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Tombstone Tuesday – 23 March 2010
Mar 23rd
This Tombstone Tuesday brings an unknown. Somebody (I wish I knew who) provided me with this photo of an urn. I’m having problems reading it. The only thing provided with the photo was “schoterhof”. Does that mean anything?
So genealogy detectives, the game is afoot. Who is this missing relative?
Update 8 May 2010:
Along with the help of Henk Doddema, we’ve been able to figure out that her name was “Gonnie” Doddema. She died in 2002 and was cremated. Her urn is kept at the Yarden Crematorium Schoterhof in Heerenveen, Friesland, Netherlands. She was married to an Oosterwerff but we have no further details. Gonnie appears to be a nickname; again nothing concrete.
Please keep us updated on the mystery of Gonnie Doddema.
Searching for Ellie Doddema
Oct 27th
Legacy.com has a death record for Ellie Doddema. Nowhere in my research do I find this name? Anybody?
Here is the available information:
- Birth: 9 Feb 1912
- Death: 27 Mar 1913
- Cemetery: Lincoln Township
- Level info: Grundy County Iowa Grave Records
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Where’s the Doddema?
May 26th
Sort of like Where’s Waldo but with a Doddema twist. Looking for a certain Doddema….list it here. Hopefully, people will write in and share what they know.
To kick it off, here’s the lucky ones we’re looking for.
Where’s Jared and Jillian Doddema?
From doing Google search, it appears that in 1999 Jared was a sophomore at Iowa State University (ISU) studying horticulture. In 1997, Jillian Doddema finished 6th in the 800 meter run for Central Missouri.
So, let’s help find these missing relatives!
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Contacted by Dodde’s
Jul 8th
Interesting turn of events. I’ve recently been contacted by Robert and Jennifer Dodde pertaining our common ancestor, Egbert Dodde. Egbert is my 4x cousin twice removed.
I’m still waiting their replies regarding additional information such as dates, locations, names, etc. but I think I may have hit on a jackpot here. I also did a quick Google search and found another site that had information on the Dodde name but I’ll save that for another time.
How many Doddema’s in the Netherlands?
Jun 23rd
I’ve often wondered how many Doddema’s are in the Netherlands. I don’t know how accurate the service is but FamilieNaam shows about 205 Doddema’s still living in the Netherlands. Pretty cool. Now if only I could get them all to contact me!
