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 1868 - 1932 (63 years)
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| Name |
MIERAS, Willem |
| Born |
2 Sep 1868 |
Wemeldinge, Kapelle, Zeeland, Netherlands  |
| Christened |
4 Oct 1868 |
Wemeldinge, Kapelle, Zeeland, Netherlands |
| Gender |
Male |
| Emigration |
1888 |
Wemeldinge, Kapelle, Zeeland, Netherlands [1] |
- Willem is listed as 20 years old, "arbeider" laborer, and his religion is Dutch Reformed. His reason for departure is listed as family connections in America.
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| Name |
William Mieras |
| Occupation |
1890 |
Maurice, Sioux, Iowa, USA |
| farmer |
| Residence |
1890 |
Maurice, Sioux, Iowa, USA |
| Occupation |
1900 |
Yakima, Yakima, Washington, USA |
| fruit grower |
| Residence |
1900 |
Yakima, Yakima, Washington, USA |
| Died |
13 Jun 1932 |
Yakima, Yakima, Washington, USA |
| Notes |
- In 1890 moved with family to Iowa. Holland has furnished a substantial and desirable quota of citizens to Washington and the number includes William Mieras, who is the owner of an improved farm property on the Moxee. He was born in Holland, September 2,1868, a son of Adrian and Dina Mieras, who came to the United States in 1890, settling, at Maurice, Iowa, where both the father and mother passed away. They were farming people and enjoyed the respect of all with whom they were brought in contact. William Mieras spent the days of his boyhood and youth in his native country and was about twenty years of age when on the 7th of June,1888, he came to the United States. Making his way across the country, he took up his abode at Maurice, Iowa, and in that locality engaged in cultivating a rented farm until 1900. The stories which he heard concerning the opportunities of the northwest led him to the determination to try his fortune in this section of the country and he made his way to Yakima county, Washington where he invested in twenty acres of wildland on the Moxee. He has since improved this place, erected thereon an attractive home and good barns, and he has five acres planted to apples, pears, peaches, prunes and cherries. He also makes the raising of full blooded Holstein cattle an important feature of his business and is conducting a good dairy. Each branch of his business is proving profitable owing to his capable management and ones business discernment. In September, 1898, Mr. Mieras was united in marriage to Mrs. Nellie Boland, a native of Iowa, and to them have been born two children: Myrtle, the wife of William Alexander of Yakima; and Pearl at home. In his political views Mr. Mieras is a republican but not an office seeker. Fraternally he is connected with the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, in which he has filled all of the chairs, and also with the Modern Woodmen of America. He belongs to the Yakima County Horticultural Union and is interested in all that has to do with the development and improvement of fruit growing conditions in this section of the country. In his work he follows very progressive methods and the results achieve dare most gratifying.
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| Person ID |
I210 |
van Pelt |
| Last Modified |
10 Dec 2014 |
| Father |
MIERAS, Adriaan, b. 4 Jan 1834, Kapelle-Biezelinge, Zeeland, Netherlands , d. 28 Jul 1899, Maurice, Sioux, Iowa, USA (Age 65 years) |
| Mother |
DE GROENE, Dina, b. 21 Feb 1835, Wemeldinge, Kapelle, Zeeland, Netherlands , d. 28 Jan 1916, Maurice, Sioux, Iowa, USA (Age 80 years) |
| Married |
22 Oct 1857 |
Wemeldinge, Kapelle, Zeeland, Netherlands [2] |
- Their mariage record states Adriaan is a 23 year old "boreknecht" farmer's hand born in Kapelle, son of Lauweris Mieras a "landbouwer" farmer and Suzanna van de Linde. Dina is a 22 year old "boeremeid" female farmer's hand born in Wemeldinge, daughter of Dingenis de Groene a "landbouwer" farmer and Jannetje Dominicus a "koemelkster" female cow milker. It is also noted that they had a daughter named Suzanna prior to their marriage born 3 May, 1857.
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| Family ID |
F55 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Family |
MIERAS, Nellie, b. 19 Jun 1856, Alto, Fond Du Lac, Wisconsin, USA , d. 29 Jan 1939, Yakima, Yakima, Washington, USA (Age 82 years) |
| Married |
Sep 1898 |
| Children |
| | 1. MIERAS, Myrtle, b. Abt 1901, Struble, Plymouth, Iowa, USA , d. Yes, date unknown |
| | 2. MIERAS, Pearl, b. 1905, Yakima, Yakima, Washington, USA , d. Yes, date unknown |
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| Last Modified |
9 Dec 2014 |
| Family ID |
F2843 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
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 | Born - 2 Sep 1868 - Wemeldinge, Kapelle, Zeeland, Netherlands |
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 | Christened - 4 Oct 1868 - Wemeldinge, Kapelle, Zeeland, Netherlands |
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 | Emigration - 1888 - Wemeldinge, Kapelle, Zeeland, Netherlands |
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 | Occupation - farmer - 1890 - Maurice, Sioux, Iowa, USA |
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 | Residence - 1890 - Maurice, Sioux, Iowa, USA |
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 | Occupation - fruit grower - 1900 - Yakima, Yakima, Washington, USA |
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 | Residence - 1900 - Yakima, Yakima, Washington, USA |
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 | Died - 13 Jun 1932 - Yakima, Yakima, Washington, USA |
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| Sources |
- [S108] Zealand Emigrants 1839-1900, Zeeland Archives: States of Emigrants and Population Registers., Genealogy Copies 810 / 4, page 59 (Reliability: 3).
- [S5] Marriage Records Wemeldinge 1811 - 1934, Zeeland Archives., 22 October 1857 Act No. 10. (Reliability: 3).
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