He was born in 1867 as Haye Oldenburger in the country village village Surhuizum in the northeastern part of the Dutch northern province Friesland, son of the 24 years aged laborer Halbe Barelds Oldenburger and Jeltje Haijes Postma.
On March 9, 1893 the cousins Hendrik H. [Haye] Oldenburger (26 years old, farmer) and Reintje Postuma (18), both born in Surhuizum, arrived on the S.S. Maasdam at the port of New York. Their last residence place in the Netherlands was Sluis, province Zeeland and their destination was a -former- tiny Dutch settlement located 22 miles east of Maxwell City at or near the present location of Chico Springs, in the northeastern part of New Mexico. The departure and trip across the ocean had been stressful. Reintje's family was much opposed to her marriage on the grounds that Haye's family was of a lower social and economic class. Haye's father was vehemently opposed to his son's plans to emigrate and refused to say goodbye to him.
Reintje's brother Jan Postma, born in 1865 in Surhuizum too, emigrated in 1890 to America and eventually found his way to Maxwell, New Mexico, where he joined on 17 March 1893 his sister Reintje Postma and her fiancée Haye Oldenburger, who arrived in America about two weeks earlier. Haije and Reintje were not even in Maxwell for two weeks when Jan Postma died suddenly on 11 April 1893 of "mountain fever".
Haye Oldenburger married on 2 May 1893 at the age of 26 years in Springer, seat of Colfax County from 1882 until 1897, New Mexico to the eight years younger Reintje Postma.
After Jan Postma's death, Haye Oldenburger and Reintje Postma debated whether to remain in Maxwell, especially since there had been little rain in the spring of 1893. They prayed "that the Lord will be our spiritual guide," and stayed. Once settled and married, Haye worked, in succession, for Dirk Boersma, Hendrik Ruuls and Willem Feller. By 1894 the Oldenburgers were living on the 140-acre farm rented from Dominie Ale Buursma and were doing quite well with nine horses, ten chickens, twenty-seven pigs, and a hired hand. The Oldenburgers remained in Maxwell for ten years, during which time they acquired their own land and lived in a home they built themselves, with two rooms and a latched cellar. Haye was very active in church leadership.
They had in the Dutch settlement near Maxwell City three children, son Halbe, born on 19 September 1894, son Anne [Onnie], born on 26 December 1897 and daughter Janke [Jennie], born on 22 January 1900.
The families Oldenburger and Ungersma moved in the beginning of 1904 from Maxwell to Gallatin County in the southwestern part of Montana.
In 1910 Haye Oldenberger (43) and his wife Postma Oldenberger (35) lived with their children Halbe (15), Onnie (12) and Jennie (9) in School District 52, Gallatin County, Montana. Reintje (44) and Haaje (52) Oldenburger lived in 1920 in Gallatin County too, but without children anymore at their home.
Haye Oldenburger died in December 1928 at the age of 61 years in Gallatin County, probably in the Dutch settlement Holland, later on called Amsterdam-Churchill, Montana.
His widow Rena Oldenburger remarried in 1931 in Manhattan, Gallatin County at the age of 56 years to the seven years older Thomas S. Woudstra and died in 1932 at the age of 57 years in Gallatin County, very probably in the Dutch settlement Holland, Montana.
On March 9, 1893 the cousins Hendrik H. [Haye] Oldenburger (26 years old, farmer) and Reintje Postuma (18), both born in Surhuizum, arrived on the S.S. Maasdam at the port of New York. Their last residence place in the Netherlands was Sluis, province Zeeland and their destination was a -former- tiny Dutch settlement located 22 miles east of Maxwell City at or near the present location of Chico Springs, in the northeastern part of New Mexico. The departure and trip across the ocean had been stressful. Reintje's family was much opposed to her marriage on the grounds that Haye's family was of a lower social and economic class. Haye's father was vehemently opposed to his son's plans to emigrate and refused to say goodbye to him.
Reintje's brother Jan Postma, born in 1865 in Surhuizum too, emigrated in 1890 to America and eventually found his way to Maxwell, New Mexico, where he joined on 17 March 1893 his sister Reintje Postma and her fiancée Haye Oldenburger, who arrived in America about two weeks earlier. Haije and Reintje were not even in Maxwell for two weeks when Jan Postma died suddenly on 11 April 1893 of "mountain fever".
