Niesje Peters (1905 - 1984)

Born 1 May 1905 in Baarn, Utrecht, Nederland

Ancestors

Died 27 Dec 1984 at age 79 in Newkirk, Sioux County, Iowa, USA

Biography

Nina Peters, born Niesje Peters, emigrated from the Netherlands in 1908 with his parents, brothers and sisters to the USA. The family arrived with the SS Statendam in New York at Ellis Island May 19, 1908 with destination Iowa, Rock Valley^[1]

Nina Peters married March 9, 1927 in Newkirk, Sioux County, Iowa, USA with Arthur Rensink. In 1930 Arthur Rensink, his wife Nina and their daughter Harriet lived in Holland, Sioux County, Iowa^[2] and in 1940 the family Rensink Peters (Arthur, Nina, daughter Harriet and son Glenn) lived in Capel Township, Sioux County, Iowa^[3]

She is buried at the Newkirk Cemetery, Newkirk, Sioux County, Iowa^[4].

Obituary

Nina Rensink Mrs. Nina Rensink, 79, Sheldon, died Thursday at her home after sudden illness. Services were Monday at the First Reformed Church. The Rev. Louis Benes and the Rev. William Haak officiated. Burial was in the Newkirk Cemetery under direction of the Vander Ploeg Funeral Home. Mrs. Rensink, the former Nina Peters, was born May 1, 1905 in the Netherlands. She came to the United States in 1908. She married Arthur Rensink March 9, 1927 in Newkirk. He died in 1961. Survivors include a daughter, Mrs. Donald (Harriet) Bonnema, Pella; a son Glenn Rensink, Newkirk; a sister, Mrs. John (Anna) Van Beek, Sheldon; nine grandchildren and nine great-grandchildren

Sources

1. ↑ New York Passenger Arrival Lists (Ellis Island), SS Statendam, May 19, 1908: "New York Passenger Arrival Lists (Ellis Island), 1891-1924," images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-909-49360-15588-53?cc=2386295 : accessed 29 May 2016), Roll 1104, vol 2423-2424, 18 May 1908 > image 68 of 890; citing NARA microfilm publication T715 and M237 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
2. ↑ United States Census, 1930: "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-1942-22724-6403-38?cc=1810731 : accessed 31 May 2016), Iowa > Sioux > Holland > ED 14 > image 19 of 22; citing NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002)
3. ↑ United States Census, 1940: "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-1961-27886-10414-93?cc=2000219 : accessed 31 May 2016), Iowa > Sioux > Capel Township > 84-3 Capel Township > image 16 of 25; citing NARA digital publication T627 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012).
4. ↑ Find a Grave memorial # 193627089

• Birth: Netherlands, Utrecht Province, Baarn, Civil Registration, Births 1905, record # 67: http://www.hetutrechtsarchief.nl/collectie/archiefbank/indexen/burgerlijke-stand/zoekresultaat?mivast=39&miadt=39&mizig=62&miview=ldt&milang=nl&micols=1&mires=0&mizk_alle=&mib1=113&mip5=67&mip6=Baarn&mip7=&mip8=&mip9=&mibj=1905&miej=1906
• Obituary: Sioux County Capital van 3 januari 1985