Notes

[NI0002] Donald Gerben Faber was baptised July 5, 1926 in the Preakness Christian Reformed Church, 480 Valley Road, Wayne, New Jersey 07470. The attending minister was the Rev. Thomas D. Draayer and the Clerk of the consistery was Mr. Donald Buwalda.

Don, as he was known for most of his life, milked cows as he was growing up. He would help his dad do the milking and then they would deliver the same milk on a rout. He also delivered milk as boy for someone else. He was a security guard at the Leonard Wax Works in Northern New Jersey. He also worked for Wright Aeronautical Corp. in Paterson. He had a job as driver for Zarkias Tarzian. He also made TV tubes for the Zenith Company in New York City. He worked for the White egg farm as a farm hand.

Don was rejected for military duty based on having only one eye as revealed in the Selective Service Rejection Letter: "#12496 rejected at Newark, NJ. June 23, 1944. Divergent Strabismus, left 30'." Local board #1 - Passaic County, 25 Lenox Avenue, Pompton Lakes, New Jersey. June 13, 1944 - 1-A by local board, June 30, 1944 - 4-F by local board (Arthur T. Riedel - member). Source: Heidi Faber Thomas (documents)

As sextant for St. Mary's Episcopal Church in Haldon, New Jersey, he kept things clean. He was responsible for keeping the furnace working during the winter, and was able to have an apartment above the fellowship hall for his growing family. A memory from this time was related by Mark Faber his son: "I remember the carriage house catching fire and burning to the ground. Mom gave Garry, Donna, and I a taffy on a stick and we watched from our window the whole thing. None of us could go to sleep."

He worked as a carpenter in New Jersey. The winters were too cold and the work was seasonal. The decision was made to move to Florida. A twenty foot trailer was bought and the three kids and Don and Mary drove the 900 miles to Orlando, Florida leaving all the families behind. Soon, after a short time, he was able to buy a station wagon loaded with carpenter tools and the carpenter business. His boss was loosing interest and controll. The business grew to the point of having seven radio connected trucks and crews working for Faber Contractors, Inc. He owned several pieces of land upon which spec houses were going to be built. He built Downey Memorial Community Church, a hotel, and was being courted by several state-wide contracting firms.

This large business came to an end as the building boom of the late 50's ended in the Orlando area. A very wise business decision was made to purchase an often frequented fish camp in Sarasota, Florida. When the deal fell through, the Midnight Pass Apartments and Cottages became available and was purchased instead.

He owned and operated the Midnight Pass Apartments and Cottages just North of Midnight Pass, Sarasota, Florida from 1961 to 1981. He was well known and liked by all on the South end of Siesta Key, especially by Bee and Bill of Happyland's Reastruant. He was a good fisherman. He cleaned the guests fish while drinking his beer and telling fish stories.

Music was an important part of his life. He sang in the allstate chorus - 1942,1943 representing Pompton Lakes High School. He played trombone in the marching band at Pompton Lakes High School in his sophmore and junior years and most of his senior year. He sang in a mens quartet in the Preakness Christian Reformed Church in New Jersey from 1945 to 1952. They not only sang in the church for worship, but gave concerts in other churches.

Garrett Doris Faber, his father was baptized in Prosspect Park, New Jersey and Minnie Faber, his mother, was baptized in Preakness, New Jersey.

His SS #:142-20-8620

[NI0016] Said "Outwater family came to America on the third ship from the Mayflower (1620)".
Death Cer.-US Hard Rubber Company 20 years.
SS#:151-03-9580
12 years education.
Death Cer #205809 Riverside, CA., June 28, 1991.

[NI0017] AKA "Kappie"

[NI0018] AKA "Muffet"

[NI0028] He was a New Jersey State Senator from Bergen County, 1845-1848; He was buried at Passaic, N. J.

[NI0035] Jan (John) Outwater was born September 17, 1746, in Moonachie, Bergen County, New Jersey. He was baptized in the Hackensack Church, three months later, the day after Christmas, December 26, 1746. He died May 18, 1823, and was buried on the Moonachie homestead, near Hackensack. He married by license October 4, 1768, from the Governor of New Jersey, Harriet Lozier. She was born December 12, 1745 and baptized January 26, 1746. She died September 1, 1828, and was buried on the Moonachie homestead, near Hackensack New Jersey. Harriet was the daughter of Dirk and Elizabeth (Banta) Lozier.

