Pieter Sterkenburg1

M, b. 1891, d. 30 November 1917
FatherJoeke Sterkenburg2 b. 1866, d. a 1917
MotherKnierke Reitsma3 b. 1863, d. b 1910
     Pieter Sterkenburg was born in 1891 in Netherlands.1,2 He died on 30 November 1917 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, (Pennsylvania Hospital).1 He was buried on 3 December 1917 in Philadelphia (Northwood Cemetery).1
     Pieter Sterkenburg immigrated with Joeke Sterkenburg and Camerke Sterkenburg on the Rotterdam, arriving on 26 Dec 1892 in New York, with two children: Pieter (3) and Hiltje (1). They came from Berlikum (Friesland), and were going to Paterson, NJ. He was a farmer.4

His obituary appeared on 3 December 1917 in the Telegraaf
Obituary
Friday 30 November my beloved son
Pieter Sterkenburg
passed away after a long and painfull illness of 10 weeks in the Pennsylvania Hospital in Philadelphia, at the age of 29, leaving a widow and 2 young children. Burial was Monday 3 December in Northwood Cemetery in Philadelphia
     For father
          J. Sterkenburg
          and sisters
          Hilda
          Margaret
          Minerva
Paterson, 4 Dec 1917 (Original in Dutch).1

Citations

  1. [S32] Telegraaf, Dec 3, 1917, pg 4.
  2. [S5] 1910 Federal Census, Joeke Sterkenburg, 21 Jun 1910. T624 Roll: 906 Page: 97, ED 116.
  3. [S2] Ellis Island, Rotterdam, 26 Dec 1892. pg 323, line 9-12.
  4. [S2] Ellis Island, Rotterdam, 26 Dec 1892. 2nd class, pg 323, line 9-12.