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Personal data Jurjen Andries de Vries 

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Household of Jurjen Andries de Vries


Notes about Jurjen Andries de Vries

Jerry (Jurgen aka Jurrien) De Vries was married 3 times. He had two children in

first marriage which took place in Netherlands. One child, Andrew, changed his name from De Vries

to De Vere;

nine children with the second wife, Aljedena Kupier; and one child with the

third wife, Rentje aka Renstze Alting who immigrated to the US in 1906 with her

family, Weiringa.

Steam-fitter in Chicago - Farmer - naturalized citizen

Address from 1900 US census Michigan Avenue, Chicago, E.D. 1111, Household

#10121

Film #0235401 shows that he was born May 25 instead of May 23.

Aunt Minnie (De Vries White) said that her father, Jerry De Vries (Jurgen) was employed by the railroad. After his wife, Aljedena, died in 1907 he met and married Nellie (Nettie)Wierienga whom he met at the Dutch Reform Church. Nellie had arrived in the U. S.in 1907-1909 with five children the youngest of which was lost at Devil's Island, New York. It is said that she died of a contageous disease which she contracted during the trip from Holland. The family was not allowed to see the dead child and they all believe that she did not die but was taken and adopted by someone. She was a beautiful blond, blue eyed, Dutch child! The trip from Holland took two weeks. Each family was required to provide all of their own food and water used during the trip.

In 1909 Jerry loaded the entire family on a train and traveled to Colorado. Nellie could not speak any English and felt very isolated in Colorado so the family returned to Chicago. Aunt Minnie said she believes she was conceived in Colorado - - was born in 1910 in Chicago.

Death Certificate Registration Dist # 3104 - Registered # 2143

Place of death - at home 10121 Michigan Avenue, Ward 9, Chicago, Illinois

Death Certificate listshis birth place as Wilp. Buried at Mt. Greenwood Cemetery. Martin Ottts Undertaker, 10928 Michigan Avenue, Chicago, Illinois.

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  1. Cunningham - De Vries Web Site, Trudy De Vries, Jurjen Andries de Vries, May 2, 2022
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Historical events

Birthday May 23, 1857

  • The temperature on May 23, 1857 was about 24.3 °C. There was 0.4 mm of rain. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the northwest. The atmospheric humidity was 68%. Source: KNMI
  •  This page is only available in Dutch.
    De Republiek der Verenigde Nederlanden werd in 1794-1795 door de Fransen veroverd onder leiding van bevelhebber Charles Pichegru (geholpen door de Nederlander Herman Willem Daendels); de verovering werd vergemakkelijkt door het dichtvriezen van de Waterlinie; Willem V moest op 18 januari 1795 uitwijken naar Engeland (en van daaruit in 1801 naar Duitsland); de patriotten namen de macht over van de aristocratische regenten en proclameerden de Bataafsche Republiek; op 16 mei 1795 werd het Haags Verdrag gesloten, waarmee ons land een vazalstaat werd van Frankrijk; in 3.1796 kwam er een Nationale Vergadering; in 1798 pleegde Daendels een staatsgreep, die de unitarissen aan de macht bracht; er kwam een nieuwe grondwet, die een Vertegenwoordigend Lichaam (met een Eerste en Tweede Kamer) instelde en als regering een Directoire; in 1799 sloeg Daendels bij Castricum een Brits-Russische invasie af; in 1801 kwam er een nieuwe grondwet; bij de Vrede van Amiens (1802) kreeg ons land van Engeland zijn koloniën terug (behalve Ceylon); na de grondwetswijziging van 1805 kwam er een raadpensionaris als eenhoofdig gezag, namelijk Rutger Jan Schimmelpenninck (van 31 oktober 1761 tot 25 maart 1825).
  • In The Netherlands , there was from July 1, 1856 to March 18, 1858 the cabinet Van der Brugghen, with Mr. J.L.L. van der Brugghen (protestant) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1857: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 3.3 million citizens.
    • March 23 » Elisha Otis's first elevator is installed at 488 Broadway New York City.
    • June 26 » The first investiture of the Victoria Cross in Hyde Park, London.
    • July 18 » Louis Faidherbe, French governor of Senegal, arrives to relieve French forces at Kayes, effectively ending El Hajj Umar Tall's war against the French.
    • September 7 » Mountain Meadows massacre: Mormon settlers slaughter most members of peaceful, emigrant wagon train.
    • September 11 » The Mountain Meadows massacre: Mormon settlers and Paiutes massacre 120 pioneers at Mountain Meadows, Utah.
    • October 5 » The city of Anaheim, California is founded.

Day of death January 20, 1927

  • The temperature on January 20, 1927 was between -1.2 °C and 5.9 °C and averaged 2.2 °C. There was 0.9 mm of rain. There was 0.1 hours of sunshine (1%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest. Source: KNMI
  • Koningin Wilhelmina (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1948 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
  • In The Netherlands , there was from March 8, 1926 to August 10, 1929 the cabinet De Geer I, with Jonkheer mr. D.J. de Geer (CHU) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1927: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 7.5 million citizens.
    • January 7 » The first transatlantic telephone service is established from New York City to London.
    • January 10 » Fritz Lang's futuristic film Metropolis is released in Germany.
    • May 26 » The last Ford Model T rolls off the assembly line after a production run of 15,007,003 vehicles.
    • June 29 » The Bird of Paradise, a U.S. Army Air Corps Fokker tri-motor, completes the first transpacific flight, from the mainland United States to Hawaii.
    • September 5 » The first Oswald the Lucky Rabbit cartoon, Trolley Troubles, produced by Walt Disney, is released by Universal Pictures.
    • September 30 » Babe Ruth becomes the first baseball player to hit 60 home runs in a season.

Day of burial January 24, 1927

  • The temperature on January 24, 1927 was between -0.4 °C and 5.0 °C and averaged 3.1 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south. Source: KNMI
  • Koningin Wilhelmina (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1948 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
  • In The Netherlands , there was from March 8, 1926 to August 10, 1929 the cabinet De Geer I, with Jonkheer mr. D.J. de Geer (CHU) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1927: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 7.5 million citizens.
    • January 9 » A fire at the Laurier Palace movie theatre in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, kills 78 children.
    • January 22 » Teddy Wakelam gives the first live radio commentary of a football match, between Arsenal F.C. and Sheffield United at Highbury.
    • April 27 » Carabineros de Chile (Chilean national police force and gendarmerie) are created.
    • August 1 » The Nanchang Uprising marks the first significant battle in the Chinese Civil War between the Kuomintang and Chinese Communist Party. This day is commemorated as the anniversary of the founding of the People's Liberation Army.
    • August 7 » The Peace Bridge opens between Fort Erie, Ontario and Buffalo, New York.
    • September 30 » Babe Ruth becomes the first baseball player to hit 60 home runs in a season.


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