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Sjoukje Anna “Jennie” Visser Reitsma

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Birth	:	27 Sep 1906 Sint Jacobiparochie, Het Bildt Municipality, Friesland, Netherlands
Death	:	23 Mar 2002 Alberta, Canada
Burial	:	Neerlandia Cemetery, Neerlandia, Whitecourt Census Division, Canada
Coordinate	:	54.3178900, -114.3768100
Plot	:	BLOCK 4, PLOT 15
Inscription	:	THE LORD IS MY SHEPHERD
Description	:	Jennie was born Sjoukje Anna Visser, on September 27, 1906 at Oude Bildtdijk, Netherlands. Her parents were Wiebe Visser (32 years old at the time, and a baker) and Jiskje Wiersma. Source: scan of her birth certificate, Familysearch. The Visser family was very probably living just north of the country village of St. Jacobiparochie (Saint Jacob's Parish) at the Oudebildtdijk (Old Bildt's Dyke), located in the extreme northwestern part of the Dutch northern province Friesland. This dyke, which was built in 1505, is some 12.1 km in distance, and it's the longest street with houses in the... Read More	Jennie was born Sjoukje Anna Visser, on September 27, 1906 at Oude Bildtdijk, Netherlands. Her parents were Wiebe Visser (32 years old at the time, and a baker) and Jiskje Wiersma. Source: scan of her birth certificate, Familysearch. The Visser family was very probably living just north of the country village of St. Jacobiparochie (Saint Jacob's Parish) at the Oudebildtdijk (Old Bildt's Dyke), located in the extreme northwestern part of the Dutch northern province Friesland. This dyke, which was built in 1505, is some 12.1 km in distance, and it's the longest street with houses in the Netherlands - and the longest dyke with houses in Europe. Jennie married Jerry Reitsma on February 22, 1929 in Barrhead, Alberta. (Jerry was born on February 26, 1903 in Oostermeer, Friesland, Netherlands). Son Arthur was born November 16, 1929 and William (Bill) was born December 23, 1932. Ted arrived May 1, 1934 and their only daughter, Joyce, was born August 1, 1937. Jerry and Jennie retired from farming in 1964 and moved to Barrhead. Jerry died July 5, 1968 in Neerlandia, Alberta, and Jennie died on March 23, 2002. * Son-in-law Gerrit van Dijken (1928~1992)

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Sjoukje Anna “Jennie” Visser Reitsma's memorial is located at: Neerlandia Cemetery, Neerlandia, Whitecourt Census Division, Canada.
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Sjoukje Anna “Jennie” Visser Reitsma death on 23 Mar 2002 in Alberta, Canada
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Latitude: 54.3178900
Longitude: -114.3768100

Family Members:

Parent

Wiebe J. Fisher

(1874 - 1950)

Jiskje Wiersma Fisher

(1879 - 1960)

Spouse

Jurjen “Jerry” Reitsma

(1903 - 1968)

Siblings

Jelte “Yelter” Fisher

(1904 - 1958)

Ane “Edward W.” Visser

(1905 - 1971)

Pieter “Peter W.” Fisher

(1911 - 1991)

Cornelius A. Fisher

(1914 - 1984)

Simon Fisher

(1915 - 1986)

Annie Emma Fisher Terpsma

(1918 - 2003)

Children

Arthur “Art” Reitsma

(1929 - 1993)

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Coordinate: 54.3178900, -114.3768100

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Coordinate: 54.0952400, -114.4260800

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Coordinate: 54.4421710, -113.9717390

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