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Elisabeth Lenting

F, b. September 1853, d. November 1933

Parents

Family: Garrett Nuyen (b. 3 November 1856, d. 24 April 1938)

Biography

  • Parentage:1,1
  • Birth: September 1853, Siddeburen, Groningen, NetherlandsO.2,1
  • Marriage: to Garrett Nuyen, 20 February 1886, Zuidbroek, Groningen, NetherlandsO+, age 32.1
  • Elisabeth Lenting immigrated after August 1890.2,3
  • She witnessed the death of Alice Nuyen on 2 August 1896 in Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo County, MichiganO.4
  • Census: 14 June 1900, 1712 North West Street (now North Westnedge Avenue), Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo County, MichiganO, federal census of 1 June 1900, household of spouse, Garrett Nuyen.2
  • Elisabeth Lenting and Garrett Nuyen resided in Oshtemo, Kalamazoo County, MichiganO, in 1920.5
  • Census: 22 January 1920, Oshtemo Township, Kalamazoo County, MichiganO, federal census of 1 January 1920, household of spouse, Garrett Nuyen.5
  • Death: November 1933, age 80.6
  • Burial: 9 November 1933, Riverside CemeteryO, Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo County, MichiganO. Block OO, Lot 127.7
  • Last Edited: 23 November 2022

Citations

  1. [S5028] Zuidbroek, Groningen, Netherlands, "Huwelijken 1883-1892," huwelijke (marriage), Gerrit Nuijen and Elisabeth Lenting, vol. 1886, no. 3 (20 February 1886); FHL microfilm 0444616.
  2. [S3700] 1900 U.S. census, Kalamazoo County, Michigan, population schedule, city of Kalamazoo, enumeration district (ED) 113, sheet 18A, dwelling 388, family 389, Garrett Nine household; image, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org : accessed 2012); citing NARA microfilm publication T623, roll 720.
  3. [S5406] Elizabeth C. Strong, Kalamazoo, Michigan, to T. L. Cunningham, letter, 1 Mar 1997, Nuyen family; Cunningham Family History Archive; privately held by T. L. Cunningham, Seattle, Washington.
  4. [S4774] Kalamazoo County, Michigan, Death Records, liber 2 : 209, 2928, 1 Jun 1897, Alice Nuijen entry; Kalamazoo County Clerk's Office, Kalamazoo, Michigan.
  5. [S3620] 1920 U.S. census, Kalamazoo County, Michigan, population schedule, township of Oshtemo, enumeration district (ED) 185, sheet 8A, dwelling 178, family 181, Garrett Nuyen household; image, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org : accessed 2013); citing NARA microfilm publication T625, roll 776.
  6. [S2749] Supposition by author, no death record has been found., No death record has been found
  7. [S3933] Riverside Cemetery Office (Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo County, Michigan), plat record.
 
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Benjamin Nuyen

M, b. February 1896

Parents

Family: Anna Boodt

Biography

  • Parentage:1,2,3,2,1,3
  • Birth: February 1896, MichiganO.3
  • Census: 14 June 1900, 1712 North West Street (now North Westnedge Avenue), Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo County, MichiganO, federal census of 1 June 1900, household of parents.1
  • Census: 22 January 1920, Oshtemo Township, Kalamazoo County, MichiganO, federal census of 1 January 1920, household of parents.3


  • Benjamin Nuyen and Anna Boodt
    Marriage: 1928, Kalamazoo County, MichiganO+.4
  • He and Anna Boodt had children. no known4
  • Last Edited: 8 July 2018

