Burggraaf, Pieter 1811-1892 & Cornelia Verschoor /Teunis

BURGGRAAF, VERSCHOOR, VANGORP, VANSTEENIS, DENBESTEN

Posted By: Wilma J. Vande Berg - Volunteer (email)
Date: 2/24/2025 at 08:36:23

Burggraaf, Pieter 1811-1892 & Cornelia Verschoor with son Teunis

This biography of the Pieter Burggraaf family was composed by Wilma J. Vande Berg of the Greater Sioux County Genealogical Society. The narrative was made from various sources including records from the web site www.iagenweb.org/sioux ; family reports and vitals collected from ancestry.com records and public member trees, Find A Grave index and various local archives, books and publications.

Disclaimer: Names, dates and places may very form one source to another, but have been stated in this biography as presented in the source. Family data taken from ancestry.com public member trees is subject to the submitter of data to ancestry.com and was not verified by this submitter. Information was cross checked from sources where possible. Sometimes facts may get clouded as information passes down the generations. The sources for information on the Oregon Wagon Train was passed on to the author of the book ‘Story of Sioux County’ by Charles Dyke in personal interviews with grandchildren of the some of the families in the movement, in about 1939, published in 1942.

Burggraaf family were involved in a Wagon Train that left Pella Iowa in 1864 and six months later arrived in Oregon after a grueling over land trip enduring many hardships. Our web page www.iagenweb.org/sioux has set up a page with accounts of that journey. See ‘Onsite Resources’ go to Biographies ‘Wagons Ho’ the 1864-1870 Oregon Trail, to read about this family who may have and others who experienced the wagon trip as well as the later ongoing migration that led to Sioux County Iowa. In the book Sioux County History, there are actual transcriptions of vivid accounts of the Oregon Trail experience on pages 402-414 and pages 429-430. In the page 429-430 it mentions “in the group were families of Leendert Vander Meer”… Theunes Burggraaf. . and more. Also check out Wiki Tree on line article ‘Iowa Dutch Immigrants on the Oregon Trail.. It gives excellent researched sources for the families that joined the train in 1864.

As confirmed in the Wiki Tree link, the family participated in the Oregon Trail experience, was it just Teunis as a single man or his parents family?? Public records for that time period are evasive. The family did not join a lot of the other families when they came back to Pella in about 1870, and move on to Sioux County IA. Why then are they included in this Sioux County IA BIOS page? They were intertwined with closely related families who lived in that time period and did come to Sioux County. Surnames of Burggraaf, Verschoor, Van Gorp were common among Sioux County pioneers of the l870s, therefore benefiting the study of the family groups involved and those living in Sioux County.

Saw no evidence of a residence in Oregon from 1864-1869. No children born to his parents in that time period either. Only evidence they were on the Oregon Trail 1864-1869 is the article in the book Story of Sioux County pages 402-414 and the Wiki Tree on line article. Any one with knowledge of this time period please contact our page coordinator.

IMMIGRATION Pieter Burggraaf was born 1819 age 28, and H. Van Gorp arrived Jun 1847 Baltimore on ship Nagasski. Teunis age 5, came with his parents arrived in 1847 at Baltimore Maryland.
Teunis Burggraaf was born about 1842 in the Netherlands. He was in the Civil War Draftt 1 Jul 1863 at Lake Prairie, Marion Co. IA.

RESEARCH Notes on family from Ancestry.com public member family trees, Find A Grave, www.wiewaswie.nl , and ancestry.com records

Pieter ‘Peter’ Burggraaf born 11 Jun 1811 Tricht Gelderland died 20 Jan 1892 Pella, Marion County IA. His wife was Cornelia Van Ham Verschoor born 24 Aug 1816 Lexmond, south Holland died 20 Jun 1896 Pella, IA. Peter’s parents were Jan Burggraaf 1779-1844 and Jantje van Steenis 1784-1824. Cornelia’s parents were Teunis Bastiaan Verschoor 1795-1859 and Maaike den Besten 1788-1862. They had a large family including their son:

