The Reinstra Family of Whidbey Island

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Age Reinstra & Jantjen van Dyk

Age and Jantje left Friesland about 1893 with Whidbey Island as their destination. They lived and worked in Canada for several years. Some family members believe that Age and Jantje arrived on Whidbey Island with their family in 1898. Hewever, there is some evidence that they arrived in the winter of 1900/01.


Reinstra Farmstead

AGE JURJENS REINSTRA.
b. August 14, 1854 in Koudum, Friesland, Netherland, son of Jurjen Ates Reinstra and Tjitske Jacobs deVries. He died November 10, 1937 in Anacortes, Skagit County, WA. He married

JANTJE JANS VANDIJK.
b. September 28, 1875, daughter of JAN VANDIJK and JAS VALK. She was born February 23, 1853 in Molkwerum, Friesland, Netherland, and died July 01, 1942 in Oak Harbor, Island Co., WA.

Children of AGE & JANTJEN:

1. JOHN (JAN) REINSTRA was born June 20, 1876 in Friesland, Netherlands, and died September 19, 1942 in Oak Harbor, Island Co., WA. He married WILHELMINA VERHAAG October 11, 1898 in Yorkton, Saskatchewan, Canada, the daughter of JAN VERHAAG and TIJTJE PORTE. She was born October 24, 1880 in Leeuwarden, Netherlands, and died January 20, 1962 in Mount Vernon, Skagit Co., WA.
Children of JAN and WILHELMINA are:
  • JOHN WILLIAM REINSTRA, b. January 09, 1904, Skycomish, WA; d. June 20, 1993, Mount Vernon, Skagit Co., WA; m. (1) LILLIAN I. LEE, July 30, 1928, Bellingham, Whatcom Co., WA; b. March 15, 1910, Canada; d. January 1980; m. (2) HAZEL LEE, October 14, 1980 in Sedro-Woolley, Skagit Co., WA
  • EDWARD REINSTRA, b. February 07, 1902; d. August 2, 1980 in Red Bluff, Tehama Co., CA; m. MINNE PETERSMA, b. September 22, 1912 in Oak Harbor, Island County, WA; d. May 26, 1982 in Red Bluff, Tehama Co., CA.
  • JENNY REINSTRA , b. October 25, 1899 in Yorktown, Saskatchewan, Canada; d. December 28, 1974 in Olympia, Thurston Co., WA; m. NEAL Clark GOODWIN, b. November 1, 1892; d. November 4, 1969 in Olympia, Thurston Co., WA.
  • CECIL REINSTRA , b. July 22, 1912, Oak Harbor, Island Co., WA; d. September 25, 1989, Anacortes, Skagit Co., WA; m. ALMA C. DONALDSON; b. June 10, 1913; d. February 08, 1991.
  • GEORGE ARTHUR REINSTRA , b. 1917; d. September, 1984; m. SOPHIA SCHRINER, January 23, 1917; d. March 1994.
  • CHARLES WILFORD REINSTRA, b. September 20, 1926, Oak Harbor, Island Co., WA; d. July 08, 1937, Everett, Snohomish Co., WA.
  • LOUISE REINSTRA , m. SANDY SELLMAN.
  • VIOLA REINSTRA , b. April 9, 1910 in Oak Harbor, Island, WA; d. February 27, 2001 in Oak Harbor, Island, WA. m. April 11, 1928 (1) HARRY VanNIEUWENHUIZEN, b. March 20, 1901 in Everett, Snohomish, WA, d. June 29, 1979; m. in 1980 (2) SIDNEY E. AMMONDSON, b. June 27, 1902 in Great Falls, MT; d. April 14,1995 in Oak Harbor, Island Co., WA.
  • THERESA REINSTRA, b. October 18, 1906, d. August 21, 1999 in Soap Lake, WA; m. (1) THOMAS W. STEELE, Jr. 1926; m. (2) IVAN LEE; m. (3) Russell (BUTCH) KIMMITT; m. (4) FRANK LONG; m. (5) W. RAY BELLOWS, October 16, 1980; b. January 1, 1894; d. August 21, 1999
  • JOSEPHINE REINSTRA , b. October 5, 1914 in Oak Harbor, Island Co., WA; d. May 13, 1998 in Bellingham, Whatcom Co., WA; m. April 6, 1947 (1) LEONARD Y. LEEMAN, b. October 4, 1906; d. March 12, 1974 in Bellingham, Whatcom Co., WA; m. in 1982 (2) MIKE ACHTEMICHUK; b. November 14, 1905 in Saskatchewan, Canada; d. December 8, 1997 in Bellingham, Whatcom Co., WA

JAN & Wilhelmina (Cecil in chair)
ED, THERESA, JENNIE, JOHN, VIOLA,
and CECIL in chair
2. JERRY [JURJEN] REINSTRA was born August 14, 1877 in Koudum, Friesland, Netherland, and died October 13, 1958 in Mount Vernon, Skagit Co., WA. He married (1) ELLA WILHEMINA WILSON October 08, 1903 in Everett, Snohomish Co., WA, She was born March 24, 1883 in Buchanon Co., MO, and died February 08, 1934 in Lynden, Whatcom, WA. He married (2) HENRIETTA (HATTIE) NOTEBOOM LENNSSEN February 22, 1936. She was born October 7, 1887 in Pella, IA and died December 20, 1965 in Lynden, Whatcom Co., WA.

