This site is about my family, the Vinkemulders.
I started building this site after my son Ethan passed away unexpectedly. He spent a lot of time online. It was the world he felt most comfortable in, so I created this family history to post stories about him and the other Vinkemulders that came to the United States.
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In 1848, a 24-year-old baker from Slochteren immigrated to the United States. Filippus Vinkemulder is my Great-Great Grandfather.
I know this is from an entry from John Boeren’s website in the south of the Netherlands. Below is an excerpt from that site, which I encourage you to visit.
Filippus Vinkemulder In Emigration Registers
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When genealogists in other countries find out that they have Dutch ancestors, the first question they want to answer is: when did my ancestor leave the Netherlands? Passengerlists are a big help, but usually exist in the country of destination. Are there documents in the ‘old’ country that provide this kind of information? Today we look at an example of such a document: a list of emigrants from 1848, which shows Filippus Vinkemulder from Groningen.
King’s Commissioner (province of Groningen, Netherlands), staat van landverhuizers [list of emigrants] in 1848, page 2, entry 17, Filippus Vinkemulder; “Zoeken op naam,” database with images, AlleGroningers (https://www.allegroningers.nl : viewed 15 July 2020), search results for ‘Filippus Vinkemulder’.
Explanation
The header of the list says: “List of emigrations to North America or other overseas areas, which took place in the year 1848.” The emigration register is divided into several columns:
- municipality
- surname and (first) names of the head of the family, or the (single) person
- occupation
- age
- religion
- financial situation (four columns): are they wealthy, less wealthy or poor, do they pay taxes
- number of persons that left (three columns): women, children, servants
- reason for emigration
- destination
- remarks or comments
When we look at the entry for Filippus Vinkemulder, a 24 year old baker from Slochteren, we see that he wanted to emigrate to Michigan for one (important!) reason: “to make a fortune.”
This register from 1848 contains five pages with a total of 132 entries.