Data from newpaper obituary for John's mother Anna de Kraker (Mrs. Sieger Vanderlaan) (Grand Rapids Press) and funeral home remembrance publication.
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According to Marion Madely Vanderlaan, Ann de Kraker had a son John from a previous marriage to a man named van der Wal. He left her and moved to Grand Rapids. She and John moved in with Ann's parents. She worked on her father's onion farm until she married Uncle Sig,-----------------------------
John P Vanderlaan, "United States Social Security Death Index"
first name: John
middle name: P
last name: Vanderlaan
name suffix: birth date: 4 June 1931
social security number: 377-30-4353
place of issuance: Michigan
last residence: Hudsonville, Ottawa, Michigan
zip code of last residence: 49426
death date: 2 July 2002
estimated age at death: 71
Citing this Record
"United States Social Security Death Index," index, FamilySearch (
https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/JKCB-P22 : accessed 18 Jan 2013), John P Vanderlaan, 2 July 2002; citing U.S. Social Security Administration, Death Master File, database (Alexandria, Virginia: National Technical Information Service, ongoing).
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