Poking around on my ancestry.com and amazed to see how many connections have been formed with others I am related to but never met. This was posted by Kirk Boyenga and is an undated picture of my great-grandparents Seede and Reendeltje Boyenga while they still lived in Germany. My grandfather was one of 11 children I think (?) and was born here but some siblings were not - not sure of the name of the child in the photo but certainly a great-aunt or uncle.
We went to Iowa and visited their grave site think it was Sheffield Iowa Anyway. It is in a small cemetery south of town in the country on a hill. I was surprised we even found it . Dad sent a cousin money for a cemetery stone for them. We think a child was also buried there at their site . Otto said a child died on their sea voyage to America . So neat seeing their picture. This one is her on their farm. Otto said they had a fire and lost their home Stephanie McLean i think theat grandpas brother s name also was Seede. Also. Maybe named after his dad. I have a list of their childrens names i think.
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