Age: 51. Born: Zutphen Holland.
She is married to Hendrik Henry Jan Wichers.
Source : Civil register - Marriage
Archive location : Gelders Archief
General : Number of finding aid: 0207
Item number: 1748
Municipality: Zutphen
Type of record: Huwelijksakte
Record number: 38
Registration date: 01-05-1867
Bridegroom : Hendrik Jan Wichers
Age: 32
Place of birth: Gorssel
Bride : Geertruida Dengerink
Age: 24
Place of birth: Zutphen
Father bridegroom : Hendrik Wichers
Mother bridegroom : Maria Scheuter
Father bride : Jan Dengerink
Mother bride : Berendina Koenders
Additional information : beroep bg.: bakkersknecht; beroep bruid: zonder beroep; beroep vader bg.: landbouwer; beroep moeder bg.: geen beroep vermeld; beroep vader bd.: metselaar; beroep moeder bd.: geen beroep vermeld
They got married on May 1, 1867 at Zutphen, Gelderland, Netherlands , she was 24 years old.Source 2
Child(ren):
She was said to be of the upper class in Holland and she never took to the new country. She faked alot of poor health. Her dau. Gertude took care of her the rest of her life after Henry died. (From C.D. 'Doc' Wichers)
1875 census shows her brother H. J. Dengerink, 23 years old, living and farming with the Van Leeuwen family near Dispatch, Kansas, having all come from New Jersey before that. Perhaps it was this brother that told them about Kansas, and why they moved there. The Van Leeuwen family was also from Zutphen, and also immigrated in 1871 to New Jersey.
After visiting Zutphen and Warnsveld in the Netherlands I can imagine coming from a big city then moving to Kansas to homestead and living in a dugout in the side of a hill would be quite a change. Dont know how upper class her family actually was, or if they just came from the city life. - Luke
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