Roorda family saga ends at Earl Van Zante farm near Pella
Isaac E Roorda and three Roorda brothers married three Buwalda sisters in Pella after a long overseas journey. Isaac survived a shipwreck on the Bahamas, returned to Holland, then settled near Pella in 1869. The Earl Van Zante farm southeast of Pella is now run by the fourth generation.
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Isaac E. Roorda
Pella
Earl van Zante
Isaac
William and
Mary
New Land
Bahamas Islands
England
Liverpool
Holland
Bertha van Zante
Baukje
Bertha
Wieger
Trijntje
Tina
Anne
Doertje
Dora
America
Miss van Zante
Earl
Howard
Oregon Territory Journey and Prairie Family Return to Pella
A historic account traces three Iowa families from Oregon to New York Panama and San Francisco then home to Pella. Isaac Roorda Wieger and Anne Roorda Roose settled on an 80 acre farm southeast of Pella after five years away. They carried money sewn in belts and later bought land from the Euings, with renovations and farm life shaping the family’s course across decades.
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Oregon Territory
Isaac
Anne Roose
New York City
Panama
Isthmus
San Francisco
Columbia River
Oregon City
Isaac Roorda
Wieger
Anne
Oregon
Pella
Miss van Zante
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Donna Pokorney
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