Wartena family name
Wartena, a Dutch family name, originally of Friesland. In its Mennonite branch the following were ministers: Abe Ruurds Wartena, a preacher of the Wieringen congregation 1807-d. 1809 (Doopsgezinde Bijdragen 1891, 53 ff., 57), Sjoerd Wartena (Grouw, 1843-Lochem, 1917), educated at the Amsterdam seminary, served as pastor at Wolvega 1868-1873, Rottevalle 1873-1880, Bovenknijpe 1880-1884, Workum 1884-1886, and Hallum from 1886 until he retired in 1908. His son Sjoerd Dirk August Wartena (Wolvega, 1871-Doorwerth, 1953), educated at the university and the seminary at Amsterdam, served at Terschelling 1894-1897, Veenwouden 1897-1902, Zutphen 1902-1909, Heerenveen 1909-1922, and Hallum from 1922 until he retired in 1936. He is the author of a paper on "Jan Thomas," Doopsgezinde Bijdragen1896.
Johannes Aeschinus Wartena (b. 1869 at Grouw) as a pastor of the Midwolda-Beerta-Meeden congregation in 1891-1901, when he resigned. Sjoerd Wartena, a loyal member of the church, was a physician at Hindeloopen in 1839-1889. Another Sjoerd Wartena, b. 1897 at Nijland, rector of the Gymnasium at Leeuwarden since 1931, was a member and moderator of the board of the Leeuwarden Mennonite congregation 1935-1938.
| Author(s) | Nanne van der Zijpp |
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| Date Published | 1959 |
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van der Zijpp, Nanne. (1959). Wartena family name. Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. Retrieved 19 April 2024, from https://gameo.org/index.php?title=Wartena_family_name&oldid=78626.
Adapted by permission of Herald Press, Harrisonburg, Virginia, from Mennonite Encyclopedia, Vol. 4, p. 891. All rights reserved.
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