Iowa Family Groupsheet for Gerard Fredrik ROELOFSZ Family *********************************************** Copyright © by the submitter. All rights reserved. http://www.usgenweb.org/volunteers/copyright.html *********************************************** Submitted by: Norma WINGET PAUl Email address: npaul@nethere.com Husband: Gerard Fredrik ROELOFSZ Birthdate: 18 June 1844 Birthplace: Amsterdam, Holland Death date: 22 Oct 1937 Place of death: Lincoln, Lancaster, Nebraska Father: Pieter ROELOFSZ Mother: Margaretha E. PHILLIPS Marriage date: 24 April 1869 Marriage place: Pella, Marion, Iowa Wife: Nancy Elizabeht GROVE Birthdate: 12 Mar. 1851 Birthplace: Mahaska Co., Iowa Death date: 18 Jan. 1907 Place of death: Elmwood, Cass, Nebraska Father: James GROVE Mother: Nancy PRICE CHILDREN Child No. 1: Minnie May ROELOFSZ Sex: F Birthdate: 4 Feb 1870 Birthplace: Sunlight, Cass, Nebraska Death date: 1956 Place of death: Elmwood, Cass, Nebraska Marriage date: Marriage place: Spouse's name: (1)Charlie W. KRAFT Child No. 2: James Pieter ROELOFSZ Sex: M Birthdate: 18 Oct. 1872 Birthplace: Sunlight, Cass, Nebraska Death date: 9 Mar. 1903 Place of death: Alvo, Cass, Nebraska Marriage date: 16 Mar. 1897 Marriage place: Spouse's name: Susan Olive HORST Child No. 3: Cora Cinthy Henrietta ROELOFSZ Sex: F Birthdate: 4 Dec 1874 Birthplace: Sunlight, Cass, Nebraska Death date: 17 Jan 1949 Place of death: Alvo, Cass, Nebraska Marriage date: 4 Dec. 1900 Marriage place: Spouse's name: Oscar H. SNAVELY Child No. 4: Nancy Betsy Hannah Sex: F Birthdate: 8 July 1880 Birthplace: Sunlight, Cass, Nebraska Death date: 24 Feb 1974 Place of death: Lincoln, Lancaster, Nebraska Marriage date: 12 Dec 1901 Marriage place: Spouse's name: Charles SNAVELY Child No. 5: Amanda Venetta ROELOFSZ Sex: Birthdate: 6 Aug 1884 Birthplace: Sunlight, Cass, Nebraska Death date: 18 July 1960 Place of death: Marriage date: 4 Mar 1903 Marriage place: Spouse's name: Lee Milton SNAVELY Child No. 6: Ettie Ethel Sex: F Birthdate: 18 Mar 1888 Birthplace: Sunlight, Cass, Nebraska Death date: 1 Feb 1889 Place of death: Marriage date: Marriage place: Spouse's name: Child No. 7: Charley Henry Christopher ROELOFSZ Sex: M Birthdate: 27 May 1891 Birthplace: Alvo, Cass, Nebraska Death date: 14 Aug 1973 Place of death: Alvo, Cass, Nebraska Marriage date: 9 Sept. 1915 Marriage place: Lincoln, Lancaster, Nebraska Spouse's name: Hazel Dell REEDER Documentation: known as "Henry" Sources: •Dutch Households in U.S. Population Censuses 1850, 1860, 1870 by Robert P. Swierenga. 1860 Name: ROELOFSZ, Gerard F H Age: 15 Sex: M Mar Stat: 1. Single #Children: 0 Fam Stat: 10. Son Occ: NA Birth Place: Holland, Netherlands Years in US: 5 •1870 Census Record: Nebraska, Cass, Stove Crees Pct. Elmwood page 173 dwelling #68 (name spelled Rodef) Names: Henry 29, Farmer, Value Real Estate $1000. Per. Prop. $200., Nancy 19. Minnie 4/12. •1870, September 5, The Daily Platsmouth Harold. Registrators Notice- Tipton Precinct. Persons of July registered persons of Cass Co., Nebraska. Grove, John H., James E., Roelofsz, Peter, Henry •1885 Census Record: Tipton Pct., Cass, Nebraska: E.D. 100, pg. 2, line 5 dwelling #13, family #13 (name spelled Roelofn) , microfilm copy #499535 Salt Lake City Names: Henry 41, Nancy 34, Minnie 13, James 11, Cora 10, Nancy 4, Manda 1 •1900 Census Record: Nebraska, Cass, Tipton Pct., Vol.5, Sheet 11, Ed.20 Line 42: Roll No. 1240919 Salt Lake City. Names: G. H. 55, store keeper, married 31 yrs.; Nancy 48, 7 children 6 living, Nettie 19, Amanda 15, Charlie 9 •1910 Census Record: Nebraska, Cass, Stove Creek, Elmwood; pg. 6, district 19, Dwelling 129, Family 130. Henry 64, (with Henry’s second wife, Pauline 52 ) •Books: Biographical Album of Otoe and Cass Counties, Nebraska 1889. History of Cass County Nebraska, pub. 1989 •Platt map of Tipton pct. 1905 showing Henry Roelofsz with 5 parcels of land totaling 480 acres. •Becky ApplegatePlattsmouth Journal, Thursday, June 22, 1916 ALVO NEWS ITEMS. The party who undertook to congratulate Henry ROELOFSZ last Tuesday by giving him seventy-one birthday slaps has been laid up since with a lame arm. Plattsmouth Journal, Thursday, June 22, 1916 ALVO NEWS ITEMS. Henry ROELOFSZ drove to Lincoln Friday evening. •5/8/03 6:07 PM, Becky Applegate at becky_kato@yahoo.com wrote: Plattsmouth Journal, Thursday, December 7, 1916 Henry ROELFSZ came down from Lincoln Wednesday on business. Mr. Roelfsz is now in the grocery business in east Lincoln. Last address: 910 H St. Lincoln, Lancaster, Nebraska •Brethren Cemetery print-out AB Row 1 •Pictures of Alvo Brethern Cemetery and tombstones of HENRY, NANCY (GROVE) ROELOFSZ, all their children and some of their spouses. •Death Certificate: #H10454 (for HENRY)