Citations

  1. [S3700] 1900 U.S. census, Kalamazoo County, Michigan, population schedule, city of Kalamazoo, enumeration district (ED) 113, sheet 18A, dwelling 388, family 389, Garrett Nine household; image, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org : accessed 2012); citing NARA microfilm publication T623, roll 720.
  2. [S5406] Elizabeth C. Strong, Kalamazoo, Michigan, to T. L. Cunningham, letter, 1 Mar 1997, Nuyen family; Cunningham Family History Archive; privately held by T. L. Cunningham, Seattle, Washington.
  3. [S3620] 1920 U.S. census, Kalamazoo County, Michigan, population schedule, township of Oshtemo, enumeration district (ED) 185, sheet 8A, dwelling 178, family 181, Garrett Nuyen household; image, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org : accessed 2013); citing NARA microfilm publication T625, roll 776.
  4. [S2069] Index to Marriages (H-R), Compiler Address: Kalamazoo County, Volume: 1831-1975, Film: 0984138
 
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Jarrian Nuyen

M, b. about 1888

Family: Anna (b. about 1889)

Biography

  • Birth: about 1888, the NetherlandsO.1


  • Jarrian Nuyen and Anna
    Marriage: about 1910.
  • Immigration: 1913.1
  • Residence: 1920, 900 College Avenue, Grand Rapids, Kent County, MichiganO.1
  • Last Edited: 8 July 2018

Citations

  1. [S3621] 1920 U.S. census, Kent County, Michigan, population schedule, city of Grand Rapids, enumeration district (ED) 44, sheet 11A, dwelling 212, family 208, Jarrian Nuyen household; image, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org : accessed 2014); citing NARA microfilm publication T625, roll 777.
 
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Anna

F, b. about 1889

Family: Jarrian Nuyen (b. about 1888)

Biography

  • Birth: about 1889, the NetherlandsO.1


  • Jarrian Nuyen and Anna
    Marriage: about 1910.
  • Immigration: 1913.1
  • Last Edited: 8 July 2018

Citations

  1. [S3621] 1920 U.S. census, Kent County, Michigan, population schedule, city of Grand Rapids, enumeration district (ED) 44, sheet 11A, dwelling 212, family 208, Jarrian Nuyen household; image, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org : accessed 2014); citing NARA microfilm publication T625, roll 777.
 
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Lawrence Nuyen

M, b. 12 August 1890, d. 25 July 1973

Parents

Family: Lelah White (b. 19 August 1902, d. 23 April 1988)

Biography

  • Parentage:1,2,1,2
  • Lawrence Nuyen was born on 12 August 1890 in Zuidbroek, Groningen, NetherlandsO+. at eleven o'clock in the evening2,3
  • Census: 14 June 1900, 1712 North West Street (now North Westnedge Avenue), Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo County, MichiganO, federal census of 1 June 1900, household of parents.4
  • Residence: 1920, 124 E. Frank, Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo County, MichiganO. as a boarder in the home of Wymanda A. Dibble5


  • Lawrence Nuyen and Lelah White
    Marriage: 26 December 1922, Kalamazoo County, MichiganO+.6
  • Occupation: , Westab Inc. until his retirement.7
  • Church Membership:. Calvary Bible Church7
  • Death: 25 July 1973, age 82.7
  • Burial: Riverside CemeteryO, Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo County, MichiganO.7
  • Last Edited: 8 July 2018

Citations

  1. [S5406] Elizabeth C. Strong, Kalamazoo, Michigan, to T. L. Cunningham, letter, 1 Mar 1997, Nuyen family; Cunningham Family History Archive; privately held by T. L. Cunningham, Seattle, Washington.
  2. [S4262] Zuidbroek, Groningen, Netherlands, "Geboorten, 1883-1892," geboorte (birth), Elerus Nuijen, vol. 1890, no. 61 (13 August 1890); FHL microfilm 0444616.
  3. [S5153] Sr. Lawrence Nuyen, no. 368-03-4429, issued Before 1951, death date Jul 1973, Social Security Administration, "U.S. Social Security Death Index," FamilySearch (Salt Lake City, Utah: Family History Library, 2020).
  4. [S3700] 1900 U.S. census, Kalamazoo County, Michigan, population schedule, city of Kalamazoo, enumeration district (ED) 113, sheet 18A, dwelling 388, family 389, Garrett Nine household; image, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org : accessed 2012); citing NARA microfilm publication T623, roll 720.
  5. [S3595] 1920 U.S. census, Kalamazoo County, Michigan, population schedule, city of Kalamazoo, precinct 5, ward 1, enumeration district (ED) 150, sheet 13A, dwelling 254, family 295, Wymanda A. Dibble household; image, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org : accessed 2014); citing NARA microfilm publication T625, roll 775.
  6. [S5362] Elizabeth Strong, Parchment, Michigan, to T. L. Cunningham, correspondence, 22 Mar 1997, history of Nuyen family; Cunningham Family History Archive; privately held by T. L. Cunningham, Seattle, Washington.
  7. [S4144] "Lawrence Nuyen, Sr.," obituary, Kalamazoo (Michigan) Gazette, 26 Jul 1973, p. F5, col. 4.
 