The New Jersey Index of Wills notes the will of John Outwater as No. 3966 B.--Wills and Codicils, year 1823. John Outwater was a Captain in the New Jersey State Troops in the Revolutionary War and prior to that service he was in the Militia. He was a surveyor and a farmer. He was appointed by the Governor of New Jersey a judge of the "Court of Common Pleas of Bergen County," 1800-1817.

From the New Jersey Gazette, No. 9, January 28, 1778: "Authentic list of great men in New Jersey Province." "Delegates to Congress, Dr. John Witherspoon and two. Member of Assembly John Outwater and two."

On Dec. 26, 1780, Congress called for 820 men from New Jersey for transference to the "Continental Line." Bergen County was to furnish 120 men. John Outwater, Captain. Bergen County, New Jersey, at the time of the Revolution, comprised the present Hudson and Bergen Counties, and, as it was directly opposite New York City, it was particularly exposed to British depredations, constant skirmishes taking place between the Patriots and the British and Tories. "In March, 1780, 400 British and Hessians marched through Hackensack and burnt the Court House and some other buildings; they were attacked by thirty militia under Capt. John Outwater who was wounded in the knee by a bullet." The British commander at New York offered a reward Of 25 pounds for his head. Many traditions of his narrow escapes have been handed down by older members of his family. At one time, while being pursued, he took refuge in the stone homestead (at Moonachie) which was surrounded and the windows riddled by bullets.

John" Outwater and his wife Harriet Lozier are buried in the family plot on the farm at Moonachie, Bergen County, New Jersey. The headstones of their graves are large and of brown stone and in good preservation (1923).

[NI0037] [Brøderbund Family Archive #110, Vol. 2, Ed. 4, Social Security Death Index: U.S., Social Security Death Index, Surnames from M through Z, Date of Import: Nov 20, 1996, Internal Ref. #1.112.4.30001.76]

Individual: Neptune, James
Birth date: Oct 6, 1927
Death date: Sep 20, 1993
Social Security #: 569-20-8995
Last residence: 98032
State of issue: CA

[NI0040] from the Larson DB her birth place was Scott City, KS

[NI0042] [Brøderbund Family Archive #110, Vol. 1, Ed. 4, Social Security Death Index: U.S., Social Security Death Index, Surnames from A through L, Date of Import: Nov 20, 1996, Internal Ref. #1.111.4.14030.124]

Individual: Balmer, James
Birth date: May 2, 1913
Death date: Apr 1984
Social Security #: 369-07-1932
Last residence: FL 33595
State of issue: MI

[NI0044] [Brøderbund Family Archive #110, Vol. 1, Ed. 4, Social Security Death Index: U.S., Social Security Death Index, Surnames from A through L, Date of Import: Nov 20, 1996, Internal Ref. #1.111.4.14030.21]

Individual: Balmer, Frederick
Birth date: Mar 25, 1919
Death date: Aug 1983
Social Security #: 363-12-4233
Last residence: MS 39042
State of issue: MI
Zip of last payment: 39042

[NI0049] Friesland has 92 counties and 92 registries spread throughout the Province.

Job Faber took two wives. Both names are unknown at this time - 8/26/92.

I have just come across one of Robert Swierenga's updates of Dutch emigrants to America. This list covers 1892 and 1893 (I think).

There is a long list of Fabers, but the ones that seemed to fit with your research are as follows:

Faber, Evert 16 m b laborer Holland p Paterson NJ 3 Veendam 05171893
Evert 58 m h laborer Holland p Paterson NJ 3 Veendam 05171893
Froukje 00 f d Holland p USA 2 Veendam 05171893
Froukje 23 f w Holland p USA 2 Veendam 05171893
Gerben 18 m b laborer Holland p Paterson NJ 3 Veendam 05171893
Hendrik 24 m s laborer Holland p Cleveland OH 3 Veendam 05171893
Jan 20 m h merchant Holland p Paterson NJ 3 Veendam 05171893
Jeltje 62 f w Holland p Grand Rapids MI 3 Veendam 05171893
Meindert 26 m h cook Holland p USA 2 Veendam 05171893
Ulbe 15 m s laborer Holland p Paterson NJ 3 Veendam 05178193

Apparently, all of these people came aboard the same ship. With a complete explanation of the codes you might be able to figure out who's who. If you are interested let me know.

