Gerrit van der Waard

Brief Life History of Gerrit

When Gerrit van der Waard was born on 13 November 1871, in Dordrecht, South Holland, Netherlands, his father, Johannes van der Waard, was 36 and his mother, Geerdiena van den Enden, was 35. He married Johanna Kroonen on 6 September 1893, in Dordrecht, South Holland, Netherlands. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 5 daughters. He lived in Ogden, Weber, Utah, United States in 1920. He died on 6 April 1946, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States, at the age of 74, and was buried in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States.

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Family Time Line

Gerrit van der Waard
1871–1946
Johanna Kroonen
1874–1954
Marriage: 6 September 1893
Geerdina Johanna van der Waard
1893–1971
Maaike van der Waard
1895–1910
Johannes van der Waard
1896–1897
Johanna van der Waard
1896–1980
Anna Jacoba van der Waard
1898–1913
Gerrit Willem van der Waard
1900–1900
Hendrika van der Waard
1901–1901
van der Waard
1905–1905
Doodgeboren van der Waard
1905–1905

Sources (81)

  • 1940 United States Federal Census
  • Gerrit van der Waard - Netherlands, Civil Births, 1811-1915 - MyHeritage
  • Web: Netherlands, Genlias Marriage Index, 1795-1944

World Events (8)

1872 · The First National Park

Yellowstone National Park was given the title of the first national park by the U.S. Congress and signed into law by President Ulysses S. Grant. It is also believed to be the first national park in the world.

1889

Weber comes from John Henry Weber, an early fur trader. The university opened for students on January 7, 1889. By the late 1920's, the college was in financial difficulty and the Utah Legislature passed a law allowing the purchase of both Weber College and Snow College from the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. In 1954 the college moved from downtown Ogden the southeast bench area of the city where it resides currently.

1896 · Plessy vs. Ferguson

A landmark decision of the U.S. Supreme Court upholding the constitutionality of racial segregation laws for public facilities if the segregated facilities were equal in quality. It's widely regarded as one of the worst decisions in U.S. Supreme Court history.

Name Meaning

Some characteristic forenames: Vietnamese Anh, Thanh, Hung, Minh, Vinh, Dung, Hue, Huong, Lan, Quang, Tan, Thuy, Hong, Chi, Hang, Ho, Pok, Sang, Bai, Chin, Ching, Chu, Chuan, Dong.

Vietnamese (Vạn): from the Chinese surname 萬, see Wan 1.

Vietnamese (Văn): from the Chinese surnames 文 or 聞, see Wen 2 and 3, and also 5 below.

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

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