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Personal data Gesiena Rotmans 

• Alternative names: Zena (nick), Gezina (variation)
• She was born on October 15, 1827 in Meddo, Gemeente Winterswijk, Gelderland, Netherlands.Source 1
• Emigrated in the year 1847.Source 2
• She died on April 12, 1874, she was 46 years old.
• She is buried April 1874 in Greenwood Cemetery, Grand Rapids, Kent County, Michigan, United States.Source 2

  
  Find-a-grave reference:
  
  Daughter of Jan Derks and Hendrika J. (Schreurs) Rotmans.
  
  Her first marriage was to Adolphus Van Braak, married in January 1850 in Grand Rapids, Kent, Michigan.
  Mother of:
  1. Johanna "Anna" Smits 1852-1916
  2. Henricka/ Henrietta Kemink 1855
  3. Jennie Bernadine Treen 1857-1947
  4. Minnie Verkerke 1860-1904
  
  Second marriage to Jacob Derks Kruizenga, married May 1, 1864 in Kent County, Michigan.
  Mother of:
  1. Frances Slooter 1866-1944
  2. Derktje "Della" Kruizenga 1868-1872
  3. Zena Kruizenga 1871-1871
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  Death Age 46
  
  Cemetery Record
  greenwood_py: Witte, Zena
  FID 12783
  LOT 10
  BLOCK A
  CEMETERY GREENWOOD
  CEM_ID GREENWOOD-A-10
  name Witte, Zena
  .....................................................
  Record Summary
  Name Gezina Rotmans, Gesiena Rotmans
  Gender: Female
  Birth:15 Oct 1827 Meddo, Winterswijk, Gelderland, Netherlands
  Emigration: 1847
  Alt Marriage: 6 Jan 1850 in Grand Rapids, Kent, Michigan, USA (religious) to Adolph van Braak
  Marriage: 10 Jan 1850, Kent, Michigan, United States (civil) to Adolph van Braak
  Census: 1 Jul 1850, Spring Lake (township), Ottawa, Michigan, USA with Adolph van Braak
  Census : 25 Jun 1860, Grand Rapids, Kent, Michigan, USA with Adolph van Braak
  Marriage 1 May 1864 Kent, Michigan, United States to Jacob Derks Kruizinga
  Census 1870 Grand Rapids, Kent, Michigan, USA with Jacob Derks Kruizinga
  
  United States Civil War Widows and Other Dependents Pension Files, 1861-1934
  Name: Rezina Van Braak (Gezina)
  Event Type: Pension
  Relationship to Veteran: Widow
  Veteran: Adolph Van Braak
  Military Unit: 1 Michigan Engineers And Mechanics
  Military Company: B
  Event Date: 1861 - 1934
  
  United States Civil War Soldiers Index, 1861-1865
  Name: Adolphus Vanbraak ( Adolphus Vanbreak)
  Event Type: Military Service
  Military Beginning Rank: Private
  Military Final Rank: Private
  Military Side: Union
  State or Military Term: Michigan
  Military Unit: 1st Regiment, Engineers and Mechanics, Michigan
  Military Company: B
  Note: Original filed under Adolphus/Vanbreak

  BLOCK A Lot :10 Space :2

• A child of Jan Derk Rotmans and Henderika Josiena Schreurs
• This information was last updated on July 16, 2021.

Household of Gesiena Rotmans

(1) She is married to Adolph van Braak.

They got married on January 6, 1850, she was 22 years old.

Child(ren):

1. Johanna van Braak  1852-1916
2. Henricka van Braak  1855-????
3. Jennie Bernadine van Braak  1857-1947
4. Minnie van Braak  1860-1904

(2) She is married to Jacob Derks Kruizenga.

They got married on May 1, 1864 at Kent City, Kent County, Michigan, United States, she was 36 years old.Source 2

Child(ren):

1. Frances Kruizenga  1866-1944
2. Derktje Kruizenga  1868-1872
3. Zena Kruizenga  1871-1871

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