Regards,
Chris Penning
P.O. Box 9105
Wyoming, MI 49509

Last place of residence was 195 Totowa Rd., Totowa, New Jersey. (Rick Faber-Iowa)

[NI0057] Internment - Fair Lawn Memorial Cemetery, Fair Lawn, New Jersey.
mf - changed b&d dates based on grave stone pictures in file folder.

[NI0058] She had three other husbands.
"she was a bad person...she would marry them for their money and then drop them" - Mary Heartly Meyer

[NI0064] Dutch Spelling of name: Gerritje/Geertruide/Gertruida/Garretje.

[NI0069] Aunt Jeanette said that her mother and father were married by the Rev. John Wesley Lord from the Methodist Church.

[NI0073] "Took him for all he was worth...even the dog" - Gertrude Faber Kelly

It has been reported that this marriage between Josaphene and Evert was a short one, less than 2 years. It ended in divorce.

[NI0074] Brother, John Faber owned and operated Faber's Laundry, Haldon, New Jersey. Evert invested money in the family laundry business and lost it all. Optional Dutch spellings for Evert are "Evert/Everaant/Everaand".

Information from Dottie Pearson, his grandaughter: "possible provenceial birth place was Gem. Baerderadiel, Netherlands." She says he was called "Abe".

Internment for Evert was in the Fair Lawn Cemetery. The cemetery Deed #73736 was obtained from John Vermeulen, Trustee and proprietor. The grave site would be found at Plot No 414, irrigular, Lot 35, Section Two.

The sale of the plot is registered in the Clerk's Office of the County of Bergen, State of New Jersey, on the 11 day of Feb A.D., 1919 & 9.49AM and recorded in Book 1005 of Deeds for said County on pages 255 &c.

The Bill of Sale reads thusly: This Indendure, Made the first day of February in the year of our Lord one thousand eight (crossed out and nine written over) hundred and ninteen

Between John Vermeulen Trustee Proprietor of Fair Lawn Cemetery of the City of Paterson, County of Passaic, in the State of New Jersey, party of the first part and Evert Faber of the Township of Wayne in the County of Passaic and the State of New Jersey party of the second part:

Witnesseth, that the said party of the first part in consideration of the sum of One hundred fifty five and 40/100 Dollars, to him paid by the said party of the second part, the receipt whereof is hereby acknowledged, doth hereby grant, bargain, sell and convey to the said party of the second part his heirs and assigns and at place of burial for the dead:

All and singular that certain lot or plot of land in the aforesaid Cemetery, situated in the Township of Saddle River in the County of Bergen, and the State of New Jersey,

There also is a recording of the deed of Conveyence in the County of Passaic on 1 February 1919. John Verneulen registered the deed before Abraham Vermeulen, Commissioner of Deeds.

[NI0075] Small in stature, had five children, faithful housewife. "Delia" is not a common Dutch name. (Opp)
mf - changed b date because of date on gravestone

[NI0076] The Memorial Service for Minnie Faber was held at Vander Plaat - Vermeulen Memorial Home, 530 High Mountain Road, Franklin Lakes, New Jersey on Wednesday, November 30, 1994 at 1:00 P.M. The clergy, Rev. Leroy Christoffels ministered at both the memorial service and the interment at the Fair Lawn Memorial Cemetery in Fair Lawn, New Jersey. He is pastor of the Preakness Christian Reformed Church.

[NI0077] Aunt Gertrude has alergies, takes shots and medication.

[NI0078] Obtained realestate licence - 1992 Centry 21
Sales Rep. Warner Communications 1986-1992
Wayne Police Dept. - Police Officer 1961-1986 retired 1986
Owned milk business 1953-1961 - 8 years
Reumatic fever about 1945
North 4th Christian School to 8th grade
Eastern Academy to grade 12
Rutgers University recieved B.S. degree
Rutgers University - 1 yr grad school

[NI0079] After marriage to Minnie Faber, he lived in Totowa, New Jersey. They then moved to French Hill, Preakness, New Jersey. Their next home was on Preakness Ave., New Jersey followed by two other moves to N. Haldon, and Lilly St., Haldon, New Jersey. The 23 Ratcliffe Lane,
Wayne, New Jersey address was the Faber homestead where all their children were born. The Christian Home of the Christian Reformed Church was where he died.

Alternative Dutch spellings of his name are "Gerrit, Geert".

He was married in the Bethel Christian Reformed Church on Haldon Avenue in Paterson, New Jersey.

