Roelof Geerts Brinks b. 08 April 1861 Vastenow, Emmen, Drenthe, Netherlands d. 29 December 1934 Vogel Center, Missaukee, Michigan, USA: WMGS Online Trees





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Name	Roelof Geerts Brinks [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13]
Born	08 April 1861	Vastenow, Emmen, Drenthe, Netherlands [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 9, 10, 12, 14, 15]
Gender	Male
Immigration	1867 [16, 17]
Residence	1880	Laketown, Allegan, Michigan, USA [8]
Emigration	1882	Vogel Center, Missaukee, Michigan, USA [18, 19]
Race	White [5]
Occupation	Farmer [15]
Residence	April 1885	Vogel Centre [20]
Residence	1900	Clam Union, Missaukee, Michigan, USA [9]
Residence	1910	Clam Union, Missaukee, Michigan, USA [12]
Residence	1920	Clam Union, Missaukee, Michigan, USA [7]
Residence	1930	Clam Union, Missaukee, Michigan, USA [1]
Died	29 December 1934	Vogel Center, Missaukee, Michigan, USA [3, 4, 15, 21]
Buried	after 29 December 1934	Vogel Center, Missaukee, Michigan, USA [4, 22]
Buried	Vogel Center Cemetery
Person ID	I53	Koster

Father	Geert Brinks, b. 16 October 1831, Drouwenerveen, Borger-Odoorn, Drenthe, Netherlands , d. 01 August 1891, Vogel Center, Missaukee, Michigan, USA (Age 59 years)
Relationship	Natural
Mother	Marrechien Martens, b. 23 May 1840, Drouwenerveen, Borger-Odoorn, Drenthe, Netherlands , d. 11 January 1907, Vogel Center, Missaukee, Michigan, USA (Age 66 years)
Relationship	Natural
Married	11 June 1860	Emmen, Drenthe, Netherlands [15, 23, 24]
Family ID	F13	Family Group Sheet \| Family Chart

Family/Spouse Dedrika A. VanderMey, b. 01 July 1866, Gelderland, Netherlands , d. 03 October 1951, Missaukee, Michigan, USA (Age 85 years)

Married 04 April 1885 Vogel Center, Missaukee, Michigan, USA [5, 15, 25]

Children

+	1. John William Brinks, b. 28 July 1898, Vogel Center, Missaukee, Michigan, USA , d. 16 May 1967, Grandville, Kent, Michigan, USA (Age 68 years) [Natural]
+	2. Joseph R Brinks, b. 11 December 1902, Vogel Center, Missaukee, Michigan, USA , d. 10 February 1974, Polk, Florida, USA (Age 71 years) [Natural]
+	3. George R Brinks, b. 18 September 1894, Vogel Center, Missaukee, Michigan, USA , d. 16 April 1986, Cadillac, Wexford, Michigan, USA (Age 91 years) [Natural]
+	4. Herman R Brinks, b. 12 October 1905, Vogel Center, Missaukee, Michigan, USA , d. 24 January 1985, East Grand Rapids, Kent, Michigan, USA (Age 79 years) [Natural]
+	5. Magaret R Brinks, b. 25 August 1889, Vogel Center, Missaukee, Michigan, USA , d. 29 April 1930, Clam Union, Missaukee, Michigan, USA (Age 40 years) [Natural]
+	6. Johanna R Brinks, b. 01 May 1892, Vogel Center, Missaukee, Michigan, USA , d. 02 October 1974 (Age 82 years) [Natural]