Haye Oldenburger married on 2 May 1893 at the age of 26 years in Springer, seat of Colfax County from 1882 until 1897, New Mexico to the eight years younger Reintje Postma.
After Jan Postma's death, Haye Oldenburger and Reintje Postma debated whether to remain in Maxwell, especially since there had been little rain in the spring of 1893. They prayed "that the Lord will be our spiritual guide," and stayed. Once settled and married, Haye worked, in succession, for Dirk Boersma, Hendrik Ruuls and Willem Feller. By 1894 the Oldenburgers were living on the 140-acre farm rented from Dominie Ale Buursma and were doing quite well with nine horses, ten chickens, twenty-seven pigs, and a hired hand. The Oldenburgers remained in Maxwell for ten years, during which time they acquired their own land and lived in a home they built themselves, with two rooms and a latched cellar. Haye was very active in church leadership.
They had in the Dutch settlement near Maxwell City three children, son Halbe, born on 19 September 1894, son Anne [Onnie], born on 26 December 1897 and daughter Janke [Jennie], born on 22 January 1900.
The families Oldenburger and Ungersma moved in the beginning of 1904 from Maxwell to Gallatin County in the southwestern part of Montana.
In 1910 Haye Oldenberger (43) and his wife Postma Oldenberger (35) lived with their children Halbe (15), Onnie (12) and Jennie (9) in School District 52, Gallatin County, Montana. Reintje (44) and Haaje (52) Oldenburger lived in 1920 in Gallatin County too, but without children anymore at their home.
Haye Oldenburger died in December 1928 at the age of 61 years in Gallatin County, probably in the Dutch settlement Holland, later on called Amsterdam-Churchill, Montana.
His widow Rena Oldenburger remarried in 1931 in Manhattan, Gallatin County at the age of 56 years to the seven years older Thomas S. Woudstra and died in 1932 at the age of 57 years in Gallatin County, very probably in the Dutch settlement Holland, Montana.
He was born in 1867 as Haye Oldenburger in the country village village Surhuizum in the northeastern part of the Dutch northern province Friesland, son of the 24 years aged laborer Halbe Barelds Oldenburger and Jeltje Haijes Postma.
On March 9, 1893 the cousins Hendrik H. [Haye] Oldenburger (26 years old, farmer) and Reintje Postuma (18), both born in Surhuizum, arrived on the S.S. Maasdam at the port of New York. Their last residence place in the Netherlands was Sluis, province Zeeland and their destination was a -former- tiny Dutch settlement located 22 miles east of Maxwell City at or near the present location of Chico Springs, in the northeastern part of New Mexico. The departure and trip across the ocean had been stressful. Reintje's family was much opposed to her marriage on the grounds that Haye's family was of a lower social and economic class. Haye's father was vehemently opposed to his son's plans to emigrate and refused to say goodbye to him.
Reintje's brother Jan Postma, born in 1865 in Surhuizum too, emigrated in 1890 to America and eventually found his way to Maxwell, New Mexico, where he joined on 17 March 1893 his sister Reintje Postma and her fiancée Haye Oldenburger, who arrived in America about two weeks earlier. Haije and Reintje were not even in Maxwell for two weeks when Jan Postma died suddenly on 11 April 1893 of "mountain fever".
Haye Oldenburger married on 2 May 1893 at the age of 26 years in Springer, seat of Colfax County from 1882 until 1897, New Mexico to the eight years younger Reintje Postma.
After Jan Postma's death, Haye Oldenburger and Reintje Postma debated whether to remain in Maxwell, especially since there had been little rain in the spring of 1893. They prayed "that the Lord will be our spiritual guide," and stayed. Once settled and married, Haye worked, in succession, for Dirk Boersma, Hendrik Ruuls and Willem Feller. By 1894 the Oldenburgers were living on the 140-acre farm rented from Dominie Ale Buursma and were doing quite well with nine horses, ten chickens, twenty-seven pigs, and a hired hand. The Oldenburgers remained in Maxwell for ten years, during which time they acquired their own land and lived in a home they built themselves, with two rooms and a latched cellar. Haye was very active in church leadership.