Children of JURJEN & WILHELMINA:
      • LAWRENCE RUSSELL, Foster child
Children of JURJIEN and HENRIETTA :
  • CORNELIUS WILLIAM LENSSEN step-child
  • THEODORE LENSSEN stepchild
  • BERNARD LENSSEN step-child
  • GERRIT LENSSEN step-child

JERRY AND WILLIE (Ella) are sitting
JERRY AND HATTIE

3. TED [TJITTE] REINSTRA was born January 08, 1880 in Koudum, Friesland, Netherland, and died February 14, 1959 in Oak Harbor, Island Co., WA. He married GEESSIEN DYKHUIZEN March 27, 1905 in Arlington, Snohomish Co., WA. She was born August 12, 1883 in Loppersum, Netherlands, and died April 23, 1967 in Mount Vernon, Skagit Co., WA.

Children of TJITTE and GEESSIEN are:

  • BERNARDUS REINSTRA b. March 05, 1911; d. August 03, 1978, Oak Harbor, Island Co., WA; m. HELEN ALICE DOLPH, May 25, 1946; b. September 04, 1923; d. April 06, 1998, St. Petersburg, FL.
  • DAISY REINSTRA, b. January 13, 1906, Woodinville, King Co., WA; d. February 20, 1988, Leavenworth, WA; m. TED FEENSTRA, October 18, 1924, Everett, Boston, MA; b. Everett, Snohomish Co., WA; d. January 18, 1949
  • CHARLES EDWIN REINSTRA, b. July 08, 1921, Oak Harbor, Island Co., WA; d. April 25, 2003 in Everett, WA; m. IRMINA AGNES PEPLEAU, October 22, 1946, Snohomish, Snohomish Co., WA
  • HAROLD REINSTRA, m Enid McDonald
  • JANE AUGUSTA REINSTRA, m. RALPH WELLINGTON OAKLEY, November 16, 1936, Everett, Snohomish Co., WA; b. July 19, 1906, Anacortes, Skagit Co., WA; d. July 05, 1989, Oak Harbor, Island Co., WA
  • TRIJNTJE (TINA) REINSTRA m. SANFORD MERRIT LOVELACE, July 26, 1937 in Blanchard, WA; b. July 10, 1919 in Portland, OR; d. May 2, 2002 in Mount Vernon, WA
  • ROY RAYMEN REINSTRA, b. December 02, 1919, Oak Harbor, Island Co., WA; d. April 06, 1995, Skagit Co., WA; m. MARY ANNA  HANLLEY, May 25, 1942, Boston, MA; b. December 22, 1918, Dorchester, MA; d. 1997 in Stanwood, Snohomish Co., WA

Ted & Gessien

4. JESSIE [JAS] REINSTRA was born May 08, 1881 in Koudum, Friesland, Netherland, and died April 12, 1960 in Oak Harbor, Island Co., WA. She married GARRET KAMMENGA November 29, 1900 in Everett, Snohomish Co., WA. He was born September 10, 1870 in Froneker, Netherlands, and died January 21, 1966 in Oak Harbor, Island Co., WA.

Children of JESSIE and GARRET are:

  • EDWARD KAMMENGA, b. April 22, 1903, Oak Harbor, Island Co., WA; d. December 8, 1972in Oak Harbor, Island Co., WA; m. ANN PLOEG in August 1925; b. January 09, 1907 in Westrup, Netherlands; d. May 11, 1997 in Mount Vernon, Skagit Co., WA
  • ARTHUR KAMMENGA, b. March 11, 1908 in Oak Harbor, Island Co., WA; d. April 16, 1992 in Mount Vernon, Skagit Co., WA; m. ROBERTA HERON
  • ALBERT B KAMMENGA, b. April 18, 1901, Everett, Snohomish Co., WA; d. October 13, 1962 in Oak Harbor, Island Co., WA; m. LIZ (ROXANNE) LEE, April 25, 1923 in Seattle, King Co., WA;  b. November 05, 1904, Lansing, MI; d. October 31, 1991, Anacortes, Skagit Co., WA
  • ANDY KAMMENGA, b. August 29, 1905, Everett, Snohomish Co., WA; d. August 07, 1998 in Oak Harbor, Island Co., WA; m. ADRIANNA VANOOSTEN, May 28, 1931, Oak Harbor, Island Co., WA; b. July 27, 1910, Grand Forks, British Columbia, Canada; d. December 25, 1997, Oak Harbor, Island Co., WA
  • JERRY WILLIAM KAMMENGA, b. December 16, 1912, Oak Harbor, Island Co., WA; d. March 11, 1936, Oak Harbor, Island Co., WA

5. GEORGE AUGUST [SJOERD]REINSTRA was born March 03, 1884, in The Netherlands and died July 26, 1940 in Coupeville, Island Co., WA. He married LIZZIE ANN KAMPS August 2, 1907. She was born April 05, 1890 in Fulton, IL, and died October 25, 1964 in Prosser, WA. He married [2] Anna (Haveman) Brinkerhoff, daughter of Jacob Haveman and Grace Kok. She was born April 29, 1904 and died May 22, 1968.

