Pella to Sioux County 1870

Those who, with their families, moved from Pella to Sioux County, 1870

"After the railroad came to Pella in 1866 the price of land in this vicinity became so high that some of the more enterprising Hollanders commenced to inquire as to the possibility of finding a location to start a second colonization movement....The same energy, thrift and ability, that has made the Pella colony one of the richest and most prosperous communities in America, has also marked the history of our people in the northwest. The small group of some sixty-four families that left here in 1870 has grown into one of the largest, or rather the largest colony of people of Holland antecdents, west of Michigan" (Souvenir History of Pella, Iowa, p. 215, 218).

Beyer, Gerrit Muilenburg, Jacob Jong, de K. Kz. Notenboom, Arie
Bos, van den Dirk Nieuwendorp, Christian Steenwyk, van Abraham Pelmulder, Jelle
Boersma, H. Pas, Huibert Sipma, J. Ploeg, van der Ipe
Brinks, J. Pool, S. Sinnema, J. Pelt, van der Dirk
Dieleman, Pieter Pelt, van Leendert Verheul, Maarten Rooijen, van Wouter
Groen, Jan Raad, de Arie Waa, van der H. J. Ruisch, de D.
Haan, de Wopke Rysdam, W. Werkhoven, Arie Rysdam, G.
Hartog, den Hyme Brouwer, Tjeerd Wynia, Ulbe Schippers, A.

Iperen, van I.

Beukelman, Mrs. Zante, van D. Hz. Steeg, van der Gerrit
Jong, de P. Kz. Boersma, L. Zeeuw, de G. Talsma, Ryn.
Jongewaard, Cornelis Berge, van den Ads. Jong, de O. Versteeg, Arie
Klein, Johannes Fennema, J. Lakeman, Cornelis Wyk, van Johannes
Luymes, H. J. Gorter, J. Logterman, J. Windhorst, J.

Lenderink, A.

Horsen, van Pieter Meer, van der J. Wieringa, K.
Meer, van der Ldt. Heemstra, T. Meer, van der Dirk Zyl, van der Bart
Marele, van Arie Jansma, Ane Meide, van der Arie Zalm, van der Wm.

Transcribed from Souvenir History of Pella, Iowa, p 218.
gt/22 Nov 2006, reformatted by Al Hibbard 11 Oct 2013