Sources

1. "Family History" sheets & pedigree charts from Frances Passe (b. 19--), copied and sent to W. Ruesink in 1982.
2. Social Security Death Index, 1996 and later.
3. Grave stone seen by W. Ruesink (b. 1943) Oct 23-25, 1997.
4. Hogan, Marie, 1989, Prairie View, the First Hundred Years: Prairie View, KS, 1889-1989.
5. "1920 US census," view online at Ancestry.com.
6. Family history information compiled by Erwin Ruesink (b. 1914), 1005 South Broadway, Spring Valley, Minn., 1979.
7. Letter from Robert Ruesink (b. 1943), Salt Lake City, Utah, 17 Dec 1984.
8. Compiled notes from Francis Passe (b. 19--), sent to W. Ruesink 1982-1984
9. Interview with Erwin Ruesink (b. 1914) 24 Oct 97.
10. Especially compiled report for W. Ruesink by R. Wartena, 1984.
11. "1920 U.S. census."
12. Obituary of John G. Ruesink from unidentified local newspaper.
13. Rijksarchiefdienst (the Netherlands), "GenLias (State Archives Genealogical Search Program)," http://www-lias.rad.archief.nl/genlias/, Viewed January 2001 & later.
14. Dutch records (LDS microfilm) of child's birth
15. "LDS FamilySearch Site," viewed 2000 and later.
16. Several letters from Evert Ruesink (b. 1913) dated 1975 & 1976.
17. Betty DeWaard, 2003, Descendants of Unknown Nonhof, (unpublished report).
18. "1930 U.S. census."
19. "Descendants of Gerrit Jan (John) Ruesink," April 2003, unpublished report by Betty (Ruesink) DeWaard.
20. "1910 U.S. census."
21. Letter from Mrs. Gerald VanderPlas (b. ca 1920), Preston, Minn., dated Nov 1976.
22. Letter from Arlene Ruesink Veldboom (b. ca. 1920), sent 20 January 1977.
23. Letter from Robert Ruesink (b. 1937) undated but prob. 1978.
24. "Ancestry.Com databases," http://search.ancestry.com/, viewed Dec 2003 & later.
25. Letter from Mrs. Herman Pakkebier dated 12 Feb 1978.
26. Letter from Evert Ruesink (b. 1913) dated 21 Feb 1978.
27. "Michigan Death Index 1971-1996," http://search.ancestry.com/, 1999.
28. "Letter from Mae Chastain Reusink," sent 24 Mar 2004.
29. http://www.hollandsentinel.com/stories/060498/obt_thursday.html, viewed Aug 2002.
30. "Letter from Eleanor Staplekamp," sent 22 Mar 2004.
31. Data sent to W. Ruesink by W. Lynn Bastian (b. 1949) on 23 Aug 1982. He got it from Bertha (Hingeveld) Ruesink (b. 1901).
32. "Letter from Arden R. Reusink of Arvada, Colorado," 15 Jul 2004.
33. Data sent to W. Ruesink by W. Lynn Bastian (b. 1949) on 23 Aug 1982. No indication as to where he got it.
34. "1880 US census."
35. "Genlias 2.0," http://www.genlias.nl/, viewed Dec 2003 and later.
36. Kadastrale Atlas Dinxperlo 1832, Keuper, D.H., as presented on the internet at http://home.planet.nl/~adw.historie/.
37. W.G. Ruesink (b. 1943) Record of Genealogical Searches, Books #1 & 2, and compiled notes on Family Group Sheets.
38. LDS microfilm of Aalten marriage records.
39. Frits Ruesink, "various email messages," 1999 and later, printed copies on file.
40. Swierenga, R.W., 1983, Dutch Immigrants in U.S. Ship Passener Manifests, 1820-1880, (in two volumes), Scholarly Resources, Inc., Wilmington, Delaware.
41. "Ancestry World Tree," http://www.ancestry.com/, Viewed January 2001 and later.
42. 1900 U.S. census, Sheboygan Co., Cedar Grove Town, Wisc.
43. "Sheboygan County, Wisconsin, Genealogy & History," http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~sheboygan/sheboygn.htm (was http://www.wi-sebring.com/sheboygan/sheboygan.htm), viewed Feb 2001 & Nov 2004.
