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Heerema - Ritsema
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Hello Dennis,
I hope this finds you and yours well. I was wondering if there is someone who visits your site who may have more information on the Heerema connection between Tak B (Winsum) and Tak C (Adorp)?
Egbert Klaasens is the first of Tak C who takes on the name Heerema. At the time of the naming in in 1811 he is a ten year old boy. It is possible that he is already working on the Heerema farm on the Munnekeweg as his father had died two years previously. Jacobus Heerema Ritsema had died three years prior to the naming and his two sons were 20 and 15 respectively at the time. The two sons are Jacob Jacobus who is 23 at the naming and Cornellis Jacobus who is 18 at the time. It would have been the boys who took Egbert with them at the naming and it is they who keep the only the name Heerema.
Egbert would go on later to marry Aaltje Geerts Zijl and it seems easier to link her as part of the extended family than Egbert. Aaltje was the daughter of Geert Jacobs Zijl. Jacobus wife (third), Anje Jacobs, who was the widow of Geert Geert Zilj. The two Geerts may have been related in some way but I have not found the connection. The other connection is through, Jacob Jacobus and Cornellis Jacobus uncle, Willem Cornellis Brands. Aaltje’s grandfather, Klaas Jans de Jong, name comes up in Willem’s and Tryntje Bruins wedding contract in 1791:
Getuigen bij het huwelijkscontract zijn an bruidegomszijde Kornellis Jans en Albertjen Willems, vader en moeder, Arys Jans en Martigen Cornellis, zwagger en zuster, Jan Cornellis en Grietje Reinders, Claas Cornellis en Greitje Roelfs, broers en schoonzusters, Jacobus Herema en Anje Cornellis, zwager en zuster, Lammert en Reinder Cornellis, broers, Liefke Cornellis, zuster, aan bruidzijde Klaas Jans de jonge, vreemde voogd van broers en zusters (de voormond is ziek). Geert Hindriks en Etjen Jacobs, aangehuwd oom en tante. Pieter Klaas en Jacob Olfers Vonk, neven, Freerk Jans aangehuwde neef, Jan Roelfs en Tryntje Olfter Vonk, aangehuwd neef en nicht.
I am wondering if anyone in Tak C may have more information. We may not get feedback soon but hopefully we provide a background of information for the next person who takes up the search.
As always, with regards,
Jack
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Written by Jack Heerema: Jantien Ritsema Revisited
Hello Dennis,
I hope this finds you well. I did some more research into the Heerema - Ritsema branch and added some more information. It is set in the context of Shelley's original story but some of the detail is interesting. It's not in a PDF form, so I hope you can open it. If I find more information I will forward it to you, there may be stuff recorded somewhere which is not yet available. It is interesting how you can build a story out of just names and dates. Thank you again for your interest, without it we could not make this information available for others who may be interested.
It is my believe that both the families Heerema and Ritsema came from Friesland and settled very close to each other at Zuidhorn. These families intermarried and, at a given point, the family Heerema did not have male heirs left to carry on the name. It was taken over by the closest surviving male heir of the Ritsema family, which would have been Jacobus Jacobs after his brother Jan Jacobs died. This is speculative, but why would Jacobus Jacobs take on another surname rather than use his own. Yet we could still be right back to the traditional view that it was an inheritance from a rich uncle in Holland.
Thanks again Dennis,
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Sent: Wednesday, October 13, 2010 7:50 AM
Subject: Re: Heerema - Fort McMurray
Hello Jack,
I have looked after the pictures I photocopied from "Ommelander Geslachten"
and the picture in your e-mail is quite the same and is of the Ritzema family.
It looks far more as a shield of an officer in the army, often a
nobleman, than of a farmer. Farmers often have one or
three clover-leaves in their shield when they are "eigenerfde boer".
In the 17th and 18th century there were left few farmers who had the rights
of a "edele heerd". They were mostly sold to the "jonkers" of the "borgen" in
the villages and they rent the farm from them. The local judge and
sollicitor (redger) was appointed by the "jonker' and in his name he made the
deeds of sale of houses and farms but also the marriage certificates. The
judge had a seal in wax he attached to the deed or certificate and so it
was valid in law. I don't know if any of the Ritzema's or Heerema's in the 16th
or beginning of the 17th century held that profession and used their seal. The
pictures in OG have been drawn bij a J.E.v.L., a heraldic drawer, most
likely in the beginning of the 20th century.
In a small booklet I found a map of the grave-stones in the Aa-kerk but
without names, only numbers. Many of them have only a number or name and no
shield. The half-eagle in the shield is derived from the German Empire and is
the same of the town of Groningen and the red deer may be related to hunting. I
am afraid it is pure fantasy of the designer.
According to the "Nieuwe Groninger Encyclopedie" Heereburen was also
Heeremaburen, called after the farm of the Heerema family.
