# Bouma family — Dylan Slagh genealogy research

> 10 people, 1769–1884. Each record gives dates, places, parents, spouses, children and the person's own page. From Dylan Slagh's research, which started from an Ancestry tree and is being checked against original records: treat it as leads, not proof. Living people and people without verified dates are left out. Contact: dylanslagh@gmail.com.

Web page: https://genealogy.dylanslagh.com/surnames/bouma · JSON: https://genealogy.dylanslagh.com/surnames/bouma.json · All surnames: https://genealogy.dylanslagh.com/surnames.md

## Married into the Bouma family

Wives of men in this family. Records often call them by the Bouma name; their full records are filed under their maiden names.

- [Dieuwke Metskes (died 1817)](https://genealogy.dylanslagh.com/people/dieuwke-metskes-1817-r-dieuwke-metskes), wife of Paulus Gerrits Bouma (1769–1835) · full record: https://genealogy.dylanslagh.com/surnames/metskes.md
- [Tjetske Douwes van der Meer (1808–1836)](https://genealogy.dylanslagh.com/people/tjetske-van-der-meer-1808-1836-i222687763147), wife of Gerrit Paulus Bouma (1806–1863) · full record: https://genealogy.dylanslagh.com/surnames/van-der-meer.md
- [Antje Sytzes Miedema (1841–1877)](https://genealogy.dylanslagh.com/people/antje-miedema-1841-1877-i222686321287), wife of Paulus Gerrits Bouma (1833–1903) · full record: https://genealogy.dylanslagh.com/surnames/miedema.md
- [Baukje Jans Rosema (1846–1921)](https://genealogy.dylanslagh.com/people/baukje-rosema-1846-1921-i222687763409), wife of Paulus Gerrits Bouma (1833–1903) · full record: https://genealogy.dylanslagh.com/surnames/rosema.md

## Paulus Gerrits Bouma (1769–1835)

- Page: https://genealogy.dylanslagh.com/people/paulus-bouma-1769-1835-r-paulus-gerrits-bouma
- ID R-paulus-gerrits-bouma · Dylan Slagh's 5th great-grandfather · Scholten side of the family
- Born: about 1769
- Died: 27 Sep 1835, Anjum, Oostdongeradeel, Friesland, Netherlands
- Occupation: Farmer and cow-milker, Anjum
- Spouse: [Dieuwke Metskes (died 1817)](https://genealogy.dylanslagh.com/people/dieuwke-metskes-1817-r-dieuwke-metskes)
- Children: [Gerrit Paulus Bouma (1806–1863)](https://genealogy.dylanslagh.com/people/gerrit-bouma-1806-1863-i222687763124)
- Original source: [1811: 1811 Dutch civil register act: Paulus Gerrits of Anjum declares adoption of the surname Bouma](https://genealogy.dylanslagh.com/sources/1811-1811-dutch-civil-register-act-paulus-gerrits-of-anjum-declar-188bba)
- Original source: [1831: 1831 Dutch civil marriage act page, Oostdongeradeel, Gerrit Paulus Bouma and Tjetske Douwes van der Meer](https://genealogy.dylanslagh.com/sources/1831-1831-dutch-civil-marriage-act-page-oostdongeradeel-gerrit-pa-94da8a)
- Original source: [1863: 1863 Dutch civil death act, Gerrit Paulus Bouma, Oostdongeradeel](https://genealogy.dylanslagh.com/sources/1863-1863-dutch-civil-death-act-gerrit-paulus-bouma-oostdongerade-3cc83d)

