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Geertje "Gertie" DeHaas

1844-1911
Born: Groningen, Groningen, Netherlands
Died: Grand Rapids, Kent, Michigan, United States

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  • Death: Buried In North Holland Cemetery, Olive Township, Ottawa County, Michigan

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  • Story: Information On Hendrik Vander Zwaag And Geertje De Haas

    <p><span style="color: #656565; font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 15px; background-color: #fef9e4;">According to grandson of Bert VanderZwaag,&nbsp;</span></p> <p><span style="color: #656565; font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 15px; background-color: #fef9e4;">&nbsp;</span></p> <p><span style="color: #656565; font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 15px;">I remember Gert and Jim Engel coming to the country to visit us&nbsp;</span></span></p> <p><span style="color: #656565; font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 15px;">and get a couple of washtubs filled with cow manure (we lived on a farm) for&nbsp;</span></span></p> <p><span style="color: #656565; font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 15px;">their garden. She always seemed such a jolly soul. Geertje was a daughter of&nbsp;</span></span></p> <p><span style="color: #656565; font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 15px;">Jacob de Haas. They( de Haas family) came to Muskegon in about 1854. A brother of her's, John ,&nbsp;</span></span></p> <p><span style="color: #656565; font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 15px;">had the de Haas hotel in Fremont and became a very wealthy man.</span></span></p> <p><span style="color: #656565; font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 15px;">He and his wife took two year long around the world tours in the early days of the&nbsp;</span></span></p> <p><span style="color: #656565; font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 15px;">1900s. Hendrik the husband of Geertje also came to Muskegon about that time.&nbsp;</span></span></p> <p><span style="color: #656565; font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 15px;">They married and moved to Olive Township before 1870.&nbsp;</span></span></p> <p><span style="color: #656565; font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 15px;">&nbsp;</span></span></p> <p><span style="color: #656565; font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 15px;">NOTE added by JulieVChurch</span></span></p> <p><span style="color: #656565; font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 15px;">1860 Census states that Hendrik was born about 1842 and was living in Muskegon, MI.</span></span></p> <p><span style="color: #656565; font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 15px;">1880&nbsp;</span></span><span style="color: #656565; font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 15px;">Census states that Hendrik was born about 1842 and was living in Olive, MI, living with his wife Katie (</span><span style="color: #656565; font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 15px;">Geertje)</span><span style="color: #656565; font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 15px;">&nbsp;and working as a farmer. (This was edited to be 1841.)</span></p> <p><span style="color: #656565; font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 15px;">1900 Census states that Hendrik immigrated in 1855</span><span style="color: #656565; font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 15px;">, living in Olive, MI.</span></p> <p><span style="color: #656565; font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 15px;">1910 Census states that he immigrated in 1849, living in Olive, MI.</span></span></p>

 
 
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