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Name Gerrit Jan Derk Willem (John G.) Reusink [immigrant] - 7A310
Birth 4 Jun 1881, Dinxperlo, Netherlands10,4
Death 10 Apr 1962, Stewartville, Minn.
Burial 13 Apr 1962, Greenleafton Cemetery, Greenleafton, Minn.12,3
Father Gerrit Willem Ruesink [immigrant] - 7A (1845-1889)
Mother Willemina Berendina (Mina or Minnie) Harbers [immigrant] (1852-1921)
Spouses
1 Gertrude Grace (Gertie) Voss
Birth 20 Aug 1885, Iowa11
Death 15 Aug 1922, Prairie View, Kans. (?)12
Burial Prairie View, Kans. (?)12
Father John Voss (ca1850-)
Mother Etta Bruinekool (ca1855-)
Marriage 16 Sep 1908, Prairie View, Kans.12
Children Leonard (1910-1970)
2 Nettie Mensink
Birth 18863
Death 19733
Burial Greenleafton Cemetery, Greenleafton, Minn.3
Marriage 5 Nov 1936, Greenleafton, Minn.12
Notes for Gerrit Jan Derk Willem (John G.) Reusink [immigrant] - 7A3
Emigrated to America from house number 461 in De Heurne about 1882 with parents and 4 sibs.10 According to his obituary, he immigrated to America when two years old and settled in the Greenleafton area. In 1889 he moved to Prairie View, Kansas, where he stayed until 1934 when he moved to Colorado before returning to the Greenleafton-Etna area in 1936. In 1952 John and his wife Nettie moved to Stewartville, Minnesota, to live with her daughter Mrs. Harold King.12 Name spelled Reusink on tombstone.3

1920 census has him in Clinton Twp, Rock Co, Minnesota.5

One source says he died at Olmsted, Minn.
Notes for Gertrude Grace (Gertie) (Spouse 1)
Surname may be spelled Boss.12
Notes for Nettie (Spouse 2)
Name spelled Reusink on tombstone.3
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