He grew up and his family was very involved in the Unity Christian Reformed Church which was at that time called the 2nd Christian Reformed Church. The current address is

Rev. Paul DeVries
N. 11th Street
Prospect Park, NJ.

His Memorial Service was held at Vander Plaat - Vermeulen Memorial Home, 530 High Mountain Road, Franklin Lakes, New Jersey on Wednesday, August 24, 1994, 11:00 A.M.

His interment was in the Fair Lawn Memorial Cemetery, Fair Lawn, New Jersey. The pastor who presided over the memorial service and the grave-side was Rev. Leroy Christoffels, pastor of the Preakness Christian Reformed Church.

[Brøderbund Family Archive #110, Vol. 1, Ed. 4, Social Security Death Index: U.S., Social Security Death Index, Surnames from A through L, Date of Import: Nov 20, 1996, Internal Ref. #1.111.4.71693.109]

Individual: Faber, Garrett
Birth date: Apr 27, 1900
Death date: Aug 20, 1994
Social Security #: 141-14-5972
Last residence: 07470
State of issue: NJ

[NI0084] Built the house they lived in.
Made the pulpit for 2nd Christian Reformed Church, Prospect Park, NJ. Dutch spelling probably Dorus.
Emmigrated 1870 from Dortrecht outside Rotterdam, Holland (Hartly, John)
Said to be of Jewish decent
Moved to Indiana because of Cancer & died there at 40.

[NI0085] Roelofje died February 2, 1883, twenty four days after the birth of Rouke the 2nd.

[NI0088] It is reported the Jan Faber was a cow dealer and a banker.

He is buried at the Fair Lawn Memorial Cemetary in the Faber family plot.

[NI0091] Their residence was listed as 90 N. 15th St., East Orange, N. J. It lists fathers occupation as Cashier and mothers as Housewife. The birth certificate was filed in Essex County.

The Warden family originated in England and Irland.

[NI0099] Mt. Hebron Grammer School 1909 5th grade 1914-1915, Upper Montclair, NJ.
The Event - publication of the school published article by Lucile Warden - p11.
Death Cert. #200932 June 06, 1991
Census tract #:40802
Clairol Model - 1945.
Birth Certificate for Lucille WARDEN b 12 July, 1905
Father on birth Certificate was H. N. Warden and mother was Lucy A. Dodd.

[NI0106] Jacob (Franszen) Oudewater, was born October 18, 1696, in Bergen, New Jersey. He was baptized a month later November 18, 1696 in the Dutch Church, New York, under the name of Jacob Franszen (see N. Y. Gen. and Biog. Record, Vol. XIV, p. 39, and N. Y Gen. and Biog. Soc. Coll., Vol. II (Vol. 1 of Baptisms), p. 240). He married July 27, 1728, in the Schraalenburgh Church, Martyntje Bertholf. Martyntje Bertholf was baptized February 1, 1708 in the Hackensack, New Jersey Church.

Jacob was one of the three trustees of the Hackensack Church in May, 1755. He also probably lived on the homestead in Monachie, New Jersey. The reason this can be said is because his son John Outwater inherited the homestead.

[NI0111] Thys Franszen's decendents s[read pver Rockland County, N. Y., and over into New Jersey. His marriage record in the Dutch Reformed Church in New York reads: "den 5 Jan. A 1686, Thys Fraqnszen Oudewater, j. m. Van N. Albanien en Geertie Lamberts Mol, Wed Van Hans Jacobszen. Zoude trouen tot Tappan" (see N. Y. Gen. and Biog. Soc. Coll., Vol. I. p. 59, and N. Y. Gen. and Biog. Record, Vol. VIII, p. 35)

[NI0117] witnesses at baptism were Klaes Romeyn and Elizabeth Outwater.

[NI0119] Thomas Fransen Oudewater went from New York to Bergen County, New Jersey prior to 1691 and with Rutger Van Horn and Nicase Kip purchased the Monachie portion, Section 2, which he later alone acquired and occupied.

Some of the descendents of Thomas Fransen Oudewater until 1922 owned one hundred acres of the original property which he purchased in Monachie, Bergen County, New Jersey. The original house that he lived in was of stone and had the date 1717 cut in the corner-stone. It was built by Thomas Fransen Oudewater. A frame wing thereto was built in 1740 and is still standing (1923). It has heavy oak beams which hold the wooden ceiling, and an old fireplace occupies one end of the large room, which is about thirty feet by fifteen feet in dimensions. In 1858 the old stone portion was replaced by two and one-half story building, the stone being used for the foundation and the hewn beams became the cellar ceiling. The two dates (1740 and 1858) are cut in a stone of the foundation with the initials J. O. and W. M. The "1717" stone is under the veranda. A well preserved old Dutch oven is connected with the kitchen by an iron door.

