Born: 15 APR 1832 in St. Annaparochie, Friesland, Netherlands
Died: 22 MAR 1907 in Zeeland, Michigan
Parents:
Jan Johannes (Johannes Jans) Dijkstra (Dykstra)
Dieuwke Aukes Meyer
Marriage:
(John) Albert (Sapes) van der Ploeg
30 APR 1857 in Het Bildt, Friesland, Netherlands
| Children: | ||
|---|---|---|
| Dieuwke (Deeuwke, Dorothy, Dora) (Alberts) van der Ploeg | ||
| Jan (John) van der Ploeg | ||
| Sape (Sam) van der Ploeg | ||
| Jiskje (Jessie) van der Ploeg |
After her husband died in the Netherlands, Hendrikje came across the Atlantic in 1899 with son-in-law John Smit (married to Jiskje), daughter Dieuwke, and some grandchildren, to join Dirk Kaper already living and working just south of Zeeland, MI. She was a quiet, heavy woman.
Hendrikje is buried in an unmarked grave in Zeeland Cemetery (E 1 35).