DeBruin, Jan Vas 1893-1918

DEBRUIN, DEBRUIJN, DEKREIJ

Posted By: Wilma J. Vande Berg (email)
Date: 7/16/2016 at 21:34:38

Alton Democrat December 28, 1918

Last Saturday Afternoon Mr. De Bruin, a young man working a few miles west was buried from the Old Ref Church. Rev. Van Dyke spoke earnestly on this occasion. This young man came here last spring leaving his relatives in the old Country. He was overtaken by the flu which caused his death.

(Cemetery Index lists Jan Fas(Vas) born 16 Dec 1893 Wijngaarden Neth died 10 Dec 1918 Menorial Gardens Sioux Center. On the site www.wiewaswie.nl found his birth, Jan Vas de Bruijn was born in Wijngaarden Zuid Holland, Netherlands 16 Dec 1893, to Cornelis De Bruijn and Pietje de Kreij )