The family burial place was located about 300 feet from the house,,, and there some of them were buried as well as also a few not members of the family. Thomas Fransen Oudewater is there buried and also at least one of his three wives, probably Jannatie Durie, who d. Sept. 25, 1770. The headstone of Thomas Fransen Oudewater's grave is of brownstone (now broken) and is roughly carved as follows:
ANO -- 1753
M: 7. T.F.O.

[NI0128] The information concerning Thomas Fransen Oudewater's wife and her family came from the web site of Carol Foss Swinehart at http://www.greenapple.com/~cshart/index1.html. Her e-mail: cshart@greenapple.comm

[NI0133] Oudewater is a small city in South Holland on the Yssel River between the cities of Utrecht and Leyden.

Albert Van Ouwater, probably a native of Oudewater, born in 1400, is the first Dutch painter in oil mentioned by Van Mander, and may be said, in a sense, to be the founder of the Dutch school of Oil Painters. An altar piece in the church in Haarlem, Holland, of "Sts. Peter and Paul," is ascribed to Albert Van Ouwater, and also the "Resurection of Lazarus with Apostles;" also the "Adoration of Kings" in the National Gallary, No. 1079, has Ouwater in the corner thereof (see Dictionary of Painters and Engravers, by M. Bryan and the Dictionary of Painters and Engravers, by S. Spooner, published in London, Eng.), in which latter work the name is spelled "Outwater."

Garret Garretson Van Oudewater was one of the Holland "Sea Beggar Chiefs" in the war of the liberation from the Spanish yoke (see Sea Beggers, by Diedrick Versteig).

A picture in the Stadthuys in Oudewater, by Dirck Stoops, commemorates the brutal massacres and excesses perpetrated by the Spaniards in 1575.

Frans Jacobsen Oudewater, from Oudewater, Holland, was undoubtedly the immigrant ancestor of this family to America. He was living in Albany (Fort Orange) in 1657. The early records of Albany, Colony Rensselaerwyck, New York, translated from the Dutch, by Jonathan Pearson, 1656 to 1675, records the following: "Frans Jacobsen (Oudewater) on the 25th of Julym 1657, in the presence of Jan Cloet and Johannis Provoost, appeared before Johannis Le Montagne, Deputy at Fort Orange, and acknowledged that he was indebted to Adrian Simonson for 13 beavers, and agreed to pay next month with 20% interest (legal 10%) and pledged his person aand estate"

[NI0195] Note to Rick Faber:

Your great grandmother Jantje Jobs Faber was married two times. First to Sine Nauta. Second time around to Pieter Van Dam. I never met the man, but at Ruth's home the name Hendrik was used. Which name was correct? Perhaps his name was Pieter Hendrik Van Dam. I remember when he died, the undertaker came to see pa Faber for payment. Pa had the book for the dutch burial fund which he kept up to date. It amounted to $70 - $80 area. He handed the book over and asked the funeral director, "will that take care of him?" The director replied, "That's O.K."

It was common in the days of your great grandparents, that the girls as well as the boys carried the given name of the father.

Jantje Jobs Faber
Mintje Sines Nauta
Charles Williams Greenfield

I believe all the names mentioned in these two sheets are all part of one great family.

[NI0197] Book: Dutch Households in U.S. by R.P. Swieringa contains Population Censuses 1850, 1860, 1870. An alphabetical listing by family heads. Wilmington, DE 1987. 3 pants.

According to family friends Faber's came from the town of "unknown" and Schiermonnikoog Island.

His line in the Nat'l Records is as follows:

Emigries 1848-1877

Name: Faber, Sjoerd
Occupation: Smith
Age: 37
Church: Dutch Reformed
Class: indigent
Assessed Factors: Y
# Woman: -
# Children: -
Reason: ec. improvement
Destination: NY
Year: 1877
Province: Friesland
Page number in record book: 169
Origin(Municipality/County): Ferwenderadeel(near Stiens)

"Sjoerd Jobs Faber, fabrieksarbeider te Paterson voormeld." - legel document te Leeuwarden, Mei, 1900

[NI0276] Rev. Clarence vander Plate(Plaat) served at Doon and Sioux Center, Iowa. He is the grandson of Klaaske Jobs Faber who married Klaas vander Plaat. Rev. Jack vander Plate would be a great grandson. An aunt of Rev. Clarence, Minnie De Groot, lives close by. She is a good friend of ours. Rev. Clarence vander Plate is uncle to Rev. Jack vander Plate.

