Doeke Sijes (Dijkstra) Dykstra (1887 - 1957)

Born 19 Jan 1887 in Jelsum, Leeuwarderadeel, Friesland, Nederland

Ancestors

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Biography

Richard (Dijkstra) Dykstra is geboren in Friesland na 1811

• Doeke Sijes Dijkstra was born on January 19, 1887 in Hijlaard, the son of Sije Dijkstra and Sijtske Faber. He emigrated to the USA in approximately 1908 where he changed his name to Richard Sye Dykstra. He registered for the draft in 1917, but it is not known if he served.

In the 1920 and 1930 Census he is listed as a Boarder on the Kooistra farm in Lowell, Snohomish County, Washington. In approximately 1928 he married Lillie Evelyn Hodge, but they did not have any children. In 1929 he helped his nephew, Sam Dykstra, to obtain employment as a milker on a diary farm in Fairbanks, Alaska. In 1942 he again registered for the draft, by that time listing himself as a self employed dairy farmer.

In the early 1950's "Dick" and "Lil" helped his nephew Sam, and his new family, purchased land, and cows for them to have a dairy farm in Woodinville, Washington.

He died on February 26, 1957 and is buried in the Snohomish Cemetery in the state of Washington. His wife died on August 1, 1957, and is buried with him.

Birth

• Registration Date: January 19, 1887 Leeuwarderadeel, Birth Date: January 19, 1887, Place of Birth: Jelsum, Name of Child: Doeke Dijkstra, Sex: Male, Father: Sije Tietes Dijkstra. Age of Father: 42 years, Occupation: Werkman, Mother: Sytske Faber^[1]

Burial

• Richard S. Dykstra, Birth: Jan. 19, 1887, Death: Feb. 26, 1957, Family links: Spouse: Lillie E Dykstra (1894 - 1957) Burial: Grand Army of the Republic Cemetery, Snohomish, Snohomish County, Washington, USA, Plot: Addition #6, Maintained by: Reverend Larry, Originally Created by: Lorie, Record added: May 26, 2009^[2]

Sources

1. ↑ Source: AlleFriezen Geboorteregister Leeuwarderadeel 1887, Aktenummer 20
2. ↑ Find A Grave Memorial# 37553610

• AlleFriezen Geboorteregister Leeuwarderadeel 1887, Aktenummer 20
• "United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:29JH-D97 : 12 December 2014), Richard Sye Dykstra, 1917-1918; citing Snohomish County no 1, Washington, United States, NARA microfilm publication M1509 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 1,992,015.

• "United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MHNZ-YH3 : 14 December 2015), Richard Dykstra in household of Robert Kooistra, Lowell, Snohomish, Washington, United States; citing sheet 12B, NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 1,821,939.
• "United States Census, 1930", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XCQZ-VCC : 8 December 2015), Dick S Dykstra, 1930.

• "United States World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1942," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVJT-XQ3R : 9 April 2016), Richard Sye Dykstra, 1942; citing NARA microfilm publication M1936, M1937, M1939, M1951, M1962, M1964, M1986, M2090, and M2097 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).

• Find a Grave Memorial #37553610

• Personal recollections of Richard Dykstra,

Acknowledgements

• Arlene Renkema
• B110735