When Siemon Jans van der Laan was born on 27 January 1851, in Uithuizermeeden, Groningen, Netherlands, his father, Jan Edzes van der Laan, was 46 and his mother, Engeltje Geerts Stenhuis, was 40. He married Reina Timmer on 1 May 1875, in Middelstum, Groningen, Netherlands. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 3 daughters. He lived in Muskegon, Michigan, United States in 1900. He died on 20 June 1933, in Muskegon, Muskegon, Michigan, United States, at the age of 82, and was buried in Oakwood Cemetery, Muskegon, Muskegon, Michigan, United States.
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