Teunis Burggraaf born 23 Feb 1842 Leerdam, South Holland Netherlands died 19 Dec 1904 Pella Marion IA. He was the son of Pieter Burggraaf born 11 June 1811 Tricht, Gelderland, Netherlands died 20 Jan 1892 at Pella Marion IA. His mother was Cornelia Van Ham Verschoor born 24 Aug 1816 Lexmond, South Holland, Netherlands died 20 Jun 1896 Pella Marion, IA.
Teunis Burggraaf married May of 1864? at Pella to Aaltje Ellen Van Gorp. (question this marriage date as she would have been just a child.) A later marriage date listed as 1 May 1872 Pella IA.
There were no children listed as born 1864-1870 in the Burggraaf family.

Aaltje ‘Ellen’ Van Gorp born 16 May 1856 Lake Prairie, Marion Iowa died 26 Aug 1933 Pella Marion IA. Her parents were – Marriage of Hendrik Van Gorp born 1 Apr 1819 Oud Beijerland Zuid Holland Netherlands, son of Matthijs Van Gorp and Maaike van der Burg; married on 20 Sep 1846 Klaaswaal, Zuid Holland to Jannigje Kempkes born 12 Nov 1819 Zuid Beijerland, Zuid Holland Netherlands, her parents were Teunis Kempkes and Kornelia van der Sluis.
In the 1850 census her father was Hendrik Van Gorp 1819 wife Jannitje30, Teunis 3.

Children of Teunis Burggraaf and Aaltje Van Gorp:

1. Katerina Cornelia Burggraaf 1873 Lake Prairie Marion IA died 1879 Lake Prairie, Marion IA.

2. Anna Aretje Burggraaf born 25 Dec 1874 Lake Prairie Marion IA. Died 28 Jan 1944 Otley, IA. She married John Schippers, one child listed Lester Franklin Schippers 1916-1977.

3. Johanna Burggraaf born 28 Feb 1876 Lake Prairie Marion Co. IA died 12 Jun 1958 Monroe, Jasper IA. She married Melle Schippers 1899 Marion Co. IA. Children Arnold M. Schippers 1900-1971. Andrew Schippers, Jeanette Schppers 1906-1982 and Edward Schippers 1915-1979.

4. Peter Burggraaf born 22 Feb 1878 Pella, Marion Co. IA died 12 May 1968 Pella IA. He married Mary De Reus 1876-1937. Two children named Bessie Mildred Burggraaf 1905-1979 and Wilbur James Burggaaf 1909-1999.

5. Jannejte ‘Jane’ Burggraaf born 18 Jul 1879 Lake Prairie Tsp Marion Co. IA. Died 4 Sep 1880 Lake Prairie, Marion County IA.

6. Jan ‘John’ T. Brggraaf born 18 Jul 1880 Lake Prairie, Marion, IA died 24 Mar 1987 Des Moines, IA He married Barbara Anne Veenstra 1885-1977. with one child listed as Verna Irene Burggraaf Hoogenakkere 1909-2012.

7. Elizabeth ‘Lizzie’ Burggraaf born 2 Jan 1883 Pella IA died 24 Dec 1978 Mountain Home AR.

8. Cornelia Burggraaf born 2 Jan 1884 Pella IA died 1885 Pella IA
9. Cornelius ‘Neal’ Burggraaf born 14 Jul 1887 Pella IA died 4 May 1904 Iowa City IA. He married
Edith Marie Cunningham born 1884.

10. Samuel Burggraaf born Jan 1890 Pella IA died 29 Jul 1984 Salt Lake City UT

11. Minnie Burggraaf born Dec 1891 Pella IA died 6 Oct 1988 Newton Jasper IA. Melvin Cooper(?)

12. Henry Charles Burggraaf born 22 May 1896 Pella IA died 11 May 1964 Casa Grande, Pinal AZ

No local obituaries or family pictures available for Pieter and son, Teunis Burggaaf, those can be added by contacting our page coordinator at www.iagenweb.org.sioux .