Janet Harriet Roelofs

Brief Life History of Janet Harriet

When Janet Harriet Roelofs was born on 12 January 1910, in Howard, Miner, South Dakota, United States, her father, Henry Albert Roelofs, was 34 and her mother, Hendrika 'Hattie' Van Reulder, was 25. She married Jacob Melvin Pronk on 19 April 1935, in Leota Township, Nobles, Minnesota, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons. She lived in United States in 1949 and Leota Township, Nobles, Minnesota, United States in 1950. She died on 27 August 2007, in Luverne, Rock, Minnesota, United States, at the age of 97, and was buried in Nobles, Minnesota, United States.

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Family Time Line

Jacob Melvin Pronk
1911–1991
Janet Harriet Roelofs
1910–2007
Marriage: 19 April 1935
Ronald Jay Pronk
1938–
Terence Allan Pronk
1947–

Sources (12)

  • Jean Probst, "United States 1950 Census"
  • * Rolofs, "South Dakota, Department of Health, Index to Births 1843-1914 and Marriages 1950-2016"
  • Janet Harriet Pronk, "United States Social Security Death Index"

World Events (8)

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1914 · The Man With The First Air Conditioned Home

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1937 · The Neutrality Act

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Name Meaning

Some characteristic forenames: Dutch Gerrit, Harm, Hendrik, Henk, Jantje, Pieter.

Dutch and North German: patronymic from the personal name Roelof, a variant of Rudolf .

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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