Steven Anne Reitsma (1875 - 1958)

Born 12 Sep 1875 in Leeuwarden, Friesland, Nederland

Ancestors

Husband of Maria Elisabeth Brutel de la Rivière — married 21 Apr 1904 in Assen, Drenthe, Nederland

Descendants

Died 20 Mar 1958 at age 82 in Utrecht, Utrecht, Nederland

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Biography

Steven Anne Reitsma, born 12 September 1875^[1] in Leeuwarden, son of Hendrik Reitsma and Antje van der Meulen. He passed away 20 March 1958^[2]

Steven Anne Reitsma married (1)21 April 1904^[3] in Assen with Maria Elisabeth Brutel de la Rivière, 23 years old, born in Assen, daughter of Carel Johan Emerentius Brutel de la Riviére and Sophia Jacomina Webb Knollaert

Steven Anne Reitsma married (2) 24 June 1931^[4] in Amersfoort with Lucretie Everdina Murraij, 48 years old, born in Amsterdam, daughter of Gijsbert Gerard Murraij and Lucretia Everdina Rietsbergh. Lucretia Everdina Murraij was the divorced wife of (1) Jacobus Carel Jan Gelder and (2) Johannes Hendrikus van Epen

Steven Anne Reitsma was trained at the Koninklijke Militaire Academy (KMA) as officer of the Dutch army and appointed 2nd lieutenant of the infantry on 26 July 1895. In 1906 he went to the Koninklijk Nederlandsch Indisch Leger (KNIL) at his own request and left Nederlands Oost-Indië on 21 July 1908 where he served at the 9th Battalon Infantry ^[5][6]. In 1908 he left the military service and went to the civil service on 22 September 1922. As a colonial civil servant, he works at the Indische Staatsspoorwegen. In 1920-1921 he was acting mayor of Bandung. Steven Anna Reitsma was retiring in 1928^[7] and became editor-in-chief of the Tijdschrift of Spoor and Tramwegen. He was also employee of some Indische newspapers such as De Locomotief and the Soerabajasch Handelsblad^[8]. Steven Anne Reitsma was honered as Officer of the Order of Orange-Nassau^[9]

Children

1. Jacques Marie Isaäc Reitsma, born 27 March 1905 in Assen
2. Hendrik Reitsma, born 29 September 1906 in Tjimahi, Java, Nederlands Oost-Indië; he died 13 March 1907 in Soerabaja, Nederlands Oost-Indië
3. Carel Johan Emerentius Reitsma, born 22 November 1907 in Soerabaja, Java, Nederlands Oost-Indië; he died 14 April 1908 in Soerabaja, Java, Nederlands Oost-Indië
4. Antje Elisabeth Reitsma, born 23 September 1908 in Madioen, Java, Nederlands Oost-Indië
5. Constant Louis Reitsma, born 30 December 1910 in Bandoeng, Java, Nederlands Oost-Indië
6. Sophia Jacomina Reitsma, born 25 July 1913 in Soerabaja, Nederlands Oost-Indië

Sources

1. ↑ Birth: Civil Registration Nederland, Friesland, Leeuwarden, Births 1875, # 618
2. ↑ Death: Civil Registration Nederland, Utrecht, Utrecht, Deaths 1958, # 664
3. ↑ Marriage with Maria Elisabeth Brutel de la Rivière: Civil Registration Nederland, Drenthe, Assen, Marriages 1904, # 3
4. ↑ Marriage with Lucretia Everdina Murraij Civil Registration Nederland, Utrecht, Amersfoort, Marriages 1931, # 122
5. ↑ Stamboek Officieren Nederlands Leger
6. ↑ Stamboek en dienststaten Koninklijke Landmacht en Koninklijk Nederlandsch Indisch Leger
7. ↑ Stamboek Burgelijke Ambtenaren van het Ministerie van Koloniën
8. ↑ S.A. Reitsma. Indisch bijblad voor het tijdschrift Spoor- en tramwegen, 1928
9. ↑ Honors Registration, Kanderlaardij der Nederlandse Orden

• Bevolkingsregistratie Leeuwarden 1876-1904, Inv. 4753, Page 884
• Bevolkingsregistratie ’s-Gravenhage 1913-1939, Gezinskaart Reitsma/Brutel de la Rivière
• Death announcement, Algemeen Handelsblad, 24 March 1958
• Obituary, Het Parool, 21 March 1958