Bertha Koster

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Bertha Koster

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Birthplace: South Holland, Cook County, Illinois, USA
Death: February 04, 2013 (84)
Lansing, Cook County, Illinois, USA
Immediate Family:

Daughter of Gerrit John Koster, I and Gertrude Koster
Wife of William James Sluis
Sister of Private; Private; Private; Private; Private and 1 other

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About Bertha Koster

In 1930 Bertha Koster (1 y, born in Illinois), her father Gerret Koster (42, Illinois), her mother Gertrude (39, Illinois), her siblings John (18, Illinois), Gerret (17, Illinois), Edward (12, Illinois), Anna (6, Illinois), Alice (9, Illinois) and Cornelius (4, Illinois) were living in the Dutch truck farmers settlement of South Holland, located just south of chicago, Cook County, Illinois.

On 1 September 1931 her youngest sibling, Calvin Koster was born in Thornton [Township, including South Holland], Cook County, Illinois.

In April 1940 Bertha Koster (11), her father Garrett Koster (52, machinist at a factory and machine shop [Whiting Corporation at Harvey]), her mother Gertrude (49), her siblings Garrett (27, farmer), Edward (23, farm laborer), Alice (19, new worker), Anna (16), Cornelius (14) and Calvin (8, Illinois) were living at a rented farm at 17110 Halsted Street in still Thornton Township [incl. Harvey and South Holland], Cook County, Illinois. They lived in 1935 in the same house.

On 8 May 1954 Bertha Koster married William J. Sluis in Cook County, Illinois.* Reference: Find A Grave Memorial - SmartCopy: Aug 18 2020, 16:59:38 UTC

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Bertha Koster's Timeline

1929
January 23, 1929
South Holland, Cook County, Illinois, USA
2013
February 4, 2013
Age 84
Lansing, Cook County, Illinois, USA