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Gretje Janssen 1832–1907 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 2 Nov 1832

Birth Location: Rorichmoor

Death Date: 22 January 1907

Death Location: Grundy County, Iowa, United States of America

Father: Jan Görtemaker

Mother: Antje Janssen

Spouse(s): Heinrich Isebrands

Children(s): Elsina Breier, Metje Isebrands, Gertruid Isebrands, John Isebrands, Minnie Isebrands

Gretje Janssen was born in 1832 in Rorichmoor, the child of Jan Jurgen Janssen Gortemaker And Antje Janssen. Gretje Janssen married Heinrich Isebrands, and had children including Elsina Breier, Gertruid Racheal Isebrands, John Henry Isebrands, Metje Mattie Isebrands, Minnie Isebrands. Gretje Janssen passed away in 1907 in Grundy County, Iowa, United States of America.

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Biography

  • Gretje Janssen was born in 1832 in Rorichmoor, the child of Jan Jurgen Janssen Gortemaker And Antje Janssen.
  • Gretje Janssen married Heinrich Isebrands, and had children including Elsina Breier, Gertruid Racheal Isebrands, John Henry Isebrands, Metje Mattie Isebrands, Minnie Isebrands.
  • Gretje Janssen passed away in 1907 in Grundy County, Iowa, United States of America.

Immediate Family

Parents

Spouses(s)

Children(s)

Gretje Janssen's Ancestors

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Gretje Janssen
1832–1907
Birth Place: Rorichmoor
Parents
Jan Jürgen Janssen Görtemaker
1791–1874
Rorichmoor, Ostfriesland
Antje Janssen
1801–1866
Rorichmoor / Neermoor, Germany
Grandparents
Jürgen (Janssen) Görtemaker
1765–1835
Warsingsfehn, Germany
Gepcke (Bruncken) Gortemacker
1765–1832
Warsingsfehn, Leer, Lower Saxony, Germany
Great-Grandparents
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Gretje Janssen's Descendants

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Gretje Janssen (2 Nov 1832–22 January 1907) m. Heinrich Isebrands (2 December 1831–17 February 1887)
  1. 1. Elsina Breier 1866–1945 m. Edward (Johnson) Breier 1866–1956
    1. 1. Edward (Johnson) Breier 1905–1946 m. Dorothy (Ivy) Coyle 1918–1969
      1. 1. Maxine (Rae) Breier 1942–2022 m. George Diehl 1936–2002 m. Charles (Douglas McAusland) Sr 1942–2005
      2. 2. Jerry (Lee) Breier 1940–2012 m. Georgia (Ann) Ferda 1942–1993
    2. 2. Clara (B) Breier 1909–1991
    3. 3. Gertie Breier 1897–1983
    4. 4. Henry Breier 1899–1917
    5. 5. Anna Breier 1901–
    6. 6. Bernhard Breier 1895–
    7. 7. Benjamin Breier 1894–1976 m. Pearl Breier 1900–
    8. 8. Tetje (Katherine) Breier 1892–1984 m. William (Edwin) Sherman 1885–1959
      1. 1. Lois (Ethelee) Sherman 1919–2009
      2. 2. Elvina (I) Sherman 1914–
      3. 3. Corinne (Ardell) Sherman 1921–2009
      4. 4. Buelah (Grace) Sherman 1911–2006
  2. 2. Metje (Mattie) Isebrands 1869–1939
  3. 3. Gertruid (Racheal) Isebrands 1863–1880
  4. 4. John (Henry) Isebrands 1860–1943
  5. 5. Minnie Isebrands 1859–

Gretje Janssen's Timeline

5 Records

1832
2 February 1832
Birth of Gretje Janssen in Rorichmoor
Rorichmoor
1832
2 November 1832
Birth of Gretje Janssen in Rorichmoor, Landkreis Leer, Lower Saxony (Niedersachsen), Germany
Rorichmoor, Landkreis Leer, Lower Saxony (Niedersachsen), Germany
1832
2 Nov 1832
Birth of Gretje Janssen in Rorichmoor
Rorichmoor
1832
4 Nov 1832
Gretje Janssen was baptized in Hannover, Deutschland
Hannover, Deutschland
1907
22 January 1907
Age 75
Death of Gretje Janssen in Cleves, Hardin County, Iowa, United States of America
Cleves, Hardin County, Iowa, United States of America

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 2 February 1832
    Event Place: Rorichmoor
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 2 November 1832
    Event Place: Rorichmoor, Landkreis Leer, Lower Saxony (Niedersachsen), Germany
    Record Source: U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 2 Nov 1832
    Event Place: Rorichmoor
    Record Source: Germany, Lutheran Baptisms, Marriages, and Burials

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Baptism
    Event Date: 4 Nov 1832
    Event Place: Hannover, Deutschland
    Record Source: Germany, Lutheran Baptisms, Marriages, and Burials

    Genealogy Event 5
    Event Type: Custom Event
    Event Date: 23 Jun 1855
    Event Place: New York, New York, USA
    Record Source: New York, U.S., Arriving Passenger and Crew Lists (including Castle Garden and Ellis Island), 1820-1957, Year: 1855; Arrival: New York, New York, USA; Microfilm Serial: M237, 1820-1897; Line: 13; List Number: 544

    Genealogy Event 6
    Event Type: Custom Event
    Event Place: Bremen, Germany
    Record Source: New York, U.S., Arriving Passenger and Crew Lists (including Castle Garden and Ellis Island), 1820-1957, Year: 1855; Arrival: New York, New York, USA; Microfilm Serial: M237, 1820-1897; Line: 13; List Number: 544

    Genealogy Event 7
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 22 January 1907
    Event Place: Cleves, Hardin County, Iowa, United States of America
    Record Source:
    [1] U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current
    [2] Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 8
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Grundy County, Iowa, United States of America
    Record Source: U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current

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