Comments on: Looking for more information on Elso (Elzo) Doddema

By: Henk Doddema

Henk Doddema — Sat, 15 May 2010 16:57:02 +0000

Hi Carol. Manna Teuben, born 17 October 1877 in Oudedijk (Beerta), The Netherlands, died 20 June 1964. She was a daughter of Jan Teuben, born 1842 in Bellingwolde (Netherlands) and Berendje Velger, born 1845 in Bunde (Germany). Jan and Berendje married on 17 August 1870 in Beerta (Netherlands). Manna Teuben married Jan Rand on 11 May 1895 in Beerta but later divorced him. Their son Jan (‘John’) was born 1896 in Nieuweschans (Netherlands). On 30 April 1904 Manna married Elzo Doddema. With him she had 6 children: Geert (1903), Marina (1904), Pannis (1905, Miniw (1908), Piet (1909) and Elso (1919). Geert, Marina and Pannis were born in Nieuweschans (Netherlands), Minie, Piet and Elso were born in the U.S (Grundy, Iowa). I don’t know anything on Geert, Marina and Pannis. Piet married Mary C. Holm and had 9 children with her. Elso married Lois NN and they had 4 daughters (Hazel, Shirley, Carol and Patty).
Henk.

By: Bernard Doddema

Bernard Doddema — Mon, 15 Sep 2008 14:37:19 +0000

Your best bet would be to use the forum. Henk checks the website whenever he’s not off volunteering in foreign countries.

You can also contact me at doddemagen at gmail dot com.

By: Carol Abbott

Carol Abbott — Mon, 15 Sep 2008 13:01:25 +0000

Hi! I am looking for information on Manna Teuben’s family too! I am her 1st cousin a few times removed. My great great grandfather was Harm Teuben-her uncle. He moved to North Dakota, but his daughter Engeltje became Mrs. Benjamin Zweep in Sioux Falls, SD. She also became known as Annie. How can I leave a way to contact me if you have more info?
Carol

By: Bernard Doddema

Bernard Doddema — Sat, 30 Aug 2008 17:45:34 +0000

Moving this to forum as well. At the time I originally wrote this entry, my forum didn’t offer the ability to reply in the forum.

If possible, please copy comment to forum. If you’re too busy, I’ll get to it when my Internet gets back up.

By: Axabar

Axabar — Sat, 23 Aug 2008 13:35:20 +0000

Elzo was born on 27 July 1879 in Nieuweschans as an illigitimate son of Nettje Loers. He was ligitimated by Tammo Doddema when he married Nettje on 5 November 1881. Elzo was night watchman at the carboard factory ‘Dollard’ in Nieuweschans and later ‘voerman’, a transporter of goods, probably by a horse-pulled cart. He married Manna Teuben, born 17 October 1877 in Oudedijk (community of Beerta) on 40 April 1904 in Nieuweschans. Manna had been married before (on 11 may 1895 in Beerta) to Jan Rand (or Land), born 1876 in Oudedijk (beerta). They divorced, but she took her son Jan (‘John’) Land, born 1896 in Nieuweschans with her to the US, together with her children with Elzo Doddema.
Those children probably were: Geert, born 1903 in Nieuweschans, Marina, born 1904 in Nieuweschans and Pannis, born 1905 in Nieuweschans. The following three children were born in the US: Piet (‘Peter’), born 12 April 1909, Grundy, Iowa, Minie, born 1908, in?, Iowa and Elso, born 11 December 1919 in Grundy, Iowa.
Piet married Mary C. Holm and they had 9 children: Violet, Mary Ann, Gloria, Paul Eugene, Marcia, Floyd, Dale, Wanda and Elso.

Henk Doddema

By: franni

franni — Tue, 12 Dec 2006 18:46:31 +0000

ok my mother thinks it might be Uncle Elso from Iowa. Children would be
Elzo Jr. & Pete and there might be more, mom’s not sure.