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Submitted by: Norma WINGET PAUL
Email address: npaul@nethere.com

Husband: Pieter ROELOFSZ
Birthdate: 14 Oct. 1804
Birthplace: Amsterdam, Holland
Death date: Sept. 1880
Place of death: St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri
Father: Joost ROELOFSZ
Mother: Hendrieka FLOOTMAN

Marriage date: 17 Nov 1824
Marriage place:

Wife: Margaretha Elizabeth PHILLIPS
Birthdate: 17 Mar. 1804
Birthplace: Amsterdam, Holland
Death date: 17 June 1862
Place of death: Pella, Marion, Iowa
Father:
Mother:

CHILDREN

Child No. 1: Margaretha Hermanna Elizabeth ROELOFSZ
Sex: F
Birthdate: 31 May 1825
Birthplace: Amsterdam, Holland
Death date: 1891
Place of death:
Marriage date: 17 Oct. 1856
Marriage place:
Spouse's name: Hermanus KNIPSCHEER

Child No. 2: Hendrica ROELOFSZ
Sex: F
Birthdate: 15 Apr. 1827
Birthplace: Amsterdam, Holland
Death date:
Place of death:
Marriage date: 22 Oct 1862
Marriage place:
Spouse's name: Hendrik A. REYDON

Child No. 3: Johanna Deborah Petronella ROELOFSZ
Sex: F
Birthdate: 22 Oct. 1828
Birthplace:
Death date: 5 Sept. 1856
Place of death: at sea on the "Ocean Home"
Marriage date:
Marriage place:
Spouse's name:            , HEINTZ

Child No. 4: Clara Corina ROELOFSZ
Sex: F
Birthdate: 9 Mar 1830
Birthplace: at sea on the "Ocean Home
Death date: 5 Sept. 1856
Place of death:
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Spouse's name:

Child No. 5: Josina Hedrika ROELOFSZ
Sex:
Birthdate: 15 Nov 1831
Birthplace:
Death date: 15 Feb 1834
Place of death:
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Spouse's name:

Child No. 6: Johanna Cornelia ROELOFSZ
Sex: F
Birthdate: 22 Nov 1833
Birthplace:
Death date:
Place of death:
Marriage date:
Marriage place:
Spouse's name: Jan GEERLING

Child No. 7: Joost ROELOFSZ
Sex: M
Birthdate: 24 Oct 1835
Birthplace:
Death date: 14 Jan 1869
Place of death: Wintersnzte, Java
Marriage date:
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Spouse's name:

Child No. 8: Gerarda Frederica Josina ROELOFSZ
Sex: F
Birthdate: 4 Oct 1837
Birthplace:
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Spouse's name: Antonie Van DAM

Child No. 9: Pieter ROELOFSZ
Sex: M
Birthdate: 8 Aug 1840
Birthplace: Gallerland, Winterswick, Holland
Death date: 27 Dec 1896
Place of death: Perry, Jefferson, Kansas
Marriage date: 9 Oct. 1863
Marriage place: Cedar Rapids, Lynn, Iowa
Spouse's name: Julia Amanda HAWKS

Child No. 10: Geertruida Cornelia ROELOFSZ
Sex: F
Birthdate: 19 June 1842
Birthplace: Holland
Death date:
Place of death:
Marriage date:
Marriage place:
Spouse's name: Herman VAN DAM

Child No. 11: Gerard Fredrik ROELOFSZ
Sex: M
Birthdate: 18 June 1844
Birthplace: Amsterdam, Holland
Death date: 22 Oct. 1937
Place of death: Lincoln, Lancaster, Nebraska
Marriage date: 24 Apr. 1869
Marriage place: Pella, Marion, Iowa
Spouse's name: Nancy Elizabeth GROVE

Documentation:
From: "Jim Spoolstra, CFP"
.Dutch Households in U.S. Population Censuses 1850, 1860, 1870 by Robert
P. Swierenga.
1870 no listing.  Here is what I found.
Year: 1860
Location: Lake Prairie, Marion Co., Iowa
Dwelling Type: 1. Single Family
Name: ROELOFSZ, Pieter
Age: 55
Sex: M
Mar Stat: 2. Married, both Dutch-born
#Children: 3
Fam Stat: 1. Husband
Occ: Farmer
Birth Place: Holland, Netherlands
Years in US: 5
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.1870, September 5, The Daily Platsmouth Harold. Registrators Notice-Tipton Precinct. Persons of July registered persons of Cass Co., Nebraska. Grove, John H., James E., Roelofsz, Peter, Henry .Biographical Album of Otoe and Cass Counties, Nebraska 1889. pg. 1302 10 children listed; Elizabeth, Henrietta, Chauncey, Corrina, Johanna, Joseph, Josina, Cora and Henry. .History of Cass County Nebraska, pub. 1989, pg. 188 #T241 In brief, it says: Peter Roelofsz, Postmaster at Sunlight Feb. 5, 1878- June 19, 1878 (His son Henry took over as postmaster np)
Peter Roelofsz was a member of the School Board for a year, and Constable
at Sunlight.

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