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Stats[]

  • Born: 11 April 1828 Wemeldinge, Zeeland, Netherlands
  • Died: 11 October 1895 Zeeland, Ottawa Co, Michigan
  • Burial:

Occupation[]

  • Independently employed

Parents[]

Marriage[]

1852 Zeeland, Ottawa Co, Michigan

Children[]

  1. ♂Johannes Wabeke (1854-1890)
  2. John J Wabeke (1858-1937)
  3. ♀Janetje "Nancy" Wabeke (1861-1935)
  4. ♀Adriana Wabeke (1863-1943)
  5. ♂Cornelis Wabeke (1865-1881)
  6. ♀Dina Johanna "Delia" Wabeke (1869-1901)

Notes and references[]

Gilles Wabeke and Janetje DeRoo came to America from Province Zeeland, Netherlands in 1849 with the Smullejan family. They were on the ocean for 48 days in a Sailboat, which was considered a very prosperous journey at the time. The two were married in Zeeland, Ottawa Co, Michigan in 1852 and settled on a farm nearby. He paid $500.00 for the farm and erected crude buildings at a cost of $500.00. He had $1000.00 which he had inherited to pay in full for the property and buildings. A brick house was built in 1872. They moved to Maple street in Zeeland in 1888. She died Feb. 5, 1893 and he died Oct. 11, 1895.

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