Jacob Heerschap1

M, b. 1870
     Jacob Heerschap was born in 1870 in Ouddorp, Goeree-Overflakkee, South Holland, Netherlands.2 He married Dirkje Westhoeve on 1 December 1892 in Ouddorp, Goeree-Overflakkee, South Holland.1,2
     His parents were Wouter Heerschap and Klaartje Kasseband.2 Jacob Heerschap and Dirkje Westhoeve immigrated on the Veendam, from Rotterdam, arriving in New York on 6 Jan 1893. They are from Oudorp, and are going to Paterson, Passaic County, New Jersey.1,3

This note appeared
On Saturday Mr. and Mrs. J. Heerschap of 310 Montgomery Street, Passaic, celebrated their 25th wedding anniversary. Their home was decorated with flowers as if it were summer. They were married in Holland and came in 1892 to this country, where there children were born. Six are still living. The couple received many gifts, and they passed a companionable evening with many friends (Original in Dutch).1


Paulus Ruit (49) and Adriani (44), also from Ouddorp, are going to Passaic with 6 children on the same ship as Jacob Heerschap. Adriani is Ariaantje Nuij. She marries Poulus Ruit on 27 May 1870 in Ouddorp. Both her paternal grandmother and her mother are Heerschap, but the relationship with Jacob is not close.4,5
1910 Fed. census: Household of Jacob Heerschap, 318 Montgomery Street (1st Ward), Passaic, Passaic County, New Jersey. Household consists of Jacob, his wife Dora and 6 children: Walter (16), Crine (13), Clara (9), Nellie (8), Jacob (3) and Minnie (1 + 4 mo), all born in NJ.6
1920 Fed. census: Household of Jacob Heerschap, 310 Montgomery Street (2nd Ward), Passaic, Passaic County, New Jersey. Household consists of Jacob and 4 children: Clara (17), Nellie (16), Jacob (12) and Minnie (11), all born in NJ.7

Citations

  1. [S16] Oosten, Dec 7, 1917, pg 6.
  2. [S3] Genlias, Ouddorp Marriages : 1892 #17.
  3. [S2] Ellis Island, Veendam, 6 Jan 1893. M237, Roll 602, frame 168, line 70-71.
  4. [S3] Genlias, Ouddorp Marriages : 1870 #6.
  5. [S2] Ellis Island, Veendam, 6 Jan 1893. M237, Roll 602, frame 168, line 58-71.
  6. [S5] 1910 Federal Census, Jacob Heerschap, Jun 1910. T624 Roll: 905 Page: 56, ED ? (supplementary sheet, indexed as Herskopf).
  7. [S7] 1920 Federal Census, Jacob Heerschap, 12 Jan 1920. T625 Roll: 1062 Page: 250, ED 37.