Family ID F8 Family Group Sheet | Family Chart

Sources

[S31] 1930 United States Federal Census, Ancestry.com, (Name: The Generations Network, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2002;), Database online. Clam Union, Missaukee, Michigan, ED 5, roll 1012, page , image 451.0.
Record for Rika Brinks
[S27] 1900 United States Federal Census, Ancestry.com, (Name: The Generations Network, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2004;), Database online. Clam Union, Missaukee, Michigan, ED 112, roll T623 732, page 4A.
Record for George Brinks
[S330] U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1700s-Current, Ancestry.com, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2012;).
Record for Ralph G Brinks
[S330] U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1700s-Current, Ancestry.com, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2012;).
Record for Rica Brinks
[S382] Michigan, Marriage Records, 1867-1952, Ancestry.com, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2015;).
Record for Roelof Brinks
[S53] Marriage License, Herman Brinks and Anna Winkle.
[S33] 1920 United States Federal Census, Ancestry.com, (Name: The Generations Network, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2005;), Database online. Clam Union, Missaukee, Michigan, ED , roll , page , image 961.
Record for Rika Brenke
[S30] 1880 United States Federal Census, Ancestry.com and The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, (Name: The Generations Network, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2005;), Database online. Laketown, Allegan, Michigan, ED 6, roll T9_569, page 132.2000, image 0268.
Record for Geert Brinks
[S27] 1900 United States Federal Census, Ancestry.com, (Name: The Generations Network, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2004;), Database online. Clam Union, Missaukee, Michigan, ED 112, roll T623 732, page 4A.
Record for Rica Brinks
[S263] Wie Was Wie.
Kind: Roelof Brinks Geslacht: Man Geboortedatum: maandag 8 april 1861 Vader: Geert Brinks Geslacht: Man Leeftijd: 29 Beroep: arbeider Moeder: Marrechien Martens Geslacht: Vrouw Leeftijd: 20 Beroep: Arbeidster Gebeurtenis: Geboorte Gebeurtenisplaats: Vastenow (Emmen) Documenttype: BS Geboorte Erfgoedinstelling: Drents ArchiefDrents Archief Plaats instelling: Assen Collectiegebied: Drenthe Archief: 0165.010 Registratienummer: 1861 Aktenummer: 48 Registratiedatum: 9 april 1861 Akteplaats: Emmen Aktesoort: Geboorte
[S183] Michigan, Marriages, 1868-1925.
Name: John W. Brinks Race (Original): Age (Expanded): 21 years Birth Year: 1899 Birthplace: Vogel Ctr., Michigan Spouse's Name: Fredricka Mulder Spouse's Race (Original): Spouse's Age (Expanded): 21 years Spouse's Birth Year: 1899 Spouse's Birthplace: Prosper, Michigan Event Date: 29 Jan 1920 Event Place: Grand Rapids, Kent, Michigan Father's Name: Ralph G. Mother's Name: ...ka VanderMay Spouse's Father's Name: Henry Mulder Spouse's Mother's Name: ...llie Katz Marital Status: Previous Wife's Name: Spouse's Marital Status: Spouse's Previous Husband's Name: GS Film number: 2342737 Frame Number: Digital Folder Number: 4032390 Image Number: 570 Reference ID: v 4 p 96 rn 9910
[S25] 1910 United States Federal Census, Ancestry.com, (Name: The Generations Network, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2006;), Database online. Clam Union, Missaukee, Michigan, ED , roll T624_665, part , page .
Record for Reca Brinks
[S382] Michigan, Marriage Records, 1867-1952, Ancestry.com, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2015;).
Record for Mr Herman Brinks
[S25] 1910 United States Federal Census, Ancestry.com, (Name: The Generations Network, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2006;), Database online. Riverside, Missaukee, Michigan, ED , roll T624_665, part , page .
Record for George Brinks
[S3] Rutgert Brinks Family History 1794-1934, Henriette Morgenstern, (Name: Brinks Family Re-union; Date: 1934;), p15.
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with parents, uncles, and grandmother
[S3] Rutgert Brinks Family History 1794-1934, Henriette Morgenstern, (Name: Brinks Family Re-union; Date: 1934;), p1.
Nine years later in 1867, Mrs. Rutgert Brinks and the three youngest sons, Geert, who married Margien Martens and their three children (Ralph, Annie and John), and Jan and Harm, who were not married, left the Netherlands for America. They made the trip in nine and a half days. They settled near Black Lake, were the boys worked for Knoll and Vredeveld, making cord wood and peeling bark.

Soon after they bought a one hundred and forty-five acre farm around what was then known as Hopkins Dock and now would be located in the northwest part of Laketown township, county of Allegan, State of Michigan. Kalamazoo was the big city at that time and many of the young girls and boys went there to work to earn money, which they saved and later used to buy their farms.
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moved with family
[S3] Rutgert Brinks Family History 1794-1934, Henriette Morgenstern, (Name: Brinks Family Re-union; Date: 1934;), p2.
The oldest son, Berend Brinks, who was born Nov 3, 1825, in the Netherlands, married Hilgiena Ottens, who was born April 17, 1826, in the Netherlands. Eight children were born to them: Rutgert, Taal, Jennie, Gertie, Maggie, Hattie, Grace, and John. They lived in New Dordrecht, Province Drenthe, Netherlands. Their occupation was farming. This family came to America in 1871 when John, the youngest child was three years old.

