Beukema
Proper noun
Meaning
Beukema (plural Beukemas)
A surname from West Frisian.
Examples
By 1959, Beukema was on board the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Maple for the first trip through the U.S. locks that opened up the Great Lakes to ocean-going ships.
That year John C. Beukema was appointed by Eisenhower to the five-member St. Lawrence Seaway Advisory Board.
At that time, Berwyck Street, which accessed North Shore Marina, was the only developed road in the property, according to information compiled by longtime Dunes Preserve Board member Jan Beukema.