The Dutch and American Gase and related families

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Family Group Sheets
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Family Group Sheet

HUSBAND Gerrit WASSENAAR
	Birth	22 January 1842	Vrouwenparochie, Waadhoeke, Friesland, USA
	Occupation	February 1873	landbouwer; Vrouwenparochie, Waadhoeke, Friesland, USA
	Death	25 May 1901	Grand Rapids, Kent County, Michigan, USA
	Occupation		furniture finisher;
	Note		Gerrit died of cancer of the liver (from death certificate);
	Burial		Fulton Street Cemetery, Grand Rapids, Kent County, Michigan, USA
	Marriage	19 May 1864	Het Bildt, Friesland, Nederland
WIFE Botje "Bessie" van der LEIJ
	Birth	31 May 1843	Hijum, Leeuwarden, Friesland, Nederland
	Residence	13 June 1900	270 Davis St., Grand Rapids, Kent County, Michigan, USA
	Death	19 August 1932	Grand Rapids, Kent County, Michigan, USA
	Burial	22 August 1932	Fulton Street Cemetery, Grand Rapids, Kent County, Michigan, USA
	Note		Bessie died of complications of gangrene of the left foot (from death certificate);
CHILDREN
F	Geertje "Gertrude" WASSENAAR
	Birth	17 February 1873	Het Bildt, Friesland, Nederland
	Death	18 August 1916	Grand Rapids, Kent County, Michigan, USA (Butterworth Hospital)
	Burial	21 August 1916	Greenwood Cemetery, Grand Rapids, Kent County, Michigan, USA
	Note		Gertrude died of ulceration of the stomach (from death certificate);
	Marriage	17 June 1903	John HELDER; Grand Rapids, Kent County, Michigan, USA