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After Jan's death in 1918 Anna returned to Holland with the children. William remained there with relatives until he was 14. Anna and the other children returned to Hamilton, Ontario, where she worked at the Boy's Home. The children stayed with her and they changed the name from Tjepkema to Chapman as it was easier for them to spell and pronounce. Jan's name was always Tjepkema, it was only after his death Anna and the children's surname was changed to Chapman.
From Allie Wennink:
On 6-1-1909 Johanna left Enschede to go the Wimbledon near London.
From the document I copied in the archive four children are mentioned. The four ones you also described. Johanna was already widow then. She was registered in the municipality of Lonneker 28-10-1919 coming from Canada and written out 5-10-1920 leaving for America. Lonneker and Enschede fused in 1934.
I give you the following information from that document:
Johanna Wennink, widow of J. Tjepkema, born Enschede 2-4-1884
And her four children, all born in Hamilton, Canada
Tjepkema, Grietje Jenneken Willemina, born 8-9-1911 (these are Dutch names)
Tjepkema, Jan, born 21-10-1912
Tjepkema, Edward, born 22-5-1915
Tjepkema, Willem, born 6-9-1916
One of the big textile-factories Van Heek. Hennie told that Aunt Anna (your grandmother) was a maid-servant at the Van Heek's. And it was there that she made Jan Tjepkema's acquaintance, where he worked as a mechanic at the central heating.
From the stories Hennie's father Jan Wennink and Aunt Bertha (the youngest daughter) told him, he remembered different things. Your grandfather e.g. had once shipped a fine furcoat to Holland to his brother-in-law. Moreover Jan Hendrik Wennink had accompanied the children of his sister Hanna to the Hook of Holland, when they returned to their mother, who had left Holland earlier.
Canadian Passenger Lists, 1865-1935
Port of Departure Antwerp, Belgium, Port of Arrival Quebec, Date of Arrival May 29, 1920, Vessel "Scandanavian"
Tjepkema Johanna, Female, Aged 36, Been to Canada Before, Yes, 1911, in Hamilton 8 Years, Born Holland, Dutch, Destination Hamilton, Ontario, Occupation in Country from whence you came Housewife, Intended Occupation Housewife, Presbyterian
Tjepkema Grietje, Female, Aged 8, Born Canada, Dutch, Destination Hamilton, Ontario, Returned Canadian
Tjepkema Jan, Male, Aged 7, Born Canada, Dutch, Destination Hamilton, Ontario, Returned Canadian
Tjepkema, Edward, Male, Aged 4, Born Canada, Destination Hamilton, Ontario, Returned Canadian
British Columbia Death Index - Joanna Marr, Female, Aged 75, Place of Death Kelowna, Date of Death May 12, 1960
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