Waterloo Region Generations
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Teake "Tom" "Thomas" Brandsma

Male 1892 - 1929  (37 years)


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  • Name Teake "Tom" "Thomas" Brandsma 
    Born 18 Feb 1892  Zurich, , Friesland, Netherlands Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2
    Gender Male 
    Eby ID Number Waterloo-387181 
    Died 9 Sep 1929  Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 3
    Cause: Ruptured Appendix (3 months & 3 days) - Lobar Pneumonia (21 days) 
    Buried 10 Sep 1929  Wanner Mennonite Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2
    Person ID I387181  Generations
    Last Modified 6 Apr 2024 

    Family Grietje Margaret "Margaret" Buren,   b. 1896, Leeuwarden, , Friesland, Netherlands Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1987  (Age 91 years) 
    Married 23 Aug 1919  Barradeel, Friesland, Netherlands Find all individuals with events at this location  [4
    Children 
     1. Sytske Brandsma
     2. Anna Brandsma
    Last Modified 7 Apr 2024 
    Family ID F262074  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • BRANDSMA, THOMAS

      Suddenly, at the Galt Hospital on Monday afternoon, September 9, 1929, in his 37th (or 38th - differing reports) year. Mr. Brandsma was a native of Zurich, Holland and had been in Canada about two or three years. He was employed at the Glen Christie lime kilns. Survived by his wife and two daughters, Sytske and Anna, one aged 12 years and the other 2 months and an aged father, three brothers and three sisters in Holland. Funeral from Allen and Ray's Undertaking Parlours in Galt on Sept. 10 at 2: 30, conducted by

      Rev. H. R. Frey, to Warmer's Cemetery. Pallbearers: John Voutres, B. Bushman, A. Neubauer, Ed Gordier, Harry Ehrhardt and Donald Currie.

      A Celebration of Lives Obituaries of Puslinch Township, Wellington Co., Ontario Vol 1, Anna Jackson & Marjorie Clark
      Used with kind permission of Marjorie Clark

  • Sources 
    1. [S2588] Cemetery - ON, Waterloo, Cambridge - Wanner Cemetery Internet Link.
      BRANDSMA/ Teake/ (Tom)/ BRANDSMA/ 1892-1929/ Margaret/ MORRISON/ nee BUREN/ 1896-1987/

    2. [S3231] Find A Grave, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/210964798/teake-brandsma.

    3. [S2491] aaa Vit - ON - Death Registration, death certificate 035951 (1929).
      Name:Thomas Brandsma Gender:Male Age:37 Birth Date:abt 1892 Birth Place:Holland Death Date:9 Sep 1929 Death Place:Waterloo, Ontario, Canada

    4. [S3036] Netherlands, Civil Marriage Index, 1795-1950.
      Name:Taeke Brandsma
      Gender:Mannelijk (Male)
      Age:27
      Birth Date:abt 1892
      Marriage Date:23 aug 1919
      Marriage Place:Barradeel
      Father:Abe Brandsma
      Mother:Antje Palma
      Spouse:Grietje Buren
      Gender:Vrouwelijk (Female)
      Age:23
      Birth Date:abt 1896
      Father:Sybe Buren
      Mother:Sytske Palma

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBorn - 18 Feb 1892 - Zurich, , Friesland, Netherlands Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarried - 23 Aug 1919 - Barradeel, Friesland, Netherlands Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDied - Cause: Ruptured Appendix (3 months & 3 days) - Lobar Pneumonia (21 days) - 9 Sep 1929 - Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBuried - 10 Sep 1929 - Wanner Mennonite Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
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