[NI0279] Note from Rick Faber's mother.

"(note) Your great grandmother Jantje Jobs Faber was married two times, First to Sine Nauta. Second time around to Pieter van Dam. I never met the man, but at Ruth's home the name Hendrik was used.

Which name was correct? Perhaps his name was Pieter Hendrik van Dam. I remember when he died, the undertaker came to see pa Faber for payment. Pa had the book for the dutch burial fund which he kept up to date. It amounted to $70-$80 area. He handed the book over and asked the funeral director "will that take care of him?" The director replied, "that's O.K."

[NI0285] "2. Pier (Fokkes) Hamstra, Koopman te Franeker, als hoofd en beheerder algeheele gemeenschap van goederen, bestaande tusschen hem en zijne echtgenoot Lasina Jobs Faber." - Legal document of Mei, 1900

[NI0359] 8lbs 1 oz. 21 1/2 in long

[NI0431] His unknown wife also gave biorth to 2 girl - names unknown.

[NI0533] A photograph with the photograph shop stamped A J Kiek Leeuwarden is said to be of my gggggrandfather. It was discovered in a stack of pictures that were given to me by Everett Faber, my uncle. - January 19, 1997

This message was forwarded to me because I am researching my mothers family KIEK from the Netherlands.

A.J.Kiek is probably Abraham Israel Kiek.

His father was a pioneer in photography in Leiden, the Netherlands. His sons followed in his footsteps but a few years after their father died the bussines was stopped in 1899.

ABRAHAM KIEK was in Leeuwarden but ended up as a director in the Orphenage in Rotterdam.

There is some literature on the family and if you are interested I can send you more.

Good Luck,

Carla Divinsky
Carla_Divinsky@mbnet.mb.caa
Researching:
KREMERS, Drente
HOOIVELD, Drente
KIEK, Groningen, Leiden, Amsterdam en Rotterdam

I figured out the the first unit, the "el", is comparable to the english yard, but probably not exactly so. This makes sense, because his height was probably around 1 meter 50 centimeters, or 5 feet, so if you measure in "el"'s it is 1 el + something. That something (I believe it was "705 st.") I have not been able to figure out. The Net gave zip on my query on old Dutch units.

I just talked to my parents on the phone. They also could not think of a unit that would be abbreviated as "st." Their initial guess was that it might mean "streep" (in English: "stripe"). They will look it up in an encyclopedia.

They could tell me that in the old days an "Amsterdamse el" (or "Amsterdam yard") was 68.8 centimeters or 27.1 inches. The "el" mentioned in the document might be this "Amsterdamse el". However, these measures differed from province to province so there might have been such a thing as a "Frisian el" with a different length. The document might have used the "english el" (which is a yard or 36 inches) because
that measure was also current in the Netherlands in those days. If there was ever a reason to switch to metric this is it. In fact, the Netherlands was the first country to do that in 1822, even before France, but unfortunately after the writing of Ulbe's document.

My mother called the Dutch Military and Armory Museum in Delft. A researcher there looked up the units of measure in a book about the army in the post-napoleontic era. It turns out that during Napoleon's reign all units of measure were standarized in what is now known as the metric system. However, the old names were kept for a while. It wasn't until later that the names 'meter' or 'kilogram' came into use.

This means that the "el" (previously ranging from 68 cm to 91 cm depending on the province or the city) was redefined as having the length of 1 meter. The "el" was subdivided into 10 palms (approx. the width of a handpalm), so each palm is 10 centimeters. The palm itself was subdivided into 10 'duim' (thumb, 1 centimeter) or in 100 'streep' (stripe, 1 millimeter). So Ulbe's length was 1 el 705 st. or 1 meter 70.5 centimeter or 5 foot 7 inches in the American system. So even by today's standards he wouldn't have been real short, and in those days he probably was quite tall.

A little bit more about the units of measure. My mother had guessed before that 'st.' would be a 'streep' because she had heard carpenters use that phrase ("I have to take two stripes off that door", meaning that they have to shave some wood off). So these old names are still in use albeit in a specialized profession. In fact, the dutch words 'pond' (metric pound, 500 grams) and 'ons' (metric ounce, 100 grams) are used by everyone even though they cannot be used in official trade like supermarket ads.

