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Nicolaas Griep
(1884-1973)
Immigrated from Yerseke in
the Netherlands and settled in Holland, Michigan |
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Nicolaas Griep (Klaas)
was born at Yerseke on January 21, 1884. He was
the second child, and oldest son, in the family
of
Adriaan
Griep and Cornelia
Duivewaarde. The
profession of his father was originally noted as
laborer, in later years as oyster-fisherman. His
mother Cornelia Duivewaarde was respectively a
maid and a laborer. They lived at the fishing
village of Yerseke.
Whether
it was because he saw no future in oyster
fishing, or because he wanted to be reunited
with his girl-friend, but at the age of 26
he decided to leave Yerseke.
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Nicolaas
his parents
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 IMMIGRATIONAccording to the immigrant-registry of Ellis Island
in New York, Nicolaas Griep arrived on April 5,
1910 with the vessel Noordam from
Rotterdam.
He
settled in Holland,
Michigan.
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 MARRIAGE
TO CATHARINE KATTE
In Michigan Nicolaas married
Catharine Katte (or Catte). Three years
before Nicolaas did, in 1907, she arrived in the U.S.
from Kapelle, a village near Yerseke, traveling
with her parents on the ship Potsdam.
Nicolaas and Catharine settled in Holland,
Michigan. They bought a house on West 27th Street 121, in the
same street where also his distant cousin Jan Griep lived with
his family. Both Griep's worked at the tannery. Nicolaas and
Catharine had four
children: Cornelia
(1913), Dina
(1915), Adriaan
(1916) and Janet
(1919).
His wife Katrin died on July 11, 1966, and Nicolaas Griep
on September 27, 1973, both at
Holland, Michigan.
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THE FOUR
CHILDREN OF
NICOLAAS GRIEP AND CATHARINE CATTE
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| Cornelia Griep (1913-2000) |
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Conny Griep
was the oldest daughter of
Nicolaas en Catharine. She married to a man with the Dutch
surname Elzinga. They had no children and lived in Michigan.
Cornelia Griep, 'Aunt Kate', died on December 6, 2000. |
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| Dena Griep (1915-..) |
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When the 1920 census was held, Dena Griep
was five years old. She married John Mulder in Holland, Michigan
and had four children: Roger, Delwyn, Marcia (Lang) and Mary
(Gutierrez). They all studied at Hope College in Holland,
Michigan.
Information
provided by Jillian Mulder,
daughter of Delwyn Mulder, now living in upstate New York. |
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| Adrian Griep (1916-1945) |
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Adrian Griep was
born on October 11, 1916. He married his wife
Minnie and had a daughter Carolyn Mae
Griep. They lived at Holland, Michigan.
At April 13, 1944 he entered
service in the US Army. He served in the 290
Engineer Combat Battalion and in the next
winter he took part in operations in the Vosges
region in France. He was killed in action on
January 23, 1945 near Strasbourg.
 After Adrian
died, a Report of Burial was made up by
a staff member of the 28th Infantry Division. So
probably his unit was a part of that division,
that belonged to the 7th Army under general
Patch. In January 1945 the 7th Army was deployed
between Strasbourg and Mulhouse and on January
20 it started an attack to conquer the so-called pocket
of Colmar.
It is possible that Adrian Griep took part in
these actions. In the Report of Burial the
place where he was killed was noted as <Vic.
Zell>. Most probably this was meant to be Vic
sur Seille, a village northwest of
Strasbourg.
Adrian Griep is buried at the US Military
Cemetary at Epinal, France. The location of the
grave is: row A, plot 13, grave 55.
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| Janet Griep (1919-..). |
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When the 1920 census was held, Janet Griep
was one year and seven months old. There is no more
information about her yet. |
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