Gerrit Brink1,2

M, #490, b. 18 Dec 1889, d. 16 Dec 1961


Gerrit Brink was born on 18 December 1889 in The Netherlands.1,3 He married Romke Nieuwland.1 Gerrit Brink died on 16 December 1961 in Placer, California.1,4


More information:
Gerrit Brink was a millhand, and in 1930 a self-employed contractor in 1915.3,5 Gerrit Brink immigrated on the SS Rijndam. He left Rotterdam on 3 May 1913, and arrived in Ellis Island, New York on 13 May 1913. He was going to a friend G. Bonnema in Garfield. His town of residence is listed as Deventer. Gerrit's father is L. Brink of Deventer.1,6

Census Records:
7 June 1915 Fed. census (1 Jun): Household of Opke W. Bonnema, Midland Ave #127, Garfield Borough, Bergen County, New Jersey.3
3 April 1930 Fed. census: Household of Gerrit Brink, Crescent Ave #24, Wyckoff, Bergen County, New Jersey. Household consists of Gerrit, his wife Romkje and a cousin Garrit L. Brink, 25 yrs old, single. Gerrit Brink was 26 at age of 1st marriage, Romkje Brink was 29 (which makes no sense.)5

Citations

  1. [S40] Henriette, "Brink," e-mail to Afina Broekman, 2006.
  2. [S3] Wie Was Wie, Dutch Genealogical Database. Online at http://www.wiewaswie.nl/, Coevorden Birth : 1889 #84. Gerrit Brink, 5 Dec 1889.
  3. [S21] 1915 New Jersey State Census, Bergen County, Garfield Borough, ED 3, sheet 23A.
  4. [S41] CDI.
  5. [S22] 1930 Federal Census, Garrett Brink. T626, Roll 1317, Pg 260, ED 256, sheet 1B, line 84-86.
  6. [S2] Ellis Island, SS Rijndam, arr. 13 May 1913.