The Hendrikus and Gijsbertje De Jong Vos family

Name                       Occupation             Date of Birth         Birthplace                         Date of Death           Notes                             

Hendrikus             Farmer                       Aug 22, 1847         Netherlands                    Jan 6, 1922

 Vos

Gijsbertje               Housekeeper         May 26, 1852        Arkel, Netherlands      May 5, 1889

De Jong 

(2nd wife)

Gysbert                    Son                               May 7, 1882          Iowa                                      March 1899

Jacob

Martena                  Daughter                   Dec 19, 1883        Iowa                                      Nov 20, 1953

Gysbertha

Hendrikus and Gijsbertje were married on June 2, 1881 by Rev. Egbert Winter, pastor of the First Reformed Church in Pella. Hendrikus was a member of First Reformed Church. Gysbertje joined First Reformed Church on April 18, 1883.

They farmed in Black Oak Township, Mahaska County near her father Pieter. Hendrikus and Gijsbertje purchased the original family farm from Pieter Sr. in Jan, 1887. After Gijsbertje’s death in 1889, Hendrikus re-married and continued to live on this farm for a time. He sold the farm to Tuenis A. Tysseling and Jan Vos in 1891, but repurchased it from them in 1902. 

Martena’s descendants, the Vermeers, still own the original Pieter De Jong Sr. farm. It has been designated a Century farm because it has been in the family for over 100 years.