When Henry Andrew Vruwink was born on 29 April 1886, in Grand Rapids, Kent, Michigan, United States, his father, Gerrit John Vruwink, was 27 and his mother, Jacomina Minnie de Kraker, was 24. He married Jennie Pikaart on 11 June 1913, in Forest Grove, Ottawa, Michigan, United States. He lived in Albany, Albany, New York, United States in 1930. He registered for military service in 1917. He died in February 1969, in Tulsa, Tulsa, Oklahoma, United States, at the age of 82, and was buried in Forest Grove Cemetery, Jamestown, Ottawa, Michigan, United States.