44. Biography of Evert Ruesink, p. 568-569 in "Portrait and Biographical Record of Sheboygan County, Wisc." (1894)
45. LDS Church, "FamilySearch Website," http://www.familysearch.org/, viewed July 2004 & later.
46. Letter from Mrs. Art Vande Pol of Hull, Iowa, Feb. 1978.
47. "1880 U.S. Census," On CD (by L.D.S. Family Search).
48. "Ancestors and Descendants of John Berend Bosch ...", compiled and written by Muriel Molenaar Felt and June Molenaar Mork. 1991. Photocopy in possesion of W. Ruesink 1997.
49. "Cedar Grove - Oostburg Businesses (transcribed from Sheboygan Press of April 29, 1927)," http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~sheboygan/story7.htm, viewed Feb 2004.
50. Letter from William Ruesink (b. 1924) of Sheboygan, Wisc., dated 20 Jan 1985.
51. "1900 U.S. census."
52. "1930 US census," viewed online at Ancestry.com.
53. Letter from Sylvia [Ruesink] Ferguson dated 27 Oct 1978.
54. Letter from Mrs. Edward Ruesink (Osa, b. 1899), Feb. 3, 1978.
55. Data sheet prepared by Wayne Ruesink (b. 1928) and presented at the Ruesink reunion in Spring Valley, Minnesota, August 2004.
56. "Waukesha County Obituaries," http://www.dailynewsol.com/obits/May/14/01.htm.
57. Letter from Arlene Ruesink Vanderwalker (b. ca. 1920) sent 19 Jun 1978.
58. Data provided by Frits Ruesink, Oct 1999 - Mar 2000. Printed copies on file.
59. From notes taken by William Ruesink (b. 1943) during visit to Dinxperlo and Ruesink relatives, in 1984(?).
60. "Obituary of John Ruesink," Adrian Daily Times & Expositor, May 15, 1903, seen at Ardian Public Library.
61. "Marriage Records Vol. 13, 1866-1867," Probate Office, Cuyahoga County Courthouse, State of Ohio, Microfilm #877916, LDS Family History Centerr Library.
62. "Information from Judy Newman," received in 2001, (see files for written records).
63. Swierenga, R.W., 1983, Dutch Emigrants to the United States.., Scholarly Resources, Inc., Wilmington, Delaware.
64. "Certified original Naturalization Certificate," in possession of W.G. Ruesink, August 1999.
65. Erma Ruesink birthday book, in Erma Ruesink material.
66. Printed funeral bulletin, in Erma Ruesink material
67. "Birth certificate of Lewis," Certified copy in files of W.G. Ruesink, Record #71.
68. "Birth certificate of Erma," Certified copy in files of W.G. Ruesink, Rec. #728, Lenawee Co, Michigan.
69. Misc. printed item, in Erma Ruesink material
70. "Marriage certificate," W.G. Ruesink files, Lic. #142879, Probate Court, Lucas Co, Ohio.
71. "Misc. newspaper clippings," in Erma Ruesink material.
72. "Fillmore Co., Minnesota, GenWeb site," http://www.rootsweb.com/~mnfillmo/, viewed Sept 2004.
73. "1860 US census."
74. "Rohl family gedcom file," received July 2000, from Bruce Rohl of Kenyon, MN.
75. "1870 US census."
76. "1850 U.S. census."
77. 1900 U.S. census, Howard Co., Forest City Twp., Iowa
78. Obituary of Jane Grace Hoopman. Probably from a Lime Springs, Iowa, newspaper ca. 27 Dec 1911. Copy received from Ruth Ruesink Albrecht (b. 1918) enclosed in a letter dated 17 Dec 1984.
79. Computer file of 564 persons received March 31, 1997, from Jack Stoddart, Jr. (b. 1945)
80. Zwiers, J.W., "Parenteel van Hendrik te VEERBEECK," http://home.concepts.nl/~0zwiersgeur01/, viewed January 2001.
81. "Ruesink: treetrunk with loose branches [in Dutch]," Dinxperlo newspaper, 1997, Original & translation on file.
82. Printout dated January 1994 from Virgil Hoftiezer, Valparaiso, Indiana, sent to W. Ruesink March 1995.
83. Wisconsin Local History .., "Oak Mound Cemetery Records," http://www.wlhn.org/fond_du_lac/towns/alto/, viewed Feb 2001.