They had in the Dutch settlement near Maxwell City three children, son Halbe, born on 19 September 1894, son Anne [Onnie], born on 26 December 1897 and daughter Janke [Jennie], born on 22 January 1900.
The families Oldenburger and Ungersma moved in the beginning of 1904 from Maxwell to Gallatin County in the southwestern part of Montana.
In 1910 Haye Oldenberger (43) and his wife Postma Oldenberger (35) lived with their children Halbe (15), Onnie (12) and Jennie (9) in School District 52, Gallatin County, Montana. Reintje (44) and Haaje (52) Oldenburger lived in 1920 in Gallatin County too, but without children anymore at their home.
Haye Oldenburger died in December 1928 at the age of 61 years in Gallatin County, probably in the Dutch settlement Holland, later on called Amsterdam-Churchill, Montana.
His widow Rena Oldenburger remarried in 1931 in Manhattan, Gallatin County at the age of 56 years to the seven years older Thomas S. Woudstra and died in 1932 at the age of 57 years in Gallatin County, very probably in the Dutch settlement Holland, Montana.
On March 9, 1893 the cousins Hendrik H. [Haye] Oldenburger (26 years old, farmer) and Reintje Postuma (18), both born in Surhuizum, arrived on the S.S. Maasdam at the port of New York. Their last residence place in the Netherlands was Sluis, province Zeeland and their destination was a -former- tiny Dutch settlement located 22 miles east of Maxwell City at or near the present location of Chico Springs, in the northeastern part of New Mexico. The departure and trip across the ocean had been stressful. Reintje's family was much opposed to her marriage on the grounds that Haye's family was of a lower social and economic class. Haye's father was vehemently opposed to his son's plans to emigrate and refused to say goodbye to him.
Reintje's brother Jan Postma, born in 1865 in Surhuizum too, emigrated in 1890 to America and eventually found his way to Maxwell, New Mexico, where he joined on 17 March 1893 his sister Reintje Postma and her fiancée Haye Oldenburger, who arrived in America about two weeks earlier. Haije and Reintje were not even in Maxwell for two weeks when Jan Postma died suddenly on 11 April 1893 of "mountain fever".
Haye Oldenburger married on 2 May 1893 at the age of 26 years in Springer, seat of Colfax County from 1882 until 1897, New Mexico to the eight years younger Reintje Postma.
After Jan Postma's death, Haye Oldenburger and Reintje Postma debated whether to remain in Maxwell, especially since there had been little rain in the spring of 1893. They prayed "that the Lord will be our spiritual guide," and stayed. Once settled and married, Haye worked, in succession, for Dirk Boersma, Hendrik Ruuls and Willem Feller. By 1894 the Oldenburgers were living on the 140-acre farm rented from Dominie Ale Buursma and were doing quite well with nine horses, ten chickens, twenty-seven pigs, and a hired hand. The Oldenburgers remained in Maxwell for ten years, during which time they acquired their own land and lived in a home they built themselves, with two rooms and a latched cellar. Haye was very active in church leadership.
They had in the Dutch settlement near Maxwell City three children, son Halbe, born on 19 September 1894, son Anne [Onnie], born on 26 December 1897 and daughter Janke [Jennie], born on 22 January 1900.
The families Oldenburger and Ungersma moved in the beginning of 1904 from Maxwell to Gallatin County in the southwestern part of Montana.
In 1910 Haye Oldenberger (43) and his wife Postma Oldenberger (35) lived with their children Halbe (15), Onnie (12) and Jennie (9) in School District 52, Gallatin County, Montana. Reintje (44) and Haaje (52) Oldenburger lived in 1920 in Gallatin County too, but without children anymore at their home.
Haye Oldenburger died in December 1928 at the age of 61 years in Gallatin County, probably in the Dutch settlement Holland, later on called Amsterdam-Churchill, Montana.
His widow Rena Oldenburger remarried in 1931 in Manhattan, Gallatin County at the age of 56 years to the seven years older Thomas S. Woudstra and died in 1932 at the age of 57 years in Gallatin County, very probably in the Dutch settlement Holland, Montana.
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