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Dutch Diaspora from Gelderland to America

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  • Oetje van Laar (1863 - 1915)
  • John W van Laar (1867 - 1949)
  • Albert Schut (1869 - 1933)
    Immigration : 1903 Immigration : 1904 Residence : 1910 - Georgetown, Ottawa, Michigan, United States Residence : 1920 - Georgetown, Ottawa, Michigan, United States Residence : 1930 - Hudsonvill...
  • Jacob Schut (1890 - 1977)
    Military service : Between 1917 and 1918 - Ottowa County no 2, Michigan, United States* Military service : 1942 - Hudsonville, Ottawa, Michigan, United States** Reference: FamilySearch Family Tree - Sm...

A place to add your immigrants from Gelderland

Factors might be the better crops, the Phoenix disaster, and the growing tolerance for the Seceders in the Netherlands. The emigrants came predominantly from the provinces of Gelderland, Zeeland and Overijssel. They settled mainly around the Great Lakes, in the states of Michigan, Wisconsin and Iowa

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gelderland