84. 1880 U.S. census, Chester Twp., Dodge Co., Wisc.
85. Duggan, Robert S., Jr., "Duggan Family Genealogies," http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Park/8413/, or http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~duggan/, December 1998 and later.
86. 1900 U.S. census, Chester Twp., Dodge Co., Wisc.
87. R(obert?) Peters, "Peters' genealogy home page," http://www.mnetech.com/, June 2003.
88. R(obert?) Peters, "Descendants of Dirk Peters," http://www.geocities.com/~rpeters/tree.html, November 1998.
89. Letter from John Ruesink (b. 1904) dated Feb 1978.
90. Letter from parents, Feb 1978.
91. Duggan, Robert S., Jr., "Willem Wilterdink Descendants," http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Park/8413/2901-r.txt; later moved to http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~duggan/2901-r.txt, December 1998.
92. 1900 U.S. census, Fond du Lac Co., Waupun city, Wisc.
93. 1900 U.S. census, Sheboygan Co., Holland Town, Wisc.
94. Letter from Gertrude Ruesink (b.1894) dated 10 April 1978.
95. Nagel, Burton L., "Pleasant Hill Cemetery, Lime Springs, Iowa," http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/ia/howard/cemeteries/pleasan1.txt and following, viewed Mar 2001 and later.
96. Letter from Gertrude Ruesink (b. 1894) dated 30 Nov 1975.
97. Letters dated 17 Dec 1984 & 14 Jan 1985 from Ruth Ruesink Albrecht (b. 1918)
98. Letter from John A. Ruesink (b. 1893) in March 1978.
99. Obituary of Joe Ruesink
100. Datasheet presented by John P. Metz III at the Ruesink reunion in Spring Valley, Minnesota, August 2004.
101. Phone conversation (29 Jan 1975) and/or letter (17 Feb 1975) from son Gordon.
102. Phone call with &/or letter from Jack Stoddart (b. 1944?), March 1997.
103. Letter from Gordon Ruesink (b. 1911) written 17 Feb 1975.
104. Mark Richard Schears (Mequon, Wisc.) Info retreived July 1997 from http://www.parsonstech.com/genealogy/trees/mshear1/ and from email message dated 26 July 1997.
105. Erik Bent, "De families Bent, Bijker, Broekhuizen en Hillen," http://prive.bentware.nl/stamboom/phpGedView/, viewed Sept 2004.
106. Letter from Ann Ruesink nee Kvam (b. 1907) dated 9 Dec 1984.
107. "Obituary of Ann Marie Ruesink," http://www.insidevc.com/, viewed 20 Nov 2000.
108. New York Times obit of Seymour Cray III, written by John Markoff & printed 7 Oct 1996.
109. Letter from Seymour Cray II dated 25 Jan 1985.
110. Dutch emigration records, from microfilm copies in LDS library.
111. Letter from Warren Ruesink (b. 1934) dated 4 February 1985.
112. Letter from Mrs. Harold Bleeker (b. ca 1930) dated 5 February 1985.
113. Wisconsin Local History .., "Town of Metomen Registered Voters, 1868," http://www.wlhn.org/fond_du_lac/towns/metomen/, viewed Feb 2001.
114. "Sikkink Family," http://web.inter.nl.net/hcc/wissink/sikk.htm, viewed Nov 1998.
115. Letter from Paul C. Ruesink (b. 1908) dated Mar (?)1978.
116. Data sent to W. Ruesink by W. Lynn Bastian (b. 1949) on 23 Aug 1982. His source was Lavina (Ruesink) Miller (b. 1906).
117. "Jane Ruesink (b. 1858) book", as copied in part by Pam Ruesink (b. 1973)
118. http:/www.geocities.com/Heartland/Acres/6102/dat44.htm, 5 Nov 1998.
119. Letter from Sandy Ruesink (b. 1959) dated 12 January 1985.
120. "Obituary of Ruby Haugen," Fillmore Co, Minn., newspapers on the web, 1999.
