Minnesota, US Iowah, US
In the bottem right corner of the diagram you see Jacob Bottema (born in 1880), husband of Christina Petronella Leegte (born in 1887). A grandson of this couple (Theodorus Jacobus Bottema, born in Kloosterburen on February 18, 1937) dies in Ottawa, Canada on May 20, 2007. From his marriage with Diana Yvonne Julien three children are born: Danielle Yvonne, Linda Johanne and Michel Julien. Note 2: The "Record of Emigrants of the province of Groningen (National Archives, Record of emigrants, Groningen (Province, several years)) show a total of 11 persons with the surname Bottema. Almost all of them emigrate to the United States. Only the two brothers Jacob and Regnerus (mentioned in the diagram) are Roman Catholic. The others are Protestant. Probably they are no blood relatives of Jacob and Regnerus. That also means, that a number of people with the surname Bottema, living in the US, are no relatives of our family Bottema.  
MARRIED SONS. As I explained in the introduction, I have added the surnames of the men in the overview below of the first seven generations of married sons, except of course when there is only a patronymic in the files. The surname of the man and the woman are followed by the year of birth in brackets . Under the name of the man there is a line starting with a number (except in the last generation). That number represents the number of children that the man has had in total, possibly with multiple wives. Behind the number of children is the main seat of the family. (Note 1: KBUREN = KLOOSTERBUREN            UITHMEEDEN = UITHUIZERMEEDEN). The last line shows the name and birth of spouse(s), preceded by the abbreviation 'ho.' = 'husband of' A red line on the right side of the couple means, that I didn’t find married sons of this couple.
In this overview, three couples are boxed in yellow and three couples are boxed in green. The wives of the yellow couples are daughters of the green couples: Thomas A. Bottema is married to Margriete Jans Stiekema. Margriete is the daughter of Joannes Hindriks Stijkema and Bouke Cornelis Scholtens. Albertus Bottema is married to Bouke Stiekema. Bouke is the daughter of Jacob Jans Stiekema and Anna Klasens van Duinen. Jannes J. Bot(tema) is married to Catharina Jans Bottema. Catharina is the daughter of Jan Jurgens Bottema and Matje Klaassens Franssen. Although the couples in the yellow boxes are relatives, there is no need for dispensation to marry. I didn’t find married sons with Jan Bottema (3 rd generation, born in 1731, top left in the overview). Harm Jans (3 rd  generation, son of Jan Hindriks and Remge Harms) sometimes calls himself ‘ter Schouw’. His children call themselves ‘ter Schouw’ as well, but this branche dies after 2 generations.  Apart from these two exceptions, the following surnames appear in the above diagram from top to bottom: • Stiekema or Stijkema, • then Lammerts and • finally Bot or Bottema. In this overview it is easy to see how the family has spread over of Groningen and the US. The emigrants to the US are indicated by the flag of that country. William Bot and Debora Schreuder are also known from the genealogy Alma. They leave with their family with 8 children in 1886 to Ghent, Minnesota. The brothers Jacob en Regnerus Bottema emigrate to the US as well. They leave for Iowah in 1895.
