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Gijsbertje (Grace) van Roekel

Dochter van Willem van Roekel en Willemina van Roekel, geboren 24-6-1882 16:00 NL Ede [210], overleden 17-12-1955 USA IA Oskaloosa en begraven Tracy Bethel Cemetery

Trouwt 9-4-1912 USA IA Marion Co Jan (John) Wanders, landbouwer, zoon van Lubbert (Lewis, Louis) Wanders en Cato van Ingen, geboren 2-12-1874 Wageningen [164], overleden 28-4-1963 USA AZ Phoenix en begraven bij zijn vrouw

Kinderen:

1. Catherine Wanders, geboren 3-3-1913 USA IA Tracy, overleden 1-1-2005 USA IA Pella en begraven Oakwood Cemetery
2. William Louis Wanders, geboren 23-1-1915 USA IA Tracy, overleden 26-5-2002 USA Arizona Glendale
3. Wilma Louise Wanders, geboren 3-7-1918 USA IA Tracy, overleden 29-4-2014 USA IA Pella en begraven Graceland Cemetery
   Trouwt 22-10-1941 John Van Zee, zoon van Henry J Van Zee en Anna Huigen, geboren 20-8-1914 USA IA Pella, overleden 14-10-2004 USA IA Pella en begraven bij zijn vrouw

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Ede gereconstrueerd bevolkingsregister:

• Moeder Gijsbertje is NH en woont - Ede Maanen 59, 26-5-1905 Arnhem, 30-10-1906 Ede Bc 55, 1-3-1907 Arenhem, Wageningen, 28-12-1910 Ede Bc 55, ca 1911 VSA,

Email Rob Moolenbeek 22-8-2009:

Gijsbertje komt 1-5-1911 aan in de USA met de Nieuw Amsterdam uit Rotterdam.
Jan immigrated to Borneo 10 Dec 1897.
He immigrated to the U.S.A. from Bandjermasin, East Indies, 20 Aug 1902, to Seattle, Washington in 24 Oct 1902.
Lived in IA and later moved to Arizona.
1910 Census: Clay, Marion, IA
1920 Census: Clay, Marion, IA
1930 Census: Clay, Marion, IA

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Obituary of John Wanders

His German name was Jan

His parents were: Lubbert and Cato Van Ingen Wanders

John left Dutch homeland in 1897 for Borneo, then part of the Dutch East Indies. He came to America in 1902 entering Seattle, Washington, after two month trip from Borneo, he then made his way to Iowa. He bought a farm with brother Albert in 1904. In 1905 he was living with Albert's family. In 1909 John bought 160 acres on a patent deed from the USA , near his brother, Cornelis's farm in Lyman county in western South Dakota. He probably never lived there.

4-9-1912 he married Grace Van Roekel in Marion County, IA. In 1916 they sold their 160 acres in South Dakota for $2000. They moved to a farm near Tracy where they spent all their weded life. He was a member of the Tracy Reformed Christian church for 46 years, transferring his membership to Phoenix Christian Reformed Church in 1961.

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