## Gerrit Paulus Bouma (1806–1863)

- Page: https://genealogy.dylanslagh.com/people/gerrit-bouma-1806-1863-i222687763124
- ID I222687763124 · Dylan Slagh's 4th great-grandfather · Scholten side of the family
- Born: 1806
- Died: 24 Feb 1863, Anjum, Oostdongeradeel, Friesland, Netherlands
- Father: [Paulus Gerrits Bouma (1769–1835)](https://genealogy.dylanslagh.com/people/paulus-bouma-1769-1835-r-paulus-gerrits-bouma)
- Mother: [Dieuwke Metskes (died 1817)](https://genealogy.dylanslagh.com/people/dieuwke-metskes-1817-r-dieuwke-metskes)
- Spouse: [Tjetske Douwes van der Meer (1808–1836)](https://genealogy.dylanslagh.com/people/tjetske-van-der-meer-1808-1836-i222687763147), married 2 Feb 1831, Oostdongeradeel, Friesland, Netherlands
- Children: [Paulus Gerrits Bouma (1833–1903)](https://genealogy.dylanslagh.com/people/paulus-bouma-1833-1903-i222686321271)
- Research summary: He married at Oostdongeradeel in 1831 and that October leased a farm at Morra. He was a farmer in 1835, a baker in 1843, and a gardener when he died at Anjum on 24 February 1863, aged 56. He married three times, his first wife dying in 1836.
- Original source: [1831: 1831 Dutch civil marriage act page, Oostdongeradeel, Gerrit Paulus Bouma and Tjetske Douwes van der Meer](https://genealogy.dylanslagh.com/sources/1831-1831-dutch-civil-marriage-act-page-oostdongeradeel-gerrit-pa-94da8a)
- Original source: [1862: 1862 Dutch civil marriage act, Gerrit Paulus Bouma and Antje Sytzes Miedema, Oostdongeradeel](https://genealogy.dylanslagh.com/sources/1862-1862-dutch-civil-marriage-act-gerrit-paulus-bouma-and-antje--ef4a59)
- Original source: [1863: 1863 Dutch civil death act, Gerrit Paulus Bouma, Oostdongeradeel](https://genealogy.dylanslagh.com/sources/1863-1863-dutch-civil-death-act-gerrit-paulus-bouma-oostdongerade-3cc83d)

## Paulus Gerrits Bouma (1833–1903)

- Page: https://genealogy.dylanslagh.com/people/paulus-bouma-1833-1903-i222686321271
- ID I222686321271 · Dylan Slagh's 3rd great-grandfather · Scholten side of the family
- Born: 2 Jul 1833, Dongeradeel, Friesland, Netherlands
- Died: 7 Feb 1903, Zeeland, Ottawa County, Michigan, United States of America
- Buried: Zeeland, Ottawa County, Michigan, United States of America
- Father: [Gerrit Paulus Bouma (1806–1863)](https://genealogy.dylanslagh.com/people/gerrit-bouma-1806-1863-i222687763124)
- Mother: [Tjetske Douwes van der Meer (1808–1836)](https://genealogy.dylanslagh.com/people/tjetske-van-der-meer-1808-1836-i222687763147)
- Spouse: [Antje Sytzes Miedema (1841–1877)](https://genealogy.dylanslagh.com/people/antje-miedema-1841-1877-i222686321287), married 18 Oct 1862, Oostdongeradeel, Friesland, Netherlands
- Spouse: [Baukje Jans Rosema (1846–1921)](https://genealogy.dylanslagh.com/people/baukje-rosema-1846-1921-i222687763409), married 14 Jul 1877, Friesland, Netherlands
- Children: [Gerrit Bouma (born 1864)](https://genealogy.dylanslagh.com/people/gerrit-bouma-1864-i222687763487); [Sytze Bouma (born 1865)](https://genealogy.dylanslagh.com/people/sytze-bouma-1865-i222687763506); [Tjitsche Bouma (1869–1929)](https://genealogy.dylanslagh.com/people/tjitsche-bouma-1869-1929-i46445479371); [Johannike Bouma (born 1873)](https://genealogy.dylanslagh.com/people/johannike-bouma-1873-i222687763540); [Johanna Bouma (born 1876)](https://genealogy.dylanslagh.com/people/johanna-bouma-1876-i222687763569); [John P Bouma (1881–1962)](https://genealogy.dylanslagh.com/people/john-bouma-1881-1962-i222687763644); [Anna Bouma (1884–1968)](https://genealogy.dylanslagh.com/people/anna-bouma-1884-1968-i222687763667)
- Research summary: He sailed from Antwerp on the Pennland for New York in May 1882; sources give his arrival as 26 or 27 May. The family's last record at Anjum is the birth there of a son in November 1881.
- Original source: [1862: 1862 Dutch civil marriage act, Gerrit Paulus Bouma and Antje Sytzes Miedema, Oostdongeradeel](https://genealogy.dylanslagh.com/sources/1862-1862-dutch-civil-marriage-act-gerrit-paulus-bouma-and-antje--ef4a59)
- Original source: [1929: Michigan death certificate of Tjitske Scholten, Zeeland Township, Ottawa County, 1929](https://genealogy.dylanslagh.com/sources/1929-michigan-death-certificate-of-tjitske-scholten-zeeland-towns-674bce)