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Hi Gert,
If the shield can be actually attributed
to Heerema and Ritsema then it can be directly linked to Jacobus Jacobs
Heerema van Ritsema. I have been able to trace the name Heerema to four
sources (there could be more). Two of these Heerema families come after the
naming in August 1811. One of which was Eilbert Lammerts, en schipper van
stad Groningen, and the second was Egbert Klaasens van Adorp. I do not believe
the shield originates from these two branches. This leaves only two branches.
The oldest branch can be traced back to Holwinda ie: Tjaart
Heerema, jonker, heer op Holwinda and Anna Marie van Heerema
who marries Johan Wilhelm van Diest in 1652. The last branch would be
Jacobus Jacobs Heerema van Ritsema. If the shield can be linked to Ritsema,
which seems to be indicated in your research in the OG, then it can
be attributed to Jacobus Jacobs. If this is the case then the shield would
probably be the wapen van en eigenerfde boer. This is the reasoning behind my
idea that it might be linked to Heereburen. Heereburen is only a mile or two
away from the Ritsemastede and gets it's name from the family Herema who
farmed there. I have absolutely no idea of how they got there or what became
of them, but believe they may have married into the Ritsema family. Do you
know anyone who has and understanding of how these shields were acquired and
how the symbols were picked?
I have been told that the shield can be
found in the Aa-Kerk but I have no way of verifying this. If it is then it
could be there possibly from a financial contribution and records might
be available. How or why Jacobus Jacobs could be linked to the Aa-Kerk is
something I have yet to understand. It is easier to link Tjaart Heerema
to stad Groningen than Jacobus Jacobs, except through his mother's family. His
mother, Grietje Nannes Fijland (Vieland) had family in the
stad. Anyway, thanks for letting me run this by you Gert.
Mvg
Jack
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With kind regards
Gert Zuidema |
Sent: Tuesday, September 07, 2010 12:53 AM
Subject: Re: Jack Heerema - Fort McMurray
Hello Jack,
Accoording to Egbert Heerema (translation from dutch below), there was a Boerenarbeider (Farmworker) who during the NameAdoption (by Napoleon) worked for the Heerema's from the B Branch. He asked his boss if he was alowed to adapt his familly name, that is how the C-branch started in Groningen. Until now there is no affinity between Branch-A and Branch-B.
Tijdens de naamsaanneming werkte er een boerenarbeider bij de Heerema's van de B-tak. Deze heeft toen gevraagd aan zijn baas of hij de naam Heerema mocht aannemen en zo is de C-tak ontstaan in Groningen. Er bestaat tot op heden nog geen enkele verwantschap tussen de A-tak en de B-tak.
Still be able to proof that it's hooked together is a nice challange whitch should not be avoided!
Egbert also let me know that he is updating the documentation on all branches with more recent info (he is working to the present).
Regards,
Dennis |
Sent: Thursday, July 08, 2010 1:23 PM
Subject: Re: Question Re: Ritsema
Hello Jack,
It took some time before answering you due to a lot of work,
family, house and garden.
The answer to your question is not very difficult. Jacob Crijns,
Derk
Crijns Bekema and his wife Anje Ritzes were mennonites (Doopsgezinden).
The
Ritzema's were not and in the end of the 18th century and the beginning
of the
19th century a lot of mennonites became members of the Dutch Reformed
Church. In
my family e.g. Rietema's from Vliedorp/Houwerzijl and Ulrum did so. They
married
to members of the Reformed church and became earlier or later members of
that church. After the death of the head of the family, they went over
as a
family to the other church as you see. Besides the question of baptism
as a
child or an adult, their way of life as serious believers was not very
different. On the other side their was the development from the strong
doctrine
in the church to a liberal faith. Nowadays the majority of mennonites in
our
country call themselves liberal. Thanks to the Revolution in 1795
all denominations were declared equal and had the same rights. From then
also mennonites could be appointed to a post to the
Government.
I am studying your attachement of the other e-mail and
I shall answer you as soon as possible. On my computer I have Vista
and Office 2007 but not Works. By accident and thanks to Microsoft it
was
possible to read your story, don't ask me how.
2010/5/30 <jackheerema@XXXX>
Hello Gert,
I have found something which may or may
not be significant and something you may be able to shed some light
on? On
page 186 of the book "Boer en Heer, "de Groninger boer" 1760-1960", it
shows
an interesting picture of Jacob Crijns (Ritzema) and his brother Derk
Crijns
(Bekema) and his wife. This painting was probably commissioned after
Jacob Crinjs death in 1809. Jacob Crijns had married Auke Jacobs
Ritsema, the
daughter of Jacob Jans Ritsema and Grietje Nannes Fijland, in 1773 and
he
and four of the five surviving children all use the name Ritzema as a
surname. Auke dies giving birth to Albert in 1787 and Jacob Crijns
dies on May
6th, 1809. On July 16th of 1809 Crijn Jacobs Ritzema aged 32, Jacob
Jacobs Ritzema aged 25 and Albert Jacobs Ritsema aged 22 all do
profession of
faith in Warffum on the same Sunday. Would you know if there is
something
significant in this in relation to the death of their father?
Thanks Gert, I hope I am not being a
nuisance,
Mvg
Jack |
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