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Lelah White

F, b. 19 August 1902, d. 23 April 1988

Family: Lawrence Nuyen (b. 12 August 1890, d. 25 July 1973)

Biography

  • Birth: 19 August 1902.1


  • Lawrence Nuyen and Lelah White
    Marriage: 26 December 1922, Kalamazoo County, MichiganO+.2
  • She witnessed the death of Lawrence Nuyen on 25 July 1973.3
  • Death: 23 April 1988, age 85.1
  • Last Edited: 8 July 2018

Citations

  1. [S2803] Social Security Death Index, Subject: Unknown subject, Series: Family Search, File Number: no. ? (Family History Library, Salt Lake City), The SSDI component of Family Search is drawn from the Social Security Death Benefits Index of the U.S. Social Security Administration
  2. [S5362] Elizabeth Strong, Parchment, Michigan, to T. L. Cunningham, correspondence, 22 Mar 1997, history of Nuyen family; Cunningham Family History Archive; privately held by T. L. Cunningham, Seattle, Washington.
  3. [S4144] "Lawrence Nuyen, Sr.," obituary, Kalamazoo (Michigan) Gazette, 26 Jul 1973, p. F5, col. 4.
 
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Caterina M. DeWaard

F, b. about 1888

Family: William Nuyen (b. 12 November 1885, d. 14 February 1963)

Biography

  • Birth: about 1888, the NetherlandsO.1


  • William Nuyen and Caterina M. DeWaard
    Marriage: 22 April 1911, Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo County, MichiganO.2
  • Census: 29 January 1920, North West Street, RFD, Kalamazoo Township, Kalamazoo County, MichiganO, federal census of 1 January 1920, household of spouse, William Nuyen.1
  • She witnessed the death of William Nuyen on 14 February 1963 in Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo County, MichiganO.2
  • Last Edited: 8 July 2018

Citations

  1. [S3623] 1920 U.S. census, Kalamazoo County, Michigan, population schedule, township of Kalamazoo, enumeration district (ED) 184, sheet 2B, dwelling 32, family 32, William Nuyen household; image, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org : accessed 2013); citing NARA microfilm publication T625, roll 776.
  2. [S4158] "William Nuyen," obituary, Kalamazoo (Michigan) Gazette, 14 Feb 1963, p. 55, col. 7.
 
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Catherine Nuyen

F, b. about September 1919

Parents

Family: Casey Brand

Biography

  • Parentage:1
  • Birth: about September 1919.1
  • Census: 29 January 1920, North West Street, RFD, Kalamazoo Township, Kalamazoo County, MichiganO, federal census of 1 January 1920, household of parents.1


  • Casey Brand and Catherine Nuyen
    Marriage:.2
  • Residence: 1963, Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo County, MichiganO.2
  • Last Edited: 8 July 2018

Citations

  1. [S3623] 1920 U.S. census, Kalamazoo County, Michigan, population schedule, township of Kalamazoo, enumeration district (ED) 184, sheet 2B, dwelling 32, family 32, William Nuyen household; image, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org : accessed 2013); citing NARA microfilm publication T625, roll 776.
  2. [S4158] "William Nuyen," obituary, Kalamazoo (Michigan) Gazette, 14 Feb 1963, p. 55, col. 7.
 