## Gerrit Bouma (born 1864)

- Page: https://genealogy.dylanslagh.com/people/gerrit-bouma-1864-i222687763487
- ID I222687763487 · Dylan Slagh's 3rd great-uncle · Scholten side of the family
- Born: 1864
- Father: [Paulus Gerrits Bouma (1833–1903)](https://genealogy.dylanslagh.com/people/paulus-bouma-1833-1903-i222686321271)
- Mother: [Antje Sytzes Miedema (1841–1877)](https://genealogy.dylanslagh.com/people/antje-miedema-1841-1877-i222686321287)
- Siblings: [Sytze Bouma (born 1865)](https://genealogy.dylanslagh.com/people/sytze-bouma-1865-i222687763506); [Tjitsche Bouma (1869–1929)](https://genealogy.dylanslagh.com/people/tjitsche-bouma-1869-1929-i46445479371); [Johannike Bouma (born 1873)](https://genealogy.dylanslagh.com/people/johannike-bouma-1873-i222687763540); [Johanna Bouma (born 1876)](https://genealogy.dylanslagh.com/people/johanna-bouma-1876-i222687763569); [John P Bouma (1881–1962)](https://genealogy.dylanslagh.com/people/john-bouma-1881-1962-i222687763644) (half); [Anna Bouma (1884–1968)](https://genealogy.dylanslagh.com/people/anna-bouma-1884-1968-i222687763667) (half)

## Sytze Bouma (born 1865)

- Page: https://genealogy.dylanslagh.com/people/sytze-bouma-1865-i222687763506
- ID I222687763506 · Dylan Slagh's 3rd great-uncle · Scholten side of the family
- Born: 1865
- Father: [Paulus Gerrits Bouma (1833–1903)](https://genealogy.dylanslagh.com/people/paulus-bouma-1833-1903-i222686321271)
- Mother: [Antje Sytzes Miedema (1841–1877)](https://genealogy.dylanslagh.com/people/antje-miedema-1841-1877-i222686321287)
- Siblings: [Gerrit Bouma (born 1864)](https://genealogy.dylanslagh.com/people/gerrit-bouma-1864-i222687763487); [Tjitsche Bouma (1869–1929)](https://genealogy.dylanslagh.com/people/tjitsche-bouma-1869-1929-i46445479371); [Johannike Bouma (born 1873)](https://genealogy.dylanslagh.com/people/johannike-bouma-1873-i222687763540); [Johanna Bouma (born 1876)](https://genealogy.dylanslagh.com/people/johanna-bouma-1876-i222687763569); [John P Bouma (1881–1962)](https://genealogy.dylanslagh.com/people/john-bouma-1881-1962-i222687763644) (half); [Anna Bouma (1884–1968)](https://genealogy.dylanslagh.com/people/anna-bouma-1884-1968-i222687763667) (half)