Child of GEORGE and LIZZIE :

  • VERNON REINSTRA, b. July 10, 1908, Helena, MT; d. December 29, 1985, Anacortes, Skagit Co., WA; m. VERLA MAY LYNCH, 1928, Mount Vernon, Skagit Co., WA; b. January 11, 1911, Langley, Island Co., WA; d. September 25, 1977 in Sedro-Woolley, Skagit Co., WA

George & Lizzie

6. JENNIE [TJITSKE] REINSTRA was born November 13, 1885 in Koudum, Friesland, Netherlands, and died February 28, 1920 in Oak Harbor, Island Co., WA. She married GERRIT deGRAAF November 25, 1903 in Everett, Snohomish Co., WA, son of NANNE deGRAAF and TRYNTJE GROOTEWAL. He was born March 10, 1875 in Zijpe, Noord-Holland, Netherland, and died April 15, 1962 in Mount Vernon, Skagit Co., WA.

Children of JENNIE and GERRIT are:

  • JENNY DEGRAAF, b. July 11, 1904, Everett, Snohomish Co., WA; d. July 23, 1970 in The Dalles, Wasco Co., OR; m. CLARENCE LEIGH, June 19, 1925 in Everett, Snohomish Co., WA; b. March 16, 1889, Benton, AR; d.September 27, 1977, Hood River, OR
  • NANNE (John) DEGRAAF, b. February 17, 1906, Everett, Snohomish Co., WA; d. January 14, 1964, Mount Vernon, Skagit Co., WA; m. RUBY MARGUERITE DECKWA (see Deckwa Genealogy), January 22, 1932, Everett, Snohomish Co., WA;  b. June 10, 1916, Delhi, CA; d. August 13, 1983, Sedro-Woolley, Skagit  Co., WA
  • AGE (Edd) DEGRAAF, b. January 03, 1909, Everett, Snohomish  Co., WA; d. March 17, 1972, Oak Harbor, Island Co., WA
  • TRIJNTJE DEGRAAF, b. January 31, 1911, Oak Harbor, Island Co., WA; d. February 24, 1973, Oak Harbor, Island Co., WA; m. (1) Lester (BUD) LOOMIS. m. (2) HENRY JOHNSTON ARMSTRONG; b. March 20, 1911, El Paso, TX; d. November 1975, WA
  • JOHANNAH (Ann) DEGRAAF, b. January 31, 1915, Oak Harbor, Island Co., WA; d. February 15, 1995, Oak Harbor, Island Co., WA; m. CLIFFORD GLEN DECKWA (see Deckwa Genealogy), April 17, 1938, Oak Harbor, Island Co., WA;  b. December 04, 1914, Delhi, CA; d. February 02, 1975, Oak Harbor,  Island Co., WA
Jennie with daughters; Jennie

7. ARTHUR [ATTE] REINSTRA, b. March 24, 1892 in Friesland, Netherlands; d. October 4, 1925 near Templeton, California; m. Ethel Rose Powell, b. April 17, 1894; d. August 7, 1978

Art

8. JOSEPHINE [JOUKJE] REINSTRA was born November 30, 1896 in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada, and died August 07, 1955 in Oak Harbor, Island Co., WA. She married JOHN LAM October 23, 1914. He was born December 01, 1883, in The Netherlands and died October 24, 1951 in Bellingham, Whatcom Co., WA.

Children of JOSEPHINE and JOHN are:

  • WILLIAM LAM, b. May 09, 1915, Whidbey Island; d. August 12, 1999, Oak Harbor, Island Co., WA
  • ALBERT LAM
  • JENNIE (Minnie) LAM, b. November 29, 1916, Oak Harbor, Island Co., WA; d. August 28, 1970, Coupeville, Island, WA; m. GEORGE SEIFERT, September 26, 1942; b. August 14, 1914, Plevena, MT; d. June 07, 1994, Oak Harbor, Island Co., WA
  • JOHNNY LAM , b. August 2. 1919 in Oak Harbor, Island Co., WA; d. November 17, 2001 in Mount Vernon, Skagit Co., WA; m. VELMA BALDA
  • AUDREY LAM, b. December 7, 1920 in Oak Harbor, Island Co., WA; d. November 20, 2000 in Oak Harbor, Island, WA. m. JOSEPH MELVIN SHORT, April 20, 1940, Oak Harbor, Island Co., WA; b. April 26, 1919, Brinnon, WA; d. September 26, 1996, Everett, Snohomish Co., WA
  • RAYMOND ARTHUR LAM
  • GEORGE LAM m. June 21, 1952, DOROTHY KIRSCHMAN, b. July 17, 1934 in CA, d. March 20, 2000 in WA
  • BETTY JUNE LAM

Josie & John


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