Hendrik Pul

Born: 27 OCT 1828 in Veldwijk, Ermelo, Gelderland, Netherlands

Died: 29 APR 1899 in near Zeeland, Michigan

Parents:
Aalt Rikkertsen (Rikkersen, Rikkerts, Rikkerden, Riksen) Pul
Jannetje Gerrits Bakker van de Kleine Pels

Marriage:
Dirkje (Derkje) van Putten
26 OCT 1860 in Ermelo, Gelderland, Netherlands

Children:    
Aalt Pul    
Mary (Maria) Pul    
Jane Pul    
Tim (Tijmen) Pul    

Hendrik was a day laborer and also listed in an 1850-1900 register of servants and maids. He was a member of the Dutch Reformed Church.

He emigrated with his wife Dirkje and ten children in 1868. Seven of the children died on the boat, possibly from a disease epidemic, and an eighth child died upon arrival of an "open back" (possibly tuberculosis or spina bifida), leaving only Mary and Tim alive.

The family settled south of Zeeland, MI, owning 15 acres in 1876. By 1880, the farm consisted of 40 acres (valued at about $1500, plus $200 of livestock), including 1 horse, 3 cows, 3 calves, 3 pigs, and 40 hens. They grew wheat, corn, and potatoes. The farm grew to a scattered 58 acres by 1897 (map of farm).

Hendrik is buried in New Groningen Cemetery (Sect B, B18 L5) in Holland, MI.

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Hendrik Pul
(1828-1899)

 

Aalt Rikkertsen (Rikkersen, Rikkerts, Rikkerden, Riksen) Pul
(1793-1874)

 

Rijckert (Rikkert, Rijckent) Woutersen (Wouters)
(1745-1798)

 

Wouter Evertsen
(1705-1768)

 
   

Aaltje Rijkerts (Rijckerts)
(1716-1761)

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Janna Gerrits
(c1755-1814)

   
 
 
     
 
 
   

Jannetje Gerrits Bakker van de Kleine Pels
(1795-1872)

 

Gerrit Hendriksen Bakker
(<1770-1804)

   
 
 
     
 
 
   

Dirkje (Dirkjen) Jansen (Jans, Janssen) van de Kleine Pels
(1766-1826)

 

Jan Moijnen (Muijnen) (van de Kleine Pels)
(1729-1818)

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Hendrikje Hendriks
(1733-1778)

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