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William Nuyen

M, b. 26 June 1866, d. 29 September 1948

Parents

Family: Harmina Smit (b. 23 January 1863, d. 20 February 1937)

Biography

  • Parentage:1,1
  • William Nuyen was born on 26 June 1866 in Zuidbroek, Groningen, NetherlandsO+. at 12:30 in the morning1,2


  • William Nuyen and Harmina Smit
    Marriage Bann: 14 September 1884, Sappemeer, Groningen, NetherlandsO+. 21 September 18843
  • Marriage: to Harmina Smit, 21 December 1884, Sappemeer, Groningen, NetherlandsO+, age 18.3
  • Family Event - witness to marriage of brother: 20 February 1886, Zuidbroek, Groningen, NetherlandsO+, Garrett Nuyen and Elisabeth Lenting.4
  • William and Harmina Smit moved to in Sappemeer, Groningen, NetherlandsO+, on 7 February 1888, along with William Nuyen. from Zuidbroek5
  • Residence: between 30 October 1890 and 22 December 1891, Muntendam, Groningen, NetherlandsO+.6
  • Biography: 30 January 1898, Sappemeer, Groningen, NetherlandsO+. While he went to visit his sister, Marianne Smit, Wilhelmus was assaulted by two young men just as he arrived at her door. He was at her door when they attacked him and sustained a head wound from a knife or other hard object. The two men were arrested and appeared before the court on 8 April 1898.7
    Wilhelmus Nuijen, newspaper article, 8 April 1898
  • Occupation: before 1906, NetherlandsO, farm laborer.8
  • Residence: before 1906, Sappemeer, Groningen, NetherlandsO+.8
  • William Nuyen emigrated on 28 April 1906 from Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, the NetherlandsO. S.S. Potsdam8
  • His passage had been paid by. his brother8
  • He had. $168
  • He planned to join in Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo County, MichiganO. his brother Thomas Nuyen8
  • Occupation: 1920, Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo County, MichiganO, worker at a cemetery.9
  • Census: 17 January 1920, 1135 Gull Road, Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo County, MichiganO, federal census of 1 January 1920, head of household.9
  • He witnessed the death of Harmina Smit on 20 February 1937 in Comstock, Kalamazoo County, MichiganO.10,11
  • Occupation: 1948, retired celery grower.2
  • Death: 29 September 1948, age 82, 523 Davis St., Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo County, MichiganO. at 9:20 in the morning at the home of his daughter, Anna,12,2,13
  • The cause of his death was. heart disease and diabetes, both from which he suffered during the last two years of his life. He had been particularly ill during his last week13,2
  • Burial: 2 October 1948, Riverside CemeteryO, Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo County, MichiganO. Block II, Lot 67.2,14
  • In addition to his seven living children, he was survived by 28 grandchildren and 28 great-grandchildren13
  • Last Edited: 3 March 2024

