Chattie Sybesma1

F, b. 27 January 1883, d. 27 July 1949
FatherTjalling Dijkstra2
MotherAntje Bouma2
     Tjitske Dijkstra was born on 27 January 1883 in Het Bildt, Friesland, Netherlands.2,1,3 She married Samuel Sybesma, son of William R. Sybesma and Botje Attema, in 1905.1,4 Chattie Sybesma died on 27 July 1949 in Midland Park, Bergen County, New Jersey, (8 Payne Ave).3,5 She was buried in Fair Lawn (Fair Lawn Cemetery).3,5
     Tjitske Dijkstra immigrated with Tjalling Dijkstra and Antje Bouma in 1890.

Her obituary appeared on 28 July 1949 in the Bergen Record
Mrs. Chattie Dykstra Sybesma, wife of Samuel Sybesma, an employee of the Midland Park Road Department, died yesterday at her home, 8 Payne Avenue, after a long illness. She was a member of the Midland Park Christian Reformed Church. Funeral services will be held tomorrow at the house, and from the Christian Reformed Church. Burial will be in Valleau Cemetery. Surviving are her husband and six children: William, Charles, Mrs. Peter Nauta, Mrs. Richard Yesko, Mrs. John Keeley and Mrs. Arthur Jeltes, all of Midland Park, and 10 grandchildren.5


Her obituary appeared on 28 July 1949 in the Ridgewood Herald News
Chattie Dykstra Sybesma, wife of Samuel Sybesma, of the Midland Park Road Department, died yesterday at her home, 8 Payne Avenue, after a long illness. She was in her 68th year. Funeral services will be held tomorrow at 1:30 o'clock, and at 2 o'clock at the Christian Reformed Church. The Rev. William Heynen, minister of the Third Christian Reformed Church of Paterson, will officiate. Interment will be in Fair Lawn Cemetery. She is survived by 2 sons, William and Charles of Midland Park, four daughters, Mrs. Peter Nauta, Mrs. Richard Yesko, and Mrs. Arthur Jeltes of Midland Park, and Mrs. John Keeley of Ridgewood, 10 grandchildren, a brother Theodore Dykstra of Little Falls and 2 sisters, Mrs John Hamersma of Midland Park and Mrs Bertha Algera of Prospect Park.3

1900 Fed. census: Household of Charles Dexter, (#214), Midland Park Borough, Bergen County, New Jersey. Household consists of Charles, his wife Annie and their children: Theodore (Dec 1879), Jessie (Jun 1881), Jennie (Jan 1883), Rachel (Jun 1886), Bertha (May 1889), all born in Holland, and Sadie (Apr 1892, b. in NJ). They were married 21 years, immigrated 1890.6
1910 Fed. census: Household of Samuel Sybesma, 9 Highland Ave, Midland Park Borough, Bergen County, New Jersey. Household consists of Samuel, his wife Chattie and three children: William (4), Charles (2) and Anna (4 mo), all born in NJ.4
1920 Fed. census: Household of Samuel Sybesma, Midland Park, Bergen County, New Jersey. Household consists of Samuel, his wife Chattie and four children all born in NJ: William (17 yr), Charles (11 yr), Anna (9 yr), Bertha (7 yr).1

Citations

  1. [S7] 1920 Federal Census, Samuel Syberma, 12 Jan 1920. T625 Roll: 1018 Page: 253, ED 72.
  2. [S3] Genlias, Het Bildt Births : 1883 #A 15.
  3. [S1] Ridgew. Herald, Jul 28, 1949.
  4. [S5] 1910 Federal Census, Samuel Sybesma, 2 May 1910. T624 Roll: 868 Page: 170, ED 18. (indexed as Sybeama).
  5. [S9] Record, Jul 28, 1949.
  6. [S4] 1900 Federal Census, Charles Dexter, 16 Jun 1900. T623 Roll: 955 Page: 46, ED 17.