I will also ask her to get a list of Frisian female names. Ulbe's mothers name is "...ijntje". A common name like that is "Trijntje" which is short for "Catharina" -> "Trina" -> "Trijntje". But the "Tr" does not seem to fit the handwriting. With a list of possible names you should be able to figure it out. People in those days were not terribly creative so the list is probably not that long.

Nationale Militie
Province of Vriesland
Certificate
The Governor of the Province Vriesland declares that
Faber, Ulbe Jobs
born at 's-Gaerderadeel (??)
the 4th of April 1797
profession workman
son of Job [Faber]
and of ...ijntje Gerbra...
profession workman
living in [illegible]
within the municipallity of 's-Gaerderadeel,
has been inscribed in the Nationale Militie, that he has been acoorded with
the lottery of 1797 the number 29, which to this day, 2nd of August, not
having been called up, has not obliged him to any service.
Given at Leeuwarden, the 2nd of August 1822(?),
the Governor afore-said (signed illeg.)

In the margin:
Ulbe Job Faber
Klaeske Roucke(?) Geldeman(?)
(signed illeg.)

and:

DESCRIPTION
length 1 el 705 st
face oval
forehead wide
eyes blue
nose thick mouth normal
chin round
hair short
eyebrows blond
visible signs none
signature (seems to sign Aelbe Jops Faber, looks important to be able to
recnognize him further on).

gratis = for free
NATIONALE MILITIE = National Militia
PROVINCIE VRIESLAND = Province Friesland
CERTIFICAAT = Certificate
De GOUVERNEUR van de Provincie Vriesland verklaart, =
The governor of the province Friesland declares,
dat Faber Ulbe Job =
that Faber Ulbe Job
geboren te ...........=
born at ..........
den 1 April 1797 =
the first of April 1797
van beroep Arbeider =
occupation worker
...... van Job =
child (kind)? or son (zoon)? of Job
en van ........... =
and of ...........
van beroep Arbeider =
occupation worker
wonende te ........ =
living at .......
binnen de Gemeente van ........ =
in the municipality of ........
voor de Nationale Militie is ingeschreven, =
is registrated for the National Militia,
dat aan hem vervolgens bij loting van 20 maart 1817
is ten deel gevallen het nummer 29, =
that he had drawn the number 29 by the drawing of 20th of March 1817,
hetwelk, tot heden, niet opgeroepen zijnde, hem tot geenen dienst heeft
verpligt. =
which, just untill now, he hasn't been call-up, it was not an
obligation to do his service.
Gegeven te Leeuwarden den 2 Augustus 1822 =
Given at Leeuwarden the 2nd of August 1822
De GOUVERNEUR voornoemd, =
The governor above-mentioned

SIGNALEMENT = description
Lengte 1 El 705 St. = length 1 El 705 St. (I don't know how many cm this is)
Aangezigt Ovaal = face oval
Voorhoofd breed = forehead broad
Oogen Blauw = eyes blue
Neus dik = nose thick
Mond ordinair = mouth common
Kin rond = chin round
Haar en = hair and
Wenkbrauwen blond = eyebrows blond
Merkbare teekenen geene = noticeable marks none
Handteekening = signature
Geregistreerd No. 501 = registered Number 501

I hope that i've given you any help by the translation.
Greetings from Belgium
Louis Meylemans

Groetjes,
Louis Meylemans

Lived in Goenga

[NI0534] Jan Faber (son of Ulbe Faber), born 1817 in the Netherlands - possibly Barradeel, Friesland. He died 2 June 1891 in Zeeland, Michigan. He was a Zeeland Township, Ottawa County, Michigan taxpayer in 1852. Jan married Antje Bosch, born 1816 in the Netherlands. Jan married 2nd - Klaaskje Zylstra, born 1813 in the Netherlands.

According to Dutch emigration records, Jan Faber left the Netherlands in 1848 with two children. He was a gardener.

Jan and Antje (or maybe Jan and Klaaskje?) had at least 9 children:

Sietske, born 1846
Klaas, born 1849 Michigan
Peter, born 1850 Michigan
Albert, born 2 July 1851 Vriesland, Michigan; died 1926 Vriesland, Michigan
Jantje, born 1852 Michigan
Hendrik, born 7 Oct 1853 Michigan; died 19 Dec 1917 Zeeland Twp, Michigan
Sietske, born 1853 Michigan
Renske, born 1856 Michigan
John, born 1858 Michigan

I have a few more details on the children of Albert and Hendrik, but nothing more on the rest.