Site Map Site Map Hendrik Jans ho. Frouke Lamberts Hindrik J Bot (????) 4 / KBUREN ho.  Berns (????) Jacob Bottema (1880) ho.  Leegte (1887) Johannes Bottema (1844) 4 / KBUREN ho.  Ketelaar (1839) ho.  Huizinga (1844) Johannes R Bottema (1810) 5 / KBUREN ho.  Anna F Bottema (1812) Reinje J Bot(tema) (1779) 4 / KBUREN ho.  Remke J van Dijk (1766) Johannes J (Bottema) (1803) 1 / KBUREN ho.   Kuiper (1815) Jannes J Bot(tema) (1770) 5 / KBUREN ho.  Catharina J (Bottema)(1774) Jacob Bottema (1870) 1 / VS ho.  Isebrands Regnerus Bottema (1872) 6 / VS ho.  Jurjens (1882) Johannes Bottema (1878) ho.  Dekker (1883) Wilhelmus Bottema (1874) ho.  Halsema (1878) Johannes Bottema (1838) 7 / KBUREN ho.  Brutus (1838) Jacobus W Bottema (1807) 6 / KBUREN ho.  Borgers (1801) ho.  Beekman (1812) Jan W Bottema (1802) 8 / KBUREN ho.  De Haan (1811) Willem J Bot (1769) 3 / KBUREN ho.  E. Jacobs van Dijk (1775) Jan J Bot(tema) (1745) 12 / KBUREN ho.  G. Willems (Bottema) (1739) Gerardus P Bot (1773) ho.  Vloedman (1771) Petrus I.J. (Bot) (1739) 4 / KBUREN ho.  Geerts (1742) ho.  Jans (1736) Eppe J (1735) 4 / KBUREN ho.  A. Berns (????) Wilhelmus JH ter Schouw (1829) 2 / OUDE PEKELA ho.  Wertmölder (1823) Fredericus J ter Schouw (1824) 4 / GRONINGEN ho.  Van Sanen (1817) Wilhelmus J ter Schouw (1787) 8 / OUDE PEKELA ho.  De Hosson (1793) Harm J (ter Schouw) (1733) 4 / SCHOUWEN ho.  Harms ho.  Willems Hero J Bot (1870) ho.  Smid (1877) Johannes H Bot (1843) 15 / EENRUM ho.  Boelens (1850) WH Bot (1880) ho.  Stassen (1887) HJ Bot (1876) ho.  Peters (1885) RJ Bot (1866) ho.  Maertens (1873) B Bot (1864) ho.  De Sutter (1866) H Bot (1861) ho.  Paagman (1867) Willem Bot (1836) 10 / VS ho.  Schreuder (1839) BA Bot (1894) ho.  Wijninga (1901) B Bot (1833) 15 / BEDUM ho.  Poelma (1850) Heere B Bot (1800) 6 / UITHMEEDEN ho.  Bos (1814) Berend L Bot (1765) 3 / KBUREN ho.  Tonnis (1768) Lambertus J Bottema (1800) ho.  La Febre (1795) Bernardus J Bottema (1793) ho.  Wolters (????) Jan F Bottema ho.  Wille Fokke Jans (1786) 4 / KBUREN ho.  Arends (????) Jan L Bottema (1756) ho.  Fokkes (????) Lammert J (1730) 12 / WARFHUIZEN ho.  G. Berns Jan Hindriks ho.  Remge Harms NN 1 / KBUREN ho.  F Bottema (1826) P Bottema (1860) ho.  Leegte (1865) H Bottema (1854) ho.  Scheer (1843) Jan Bottema (1874) ho.  Mellema (1876) F Bottema (1850) 8 / VIERHUIZEN ho.  Bakhuis (1853) A Bottema (1840) ho.  Stiekema (1844) Jan A Bottema (1816) 7 / KBUREN ho.  Ronda (1817) Jacob N Bottema (1850) ho.  Greitemann (1860) Thomas A Bottema (1811) 7 / KBUREN ho.  Stiekema (1815) Albertus T Bottema (1780) 8 / KBUREN ho.  Halsema Thomas J. Bot(tema) (1743) 6 / WARFHUIZEN ho.  van der Laan Harm Lammerts (1839) ho.  Jansen (1843 Regnerius L Lammerts (1893) ho.  Niezemuller (1899) Hendrik (2) Lammerts (1870) 8 / KBUREN ho.  Halsema (1870) Frederikus T Lammerts (1909) ho.  Bos (1909) Hinderikus G Lammerts (1902) ho.  Bos (1907) Rengerus F Lammerts (1894) ho.  Wieringa (1904) Frederikus Lammerts (1868) 11 / EENRUM ho.  Halsema (1868) Rikkert Lammerts (1824) 9 / EENRUM ho.  Janssen (1830) ho.  Elerie (1855) ho.  Lukken (1859) Henricus L Lammerts (1788) 8 / WEHE ho.  CR Klaver (1798) lambertus HI Lammerts (1902) ho.  