Gerhard/Gerardus Wilhelm Jansen

1920 United States Federal Census about Garret W Jansen Name: Garret W Jansen Age: 47 Birth Year: abt 1873 Birthplace: Holland Home in 1920: Chicago Ward 28, Cook (Chicago), Illinois Race: White Gender: Male Immigration Year: 1913 Relation to Head of House: Head Marital Status: Married Spouse's Name: Elizabeth Jansen Father's Birthplace: Holland Mother's Birthplace: Holland Home owned: Rent Able to read: Yes Able to Write: Yes Neighbors: View others on page Household Members: Name Age Garret W Jansen 47 Elizabeth Jansen 45 Johana Jansen 20 Josephine Jansen 18 Hubert Jansen 16 Charles Jansen 13 Wilhemena Jansen 8 Catherine Jansen 4

1930 United States Federal Census about Gerard Jansen Name: Gerard Jansen Home in 1930: Chicago, Cook, Illinois View Map Age: 58 Estimated Birth Year: abt 1872 Birthplace: Holland Relation to Head of House: Head Spouse's Name: Elizabeth Jansen Race: White Occupation:

Married at age 26 (1898) immigration was 1913

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View image Neighbors: View others on page Household Members: Name Age Gerard Jansen 58 Elizabeth Jansen 55 Wilhelmina Jansen 18 Catherine Jansen 14 William Jansen 8

1920 United States Federal Census about Garret W Jansen Name: Garret W Jansen Home in 1920: Chicago Ward 28, Cook (Chicago), Illinois Age: 47 Estimated Birth Year: abt 1873 Birthplace: Holland Relation to Head of House: Self (Head) [Head] Spouse's Name: Elizabeth Jansen Father's Birth Place: Holland Mother's Birth Place: Holland Marital Status: Married Race: White Sex: Male Home owned: Rent Year of Immigration: 1913 Able to read: Yes Able to Write: Yes Neighbors: View others on page Household Members: Name Age Garret W Jansen 47 Elizabeth Jansen 45 Johana Jansen 20 Josephine Jansen 18 Hubert Jansen 16 Charles Jansen 13 Wilhemena Jansen 8 Catherine Jansen 4

U.S. Naturalization Record Indexes, 1791-1992 (Indexed in World Archives Project) about Gerardus Wilhelm Jansen Name: Gerardus Wilhelm Jansen Birth Date: 1 Jan 1872 Birth Place: Holland Age at event: 50 Court District: Illinois, Indiana, Wisconsin, Iowa Year of Arrival: 1913 Date of Action: 31 Mar 1922

According to Ellis island records (see attached) he arrived October 6, 1913 on the Ryndam from Rotterdam. Place of residence was Nymegan (probably Nijmegan. He was headed to Chicago where is wife Elisabeth already appeared to be. His birth town is hard to read but using Wikipedia list of Dutch towns it is probably Geertruidenberg. He was a painter and was going to stay with his brother Peter Jansen in Chicago.

New York Passenger Lists, 1820-1957 about Gerardus Jansen Name: Gerardus Jansen Arrival Date: 7 Oct 1913 Birth Year: abt 1872 Birth Location: Netherlands Birth Location Other: pannerden Age: 41 Gender: Male Ethnicity/Race- /Nationality: Dutch Port of Departure: Rotterdam Port of Arrival: New York, New York Ship Name: Rijndam Search Ship Database: Search the Rijndam in the 'Passenger Ships and Images' database

Netherlands Births and Christenings, 1608-1882 about Gerardus [Jansen] Name: Gerardus [Jansen] Gender: mannelijk (Male) Birth Date: 10 feb 1872 Christening Date: 10 feb 1872 Christening Place: Nijmegen, Gelderland, Nederland Father: Cornelis Jansen Mother: Geertruida Hopman Citation: Burgerlijke Stand (Nijmegen, Gelderland, Nederland), Trouwen 1872 - 1874, Microfilm nr. 211234

Could Gerrit be Cornelis' dad ? This marriage is about 9 months before C's birth. Gerrit's dad is Cornelis and C's son Grardus has Wilhelm (his wife;s father's middle name) as his middle name.

Netherlands Marriages, 1637-1892 about Hermina Petronella Mulder Name: Hermina Petronella Mulder Age: 21 jaren Gender: vrouwelijk (Female) Birth Date: abt 1850 Birth Place: Arnhem Marriage Date: 10 mei 1871 (10 May 1871) Marriage Place: Arnhem, Gelderland, Nederland Spouse: Gerrit Jansen Spouse's Age: 21 jaren Spouse's Gender: mannelijk (Male) Spouse's Birth Place: Arnhem Father: Johannes Wilhelmus Mulder Mother: Alyda JohannaHendriks Spouse's Father: Cornelis Jansen Spouse's Mother: Gerritje Beekhuizen

Cook County, Illinois Death Index, 1908-1988 about Gerard W Jansen Name: Gerard W Jansen Death Date: 18 Dec 1943 Death Location: Cook County, IL File Number: 36168 Archive collection name: Cook County Genealogy Records (Deaths) Archive repository location: Chicago, IL Archive repository name: Cook

Illinois, Deaths and Stillbirths Index, 1916-1947 about Gerard W Jansen Name: Gerard W Jansen Death Date: 18 Dec 1943 Death Place: Chicago, Cook, Illinois Gender: Male Mother Name: Catherine Bonantz Spouse Name: Elizabeth FHL Film Number: 1953892