[NI0547] My mother's side of the family tree is well recorded and there are Faber's
in there. In fact, I have a photocopy of a document signed by
Job Ulbes (grandfather of the Job Ulbes Faber that you mentioned)
declaring "Faber" as the family name. Here is the English translation
of the document:

DISTRICT OF SNEEK, PROVINCE OF FRIESLAND, Announces that
Job Ulbes*, living in Wieuwerd, has declared that he will
take the name of FABER for his family name, he also stated
that he has five children.

Pietje age 21 years, born at Britswerd
Gerben age 18 years, born at Wirdum
Ulbe age 16 years, born at Britswerd
Sjoerd age 12 years, born at Wieuwerd
Fetje age 6 years, born at Wieuwerd

and signed this in our presence on 22 October, 1813.
(Signed) J.U. Faaber (Yes, he signed it with 2 a's.)

* This Job Ulbes lived from 1767 to 1826.

Here is the family line that I have with that document:

Jentie Jobs (about) 1590 - 1650
Job Jenties (about) 1620 - 1687
Jentie Jobs (about) 1665 - 1719
Job Jenties (about) 1690 - 1750
Ulbe Jobs 1735 - 1774
Job Ulbes 1767 - 1826
Ulbe Jobs 1797 - 1878
Job Ulbes 1827 - 1906, father of Jantje, Klaaske, Sjoerd,
Losina, John, Garry, Evert, Albert, Rouke and Rouke.
Job arrived in America 1893.

[NI0569] Founder of the Belmar Spring Water Company in 1946

[NI0580] She was a nurse and a Christian Scientist who took care of Peter Wesley until he died and probably had him cremated.

[NI0602] referred to as uncle "Al".

[NI0609] AKA "Helen".

[NI0745] "14. Gerben Poortinga, Stoombootkapitain te Leeuwarden, alsvoren gebuwd met Rinske Roukes Faber." - Legal document Mei, 1900

This quote says that Gerben was a steam boat captain from Leeuwarden and was married to Rinske. This document lists the people to whom setelment was to be made by Jetze Cornelis Visser.

In your genealogy I found a person called Gerben Poortinga. In my genealogy I have someone also named Gerben Poortinga. At the age of 19 he immigrated to the USA. He was born at Wanswerd, Friesland (in the Netherlands) on 4-9-1858. His parents were Jenne Rinzes Poortinga and Jantje Pieters van der Woude. Is he the same person as in your genealogy. If he is, and you are interested I have further information about this family. Brothers and sisters of him also immigrated to the USA.

Please send me a message about this question. I thank you in advance.

"alex Nieuwland" >

[NI0848] (see N.Y. Gen. and Biog. Soc. Coll., Vol. III(Vol. II of Baptisms), p.278 and Banta Genealogy).

[NI0916] "29. Sjoukje van der Schaaf, widuwe Rouke Ulbes Faber, zonder beroep, te Hijlaard." -Legal document te Leeuwarden, Mei, 1900

The words "zonder beroep" mean in English "without trade or occupation". In other words, Sjoukje van der Schaaf was a widower to Rouke Ulbes Faber, who was without trade or occupation and from Hijlaard.

[NI0936] AKA "Herbie the Terd" - only Mary Outwater Faber could call him this.

[NI0937] From Spain and Cuba

[NI0939] Duke of Gordon in Scotland.

[NI1029] information about the Cuddaback family was gotten from http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Ranch/2697/family/suropt.html

[NI1052] Uilke Douwes Woudhuizen 28 3 1748 dead 16 3 1813 te Nijenga Friesland.
married Tjamke Obbes Aftinga from Hemelum Friesland.dd2 6 1776 te Balk.
child Pier Uilkers Woudhuizen born 29 6 1779 te Balk and wash born on een
;Suitelschip: dat is een pots and pans and foot schip.

[NI1058] The fam Woudhuizen where most schippers and farmars also the Hamstra,s
Dare religion wash Nederlands Hervormd. "jos&ans" >

[NI1103] "23. Gerben Ijsselstein, machinist te Aalsum bij Dockum, alsvoren gehuwd met Klaaske Tjerks Koopmans." - Legal document, Mei, 1900 te Leeuwarden.