121. Letter from Edna Vang Ruesink (b. 1913) dated January 1985.
122. From Google cache of http://home.talkcity.com/LibraryDr/ruentree/source/r3o.txt, viewed Aug 2002.
123. Letter from Cliff Ruesink (b. 1936) dated 17 December 1984.
124. Wisconsin Local History .., "Brandon Scrapbook," http://www.wlhn.org/fond_du_lac/community/, viewed Feb 2001.
125. "Information provided by Donna (Ruesink) & Oved Taylor," 11 June 2000 & 3 Jan 2004.
126. Information provided by Cheryl Brokering Ruesink and her parents, April 1998
127. Martin, Pamela Curry, ed., 2002, The Truth.. As I Remember It, Privately published (Wylie, TX).
128. John Geurkink, email message & attachment "Descendants of Derk Ruessink", 6 Jan 2004.
129. Letter from William Ruesink (b. 1921) dated 20 April 1978.
130. Letter from Darryl Ruesink (b. 1943) dated 11 December 1984.
131. http://www.angelfire.com/sd/hardie/Bachman.html, viewed Aug 2002.
132. Robyn R. Ruesink, "Autobiography," http://www/teachers.k12.sd.us/rv002/personal.htm, viewed 20 Nov 2000.
133. Printed funeral bulletin for William Ruesink, 2 Apr 2002, Wight and Comes Funeral Chapel.
134. Ruesink, Randy Lynn, "Family Tree of Randy L Ruesink," hhtp://www.genealogy.com/esers/r/u/e/Randy-L-Ruesink/, Viewed January 2001.
135. Information provided by the family when registering for the 2004 Ruesink Reunion in Spring Valley, Minnesota.
136. "Obituary of Marilyn Ruesink," http://www.winonapost.com/, viewed 20 Nov 2000.
137. "Minnesota Death Records," Minnesota Historical Society, data provided by Bruce Rohl, January 2004.
138. Mark Richard Schears, http://members.xoom.com/lschears/, Retrieved Feb 1999.
139. Amazing Ruesink New World Registry, publ. 1986 by Halberts Inc. Copy #10 owned by William Ruesink (b. 1943).
140. "Misc. correspondence from Virgil Hoftiezer, Valparaiso, Ind.," 1991 - 1994, all originally addressed to Roy Beernink (copies in my files).
141. "Obituary of Bruce Lloyd Wigton," http://www.insidevc.com/.
142. "Ruesink-Koskamp family gedcom," received 26 Sept 2000, from J.W.Zwiers of Arnhem, Netherlands, via Bruce Rohl of Kenyon, Minn.
143. "The Somsen Family Data Page," http://www.somsen.org/, Viewed January 2001 & later.
144. Wedding invitation, in Erma Ruesink material
145. "Letter and charts sent from Dinxperlo by Ben Beernink," July 1999.
146. ??, "Chris Snoeyenbosch story," ??, viewed March 2001 (gone by Feb 2004).
147. "Wisconsin Marriages, pre-1907," http://search.ancestry.com/, viewed Dec 2003.
148. Willem Dubelaar, "Family Genealogy Pages," http://stamboom.net/, viewed Oct 2004.
149. John F. Geurkink, "Email message on Ruesinks in his database," 1 Sept 1999, Printed copy on file.
150. H.J.Michiel Wijers (of Eindhoven), "Familie te Beest (6)," http://home.zonnet.nl/hjmwijers/be-06.htm, viewed April 2003.
151. Charlotte Heesen, "Descendants of Willem Heesen," http:/www.uftree.com/UFT/WebPages/CharlotteHeesen/, 5 Nov 1998.
152. "Data provided by Frits Ruesink," August 1999, during his visit to America for the Ruesink Reunion.
153. Willem Wilterdink, 1990, Winterswijkse Pioniers in Amerika.
154. Fred Jurrjens, "Genealogie Jurrjens en Ernsten," http://genealogie.jurrjens.nl/, viewed Sept 2004 & later.
155. Inferred from entries in D.J. Ruesink family scrapbook, which was in possession of Julia Titley in 1975. ®66
156. As recalled by Frances Foltz in 1975. See notes in ref. #66.
157. "Obituary," Adrian Daily Telegram, Adrian, Michigan.
158. "U.S. Census for 1870," Sheboygan Twp, Sheboygan Co, Wisconsin.