Citations

  1. [S4278] Zuidbroek, Groningen, Netherlands, "Geboorten, 1865-1868," geboorte (birth), Wilhelmus Nuijen, vol. 1866, no. 42 (28 June 1866); FHL microfilm 235906.
  2. [S4793] Kalamazoo County, Michigan, Death Records, volume 2 : 553, no. 021176, 30 Sep 1948, William Nuyen entry; Kalamazoo County Clerk's Office, Kalamazoo, Michigan.
  3. [S5003] Sappemeer, Groningen, Netherlands, "Huwelijken 1883-1912," huwelijke (marriage), Wilhelmus Nuijen and Harmina Smit, vol. 1884, no. 40 (21 December 1884); FHL microfilm 1300580.
  4. [S5028] Zuidbroek, Groningen, Netherlands, "Huwelijken 1883-1892," huwelijke (marriage), Gerrit Nuijen and Elisabeth Lenting, vol. 1886, no. 3 (20 February 1886); FHL microfilm 0444616.
  5. [S5525] Zuidbroek, Groningen, Bevolking Wijk A-D Namen N-Z 1870-1890, p. 584, line 1, population register, Wilhelmus Nuijen household entry, 1870, arranged roughly alphabetically; digital images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/100497 : accessed 27 Apr 2021) > DGS 8977170 > image 35 of 372; imaged from FHL digital film 8977170.
  6. [S5595] "Mr. Alfred Ruger Jr., 78," obituary, The Press of Atlantic City (New Jersey), 3 Nov 1999; transcription, GenealogyBank (https://www.genealogybank.com : accessed 25 Jul 2021.)
  7. [S5850] "Uit de Rechtzaal," Winschoter (Groningen) Courant, 8 Apr 1898, p. 3, col. 1; image, Delpher (https://www.delpher.nl : accessed 9 Jul 2022.)
  8. [S4458] Passenger and Crew Lists of Vessels Arriving at New York, New York, 1897-1957, National Archives and Record Administration microfilm publication T715, roll 706, arranged chronologically by arrival date of vessel; SS Potsdam, Rotterdam to New York, arriving 9 May 1906, entry for Willem Nuyen family, group 47, list 36, lines 5-13.
  9. [S3625] 1920 U.S. census, Kalamazoo County, Michigan, population schedule, city of Kalamazoo, precinct 2, 1st ward, enumeration district (ED) 147, sheet 3A, dwelling 36, family 42, William Nuyen household; image, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org : accessed 2013); citing NARA microfilm publication T625, roll 775.
  10. [S4790] "Michigan, Death Records, 1867-1952", database with images, Ancestry (https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv=1&dbid=60872&h=2274056: accessed 19 Sep 2020), certificate image, Hermina Nuyen, filed 1 Mar 1937, no. 39 5123, image 1384 of 3020; citing "Death Records (Certificates, 1921-1944, 228: Kalamazoo, 1933-1941), Michigan Department of Community Health, Division for Vital Records and Health Statistics, Lansing, Michigan."
  11. [S4387] "Mrs. Hermina Nuyen," obituary, Kalamazoo (Michigan) Gazette, 20 Feb 1937.
  12. [S5400] Chuck R. Nuyen, Sturgis, Michigan, to T. L. Cunningham, letter, 1 Mar 1997, Nuyen family; Cunningham Family History Archive; privately held by T. L. Cunningham, Seattle, Washington.
  13. [S4162] "Wm. Nuyen, 82, Expires," Kalamazoo (Michigan) Gazette, 29 Sep 1948, p. 2, col. 3.
  14. [S3939] Riverside Cemetery (Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo County, Michigan), William Nuyen marker, section II, lot 67; personally read by T. L. Cunningham and Robert E. Grant, 1996.
 
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Harmina Smit

F, b. 23 January 1863, d. 20 February 1937

Parents

Family: William Nuyen (b. 26 June 1866, d. 29 September 1948)

Biography

  • Parentage:1,1
  • Birth: 23 January 1863, Sappemeer, Groningen, NetherlandsO+.1,2


  • William Nuyen and Harmina Smit
    Marriage Bann: 14 September 1884, Sappemeer, Groningen, NetherlandsO+. 21 September 18841
  • Marriage: to William Nuyen, 21 December 1884, Sappemeer, Groningen, NetherlandsO+, age 21.1
  • Harmina and William Nuyen moved to in Sappemeer, Groningen, NetherlandsO+, on 7 February 1888, along with William Nuyen. from Zuidbroek3
  • She emigrated on 28 April 1906 from Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, the NetherlandsO. S.S. Potsdam4
  • Census: 17 January 1920, 1135 Gull Road, Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo County, MichiganO, federal census of 1 January 1920, household of spouse, William Nuyen.5
  • She died on 20 February 1937 in Comstock, Kalamazoo County, MichiganO, at age 74. at 9 in the morning2,6
  • The cause of her death was. a sudden heart attack2
  • Burial: 23 February 1937, Riverside CemeteryO, Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo County, MichiganO. Block II, Lot 67.7
  • Last Edited: 28 January 2023

