Posted on: Ottawa Co., Michigan Query Forum Board URL: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Mi/Ottawa?read=669 Surname: Nienhuis, Nijenhuis, Fenenga, van Zee, Timmer, Northway ------------------------- NIENHUIS - Egbert and Pietertje (VAN DAM) NIENHUIS are my great great grand parents. Egbert Jan Rosings NIENHUIS Birth: 3 OCT 1819 in Zuidlaren, Drenthe, Netherlands. Death: 12 JUN 1901 in Milo, Mille Lacs, Minnesota. Father: Jan Rosinge Roelofs NIENHUIS b: 16 APR 1780 in Odoorn, Drenthe, Netherlands. Mother: Janna Egberts SISSING b: 18 JUN 1790 in Zuidlaren, Drenthe, Netherlands. Marriage 1 - Geesjien KRIJTHE. Marriage 2 - Pietertje Hendriks VAN DAM b: 13 JUL 1836 in Haren, Groningen, Netherlands. Married: 7 MAY 1863 in Haren, Groningen, Netherlands. children (Egbert & Pietertje's) Janna Egberts NIJENHUIS b: 13 JUN 1864 Lammechien "Anna" "Lambertje" Egberts NIJENHUIS b: 27 NOV 1865 in Michigan. m. Gerrit Jacob Oelsens FENENGA Hendrik Egberts NIJENHUIS b: 29 SEP 1867 in Stotsland, Michigan. m. Jennie VAN ZEE Janna Egberts NIJENHUIS b: MAY 1873 in Michigan. Johannes Egberts NIJENHUIS b: 1875 Jane TIMMER Grietje Egberts NIJENHUIS b: 18 AUG 1877 in Orange City, Sioux, Iowa. m. Stephen Leroy NORTHWAY Egbert and Pietertje settled in Orange City, MI. Lammechien is my great grandmother. She m. Gerrit Jacob Oelsen's Fenenga. They settled in New Holland or Jobert (conflicting information) Dakota Territory and had 3 children, an unnamed infant who died at birth, my great aunt Gertrude and my grandfather, Lambert, better known as Bert. Looking for cousins to share genealogy with.