159. Letter dated 15 Aug 1997 from Gerard Jacobus Kenbeek & his wife Johanna Hermina (Annie) Ruesink of Hilversum, The Netherlands.
160. "Rau Family Genealogy," http://www.heribert-rau.de/Ahnenseite_von_Heribert_Rau/, viewed December 2002.
161. 1900 U.S. census, Milwaukee Co., Milwaukee city, Wisc.
162. 1880 & 1900 U.S. census, Kent Co., Grand Rapids city, Mich.
163. "U.S. Census for 1870."
164. "Genealogy of Berend Hendrick Ruesink", data sent by Frits Ruesink, Feb. 1999.
165. "Obituary," Wyoming Tribune-Eagle, May 25, 2003.
166. "Index to Hudson High School Alumni Directory," http://www.rootsweb.org/~wistcroi/HudsonHSAlumni/, viewed Mar 2001 and later.
167. Letter from Jack Stoddart August 1997.
168. Email messages from Pam (Ruesink) Hagin, 4 Dec 1997 & later.
169. Texas GenWeb--Bowie Co., "Vital Records," http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/tx/bowie/vitals/, viewed Jan. 2002 & later.
170. Email message from Dorothy French, 2 Feb 1998.
171. "Misc. correspondence," in Erma Ruesink material.
172. "Letter containing Abram Mangus genealogy," October 21, 1980, filed with Derk Jan Ruesink (b. 1826) papers.
173. "Verbal first-hand report by John Ruesink (b. 1908)," February 2001, interviewed by Bill Ruesink (b. 1943).
174. "Descendants of Daniel Bly (1812-1875)," 7 Dec 2002, by Phil Kuehn.
175. Phil Kuehn, "various email messages," December 2002.
176. Personal recollection of William Ruesink (b. 1943), recorded 1997-1998.
177. Printed wedding program, in Erma Ruesink material sister Karen's.
178. Printed wedding program, in Erma Ruesink material Karen Isley's.
179. Jimmye M. Martin, Rt. 2 Box 657, Big Sandy, TX 75755, "Maxwell Tree and Branches," http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/m/a/r/Jimmye-M-Martin/, viewed April 1999 & later.
180. "1850 & 1860 U.S. census of Panola Co., Texas."
181. "Obituary of Lawrence Chastain," The Durango Herald, Durango, Colorado, March 1998, [copy of web version on file].
182. "Obituary of John H. Ruesink," Adrian Daily Telegram, ca Dec. 17, 2001.
183. "Obituary of Winifred (Rice) Ruesink," Adrian Daily Telegram (web version), May 22, 2000.
184. Barb Barnes, "Email message dated 3 Nov 2004."
185. Ken Sikes, "Descendants of Peter Buetschi," http://www.familytreemaker.com/users/s/i/k/Ken--Sikes/, viewed November 1998.
186. Printed wedding program, in Erma Ruesink material
187. "Texas Divorce Records," http://vitals.rootsweb.com/tx/divorce/, viewed 2001 and later.
188. http://www.westom.com/coolsite/hivpple.htm, Nov 1998.
189. "Newspaper obituary," http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Meadows/4174/july obituaries.htm, 5 Nov 1998.
190. R. Nelson, "(genealogy website)," http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~rnelson/html/, viewed Feb 2001 and later.
191. Dorothy (Ruesink) French, "Email message dated 3 Nov 2004."
192. "User pages at RootsWeb," http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweeb.com/, viewed August 2004 & later.
193. Chantelle (French) Jablonski, "Email message sent 3 Nov 2004."
194. JAN MELLENDIJK, "GENEALOGISCHE HOMEPAGE of JAN MELLENDIJK," http://home.wxs.nl/~melle004/, viewed April 1999.
195. Pedigree chart and other items from Nancy Beernink Scott (Urbana, Ill.), 1999.
196. Aberg, L.J., "Ancestors of Mabel Beernink," http://www.users.ohiohills.com/~ljaberg/, viewed March 2001.
197. "Discussions with Ben Beernink and others in the Dinxperlo/Aalten area," May 2001.
198. Wayne R. Barnes, "Email message of 12 Sept 2000."
199. "Ozaukee County [Wisconsin] Queries," http://cgi.rootsweb.com/, Viewed 2001 and later.
200. David TeBeest, "various email messages," 1999.
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