Citations

  1. [S5003] Sappemeer, Groningen, Netherlands, "Huwelijken 1883-1912," huwelijke (marriage), Wilhelmus Nuijen and Harmina Smit, vol. 1884, no. 40 (21 December 1884); FHL microfilm 1300580.
  2. [S4790] "Michigan, Death Records, 1867-1952", database with images, Ancestry (https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv=1&dbid=60872&h=2274056: accessed 19 Sep 2020), certificate image, Hermina Nuyen, filed 1 Mar 1937, no. 39 5123, image 1384 of 3020; citing "Death Records (Certificates, 1921-1944, 228: Kalamazoo, 1933-1941), Michigan Department of Community Health, Division for Vital Records and Health Statistics, Lansing, Michigan."
  3. [S5525] Zuidbroek, Groningen, Bevolking Wijk A-D Namen N-Z 1870-1890, p. 584, line 1, population register, Wilhelmus Nuijen household entry, 1870, arranged roughly alphabetically; digital images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/100497 : accessed 27 Apr 2021) > DGS 8977170 > image 35 of 372; imaged from FHL digital film 8977170.
  4. [S4458] Passenger and Crew Lists of Vessels Arriving at New York, New York, 1897-1957, National Archives and Record Administration microfilm publication T715, roll 706, arranged chronologically by arrival date of vessel; SS Potsdam, Rotterdam to New York, arriving 9 May 1906, entry for Willem Nuyen family, group 47, list 36, lines 5-13.
  5. [S3625] 1920 U.S. census, Kalamazoo County, Michigan, population schedule, city of Kalamazoo, precinct 2, 1st ward, enumeration district (ED) 147, sheet 3A, dwelling 36, family 42, William Nuyen household; image, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org : accessed 2013); citing NARA microfilm publication T625, roll 775.
  6. [S4387] "Mrs. Hermina Nuyen," obituary, Kalamazoo (Michigan) Gazette, 20 Feb 1937.
  7. [S3933] Riverside Cemetery Office (Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo County, Michigan), plat record.
 
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Gertrude Nuyen

F, b. 17 June 1903, d. 18 July 1981

Parents

  • Father*: William Nuyen (b. 26 June 1866, d. 29 September 1948)
  • Mother*: Harmina Smit (b. 23 January 1863, d. 20 February 1937)

Family 1: Rustenholtz

Family 2: Raymond Michel

Biography

  • Parentage:1,2,1,2
  • Birth: 17 June 1903, the NetherlandsO.3
  • Gertrude Nuyen emigrated with William Nuyen and Harmina Smit on 28 April 1906 in Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, the NetherlandsO, along with Sam Nuyen, Johan Nuyen, Albert Nuyen, Antje Nuyen, Joseph Nuyen, and John Nuyen.1
  • Census: 17 January 1920, 1135 Gull Road, Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo County, MichiganO, federal census of 1 January 1920, household of parents.2


  • Rustenholtz and Gertrude Nuyen
    Marriage:.4


  • Raymond Michel and Gertrude Nuyen
    Marriage: 29 January 1942.3
  • Residence: 1948, Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo County, MichiganO.5
  • Church Membership:. New Apostolic Church3
  • Death: 18 July 1981, age 78.3
  • Burial: 22 July 1981, Mt. Ever Rest Memorial Park SouthO, Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo County, MichiganO.3
  • Last Edited: 8 July 2018

