Descendants of Evert Jansz Bos in the USA

Bos is a very common surname in The Netherlands. Many non-related families with that surname can be found all over the country. One particular family starts with Evert Jansz Bos who had many descendants in Veenendaal, The Netherlands.


  
One of the many descendants of Evert Jansz Bos was Dirk Drost, born on 13 May 1865 in Veenendaal. He descended from Gerrigje Everts Bos (1758-1814) who had married a Van Kooten. Dirk Drost was married on 4 March 1896 in Rhenen to Carolina Robbertsen. On 5-11-1904 they departed with the "SS Rijndam" from Rotterdam, arriving in New York on "Ellis Island" on 16-11-1904. They had 5 children.
Their daughter Teuntje (Tena) Drost was married on  6 February 1917 in Ireton, Iowa, USA, to Hendrikus (Henry) Kelderman who had departed from Rotterdam with the "SS Nieuw Amsterdam" on March 14, 1914, arriving in New York on "Ellis Island" March 24, 1914.

See: Descendants of Evert Jansz Bos by Henk Bos of Moordrecht.