When Gerard Jacob Simon Abels was born on 20 March 1870, in Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands, his father, Jacobus Joannes Christianus Abels, was 36 and his mother, Adriana Kramer, was 26. He married Grietje -Margaret- Kremer on 15 October 1890, in Manti, Sanpete, Utah Territory, United States. He lived in Weber, Utah, United States in 1900. He died on 20 September 1943, in Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States, at the age of 73.