Citations

  1. [S4458] Passenger and Crew Lists of Vessels Arriving at New York, New York, 1897-1957, National Archives and Record Administration microfilm publication T715, roll 706, arranged chronologically by arrival date of vessel; SS Potsdam, Rotterdam to New York, arriving 9 May 1906, entry for Willem Nuyen family, group 47, list 36, lines 5-13.
  2. [S3625] 1920 U.S. census, Kalamazoo County, Michigan, population schedule, city of Kalamazoo, precinct 2, 1st ward, enumeration district (ED) 147, sheet 3A, dwelling 36, family 42, William Nuyen household; image, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org : accessed 2013); citing NARA microfilm publication T625, roll 775.
  3. [S4388] "Gertrude M. Michel," obituary, Kalamazoo (Michigan) Gazette, 20 Jul 1981, p. 3, col. 4; a copy of this obituary was also found in a scrapbook belonging to Robert and Mary Ann Grant of Kalamazoo, Michigan.
  4. [S4387] "Mrs. Hermina Nuyen," obituary, Kalamazoo (Michigan) Gazette, 20 Feb 1937.
  5. [S4162] "Wm. Nuyen, 82, Expires," Kalamazoo (Michigan) Gazette, 29 Sep 1948, p. 2, col. 3.
 
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Facts -- names, dates, and places -- cannot be copyrighted, and you are free to copy them without any restriction. However any descriptive narratives are my creative work product and are copyrighted. You may copy them for your personal use, but please respect my copyright and do not republish them in any form, including copying them to your tree on Ancestry or elsewhere, without written permission from me. Many of the images are also copyrighted, and may not be copied without the consent of the copyright holders.

Brian Scott Pontius

M, b. 8 May 1960, d. 16 June 2017

Parents

Family: Susan Frances Nowacki

  • Sara Marie Pontius
  • Kevin Scott Pontius

Biography

  • Birth: 8 May 1960, Elkhart, Elkhart County, IndianaO.1


  • Brian Scott Pontius and Susan Frances Nowacki
    Marriage: 5 May 1984, Elkhart, Elkhart County, IndianaO.1
  • Death: 16 June 2017, age 57, Osceola, St. Joseph County, IndianaO.2
  • Last Edited: 24 December 2020

Citations

  1. [S3953] Muryl H. Grant, compiled Grant family history, Charles Grant Descendancy Chart; supplied by Grant, Honoraville, Alabama, 1996; this chart does not supply any sourced citations for the information supplied.
  2. [S5350] "Memorial," Billings Funeral Home (https://www.billingsfuneralhome.com/obituary/BScott-Pontius : accessed 24 Dec 2020), B. Scott Pontius, died 16 Jun 2017.
 
Copyright 2013-2025 by T. L. Cunningham
The material on this website is subject to copyright.
Facts -- names, dates, and places -- cannot be copyrighted, and you are free to copy them without any restriction. However any descriptive narratives are my creative work product and are copyrighted. You may copy them for your personal use, but please respect my copyright and do not republish them in any form, including copying them to your tree on Ancestry or elsewhere, without written permission from me. Many of the images are also copyrighted, and may not be copied without the consent of the copyright holders.

Grant Eugene Pontius

M, b. 3 October 1969, d. 4 March 2004

Parents

Biography

  • Birth: 3 October 1969, Elkhart, Elkhart County, IndianaO.1
  • Death: 4 March 2004, age 34.2
    Grant Eugene Pontius, death certificate, 4 March 2004
  • Last Edited: 8 July 2018

Citations

  1. [S3953] Muryl H. Grant, compiled Grant family history, Charles Grant Descendancy Chart; supplied by Grant, Honoraville, Alabama, 1996; this chart does not supply any sourced citations for the information supplied.
  2. [S5159] Grant E. Pontius, no. 314-92-0132, issued Between 1984 and 1985, death date 4 Mar 2004, Social Security Administration, "U.S. Social Security Death Index," FamilySearch (Salt Lake City, Utah: Family History Library, 2020).
 
Copyright 2013-2025 by T. L. Cunningham
The material on this website is subject to copyright.
Facts -- names, dates, and places -- cannot be copyrighted, and you are free to copy them without any restriction. However any descriptive narratives are my creative work product and are copyrighted. You may copy them for your personal use, but please respect my copyright and do not republish them in any form, including copying them to your tree on Ancestry or elsewhere, without written permission from me. Many of the images are also copyrighted, and may not be copied without the consent of the copyright holders.