Pietje Hollander b. 27 October 1824

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27 October 1824 birth: Makkum, Wonseradeel, Friesland, Nederland

22 March 1853 emigration: La Crosse County (Wisconsin), USA

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On 26 February 1853 left 87 Frisian emigrants from Harlingen with The City of Norwich, Norwich, England. The Group was headed by Oepke Haitzes Bonnema born on May 26, 1825 to Kimswerd, died 1895 in new Amsterdam, La Crosse County, Wisconsin, USA, buried in Green Mound Cemetry, pioneer, schoolmaster and rich grain trader. Oepke had in America a large piece of land purchased (800 acres) with the idea of these emigrants to deliver a better future. They got from Oepke a piece of land to edit or livestock. And with the revenue they could pay off Oepke. The area at the Mississippi resembled their old trusted Friesland. Pietje Hollander sat also belong to this group. How the hair is sinking, I couldn't figure out. Oepke was helped by Brother Baukes Haagsma. Brother was first ondermeester to Arum, then he is the bookkeeper of Oepke. He has a kind of diary kept, it would actually have to be published. Haagsma was born on 16 May 1831 Schraard.

After arriving in England they traveled by train to Liverpool, where they boarded the freighter (new bark William and Mary 518 tonnes 140 foot long, built in Bath, Maine, USA, maiden voyage), which was half loaded with Rails, dry goods and crockery, so could there still some passengers to New Orleans, America. Eventually vertrtokken there eighty one, six remained behind in Liverpool. The crew consisted of a Captain Timothy Stinson, first mate Sam Welch and approximately eighteen crew members. They left on March 22, 1853. On passenger list of the William and Mary are vierentachtig names from Friesland. They were accompanied by a Frenchman M, Aime, Bonne, some of English descent Luke Stewart and his wife and two daughters, Joseph Brooke and wife, Mr. Miller, and the family John Brown and his wife and four children from Scotland, and 126 priorities, Irish and German immigrants, at the bottom of the ship in an open space. The ration food by mate Sam Welsh was presented consisted of, seven biscuits, a pound of flour, a pound of oatmeal, a pound of rice, two pounds of dried peas, a pound of sugar, a small bag of tea, bottle of vinegar, six potatoes, a pound of beef, a pound of pork.Had to be sufficient for a week. The quality of the food was very poor, the meat was green the biscuits and oatmeal moldy and vinegar was more water than vinegar. Beef resembled elephant meat. A problem was also the harassment by the captain and crew members of the young female passengers. Even before the vessel had left the port became the Frisian young women banned barefoot on deck, and were not allowed to come on the aft deck where Captain Stinson had his hut. It was a bizarre journey. In the hold they had to eat, sleep, and so on, the air was soon no longer to harden. At all when there is a heavy storm arose and the hold close to ... After two days on the high seas was a young frieze of about twenty-five year sick and died after six days of intense pain and calling for its Mem (mother). Health beat fast. A frieze couple had two children a burial at sea.

Sjoerd Douwes Bekius, submitted by New oudebildtzijl, geb; 26 February 1823, saw one morning a black sailor chained to the main boom with a ijzerenstaaf in his mouth to him. He was and was severely beaten and sat under the blood. Sjoerd was horrified, and asked mate Sam Welch in flawed English what the sailor had done. He had something against unsolicited a mate said and this was an appropriate penalty for this offence. Don't worry, said Welch, are just like dogs and horses, they feel much less pain den blanken. Sjoerd protested again and asked whether the poor soul below deck before the women children came on deck, and whether the captain Stinson on was aware of this brutality Sam Welch reaction was, the captain, and whether he also wanted a negroe if the treatment. Sjoerd is not gone to La Crosse, but traveled via the Mississippi to Nebraska he married an English girl (Tiertje Ber compass), geb Tietje Birch only; 12 March 1836 to Menaldum. On her birth certificate listed as Range could pass. Founded a farm and spent nine sons and four daughters in the world, In 1888, moved two sons Martin and John Bekius to Sioux City, Iowa, they took a new last name to Bekins, that sounded better. In 1891 they started a removals and storage company. Now one of the largest in the USA. with over 300 locations. Bekins Van Lines