It took them thirty-one days to make their trip. They left their home on April 28, 1871, and reached Holland, Mich. on May 29. They journeyed by wagon from their home at Dordrecht to Groningen where they boarded the train for Harlingen, Province Vriesland, Netherlands. From here on May 1st, on a Sunday morning, they crossed the North Sea and landed at Hull, England. A train took them from Hull to Liverpool, which they reached after midnight about 1:00 a.m. Here they waited until Thursday for the boat, "Pennsylvania," which sailed to America. They sailed for nineteen days on the Atlantic Ocean, landing in New York harbor on a Tuesday at 10:00 a.m. Small boats took them to Castle Garden, which was a stopping place for immigrants. Here they stayed for one and a half days to have their goods inspected, money exchanged, and to register. On Wednesday evening they boarded a train for Holland, Mich., passing through the following cities: New York, Albany, Buffalo, Clinton, Detroit, Grand Rapids, Grand Haven, and reached Holland on May 29. They saw the Niagara Falls from the train windows.

In Holland, Mich. They soon found his mother and three brothers near Black Lake and remained with them two years. In 1873 Berend Brinks bought a forty-acre farm in Fillmore Township, County of Allegan, State of Michigan, which is four and a half miles south of Graafschap, later owned by his son, Rutgert J. Brinks, but which is now [in 1934] the property of a grandson, George R. Brinks.

Berend Brinks was an honest and industrious farmer and a loyal citizen of his adopted country. He and his wife were members of the Christian Reformed Church of East Saugatuck. Mrs. Berend Brinks, nee Hilgiena Ottens, died Oct 13, 1901, at the age of seventy-five years and six months, Berend Brinks survived his wife a little more than three years. he died December 10, 1904. He left seven children to mourn for him: Rutgert J., Taal, Gertie, Maggie, Hattie, Grace, and John, all of whom were married. Jennie or Mrs. Peter Brink, the oldest daughter, having died Dec 17, 1876, when her only son, Leonard P., was fourteen years old. This "L. P. Brink" became a missionary to the Indians in New Mexico in 1900. He is now [in 1934] located at Farmington, New Mexico.
[S38] Online Resource, Michigan, Marriage Records, 1867-1952 - Ancestry.com. search.ancestry.com.
[S82] Missuakee County Death Record, pg 19, #C.
Ralph Brinks, died Clam Union, M, W, married, spouse of Reka Brinks, 73Y 8M 21d, Farmer, born in Netherlands, father George brinks (born Netherlands) Mother Maggie Martens (born netherlands) Address: George R Brinks, RR2 McBain, buried Vogel center 1-2-1935, Edward De Young undertaker, filed 5-9-35 by AH Moore date of death 12-29-1934 last seen alive 12-29-1934 of Apoplexy (4 days) Dr. HJ Masselink of McBain, attended 12-25-1934 to 12-29-1934
[S38] Online Resource, U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current - Ancestry.com. search.ancestry.com.
[S40] Genlias Database, http://www.genlias.nl/en/searchDetail.jsp?val=20&xtr=266087&vgr=3.
Source Civil register - Marriage
Archive location Drents Archief
General Number of finding aid: 0166.010
Item number: 1860
Municipality: Emmen
Type of record: Huwelijksakte
Record number: 21
Registration date: 11-06-1860
Groom Geert Brinks
Date of birth: 16-10-1830
Place of birth: Borger
Bride Marrechien Martens
Date of birth: 23-05-1840
Place of birth: Borger
Father groom Rotgert Berends Brinks
Mother groom Jantien Geerts Hilbrands
Father bride Jan Martens
Mother bride Janna Schuiling
[S263] Wie Was Wie.
Bruidegom:
Geert Brinks
Geboorteplaats:
Borger
Geboortedatum:
zaterdag 16 oktober 1830
Leeftijd:
28
Beroep:
arbeider
Vader van de bruidegom:
Rotgert Berends Brinks
Beroep:
arbeider
Moeder van de bruidegom:
Jantien Geerts Hilbrands
Beroep:
arbeider
Bruid:
Marrechien Martens
Geboorteplaats:
Borger
Geboortedatum:
zaterdag 23 mei 1840
Leeftijd:
20
Beroep:
Arbeidster
Vader van de bruid:
Jan Martens
Beroep:
arbeider
Moeder van de bruid:
Janna Schuiling
Beroep:
arbeider
Gebeurtenis:
Huwelijk
Datum:
maandag 11 juni 1860
Gebeurtenisplaats:
Emmen
[S84] Missaukee County Marriage Record, Book 1, pg 8, #102.
Marriage 4 april 1885
Roelf Brinks, W, Vogel Center, 23y, born Netherlands, Farner
Dederika A Vandermey, w, vogel center, 18y, born Netherlands, no occupation,
John Schepers minister, witnesses Hiram Schepers of Vogel Center, M Vanden Boogard of Vogel Center, recorded 20 april 1885