## Tjitsche Bouma (1869–1929)

- Page: https://genealogy.dylanslagh.com/people/tjitsche-bouma-1869-1929-i46445479371
- ID I46445479371 · Dylan Slagh's 2nd great-grandmother · Scholten side of the family
- Married name: Tjitsche Scholten
- Born: 27 Mar 1869, Netherlands
- Died: 13 Sep 1929, Ottawa County, Michigan, USA
- Buried: Zeeland, Ottawa County, Michigan, United States of America
- Father: [Paulus Gerrits Bouma (1833–1903)](https://genealogy.dylanslagh.com/people/paulus-bouma-1833-1903-i222686321271)
- Mother: [Antje Sytzes Miedema (1841–1877)](https://genealogy.dylanslagh.com/people/antje-miedema-1841-1877-i222686321287)
- Spouse: [Henry Scholten Sr. (1866–1934)](https://genealogy.dylanslagh.com/people/henry-scholten-1866-1934-i46445479370), married 15 Feb 1888, Zeeland, Ottawa County, Michigan, United States of America
- Children: [John H. Scholten (1888–1948)](https://genealogy.dylanslagh.com/people/john-scholten-1888-1948-i222687678923); [Paul H. Scholten (1890–1943)](https://genealogy.dylanslagh.com/people/paul-scholten-1890-1943-i222687678926); [Tom H. Scholten (1892–1952)](https://genealogy.dylanslagh.com/people/tom-scholten-1892-1952-i222687678924); [Anna Warner (1894–1953)](https://genealogy.dylanslagh.com/people/anna-warner-1894-1953-i222687678922); [Tillie Scholten (1896–1956)](https://genealogy.dylanslagh.com/people/tillie-scholten-1896-1956-i46445479374); [Gerrit H Scholten (1898–1941)](https://genealogy.dylanslagh.com/people/gerrit-scholten-1898-1941-i222687678925); [Martin H. Scholten (1900–1929)](https://genealogy.dylanslagh.com/people/martin-scholten-1900-1929-i222687678920); [Beatrice Scholten (1903–1962)](https://genealogy.dylanslagh.com/people/beatrice-scholten-1903-1962-i46445479372); [Jeanette Meyers (1905–1992)](https://genealogy.dylanslagh.com/people/jeanette-meyers-1905-1992-i222687678921); [Henry H Scholten (1908–1961)](https://genealogy.dylanslagh.com/people/henry-scholten-1908-1961-i46445174242); [Henrietta G. Langeland (1910–2008)](https://genealogy.dylanslagh.com/people/henrietta-langeland-1910-2008-i222687678918); [Cornelia VanDenBosch (1910–2004)](https://genealogy.dylanslagh.com/people/cornelia-vandenbosch-1910-2004-i222687678919)
- Siblings: [Gerrit Bouma (born 1864)](https://genealogy.dylanslagh.com/people/gerrit-bouma-1864-i222687763487); [Sytze Bouma (born 1865)](https://genealogy.dylanslagh.com/people/sytze-bouma-1865-i222687763506); [Johannike Bouma (born 1873)](https://genealogy.dylanslagh.com/people/johannike-bouma-1873-i222687763540); [Johanna Bouma (born 1876)](https://genealogy.dylanslagh.com/people/johanna-bouma-1876-i222687763569); [John P Bouma (1881–1962)](https://genealogy.dylanslagh.com/people/john-bouma-1881-1962-i222687763644) (half); [Anna Bouma (1884–1968)](https://genealogy.dylanslagh.com/people/anna-bouma-1884-1968-i222687763667) (half)
- Research summary: At thirteen she came with her father and stepmother on the Pennland in 1882.
- Original source: [1929: Michigan death certificate of Tjitske Scholten, Zeeland Township, Ottawa County, 1929](https://genealogy.dylanslagh.com/sources/1929-michigan-death-certificate-of-tjitske-scholten-zeeland-towns-674bce)

## Johannike Bouma (born 1873)

- Page: https://genealogy.dylanslagh.com/people/johannike-bouma-1873-i222687763540
- ID I222687763540 · Dylan Slagh's 3rd great-aunt · Scholten side of the family
- Born: 1873
- Father: [Paulus Gerrits Bouma (1833–1903)](https://genealogy.dylanslagh.com/people/paulus-bouma-1833-1903-i222686321271)
- Mother: [Antje Sytzes Miedema (1841–1877)](https://genealogy.dylanslagh.com/people/antje-miedema-1841-1877-i222686321287)
- Siblings: [Gerrit Bouma (born 1864)](https://genealogy.dylanslagh.com/people/gerrit-bouma-1864-i222687763487); [Sytze Bouma (born 1865)](https://genealogy.dylanslagh.com/people/sytze-bouma-1865-i222687763506); [Tjitsche Bouma (1869–1929)](https://genealogy.dylanslagh.com/people/tjitsche-bouma-1869-1929-i46445479371); [Johanna Bouma (born 1876)](https://genealogy.dylanslagh.com/people/johanna-bouma-1876-i222687763569); [John P Bouma (1881–1962)](https://genealogy.dylanslagh.com/people/john-bouma-1881-1962-i222687763644) (half); [Anna Bouma (1884–1968)](https://genealogy.dylanslagh.com/people/anna-bouma-1884-1968-i222687763667) (half)