A trip to New York in 1853 lasted an average of 15 days, and to New Orleans three weeks. The William and Mary was after three weeks not even halfway through. On Friday afternoon 3 May 1853 passed the William and Mary, at last, a point called the Hole in the Wall, located on the southernmost point of the island of Abaco one of the Bahama Islands. Hereinafter referred to as sent the master Northwest direction Stirrup Key on 10 miles away. A couple of hours was the air brilliant Orange then bright red, but within an hour the weather changed totally. The sky was dark and it began to blow the bad weather was for the master is no reason to change course, and he remained close to coast. The wind was stronger, and it started to storms in the Southeast, with gusts of wind and rain. Mate Welsh gave order, all hands on deck. At half past eight hit the doom, the bark was drawn to starboard and ran with huge slap on a reef. According to Captain Timothy Stinson, this North-west of Great Isaacs have been, it was already dark and he could no longer see the Keys. Big panic broke out revamped, cables, cable blocks fell down, masts revamped. A mast crashed the helm, and dragged along the navigators in the sea. With loud scraping sound the bark was thrown back in the swirling sea, and drove away, hereinafter referred to as ran them again on the same Reef and ran heavy damage on (hole in the hull).A trip to New York in 1853 lasted an average of 15 days, and to New Orleans three weeks. The William and Mary was after three weeks not even halfway through. On Friday afternoon 3 May 1853 passed the William and Mary, at last, a point called the Hole in the Wall, located on the southernmost point of the island of Abaco one of the Bahama Islands. Hereinafter referred to as sent the master Northwest direction Stirrup Key on 10 miles away. A couple of hours was the air brilliant Orange then bright red, but within an hour the weather changed totally. The sky was dark and it began to blow the bad weather was for the master is no reason to change course, and he remained close to coast. The wind was stronger, and it started to storms in the Southeast, with gusts of wind and rain. Mate Welsh gave order, all hands on deck. At half past eight hit the doom, the bark was drawn to starboard and ran with huge slap on a reef. According to Captain Timothy Stinson, this North-west of Great Isaacs have been, it was already dark and he could no longer see the Keys. Big panic broke out revamped, cables, cable blocks fell down, masts revamped. A mast crashed the helm, and dragged along the navigators in the sea. With loud scraping sound the bark was thrown back in the swirling sea, and drove away, hereinafter referred to as ran them again on the same Reef and ran heavy damage on (hole in the hull).The long night that followed tried passengers with pumps pray the bark. Captain Timothy Stinson, this pressure was busy with themselves, had retreated into his hut, and dropped occasionally inform elevations in the hold. However, he had instructed the crew to the two small lifeboats to supply (food probably). The two major rescue boats were destroyed in lowering in the sea. The next morning at daybreak went some passengers on deck to recover from the pumps they saw the captain with an axe in his hand to the railing. With a huge jump he was hospitalized in a lifeboat. He kapte the ropes by and drifted away from William and Mary Some desperate passengers jumped into the sea and tried to reach the lifeboats. An old Irish man had already larking around the boat, with the axe was mercilessly his hand chopped off. His daughter was already in the boat, and saw her father's disabled arm and started screaming and yelling. She was lifted up and thrown into the sea. The two lifeboats drifted away. Captain TIMOHTY STINSON stood in the boat and brought a final salute and waved his Cap. Immediately afterwards, the bark are sunk, there would be one hundred and seventy passengers were killed, two survivors were there.

At least this certified Master Timothy Stinson to the official authorities. The reality was a bit different. Timothy Stinson and his (probably drunk) crew had the emigrants to their fate and were there with a rescue boats off gone. Timothy Stinson and his crew were picked up by an English freighter the Reuben Carver, Captain Edward Cobb. Or the British bark Pollock, both on the road to New York. In New York told Timothy Stinson to the press that there are 170 passengers were killed in accident. In the major newspapers was the sinking (Stinsons version) extended message. New York Daily Times 18 May 1853, Times of London may 30, 1853

The emigrants, abandoned by the cowardly crew, fought to survive. With the help of Mr. John Brown, who was a retired marine technician, I managed to William and Mary still two days. Assistance they received from the indigenous population of the nearby islands, with home-made rafts the emigrants of the bark cited the record and on the beach. Assistance was also of the schooner Oracle, and Captain Robert Sands of the Elbow Key and the crew of sloop The Contest with a black crew that many grateful drowning people on the beach, all their meager possessions were to get rid of them, probably also clogs and ear irons in Liverpool the attention of the English ladies went, who thought the Friezinnen had no hair. Two have not survived. After a few weeks the group reached the capital of Nassau, from which the trip to New Orleans, Louisiana, could be prosecuted. This with the help of the local population.

The cowardly role of Captain Timothy Stinson was also the press cannot fail to notice he was firmly criticized He fled with his wife and son to Australia

On 9 June 1853 they reached New Orleans, Louisiana. The immigration officer of New Orleans has no port of departure as filled in on the paper. The officer should probably the marbles to their blue eyes have relied, paper they had also not more. Then they started to the thousand kilometers long trip across the Mississippi River to Wisconsin, 12 June 1853 she arrived in St Louis Missouri. In Davenport, Iowa, was there someone on shore that called "Hwer komme jimme wei" (where do you come from). He came from Wolvega, the first Fries that they found in America, says Brother Baukes Haagsma. On 1 July 1853 they came to in the fertile region of Blackriver, La Crosse County, Wisconsin, located on the Mississippi. They went a dynamic approach and 5 november 1853 was there settlement built, there were already five large houses. They called the settlement Frisia later renamed New Amsterdam. The "land of dreams and wishes" did not bring prosperity and happiness for everyone. This certainly applies to the pioneer Oepke Bonnema, he married Ytje Tienstra around 1857, marriage remained childless, went to separate. There was still a second marriage with Luisa Spangler a clergyman's daughter from Switzerland, also childless. Business was not for the wind, he was co-owner of a steam ship sailing on the Mississippi, has lost a lot of money. Had in new Amsterdam, a sawmill and a sales point in Saint Luise where the cut wood was sold. With the wheat trade in Chicago, he was also not very successful.

Sources

1. ↑ Leeuwarder Courant 1952 - [1]
2. ↑ Robert E Amstrong (John Brown,s Daughter) - [2]
3. ↑ New York Times 18 mei 1853 - [3]
4. ↑ Passagierslijst William and Mary - [4]
5. ↑ Jan Hollander - [5]
6. ↑ New York Times 31 mei 1853 - [6]
7. ↑ Sjoerd Douwes Bekius - [7]

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