This individual was found on GenCircles at: http://www.gencircles.com/users/pwvolbeda/3/data/1813941
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Schouten & Smith book says:
Emigrated to United States of America
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Agnes Vanderlaan Boomstra said he immigrated to the USA in 1904, and died at age 27 of burst appendix.
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http://www.genlias.nl/nl/searchDetail.jsp?val=0&xtr=10539381&vgr=3

Detail resultaat: (Kind)

Bron Burgerlijke stand - Geboorte
Archieflocatie Tresoar, Frysk Histoarysk en Letterkundich Sintrum
Algemeen Gemeente: Haskerland
Soort akte: Geboorteakte
Aktenummer: A 14
Aangiftedatum: 29-01-1892
Kind Ferdinand van der Laan
Geslacht: M
Geboortedatum: 29-01-1892
Vader Sieger Bouwes van der Laan
Moeder Martha Lubberts de Vries
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Immigration
[Ferdinand is listed, at age 12, with Sieger & Martha on this ship]

New York Passenger Lists, 1820-1957
about Siegen V D Laan Name: Siegen V D Laan
Arrival Date: 20 Nov 1906
Birth Year: abt 1847
Birth Location: Holland, Netherlands
Birth Location Other: heerenveen
Age: 59
Gender: Male
Ethnicity/Race­/Nationality: Dutch
Port of Departure: Rotterdam
Port of Arrival: New York, New York
Ship Name: Nieuw Amsterdam

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Found on FamilySearch.com:

Groom's Name: Fred Vander Laan
Groom's Age: 25 years
Groom's Birth Date: 1892
Groom's Birthplace: Netherlands
Bride's Name: Nellie Ryskamp Schoovenaar
Bride's Age: 32 years
Bride's Birth Date: 1885
Bride's Birthplace: Gd Rapids
Marriage Date: 20 Jun 1917
Marriage Place: Grand Rapids, Kent, Michigan
Groom's Father: Seiger Vander Laan
Groom's Mother: Martha De Vries
Bride's Father: Henry Ryskamp
Bride's Mother: Fannie Pot
Bride's Previous Husband:
Film Number: 2342721
Frame Number:
Digital Folder Number: 4210008
Image Number: 364
Reference Number: v 3 p 210 rn 4589
Collection: Michigan Marriages, 1868-1925

marriage record also lists Fred's occupation as butcher.
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http://gw0.geneanet.org/index.php3?b=dvanderlaan_w...inand;n=van+der+laan
Birth 29 January 1892 - Haskerland Died (29 oktober 1919 ) - Grand Rapids, Kent Co. Michigan, USA Buried - Garfield Park Cemetery, Paris Towship, Kent County, Michigan, USA

geneanet.org also lists Fred's occupation as butcher.

Agnes VanderLaan Boomstra said that he worked in the meat market with her father James (Diemer).

Died at age 27.
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The 1911 edition of the Grand Rapids City Directory lists

Van der Laan & Co. Meats
(Sieger, James, Frederick and Frank Van der Laan) at 373 S. Eastern Av.
and Sieger B. van der Laan living at 391 S. Eastern Av,
James S. van der Laan living at 293 Logan St. S.E.
Frederick van der Laan boarding at 391 S. Eastern Av,
and Frank van der Laan living at 389 S. Eastern Av.

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NOTE: this is Ferdinand's son Fred

https://beta.familysearch.org/s/recordDetails/show...5STyuqUCQxOVNk8%253D

United States Census, 1920 for Ferdinand S Vander Laan
Film Number 1820777 Digital Folder Number 4311615 Image Number 00867 Sheet Number 8
living with grandparents
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