Jacobus DEBRUIN (seated in photo at left) was born in Driel, Gelderland, Netherlands a rural farming community on the south side of the Rhine River, west of the city of Arnhem. He was one of eleven children of Hendrik DEBRUIN (1851-1934) and Jantje ROELOFSEN (1856-1922).
Jacobus married Johanna Petronella LOUTER in Heteren, Gelderland, Netherlands on 14-May-1904. She was one of five children of Peter LOUTER (1822-1906) and Johanna BITTER (1832-1888).
The original family of four De Bruin's immigrated into Canada via Halifax, Nova Scotia on 9-April-1913. They traveled to Prince Albert, Saskatchewan where they homesteaded and Jacobus began working at the lumber mill. He later went to work for the Burns Meat Packing plant. Three more girls were added to the family during the next ten years.
Jacobus moved to Minneapolis about 1936 after his wife Johanna died. He is found in the 1940 US census residing with his brother in Columbia Heights, a north suburb of Minneapolis, MN. His brother Gerrik (George) De Bruin was instrumental in helping him find employment at the Pillsbury Milling Company.
Jacobus later became estranged from his family and moved to Bellingham, WA, USA about 1945. He died of cancer in 1947. It is unknown whether he ever saw this grandson (me) before his death.
My mother (Jessie De Bruin) told me he was cremated in Washington state, transported to Prince Albert, SK, Canada and buried on 31-Dec-1947. The urn with his remains is buried next to his wife Johanna although no visible marker will be found. There was no burial ceremony and I do not believe his interment was recorded in the official cemetery records (not yet verified in 5/2012).
Biography by:
Robert John Chudek, maternal grandson
07-Oct-2008 original
11-May-2009 updated
17-Nov-2009 tweaked
10-Dec-2009 tweaked some more
26-May-2012 can't leave well enough alone
Jacobus married Johanna Petronella LOUTER in Heteren, Gelderland, Netherlands on 14-May-1904. She was one of five children of Peter LOUTER (1822-1906) and Johanna BITTER (1832-1888).
The original family of four De Bruin's immigrated into Canada via Halifax, Nova Scotia on 9-April-1913. They traveled to Prince Albert, Saskatchewan where they homesteaded and Jacobus began working at the lumber mill. He later went to work for the Burns Meat Packing plant. Three more girls were added to the family during the next ten years.
Jacobus moved to Minneapolis about 1936 after his wife Johanna died. He is found in the 1940 US census residing with his brother in Columbia Heights, a north suburb of Minneapolis, MN. His brother Gerrik (George) De Bruin was instrumental in helping him find employment at the Pillsbury Milling Company.
Jacobus later became estranged from his family and moved to Bellingham, WA, USA about 1945. He died of cancer in 1947. It is unknown whether he ever saw this grandson (me) before his death.
My mother (Jessie De Bruin) told me he was cremated in Washington state, transported to Prince Albert, SK, Canada and buried on 31-Dec-1947. The urn with his remains is buried next to his wife Johanna although no visible marker will be found. There was no burial ceremony and I do not believe his interment was recorded in the official cemetery records (not yet verified in 5/2012).
Biography by:
Robert John Chudek, maternal grandson
07-Oct-2008 original
11-May-2009 updated
17-Nov-2009 tweaked
10-Dec-2009 tweaked some more
26-May-2012 can't leave well enough alone
Jacobus DEBRUIN (seated in photo at left) was born in Driel, Gelderland, Netherlands a rural farming community on the south side of the Rhine River, west of the city of Arnhem. He was one of eleven children of Hendrik DEBRUIN (1851-1934) and Jantje ROELOFSEN (1856-1922).
Jacobus married Johanna Petronella LOUTER in Heteren, Gelderland, Netherlands on 14-May-1904. She was one of five children of Peter LOUTER (1822-1906) and Johanna BITTER (1832-1888).
The original family of four De Bruin's immigrated into Canada via Halifax, Nova Scotia on 9-April-1913. They traveled to Prince Albert, Saskatchewan where they homesteaded and Jacobus began working at the lumber mill. He later went to work for the Burns Meat Packing plant. Three more girls were added to the family during the next ten years.
Jacobus moved to Minneapolis about 1936 after his wife Johanna died. He is found in the 1940 US census residing with his brother in Columbia Heights, a north suburb of Minneapolis, MN. His brother Gerrik (George) De Bruin was instrumental in helping him find employment at the Pillsbury Milling Company.
Jacobus later became estranged from his family and moved to Bellingham, WA, USA about 1945. He died of cancer in 1947. It is unknown whether he ever saw this grandson (me) before his death.
My mother (Jessie De Bruin) told me he was cremated in Washington state, transported to Prince Albert, SK, Canada and buried on 31-Dec-1947. The urn with his remains is buried next to his wife Johanna although no visible marker will be found. There was no burial ceremony and I do not believe his interment was recorded in the official cemetery records (not yet verified in 5/2012).
Biography by:
Robert John Chudek, maternal grandson
07-Oct-2008 original
11-May-2009 updated
17-Nov-2009 tweaked
10-Dec-2009 tweaked some more
26-May-2012 can't leave well enough alone
Jacobus married Johanna Petronella LOUTER in Heteren, Gelderland, Netherlands on 14-May-1904. She was one of five children of Peter LOUTER (1822-1906) and Johanna BITTER (1832-1888).
The original family of four De Bruin's immigrated into Canada via Halifax, Nova Scotia on 9-April-1913. They traveled to Prince Albert, Saskatchewan where they homesteaded and Jacobus began working at the lumber mill. He later went to work for the Burns Meat Packing plant. Three more girls were added to the family during the next ten years.
Jacobus moved to Minneapolis about 1936 after his wife Johanna died. He is found in the 1940 US census residing with his brother in Columbia Heights, a north suburb of Minneapolis, MN. His brother Gerrik (George) De Bruin was instrumental in helping him find employment at the Pillsbury Milling Company.
Jacobus later became estranged from his family and moved to Bellingham, WA, USA about 1945. He died of cancer in 1947. It is unknown whether he ever saw this grandson (me) before his death.
My mother (Jessie De Bruin) told me he was cremated in Washington state, transported to Prince Albert, SK, Canada and buried on 31-Dec-1947. The urn with his remains is buried next to his wife Johanna although no visible marker will be found. There was no burial ceremony and I do not believe his interment was recorded in the official cemetery records (not yet verified in 5/2012).
Biography by:
Robert John Chudek, maternal grandson
07-Oct-2008 original
11-May-2009 updated
17-Nov-2009 tweaked
10-Dec-2009 tweaked some more
26-May-2012 can't leave well enough alone
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