Gradus Wille Broddus Geerlings

  General Notes:

New York Passenger List
Name: Gradus Willebr. Geerlings
Arrival Date:1 Nov 1916
Birth Date: abt 1885
Birth Location: Holland, Netherlands
Birth Location Other: Oostoebeck
Age: 31
Gender: Male
Ethnicity / Nationality: Dutch
Port of Departure: Rotterdam
Port of Arrival: New York, New York
Ship Name: Noordam
Arriving with Gradus:
Johanna Frede. Geerlings born abt 1886
Petronella Joh. Geerlings born abt 1908
Jacobus Wm Geerlings born abt 1913

The WWI Draft Registration Card for Wille Broddus Geerlings taken in Mahaska, Iowa on Sept 12, 1918 records his date of birth November 7, 1881. His physical description is medium height and stout build with light brown eyes and black hair. He is living with his wife, Johanna Fredericka Geerlings, in Evans, Mahaska Co., Iowa and is a self employed merchant.

See general notes on his son, William, for 1920, 1930, & 1940 census facts.

The 1940 Federal Census for Pella City, Lake Prairie Township, Marion Co., Iowa, District 63-16, page 245A, dated April 23, 1940 records Gerrit W. Geerlings (58 - Netherlands) as a lodger in the home of Dena Koostra at 904 West 2nd Street. Gerrit is a Co - Partner in a Roller Mill and was living in Springfield, Illinois on April 1, 1935.

Gradus married Johanna Fredericka Kuiters / Kenters on 18 Mar 1908 in The Hague, Netherlands. (Johanna Fredericka Kuiters / Kenters was born circa 1886 in Holland and died on 22 Apr 1976 in Dearborn, Wayne Co., Michigan.)

  Marriage Notes:

Den Haag, Nederland, Huwelijken, 1811-1931 [The Hague, Netherlands, Marriage Index, 1811-1931]
Name: Gradus Wiilebroddus Geerlings
Spouse: Johanna Frederika Kuiters
Marriage Date: 18 Mar 1908
Marriage Place: The Hague, Netherlands
Father: Jacobus Geerlings
Mother: Petronella Baptist