Jan Klaazes (Kooiman) Coleman (1867 - 1941)

Born 8 Dec 1867 in Stavoren, Friesland, Nederland

Ancestors

Husband of Baukje (de Vries) Coleman — married about 1889 in Jersey City, New Jersey, United States

Descendants

Died 29 Sep 1941 at age 73 in Bloomsbury, Hunterdon, New Jersey, United States

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Biography

Jan Kooiman was born on 8 December 1867 in Stavoren at 11 P.M. ^[1]. His birth was registered the next day. The family was Dutch Reformed ^[2].

Between 12 December 1885 (arriving from Molkwerum) and 7 February 1887 (going to Koudum) he lived in Harlingen ^[2].

His conscription records tell us that he was a seaman, and that he had to enter service. He had blond hair, blue eyes, and was 1.73 meter tall. At the time, he lived in Molkwerum, a little town in the municipality of Hemelumer Oldephaert en Noordwolde ^[3].

He was a helmsman on a ship with trade in the US, and in 1888, came to live in Jersey City, NJ, and changed his name to John Charles Coleman

In 1891 he is mentioned in Dutch records as living in Jersey City, New Jersey, United States, making living as a tram conductor ^[4].

In 1900, he was living in Irving Town ^[5].

In 1930, he was living in Bloomsbury ^[6].

Sources

1. ↑ Birth record (https://allefriezen.nl/zoeken/deeds/e01218ee-c318-3ebd-d3d3-79c90e37da95?person=ac53cc90-00bb-1c96-a6d0-67cac3d00ec6)
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1} Population register Harlingen (https://allefriezen.nl/zoeken/deeds/c6f505ab-df88-ce0d-c33b-35ea8133e738?person=28dd5ee5-1192-a1c7-7c56-5f8b3cea7e45)
3. ↑ Military conscription (https://allefriezen.nl/zoeken/deeds/797fb4cc-9937-4887-bb59-9216cbd3105a?person=7f8bf3b7-fb23-49ff-b1f4-852fe4faa266)
4. ↑ Notarial archives Hemelumer Oldeferd / Jan de Jong 1891 (https://allefriezen.nl/zoeken/deeds/8d2b600e-a8e9-4a6d-86e4-deb263aace45?person=1b4fa52c-1f0f-44f2-8296-877b397e23f2); Deed 26, scan 61/215.
5. ↑ "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M9JD-SCK : accessed 8 June 2020), John Coleman, District 2 Irvington town, Essex, New Jersey, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 197, sheet 3B, family 59, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,240,969.
6. ↑ "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X4XC-YXP : accessed 8 June 2020), John Coleman, Bloomsbury, Hunterdon, New Jersey, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 3, sheet 1B, line 69, family 21, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 1361; FHL microfilm 2,341,096.

• "Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (http://familysearch.org : modified 22 October 2017, 20:50), entry for Jan Kooiman(PID https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/4:1:LY7D-HZG); contributed by various users.

Millennium of Ancestors by Carroll Gantz, Father-in-law of this contributor (Robert E Schott) which includes proper sources to be added at a later time.