Familienstammbaum Van Beek en Kruiswijk » Cora Helen Roelofs (1918-2002)

Persönliche Daten Cora Helen Roelofs 

• Sie ist geboren am 11. Januar 1918 in Grand Rapids, Kent County, Michigan, Verenigde Staten.
• Sie ist verstorben am 9. Januar 2002 in Minnesota, Verenigde Staten, sie war 83 Jahre alt.
• Sie wurde begraben in Roselawn Cemetery, Roseville, Ramsey County, Minnesota, Verenigde Staten.
• Ein Kind von Gerrit (George) Roelofs und Neeltje (Nellie) Tromp

Familie von Cora Helen Roelofs

Sie ist verheiratet mit Frank Verbrugge.

Sie haben geheiratet am 27. Dezember 1940, sie war 22 Jahre alt.

Kind(er):

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Notizen bei Cora Helen Roelofs

Overlijden: https://nl.findagrave.com/memorial/78794551/cora_helen-verbrugge 

Overlijden Obituary: https://archives.calvin.edu/?p=creators/creator&id=444

Name: Cora Helen Roelofs Verbrugge (1918 - 2002)

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Cora graduated from Grand Rapids Central High School in 1936 and attended Calvin College, there meeting Frank Verbrugge (1913-1985).  The two married in 1940 and in 1946 settled in Northfield,Minnesota, where Frank served on the faculty of Carelton College. In 1956, the family moved to St. Paul when Frank joined the faculty of the University of Minnesota. After helping her husband with his family’s history, Wither Thou Goest: The Life and Story of Jacobus and Maria Verbrugge in Minnesota, she began collecting material about and writing the history of her family, The Life of a Dutch American, George Roelofs, which she finished after Frank died. Frank and Cora had four children—Anne Louise (married Tomas Hughes Martin), Lois Marie (married Elmer Grant Gilbert), Robert Roelofs (married Noreen Elizabeth Hughes), and Martha Helen Verbrugge.