Seventh Generation

206. Berend Jan GROOTERS was born on 11 August 1848 in Borculo (Haarlo) nr. 31.³⁰¹ Hij ging in 1866 naar de USA. He died on 16 June 1916 at the age of 67 in Boyden, Iowa.¹² He was a landbouwer.

Berend Jan GROOTERS and Jennie VISSER were married on 4 February 1872 in Grand Rapids, Michigan.¹² Jennie VISSER was born on 13 May 1849 in Friesland.¹² She died on 18 October 1900 at the age of 51 in Boyden, Iowa.¹²

Berend Jan GROOTERS and Jennie VISSER had the following children:

+387	i.	John Henry GROOTERS.
+388	ii.	Lydia GROOTERS.
+389	iii.	Peter GROOTERS.
+390	iv.	Living.
+391	v.	Living.
+392	vi.	Gerrit GROOTERS.
+393	vii.	Benjamin GROOTERS.
+394	viii.	Jeanette GROOTERS.
+395	ix.	James GROOTERS.
+396	x.	Anna Elizabeth GROOTERS.
+397	xi.	Albert Edward "Albert" GROOTERS.

Berend Jan GROOTERS and Mary Smeenger VANDERHAAR were married in 1902 in Boyden, Sioux City, Iowa.¹² Mary Smeenger VANDERHAAR was born after 1853. She died in June 1928 at the age of 75 in Boyden, Iowa.³⁰²