(Opvallend: Hindrik met zijn dochters Dirkje en Jantina zijn begin december 1893 alle drie overleden in Rotterdam. Ze wonen dan in Geldermalsen. Wat is daar gebeurd?).

(Emigrated in 1916 to Michigan, USA.)
(In the Census 1920 of Muskegon City, MI, USA mentioned as 'single'.)
(In the Census 1930 Wyoming, Kent, MI, USA mentioned as head of the family with wife Etta and child Henry.)
(In the Sixteenth Census of the United States: 1940, State: Michigan, County: Kent, Township: Wyoming mentioned as head of the family, 54 years, with wife Etta 44 years and son Henry George 13 years old)
(In the Seventeenth Census of the United States: 12 April 1950, State: Michigan, County: Kent, Township: Wyoming, mentioned as Widower, Occupation: Machinist Shaver, Age 64 years, Birthplace: Netherlands, Birth Year: (Estimated) 1886)
(The newspaper with his death announcement is published on Saterday 19 March 1960. In that announcement is mentioned that he past away on Saterday. So most presumebly he past away on Saterday 12 March 1960).

(Mrs. Etta Sietsema, aged 90 passed away Friday morning and is awaiting the return of her Lord, Savior, Jesus Christ. Surving are her children, Henry and Margaret Sportel of Holland; six grandchildren, Douglas and Janie Sportel, Deborah and Ozzie Aylworth, Scott and Mary Sportel, Beth and Charles Rix, Nancy Sportel, Rebecca Sportel; eight great grandchildren. Complete Funeral Services will be held Monday at 1:30 pm at the Zaagman Memorial Chapel, Dr. Dean B. Smith officiating. The family will be at the Funeral Chapel Sunday 2 to 4 and 7 to 9pm. In lieu of flowers, Memorial Contributions may be made to the Fulton Manor of the Holland Home. Zaagman Memorial Chapel).

(Sportel, Henry G. Dec. 1, 1988. Henry G. Sportel, 61, of Holland, formerly of Hudsonville, died Thursday, Dec. 1, in Butterworth Hospital, Grand Rapids. Born in Grand Rapids, he was president of Hudsonville Trailer Co. Sportel served on the board of directors of the Bank of Hudsonville, was a former Hudsonville City commissioner, and served on the Hudsonville Public School board for 12 years. He was a World War II veteran, serving with the U.S. Army. Surviving are his wife Margaret; two sons, Douglas L. Sportel of Phoenix, Ariz. and Scott Henry Sportel of Holland; four daughters, Mrs. Arlyn (Deborah Sue) Aylworth of Belmont, Mrs. Charles (Beth Anne) Rix of Muskegon, Mrs. Brian (Nancy Lynne) Hennigan of Zeeland and Mrs. Glenn (Rebecca Kaye) McCaw of Holland; nine grandchildren; three step-grandchil-dren; his father-in-law, William DeGlopper of Conklin; several nieces, nephews and cousins. Services will be held 2 p.m Monday in Beechwood Reformed Church, 269 Douglas Ave. Friends may meet the family from 7 to 9 p.m. Saturday and from 2 to 4 p.m. and 7 to 9 p.m. Sunday at the Northwood Chapel of Dykema Funeral Homes, 295 Douglas Ave.)
(Descendants please contact me).

(Sportel, Margaret G. age 93, fell asleep on Friday, September 10th and is awaiting the return of Jesus Christ her Lord and Savior. Visitation will take place on Friday, September 17 from 6-8pm at Dykstra Funeral Home - Northwood Chapel (295 Douglas Blvd. Holland). Funeral service will take place on Saturday, September 18, at 1:00pm also at Dykstra Funeral Home - Northwood Chapel. For more information and full obituary, please visit dykstrafuneralhome.com).

(In latere akten wordt zijn voornaam vaak geschreven als 'Hemmo').

(Bron geboorteakte: 'verder verklarende de comparant Hemmo Sportel de natuurlijke vader van dit kind te zijn en bij de geboorte tegenwoordig te zijn geweest'.)
(Bron geboorteakte: 'Bij huwelijksakte van den 25 April 1846, alhier gepasseerd, is het is deze acte bedoelde kind door Emmo Sportel en Grietje Kamer als hun wettig kind erkend en aangenomen').

(Bron allegroningers.nl: Staat van landverhuizers in 1894. Commissares der Koningin. Inventarisnummer 5549. Emigrant Evert Sportel. Age 24, servant. Hometown Beerta (Groningen, the Netherlands). He did leave for Illinois, USA in 1894. Religion: Nederlands Hervormd. Reason: try to find a better life and circumstances. Welgestelden, Mindergegoeden, Behoeftigen Mindergegoeden. Hoofdelijke omslag: Neen.)
(After several attemps on the internet I can find only a little information about Evert (Everett J). I found an 'Everett Sportel' (1872-1932), burried on Linnwood Cemetry, Cedar Rapids, Linn Co, IA (www.iowawpagraves.org/view.php?id=833605). There is a Census 1915 of Cedar Rapids, Linn, Iowa on which an Evert is mentioned, his age is 44, religion is Methodist, he is married (the name of his wife is not mentioned), he is already 22 years in the USA and 2 years in Cedar Rapids. There is also a USA Census 1930 Cedar Rapids, Linn, Iowa where an Everet J Sportel is mentioned. His age is 55, he is divorced, estimated birth year 1876 in Holland, Immigration year 1897).

(Cause for which divorced: 'Cruel and Inhuman Treatment').

(On the Census-USA-1915, Township Cedar, is mentioned that the parents of Anna both are born in Germany. Anna is 26 years in the USA.)
(On the fourteeth census of the United States: 1920 - population, township Rapids, Cedar Rapids City, Linn co, Iowa is mentioned tat Anna is born in Germany).

(Social Security Number: 480-03-8881).

(She died as 'Lucille Dorothy Miller', so it is not 100% sure that Lucille Dorothe Seltrecht is the same person as Lucille Dorothy Miller. But the birthdate is the same and she is burried on the same graveyard as her (former?) husband).

(According to the census 1930 of Rapids Township, Cedar Rapids City, Linn co, Iowa Betty Lou is born in Pennsylvania).

(http://juneauempire.com/stories/082001/obi_deroux.shtml
Frances DeRoux, 81, died Aug. 14, 2001, in her home in Juneau. She came to Alaska in 1937 and spent the rest of her life in Smuggler's Cove Auke Bay. In the 1950s, DeRoux fished commercially with her husband. She was active in the outdoors, bowling leagues, square dancing, sport fishing and tending her garden in her later years. She was a member of Pioneers of Alaska and Igloo No. 6 in Juneau. She was preceded in death by her husband of 42 years, LeRoy F. DeRoux. DeRoux is survived by her daughter Diane DeRoux-Sportel and her husband William Sportel Sr. of Juneau; sister-in-law Cleone DeRoux of Washington; nephews Kenneth and Daniel DeRoux of Juneau, Richard DeRoux and Emil Waldal of Washington, Gerald Constantino of Washington and Norman E. DeRoux of Oregon; nieces Kathleen Hill Ramm of Washington, and Carmen, JoAnn and Toni Utt of Wasilla; brothers Jim and Randy Holt of California. Family and friends are invited to a celebration of her life from 4-9 p.m. on Aug. 24, 2001, at 1015 Fritz Cove Road. In lieu of flowers, the family requests a donation to a favorite charity or to the Parkinson's Research Fund at Virginia Mason Clinic, Box 900, Seattle, WA 98111).