieger, James, Frederick and Frank Van der Laan) at 373 S. Eastern Av.
and Sieger B. van der Laan living at 391 S. Eastern Av,
James S. van der Laan living at 293 Logan St. S.E.
Frederick van der Laan boarding at 391 S. Eastern Av,
and Frank van der Laan living at 389 S. Eastern Av.

The 1920 edition of the Grand Rapids City Directory lists

Van der Laan & Co. Meats
(Sieger B., James S., Van der Laan) at 605 S. Eastern Av.
and Sieger B. van der Laan living at 625 S. Eastern Av,
James S. van der Laan

The 1922 edition of the Grand Rapids City Directory lists

Van der Laan & Co. Meats
(Sieger B., James S., Van der Laan) at 605 S. Eastern Av.
and Sieger B. van der Laan living at 625 S. Eastern Av,
James S. van der Laan living at 755 Logan St. S.E.

other possible relatives listed are:
Martha Mrs. van der Laan at 621 S. Eastern Av.
Frank van der Laan, slsmn, at 1054 Logan St. S.E.

The 1936 edition of the Grand Rapids City Directory lists

Van der Laan & Co. Meats
(James S. Van der Laan) at 605 S. Eastern Av.

The 1911 edition of the Grand Rapids City Directory p. 917 lists
Sieger VanderLaan living at 391 S. Eastern Av SE
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He and his family moved to America in 1906.
[Agnes Vanderlaan Boomstra said it was 1904.]
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New York Passenger Lists, 1820-1957
about Siegen V D Laan Name: Siegen V D Laan
Arrival Date: 20 Nov 1906
Birth Year: abt 1847
Birth Location: Holland, Netherlands
Birth Location Other: heerenveen
Age: 59
Gender: Male
Ethnicity/Race­/Nationality: Dutch
Port of Departure: Rotterdam
Port of Arrival: New York, New York
Ship Name: Nieuw Amsterdam

[Martha next on manifest, then Ferdinand]

The Alien Arrival Manifest lists him as having $1600, and his occupation as butcher.

Source Citation: Year: 1906; Microfilm Serial: T715; Microfilm Roll: T715_799; Line: 1; Page Number: 11.
Source Information:
Ancestry.com. New York Passenger Lists, 1820-1957 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010.
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NIEUW AMSTERDAM (1) 1905 The Holland-America Line NIEUW AMSTERDAM (1) was built in 1905 by Harland & Wolff, Belfast (order #366), and launched on 28 September 1905. 16,967 tons; 187,4 x 20,9 meters (length x breadth); 1 funnel, 4 masts; twin-screw propulsion (quadruple-expansion engines), service speed 16 knots; accommodation for 440 passengers in 1st class, 246 in 2nd class, and 2,200 in steerage. The NIEUW AMSTERDAM was the last major ocean liner to be fitted with auxiliary sails. 7 April 1906, maiden voyage, Rotterdam-New York.
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a family tree can be found at
http://www.uwstamboomonline.nl/passie/sites/stambo...d=348&pid=920820
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1. J. P. Schouten and Duncan Smith, The VANDERLAAN AND RELATED FAMILIES 1710 - 1927 says:

Butcher and merchant at Nijhaske.
Christened in the Dutch Calvinistic Church.
Emigrated to USA in 1906.
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Below is the caption from a picture at
http://www.flickr.com/photos/jakespeare/68470658/in/set-1709471/
This is a picture of my great great grandfather Sieger van der Laan and his children. My great grandfather, Bouwe van der Laan, was the oldest son and he is the second from the right in the back row. This whole family, with the exception of Bouwe, moved to Michigan in the late 1800's. Many of their descendants can be found there today. This picture was taken in Heerenveen Friesland, around 1890, shortly before the move. From left to right, Djimmer, Klaas (purchased a large farm in Bison, South Dakota. Froze to death after an accident in the field, shortly after World War 2), Franke, Sieger (my great great grandfather), Lubbert, Martha de Vries (my great great grandmother), Ferdinand, Bouwe and Bartele.---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

preferred to be called 'Hait' by his grandchildren.
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The municipality Heerenveen was formed in 1934 by junction of munic. Schoterland and munic. Aengwirden. The most western part of Schoterland then became part of Haskerland and in exchange a closely populated part of Haskerland (Nijehaske) became part of Heerenveen.
It's about 10 kilometre from Heerenveen to Haskerland

Municipalities of the Dutch province Friesland
A brief outline of the Frisian grietenijen (municipalities)

Abt. the 7th- century the division of the area of -nowadays- Friesland was already known.
Two regions called 'Vistraga' and 'Astraga' were mentioned in old records. Vistraga stood for 'Westergo' and Astraga for 'Oostergo'. Later in time, in the middle of the 15th century, the third main region of -nowadays- Friesland was mentioned: Sevenwouden or -spelled a little differently- Zevenwouden. 'Go' of course refers to the Carolingian word 'gouw' . Gouwen were the regions in which countries were diveded during the Frankish Empire.

In the 13th century the function of 'grietman' is mentioned for the first time. Grietman being the Frisian name of a functionary which work could be compared with the activities ( roughly said the head of the court and the police/public prosecutor and dike-reeve) of a 'schout'. With the grietmannen, the 'Grietenijen' entered history.

In 1498 the Frisian-Saxon region Stellingwerf became a part of the Friesland province. Before that year Stellingwerf had been a 'Independant Farmers Republic' for more than 100 years and before that part of the province of Drenthe (or rather the 'Oversticht', being the name for present-day provinces of Drenthe and Overijssel)

1505 Endiking of the first part of 'het Bildt' (second- and later parts were finished in 1754). In 1579 'het Bildt' was incorporated in the province of Friesland as the 30th grietenij. For genealogists it might be interesting to know that the original colonists of the Bildt endikement originated from the province of Holland (some of Brabant and Zeeland)

1579 Union of Utrecht. From this moment on officially Friesland is divided into 4 'kwartieren': Oostergo, Westergo, Zevenwouden and the 11 Frisian towns. Oostergo, Westergo and Zevenwouden on their turn were divided in 'grietenijen'.

1795 The system of grietenijen was abandoned and replaced by 'mairies' due to the French occupation of the Netherlands.

1815 With the withdrawal of the French, the old system and division in 'grietenijen' was adopted again.

1851 The name grietenij was changed into 'gemeente' (municipality) and the grietman became 'burgemeester' (mayor)

1942 The isles of Vlieland and Terschelling become part of Friesland.

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24 Mar 2011Hi Doug,
I have found the following:
Before your greatgrandparents Sieger Bouwes van der Laan and Martha Lubbertsde Vries were travelled to the USA she lived in Heerenveen on the adress:Heerenveen 175. That adress have now an other name: Dracht 102-106. SiegerBouwes was a butcher and he has there a butchersshop. Als his parant. Marthalived also in the same street before she married. After the marriage shelives both there seven years. Perhaps on that moment she has gone to theUSA. The official birthday of Sieger Bouwes is: 29 august 1847.
A cousin of us (Coby van der Laan) is alderman in Heerenveen and she giveme the information. I can get also from her a copy of the marriagecertificate of Sieger en Martha. We try now to get a digital copy. If thastsucceeded than I sen dit to you.
Greetings,
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