Schwenke (1906) Gerardus H Lammerts (1869) 3 / GRONINGEN ho.  Kempen (1870) Lambertus Lammerts (1829) 4 / DEN HOORN ho.  Polker (1833) Hermannus Lammerts (1795) 5 / WARFHUIZEN ho.  Bos (1802) Lambertus Lammerts (1873) ho.  Meuge (1879) Bartholomeus JDF Lammerts (1899) ho.  Wachters (1900) Johannes DB Lammerts (1894) ho.  Wubbolt (1903) Eelko L Lammerts (1867) 5 / GRONINGEN ho.  Wertmölder (1861) Johannes Lammerts (1826) 11 / LEENS ho.  Feddema (1831) Regnerus Lammerts (1859) ho.  Holscher (1857) Lambertus J Lammerts (1816) 6 / MENSINGEWEER ho.  Feddema (1823) Jan Lammerts (1785) 8 / MENSINGEWEER ho.  Eelkes (1791) Otte Lammerts (1841) 2 / WARFHUIZEN ho.  Feddema (1843) ho.  ter Horn (1832) Harkelinus Lammerts (1878) 4 / WARFHUIZEN ho.  Hegge (1881) Johannes H Lammerts (1865) 0 / GRONINGEN ho.  Boer (1866) Otto Lammers (1902) ho.  Muller (1904) Jurrien Lammerts (1864) 9 / WARFHUIZEN ho.  Halsema (1870) Jacob Lammerts (1831) 9 / WARFHUIZEN ho.  Smit (1839) Jurrien Lammerts (1781) 7 / WARFHUIZEN ho.  CJ Klaver (1807) Lammert J (1736) 6 / WARFHUIZEN ho.  Jansen (1750) Bernardus HJ Stiekema (1897) ho.  Ronde (1901) Henricus BJ Stiekema (1888) ho.  Rekers (1886) Hermannus JJ Stiekema (1884) ho.  Kassens (1893) Hermannus BG Stiekema (1882) ho.  Deiman (1883) ho.  Vogt (1883) Hinderikus Stiekema (1852) 9 / MUSSELKANAAL ho.  Klumpker (1856) Harmannus J Stiekema (1823) 5 / ONSTWEDDE ho.  Ronde (1819) Jacobus Stiekema (1864) 5 / MARTENSHOEK ho.  Heikens (1862) Hendrikus Carl Stiekema (1899) ho.  Steenhuis (1902) Bartholomeus Stiekema (1861) 2 / SAPPEMEER ho.  Hokkelman (1861) Bartholomeus J Stiekema (1893) ho.  Moesker (1992) Gerardus Stiekema (1856) 8 / SAPPEMEER ho.  Van der Werff (1858) Hinderikus J Stiekema (1821) 7 / STADSKANAAL ho.  Smit (1827) Otto B Stiekema (1879) ho.  Brouwer (1881) Jacobus JC Stiekema (1850) 2 / MENSINGEWEER ho.  Huizenga (1857) Otto J Stiekema (1819) 7 / DELFZIJL ho.  Rottinghuis (1817) ho.  Joosten (1824) Jacob H Stiekema (1783) 4 / KBUREN ho.  Smit (1789) Hinderikus J Stiekema (1812) ho.  Boelens (1816) Jurrien H Stiekema (1781) ho.  Langeland (1780) Petrus J Stiekema (1901) ho.  Veenstra (1909) Reinier Stikkema (1899) ho.  Halsema (1900) Laurentius Stiekema (1895) ho.  Timans (1895) Jurrien Stiekema (1892) ho.  Nieuwenhuizen (1902) Gerard Stiekema (1861) 14 / KBUREN ho.  Brutus (1871) Gerardus A Stiekema (1903) ho.  Schripsema (1906) Jurrien Stiekema (1885) ho.  Klein (1891) Kornelis Stiekema (1858) 9 / KBUREN ho.  De Vries (1862) Kornelis Stiekema (1877) ho.  Bloem (1885) Luurtius Stiekema (1851) 6 / KBUREN ho.  Halsema (1845) Kornelis Stiekema (1896) ho.  Klein (1909) Nicolaas Stiekema (1894) ho.  Lethmaat (1897) Luurt Stiekema (1893) ho.  Voost (1902) Egbertus Stiekema (1891) ho.  Lethmaat (1899) Jurrien Stiekema (1890) ho.  Bottema (1880) Jan Stiekema (1853) 11 / KBUREN ho.  Middendorp (1861) Jurrien J Stiekema (1820) 6 / KBUREN ho.  Huizinga (1823) Jacob J Stiekema (1813) 1 / KBUREN ho.  van Duinen (1812) Johannes H Stijkema (1779) 10 / KBUREN ho.  Scholtens (1784 Hinderck J. Stiekema (1734) 5 / KBUREN ho.  Jans (1740) Jan J. Bottema (1731) 3 / KBUREN ho.  Franssen Jurgen H. (Bot) ho. Trijnje J. ter Veer
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