## Johanna Bouma (born 1876)

- Page: https://genealogy.dylanslagh.com/people/johanna-bouma-1876-i222687763569
- ID I222687763569 · Dylan Slagh's 3rd great-aunt · Scholten side of the family
- Born: 1876
- Father: [Paulus Gerrits Bouma (1833–1903)](https://genealogy.dylanslagh.com/people/paulus-bouma-1833-1903-i222686321271)
- Mother: [Antje Sytzes Miedema (1841–1877)](https://genealogy.dylanslagh.com/people/antje-miedema-1841-1877-i222686321287)
- Siblings: [Gerrit Bouma (born 1864)](https://genealogy.dylanslagh.com/people/gerrit-bouma-1864-i222687763487); [Sytze Bouma (born 1865)](https://genealogy.dylanslagh.com/people/sytze-bouma-1865-i222687763506); [Tjitsche Bouma (1869–1929)](https://genealogy.dylanslagh.com/people/tjitsche-bouma-1869-1929-i46445479371); [Johannike Bouma (born 1873)](https://genealogy.dylanslagh.com/people/johannike-bouma-1873-i222687763540); [John P Bouma (1881–1962)](https://genealogy.dylanslagh.com/people/john-bouma-1881-1962-i222687763644) (half); [Anna Bouma (1884–1968)](https://genealogy.dylanslagh.com/people/anna-bouma-1884-1968-i222687763667) (half)

## John P Bouma (1881–1962)

- Page: https://genealogy.dylanslagh.com/people/john-bouma-1881-1962-i222687763644
- ID I222687763644 · Dylan Slagh's half-3rd great-uncle · Scholten side of the family
- Also recorded as: Jan Bouma
- Born: 23 Nov 1881, Oostdongeradeel FRL
- Died: 1962
- Father: [Paulus Gerrits Bouma (1833–1903)](https://genealogy.dylanslagh.com/people/paulus-bouma-1833-1903-i222686321271)
- Mother: [Baukje Jans Rosema (1846–1921)](https://genealogy.dylanslagh.com/people/baukje-rosema-1846-1921-i222687763409)
- Siblings: [Gerrit Bouma (born 1864)](https://genealogy.dylanslagh.com/people/gerrit-bouma-1864-i222687763487) (half); [Sytze Bouma (born 1865)](https://genealogy.dylanslagh.com/people/sytze-bouma-1865-i222687763506) (half); [Tjitsche Bouma (1869–1929)](https://genealogy.dylanslagh.com/people/tjitsche-bouma-1869-1929-i46445479371) (half); [Johannike Bouma (born 1873)](https://genealogy.dylanslagh.com/people/johannike-bouma-1873-i222687763540) (half); [Johanna Bouma (born 1876)](https://genealogy.dylanslagh.com/people/johanna-bouma-1876-i222687763569) (half); [Anna Bouma (1884–1968)](https://genealogy.dylanslagh.com/people/anna-bouma-1884-1968-i222687763667)

## Anna Bouma (1884–1968)

- Page: https://genealogy.dylanslagh.com/people/anna-bouma-1884-1968-i222687763667
- ID I222687763667 · Dylan Slagh's half-3rd great-aunt · Scholten side of the family
- Born: 1884
- Died: 1968
- Father: [Paulus Gerrits Bouma (1833–1903)](https://genealogy.dylanslagh.com/people/paulus-bouma-1833-1903-i222686321271)
- Mother: [Baukje Jans Rosema (1846–1921)](https://genealogy.dylanslagh.com/people/baukje-rosema-1846-1921-i222687763409)
- Siblings: [Gerrit Bouma (born 1864)](https://genealogy.dylanslagh.com/people/gerrit-bouma-1864-i222687763487) (half); [Sytze Bouma (born 1865)](https://genealogy.dylanslagh.com/people/sytze-bouma-1865-i222687763506) (half); [Tjitsche Bouma (1869–1929)](https://genealogy.dylanslagh.com/people/tjitsche-bouma-1869-1929-i46445479371) (half); [Johannike Bouma (born 1873)](https://genealogy.dylanslagh.com/people/johannike-bouma-1873-i222687763540) (half); [Johanna Bouma (born 1876)](https://genealogy.dylanslagh.com/people/johanna-bouma-1876-i222687763569) (half); [John P Bouma (1881–1962)](https://genealogy.dylanslagh.com/people/john-bouma-1881-1962-i222687763644)