Familie Hieminga - Person Sheet
Familie Hieminga - Person Sheet
NameAnn DeKraker
Birth9 Oct 1909, Michigan, USA46
Death15 Nov 1976, Grandville, Kent County, Michigan, USA
Burial17 Nov 1976, Floral View Cemetery, Jenison, Ottawa County, Michigan, USA
Spouses
Birth21 Aug 1908, Hudsonville, Ottawa County, Michigan, USA
Death6 Sep 1989, Grand Rapids, Kent County, Michigan, USA
BurialFloral View Cemetery, Georgetown Twp., Ottawa County, Michigan, USA
*New [OCCU]1937
MotherNieske 'Nettie' Vredevoogd (1880-1949)
Marriage12 Oct 1940
ChildrenJohn Peter (1931-2002)
Notes for Ann DeKraker
De Kraker name meaning
Dutch: nickname meaning ‘the screecher’, from an agent derivative of kraken ‘to screech’.
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http://ottawa.migenweb.net/schools/hudsonv/christian/HudsChrGrads.htm
Hudsonville Christian Graduates, 1918 - 1942
list of graduates:

GRADUATE YEAR RESIDENCE OCCUPATION

DeKraker, Anna (Mrs. S. VanderLaan)
1923
Hudsonville
Housewife
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http://www.migenweb.net/ottawa/genealogies/settlers/CD/dewentg.html

JOHN O. DE WENT, b. April 24, 1899, Michigan; d. October 23, 1986, Hudsonville, MI; m. DORA DE KRAKER; b. June 10, 1900, Michigan; d. May 18, 1984, Michigan

------> might be older sister. According to Marion Madeley VanderLaan, she had one she was close to.
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http://ottawa.migenweb.net/cemeteries/georgetown/floralvw/tz.html
Floralview Cemetery records
list Ann's birth year as 1909 and death 1976.
And Sieger J.'s as 1908 and 1989.
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According to Marion Madely Vanderlaan, Ann de Kraker had a son John from a previous marriage. She and John moved in with Ann's parents. She worked on her father's onion farm until she married ( my Uncle) Sieger van der Laan, -----------------------------

Data from newpaper obituary for Anna de Kraker (Mrs. Sieger Vanderlaan) (Grand Rapids Press) and funeral home remembrance publication.

Obituary lists survivors as her husband Sieger; son John of Hudsonville; two brothers, Louis DeKraker of Grand Haven and Joseph DeKraker of Holland; three sisters, Mrs. Elmer Peterson of Barrington, Mich., Mrs. Henry Schut of Jenison, Mrs. Alfred Ringerwole of Jenison.

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United States Census, 1910 for Peter De Kraker

Name: Peter De Kraker
Birthplace: Holland
Relationship to Head of Household: Self
Residence: Zeeland, Ottawa, Michigan
Marital Status: Married
Race : White
Gender: Male
Immigration Year: 1902
Father's Birthplace: Holland
Mother's Birthplace: Holland
Family Number: 67
Page Number: 5
Household Gender Age
Peter De Kraker M 27y
Spouse Lourina De Kraker F 35y
Child Laurence De Kraker M 14y
Child Jennie De Kraker F 9y
Child Josias De Kraker M 6y
Child Johanna De Kraker F 3y
Child Adriana De Kraker F y 6m
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United States Census, 1920 for Annie Dekraker

sName: Annie Dekraker
Residence: , Ottawa, Michigan
Estimated Birth Year: 1910
Age: 10
Birthplace: Michigan
Relationship to Head of Household: Daughter
Gender: Female
Race: White
Marital Status: Single
Father's Birthplace:
Mother's Birthplace:
Film Number: 1820792
Digital Folder Number: 4311630
Image Number: 00501
Sheet Number: 13
Household Gender Age
Parent Pete De Kraker M 36y
Parent Lourine De Kraker F 45y
Joe De Kraker M 15y
Johanna Dekraker F 14y
Annie Dekraker F 10y
Cora Dekraker F 7y
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United States Census, 1930 for Anna Dekraker

Name: Anna Dekraker
Event: Census
Event Date: 1930
Event Place: Jamestown, Ottawa, Michigan
Gender: Female
Age: 20
Marital Status: Single
Race: White
Birthplace: Michigan
Estimated Birth Year: 1910
Immigration Year:
Relationship to Head of Household: Daughter
Father's Birthplace: Netherlands
Mother's Birthplace: Netherlands
Enumeration District Number: 0023
Family Number: 71
Sheet Number and Letter: 4A
Line Number: 16
NARA Publication: T626, roll 1023
Film Number: 2340758
Digital Folder Number: 4609263
Image Number: 01014
Household Gender Age
Parent Peter Dekraker M 47
Parent Lorena Dekraker F 55
Anna Dekraker F 20
Cora Dekraker F 18
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http://ottawa.migenweb.net/schools/hudsonv/christian/HudsChrGrads.htm
Hudsonville Christian Graduates, 1918 - 1942
list of graduates:

GRADUATE YEAR RESIDENCE OCCUPATION

DeKraker, Anna (Mrs. S. VanderLaan)
1923
Hudsonville
Housewife
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